Saturday, September 27, 2008

'Cause it's just a hummingbird moth

This Might Be a Wiki is a wonderful place to lose time in. As an example, here's something a commenter says about "The Bee of the Bird of the Moth" (lyrics here if you don't know it):

At the Beacon theater show, Linnell said that this song was written after he saw one in the garden of a friend. Which I didn't expect at all, I thought he read about them, being an urban guy. I myself live four hours north of NYC and have a very large weedy garden. When I first heard this song I couldn't believe it. I saw my first hummingbird moth two summers ago, and it really gave me a shock. I have hummingbirds show up all the time, and my first reflexive reaction to seeing one is to think it's a really big bug, and then realize it's a bird. So when I saw the hummingbird moth I actually went (mentally) 'Bug! Oh, bird. No, wait a minute, holy crap, BUG! WHAT IS THAT THING?!'

But of course, all I did was go inside and hit Google until I figured it out. I didn't go construct a gorgeous funny mind-blowing song with engineering and Goya references, that still slays me after hearing it at least 20 times in the last few months.

I've heard it not quite that many times, but it slays me, too...

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At 12:38 AM, September 27, 2008 Blogger incunabular had this to say...

It really is a weird moment. I think I told you my reaction when I first saw a hummingbird moth. It was eerie. And I Googled it. A common story, I suppose.

 

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