March 15th, 2024, 05:40 PM
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Join Date: December 31, 2007
Location: USA - TX - Dallas (Fort Worth)
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Re: HeroScape is coming back!
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Originally Posted by ThrasherDarkrai
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Originally Posted by Alexandros
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Originally Posted by ThrasherDarkrai
"Goodnight, Irene" isn't even really a Clapton song, right? It's an old folk song, first recorded in the 1930s by Blues/Folk singer Huddie Ledbetter (better known as "Lead Belly"), that got covered by numerous people over the years. I suppose it's possible it's a reference to the song, but it's not clear to me at all it's a reference to Clapton specifically.
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Yeah, it seems like an odd connection. That said, "Where Did You Sleep Last Night?" is also a Lead Belly song, but a number of people still associate it with Nirvana.
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Again, I'd believe it's a reference to the song, but that's not what you initially said in this thread. Your initial claim in this thread was that it was a reference to Clapton specifically, and I can't find anything that would substantiate that. I did find someone in the Heroscapers Discord alluding to Irene's name being a reference to the song, but they actually didn't say anything about it being a reference to a specific artist, only the song. I'm curious as to why you're so certain it's a reference to Clapton, rather than a reference to a fairly well-known folk song that has been recorded by numerous other artists (and even showed up in Bioshock Infinite, which was released the same year as Clapton's cover).
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I'm not certain of anything, as stated previously, but it seems like you may be missing something from that poster.
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