Misleading much? This must be an inside joke because this has just about as much to do with Madame Butterfly as Stairway to Heaven has to do with The Magic Flute. You just don't cite a vastly superior piece of music and then make no homage to it at all.
Seems to me that the references in the lyrics are to do with Madame Butterfly as an archetype - that is, referencing the opera's story (which is problematic, to say the least), not the music (which most everyone agrees is great). Not sure how you'd want a folk singer to reference an opera musically, anyway.
Seems to me that the references in the lyrics are to do with Madame Butterfly as an archetype - that is, referencing the opera's story (which is problematic, to say the least), not the music (which most everyone agrees is great). Not sure how you'd want a folk singer to reference an opera musically, anyway.
Misleading much? This must be an inside joke because this has just about as much to do with Madame Butterfly as Stairway to Heaven has to do with The Magic Flute. You just don't cite a vastly superior piece of music and then make no homage to it at all.
Bad form.
Seems to me that the references in the lyrics are to do with Madame Butterfly as an archetype - that is, referencing the opera's story (which is problematic, to say the least), not the music (which most everyone agrees is great). Not sure how you'd want a folk singer to reference an opera musically, anyway.
Seems to me that the references in the lyrics are to do with Madame Butterfly as an archetype - that is, referencing the opera's story (which is problematic, to say the least), not the music (which most everyone agrees is great). Not sure how you'd want a folk singer to reference an opera musically, anyway.