“Line ’Em Up,” his sly, witty crow of approval at the 1974 resignation of Richard Nixon. The lyrics picture the newly resigned president with a “tiny tear in his shifty little eye,” bidding goodbye to the members of his staff, who have lined up to say farewell.
On Thursday Mr. Taylor went to considerable (and amusing) lengths to describe the origins of that song, from his 1997 album “Hourglass.” He recalled that Nixon had the hunched posture of a creature two steps removed from modern man in the familiar poster of human evolution. He also offered clues to the meaning of the final verse, which describes “a big moon landing.” It refers, he said, to a different lineup: a mass wedding at Madison Square Garden conducted by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon.
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“Line ’Em Up,” his sly, witty crow of approval at the 1974 resignation of Richard Nixon. The lyrics picture the newly resigned president with a “tiny tear in his shifty little eye,” bidding goodbye to the members of his staff, who have lined up to say farewell.
On Thursday Mr. Taylor went to considerable (and amusing) lengths to describe the origins of that song, from his 1997 album “Hourglass.” He recalled that Nixon had the hunched posture of a creature two steps removed from modern man in the familiar poster of human evolution. He also offered clues to the meaning of the final verse, which describes “a big moon landing.” It refers, he said, to a different lineup: a mass wedding at Madison Square Garden conducted by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon.
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