Yup,Sting said in an interview that The Soul Cages is based on a folk tale he'd heard as a kid,and I guess that similar stories and mythology exist the world over.
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1. The POLICE - magazines, articles, photos (DtmrCls@aol.com) 2. Devil went down to Georgia vs. The Soul Cages (Ross Viner) 3. Re: Devil went down to Georgia vs. The Soul Cages (Sam Kington)
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Message: 1 From: DtmrCls@aol.com Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 08:40:09 EDT To: police@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Police] The POLICE - magazines, articles, photos
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Hi everybody
I'm collecting magazines, articles, books and photos about The POLICE. I'm especially interested in foreign magazines which are hard to get here in Germany (for example CREEM from the U.S.). In return I could offer live-CD-R, European singles, photos...
Dietmar
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Message: 2 Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 18:50:29 -0700 From: Ross Viner <discoduck@shaw.ca> To: Sting <police@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: [Police] Devil went down to Georgia vs. The Soul Cages
Is it just me, or does the track "The Soul Cages" remind you of the "Devil went down to Georgia (by the Charlie Daniels Band)" song?
I think the comparison is most explicit when comparing from "Devil went down to Georgia"
"I guess you didn't know it but I'm a fiddle player, too And if you'd care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you Now, you play pretty good fiddle, boy, but give the devil his due I'll bet a fiddle of gold against your soul, 'cause I think I'm better than you. The boy said, "My name's Johnny, and it might be a sin But I'll take your bet, you're gonna regret, 'cause I'm the best that's ever been."
and from "The Soul Cages"
I have a wager' the brave child spoke The fisherman laughed, though disturbed at the joke. 'You will drink what I drink but you must equal me And if the drink leaves me standing, A soul shall go free
I have here a cask of most magical wine A vintage that blessed every ship in the line It's wrung from the blood of the sailors who died Young white body adrift in the tide
And what's in it for me my pretty young thing? Why should I whistle, when the caged bird sings? If you lose a wager with the king of the sea You'll spend the rest of forever in the cage with me"
Does anybody see from where I am coming?
Ross
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Message: 3 Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 03:48:23 +0100 Subject: Re: [Police] Devil went down to Georgia vs. The Soul Cages From: Sam Kington <sam@illuminated.co.uk> To: Sting <police@mailman.xmission.com>
Ross Viner wrote:
Is it just me, or does the track "The Soul Cages" remind you of the "Devil went down to Georgia (by the Charlie Daniels Band)" song? [boy bets the Devil that, surprisingly, he can beat him at a test of skill, and does]
I think both songs are drawing on a standard element of folklore - namely, that a valiant child (*especially* if he is the youngest, and *really especially* if his two older brothers have gone before him and failed) can defeat the Devil / some challenge, by dint of pluckiness, courage, or just poetic justice.
Sam -- Home page: http://www.illuminated.co.uk/
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