No no no... not Tom Waites!

No no no... not Tom Waites!:
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Posted by Stellyx -- I Am. Canadian.(IMM) on August 9, 2000 at 11:56:37:

In Reply to: hrm...sometimes yes, sometimes no. posted by Shokai(IMM) on August 8, 2000 at 20:32:43:

> "Everybody that the dice are loaded
> everybody rolls with thier fingers crossed
> everybody knows that the war is over
> everybody knows that the good guys lost
> everybody knows that the fight is fixed
> the poor stay poor
> and the rich get rich
> and that's how it goes
> everybody knows.."
> - Concrete Blonde (well actually Tom Waites, I believe...but the Concrete Blonde version is what I have on)

Although I enjoy Tom Waites' stuff, and I can easily see how you'd confuse one gravelly-voiced singer for another, Everybody Knows was actually written and (originally) performed by Leonard Cohen -- a Canadian poet/songwriter who has been around since the late 1960s, and is one of the more highly respected songwriters in the business. His lyrics are highly evocative, and paint really great word-pictures.

(About 12 years back, give or take, Jennifer Warnes recorded the album Famous Blue Raincoat, on which every song was written by Cohen. Singles from it include "First we take Manhattan" and "Bird on a Wire".)

No, there's no particular reason that I'm well versed on the works and collections of Canadian poets... why do you ask? *vbg*

ObCF: New Bard song -- "Everybody Knows". Lyrics are: the first four lines of the song:

"Everybody that the dice are loaded
everybody rolls with thier fingers crossed
everybody knows that the war is over
everybody knows that the good guys lost...

Level 45, Can only be played after you've been defeated in a PK, and while you are still a ghost.
- 1/3 chance that you are reconstituted at your point of recall with all gear and having not lost any HP -- as though you'd managed to recall the instant the fight started. All gear taken from your body immediately crumbles.
- 1/3 chance you lose an additional 2/3 con points, making it 1 full com point for this death.
- 1/3 chance you lose 1d3 levels.

*shrug* Hey, I'm better when being creative with words than with bardsong ideas...

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Comments:	> > <i>"Everybody that the dice are loaded > > everybody rolls with thier fingers crossed > > everybody knows that the war is over > > everybody knows that the good guys lost > > everybody knows that the fight is fixed > > the poor stay poor > > and the rich get rich > > and that's how it goes > > everybody knows.."</i> > > - Concrete Blonde (well actually Tom Waites, I believe...but the Concrete Blonde version is what I have on) > Although I enjoy Tom Waites' stuff, and I can easily see how you'd confuse one gravelly-voiced singer for another, <i>Everybody Knows</i> was actually written and (originally) performed by Leonard Cohen -- a Canadian poet/songwriter who has been around since the late 1960s, and is one of the more highly respected songwriters in the business. His lyrics are highly evocative, and paint really great word-pictures. > (About 12 years back, give or take, Jennifer Warnes recorded the album <i>Famous Blue Raincoat</i>, on which every song was written by Cohen. Singles from it include "First we take Manhattan" and "Bird on a Wire".) > No, there's no particular reason that I'm well versed on the works and collections of Canadian poets... why do you ask? vbg > ObCF: New Bard song -- "Everybody Knows". Lyrics are: the first four lines of the song: > <i>"Everybody that the dice are loaded > everybody rolls with thier fingers crossed > everybody knows that the war is over > everybody knows that the good guys lost...</i> > Level 45, Can only be played after you've been defeated in a PK, and while you are still a ghost. > - 1/3 chance that you are reconstituted at your point of recall with all gear and having not lost any HP -- as though you'd managed to recall the instant the fight started. All gear taken from your body immediately crumbles. > - 1/3 chance you lose an additional 2/3 con points, making it 1 full com point for this death. > - 1/3 chance you lose 1d3 levels. > shrug Hey, I'm better when being creative with words than with bardsong ideas...

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