"I Want to Fly"

I listened to Different Game yester-day and noticed a feature in "I Want to Fly" that's also present in the version on As Far As I Can See.  The line "And the days go so slow" exhibits assonance ("go so slow") and alliteration ("so slow"), and these features provide a sense of the line's meaning:  the retention of sounds from word to word illustrates a relative lack of change, and the multitude of similar sounds lends a sense of degree (for "so").

"Care of Cell 44"

Last night, I realized that the beginning of "Care of Cell 44" ("Good morning to you...") makes it an appropriate first song for Odessey and Oracle.  The beginning of the day and the start of the album coincide.

Odessey and Oracle

Last night, I was thinking about how - as The "Odessey" explains (p. 17) - "Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet appear in the 'O' of Odessey" on the cover of Odessey and Oracle.  On the back, Rod cites some lines from The Tempest.  Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy while The Tempest is a comedy, so - probably just coincidentally - this sort of dramatic dichotomy (tragedy or comedy) is mirrored by the two sides of the album sleeve (front and back).