{"id":40,"date":"2006-05-15T08:46:08","date_gmt":"2006-05-15T13:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rreynoso.com\/blog\/archives\/40"},"modified":"2006-05-17T07:29:13","modified_gmt":"2006-05-17T12:29:13","slug":"dont-fear-the-blogger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/reysapoint\/sweet-nothings\/dont-fear-the-blogger\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Fear The Blogger"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was surfing the web the other day and came across a blogger (I completely lost the link or even the method I got to it) who posted the song \u201cDon\u2019t Fear the Reaper\u201d by Elliot Smith wondering what the song was about. One of his commentors said the song was about living in the moment. I cracked up. Thrice.<\/p>\n

Reason one: Elliot Smith didn\u2019t write \u201cDon\u2019t Fear the Reaper\u201d. He covered the song it but then credits Blue Oyster Cult<\/a> for writing it<\/a> (or at least the guy running the site does the crediting). That of course made me go look at Will Ferril\u2019s \u201cMore Cowbell\u201d skit.<\/p>\n

Reason Two: the song isn\u2019t about living in the moment\u2014it\u2019s about a chick killing herself. Granted, it\u2019s sometimes difficult to hear the lyrics if you have the volume set too low. With the harmonies, the riff, and the overwhelming urge to hone in on the cowbell the lyrics get lost. So it is possible to miss the whole story of a lost love and the woman missing him. But, I can\u2019t imagine missing the repeated chous. Don\u2019t fear the reaper\u2026hold his hand\u2026come on baby?<\/p>\n

Reason Three: the dark irony that Elliot Smith killed himself<\/a>. Well maybe anyway. According to wikipedia, the knowledge repository watchdogged by thousands of anonymous people who likely write blogs and Still Know Better Than You, there are some questions about it being a homicide<\/a>. This time I believe them because Smoking Gun has the facts<\/strike> faxes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Of course, the original poster might have just been playing the irony card as well. Nah, I didn’t feel like trying to find the post again but I will have more cowbell.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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