Since I'm furious with our elected representatives, let's have a little music to soothe the savage breast. Did you know that's the correct quotation? According to this phrase site which has the poem from which it's taken, there are more than twice as many hits for the incorrect phrase "soothe the savage beast."
Two of my favorites: Jackson Browne and Joan Baez sing Browne's beautiful "Before the Deluge."
Oooh. New fact-finding question for my grad students! Because the question, now, is when did it first get mis-quoted.
Posted by: Scott at August 5, 2007 01:46 PMWhat a voice Joan Baez has, even now.
Posted by: hedera at August 5, 2007 04:53 PM