[Publius]

Songwriter Jimmy Webb never liked this version of his song because he felt that Glen Campbell didn’t quite understand the idea that Webb was trying to get across. This version is more like marching off to war and came in at #5 this week.

Glen Campbell: “Galveston”

[ConorMacNessa]

It was indeed like marching off to war and I remember it well - it resounded strongly with me while I was being trained for combat, to which I was soon deployed.

"Galveston, Oh, Galveston! I am so afraid of dying - before I dry the tears she's crying - before I see your sea birds flying in the Sun! At Galveston!"

Jimmy Webb may not have thought much of it - but it meant quite a lot to me and others of my ilk.

Of course, I'm a "New Critic." I don't much care what the author intended to create - I analyze what he in fact created.



"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)