tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851528245081303320.post2384509547634920419..comments2022-03-25T10:02:05.318-04:00Comments on Remainders: Pass the Mic: RIP MCAKirby Fieldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11457120924182825971noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851528245081303320.post-40519993481297347632012-05-05T11:48:54.139-04:002012-05-05T11:48:54.139-04:00Yes, resulting in a very different tone indeed. I ...Yes, resulting in a very different tone indeed. I do wonder how that change came about.Kelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15120531204097577188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851528245081303320.post-70943980691163729302012-05-04T20:39:31.515-04:002012-05-04T20:39:31.515-04:00Thanks for the context, Kellie. I found it very i...Thanks for the context, Kellie. I found it very interesting that the song pretty much stayed intact when it was finally released a year later, with that line being substituted for with another, less loaded verse.Kirby Fieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11457120924182825971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4851528245081303320.post-18823732390472291172012-05-04T20:08:06.147-04:002012-05-04T20:08:06.147-04:00Amen, and well said.
BTW, I meant to say this a c...Amen, and well said.<br /><br />BTW, I meant to say this a couple of years ago, but way beyond Nas, the cousin/sleep line is actually from Thomas Sackville ("By him, lay heavy Sleep, the cousin of Death, / Flat on the ground, and still as any stone..."), which itself is a riff off the sleep-is-the-brother-of-death trope that goes back, at least in historical record, to Homer and Hesiod.<br /><br />And thanks to historical records, Yauch, too, does indeed get to go on until 3000 and beyond.Kelliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15120531204097577188noreply@blogger.com