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footfootfoot · 01-02-2009, 09:28 AM

Depending upon the speaker and context, unfortunately I usually hear "license." You know doing what you want without concern for the consequences.

Sometimes I hear Richie Havens singing "Freedom" this one time I saw him in New Hampshire decades ago. He sang himself into a trance, fell off his stool, and continued singing and playing his guitar: Freeeeedommm Freeeeedommm Freedommmm.

He wasn't talking about license, he was singing about freedom. He was invoking freedom in all its manifestations.

01-02-2009, 09:28 AM	#2
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Depending upon the speaker and context, unfortunately I usually hear "license." You know doing what you want without concern for the consequences. Sometimes I hear Richie Havens singing "Freedom" this one time I saw him in New Hampshire decades ago. He sang himself into a trance, fell off his stool, and continued singing and playing his guitar: Freeeeedommm Freeeeedommm Freedommmm. He wasn't talking about license, he was singing about freedom. He was invoking freedom in all its manifestations. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs