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| Judy Collins – The Moon's a Harsh Mistress Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Firstly this song was not written by Joan Collins or even first performed by her. i know for a fact it was performed and made famous by Linda Ronstadt in 1982 before Judy - which was in 1989. It was written by the excellent songwriter - Jimmy Webb in 1974. He said himself that - ''The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress” was a song that became a standard without ever becoming a hit and was symbiotic of that decade of my life, my struggle, my failure, my angst, my pride and even scorn.... and ultimately my crash''
The title ''The Moon is a Harsh Mistress'' is taken (i'm guessing) from the 1966 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein about a lunar penal colony's revolt against rule from Earth. It received the Hugo Award for best novel. I have not read it but i know that it was as extremely influential book dealing with social upheavals, revolution, democracy. I am not sure if this is relevant to this song but i am sure there must be some sort of connection. |
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