As liberating as that may sound, that declaration has been his most notable antagonist for his entire life.
That said, constantly making statements that sound like declarations of war, only to pull them back, doesn't seem like a good strategy to get someone to cave in negotiations, and give away their nuclear program.
That might have been a load of southern-fried flim-flam from Followill, who had just sung the aptly titled Charmer, but he had a way of making every declaration sound sincere.
"I Don't Dance," which on first blush sounds like a declaration of loyalty to an old country sound, is instead about remaining loyal on the road: "I don't dance, or play with the truth/take a chance of ever losing/the only one I sing my love songs to/I don't dance with anybody but you".
(Both declarations sound like trouble).
That declaration sounds different today.
It sounded glamorous, this declaration.
The newspaper O Globosaid the move "sounded like a declaration of war on NGOs dedicated to conservation".
To the Confederate states it sounded like a declaration of war, but they sought to avoid the responsibility of striking the first blow.
At his best, in songs like "Maybe I'm Amazed," Sir Paul has made simple lovers' declarations sound ageless; at his goopy worst, he has plenty of company.
Since Mr. Zevon was found to have terminal lung cancer last March, however, that declaration sounds far more literal -- and more poignant.
