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To: dfwgator

The song was written just a few years after Nabokov died. I wonder what he would have thought.


14 posted on 07/17/2015 2:20:11 PM PDT by Borges
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To: Borges; dfwgator

I suspect Nabokov would have loved the mention. And how could you roll your eyes at lyrical perfection?


16 posted on 07/17/2015 2:29:23 PM PDT by CaptainK (...please make it stop. Shake a can of pennies at it.)
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To: Borges

In case anyone was wondering about the Sting Cough reference.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_Stand_So_Close_to_Me


35 posted on 07/17/2015 3:04:49 PM PDT by Mountain Bike Vomit Carnage (Not my circus, not my monkeys. Je Suis Charlie!)
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