It is always good to be able to have an excuse for a quote from Scott Walker. And when it is an excuse for a quote from Scott Walker singing a song originally sung (and written) by Jacques Brel it is even better:
"And tho' pink elephants I'd see
I'd sing the song they sang to me
About the time they called me Jackie"
BTW Jacques Brel has a minor claim to cryptozoological fame. ASs well as being a singer and songwriter of enormous talent, he died in 1978 on an island in French Polynesia called Hiva Oa - part opf the Marquesas Islands. Hive Oa is home to potentially one of the most exciting cryptids of all time; a purple rail which could possibly be an out-of-place takahe...
But thats's another story.
In the meantime read the rest of the pink elephant saga:
And it's friday, so here is Scott Walker singing `Jackie`:
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