An English major might find it sacrilegious to even try, but singing an Emily Dickinson poem to the theme from 'Gilligan's Island' is known as sort of party game. Indie pop musician Andrew Bird heard about this from an academic friend -- and it stuck.
An English major might find it sacrilegious to even try, but singing an Emily Dickinson poem to the theme from"Gilligan's Island"Some prefer the game with the folk ballad"The Yellow Rose of Texas."heard about this from an academic friend who teaches a course on Dickinson. And even with a packed performance schedule and a new album in process, Bird said he had to see if it would work.
Bird had read Dickinson in the past, but it had been years. This poem, he said, seemed like a dispatch from some dangerous place Dickinson traveled. Bird ended up putting the poem to what he described as a"simple two-note melody." The popular singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers joined him on vocals. "So, you see the the decor of of her home as the song plays, and ... her script, her handwriting." Bird said.isn't among Dickinson's poems in the public domain. Bird needed permission from Harvard University, which controls the rights to much of her poetry and letters.
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