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vardathemessage ([personal profile] vardathemessage) wrote2004-07-04 02:43 am
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film version: original:
Yesterday upon the stair As I was going up the stair
I saw a man that wasn’t there I met a man who wasn't there
He wasn’t there again today He wasn’t there again today
How I wish he’d go away. I wish I wish he'd stay away.



Is a poem by Hughes Mearns (1875-1965) called The Psychoed.

It supposedly influenced the lyrics of Bowie's The Man Who Sold the World

We passed upon the stair
We spoke of was and when
Although I wasn't there
He said I was his friend
Which came as a surprise
I spoke into his eyes
I thought you died alone
A long long time ago
Oh no, not me
We never lost control
You're face to face
With The Man Who Sold The World


Which sounds a lot like what Arthur might be thinking about Tommy Stone by the end of the picture.

[identity profile] splix.livejournal.com 2004-07-05 12:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Just got round to friending this journal - thank you for these little gems (bijoux?) of VG delight! Much appreciated. :)

[identity profile] queerxcore.livejournal.com 2004-08-04 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
This has no relevance to VG, but Nirvana did a cover version of this song at their MTV Unplugged performance.
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Poem

[identity profile] schizo-smith.livejournal.com 2010-06-20 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I just found this journal and I think what you did is amazing, thanks for enlightening us and sharing all this information!

But I do have to say something about this entry. The poem, I think, is referred on the film is "Antigonish" by Hughes Mearns, and its first paragraph is exactly the same as stated in the movie.