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southendmd:

Front-Ranger:
Well, that was quite an experience! Thank you, friend. I couldn't make out all the words, so I looked up the lyrics and here they are.

Out on the wily, windy moors
We'd roll and fall in green
You had a temper like my jealousy
Too hot, too greedy
How could you leave me
When I needed to possess you?
I hated you, I loved you, too
Bad dreams in the night
They told me I was going to lose the fight
Leave behind my Wuthering, Wuthering
Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy
I've come home, I'm so cold
Let me in your window
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy
I've come home, I'm so cold
Let me in your window
Ooh, it gets dark, it gets lonely
On the other side from you
I pine a lot, I find the lot
Falls through without you
I'm coming back love, cruel Heathcliff
My one dream, my only master
Too long I roam in the night
I'm coming back to his side to put it right
I'm coming home to wuthering, wuthering
Wuthering Heights
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy
I've come home, I'm so cold
Let me in your window
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy
I've come home, I'm so cold
Let me in your window
Ooh, let me have it
Let me grab your soul away
Ooh, let me have it
Let me grab your soul away
You know it's me, Cathy
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy
I've come home, I'm so cold
Let me in your window
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy
I've come home, I'm so cold
Let me in your window
Heathcliff, it's me, I'm Cathy
I've come home, I'm so cold

Sason:
As usual at this time of year, I give you here the only Xmas song needed, sung by the greatest tenor of all times.
The video is beautiful too.

O helga natt by the incomparable Jussi Bj?rling

serious crayons:
Thanks, Paul and Lee! Kate Bush's version comes closer than the movies to capturing the spirit of the book. In fact, anyone familiar with the book will recognize the repeated window lyrics as a reference to one of the book's earliest scenes, when Mr. Lockwood, a tenant on Heathcliff's property, visits Heathcliff's house (Wuthering Heights), winds up having to stay overnight and in the middle of the night has visions of a woman scratching at the window to be let in. In his sleep he dismisses her as a wicked sprite or something, then in the morning thinks it must have been a tree branch scraping against the glass. He describes his experience to Heathcliff in a way that's supposed to be light and humorous, at his own expense ... but Heathcliff believes it really was Cathy and gets overcome with longing and grief.

Or something like that. It's been at least 30 years or so since I last read it.



 

Front-Ranger:
I read the book Dark Winds a couple of years ago and now I'm watching the series on Netflix. It's way different than the book because the series features the older Navajo detective Joe Leaphorn while the book focuses more on the younger Jim Chee. There's an interesting small part for a reporter from the big city who comes to the reservation. I noticed the name of the actor who plays her is Jeri Ryan. Where have we seen her before?

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