Music as a drug

Paul Mather paul at GROMIT.DLIB.VT.EDU
Fri Jan 28 14:10:13 EST 2011


On Jan 28, 2011, at 12:18 PM, Keith Henderson wrote:

> BTW, Wikipedia tells me that Zener cards were Circle, Square, Wave, Cross/Plus, and Star.  Five, not four.  So why "triangle" in the song?


Calvert wrote the lyrics based upon a faulty recollection of what the Zener cards are?

Or, maybe more likely, the line sings better with "triangle" rather than either "cross" or "star," or even trying to jam all five into the line.

Cheers,

Paul.



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