The Rittenhouse Review

A Philadelphia Journal of Politics, Finance, Ethics, and Culture


Thursday, August 29, 2002  

A READER WRITES . . .
Norah Vincent: Jackson Browne Fan -- And Plagiarist?

To The Rittenhouse Review:

I was checking out the site today and I came upon your assessment of the mysterious Norah Vincent.

I was struck by this particular turn of phrase: “. . . the fitful dream of this rude and much greater awakening.”

It rang familiar. Then I remembered this verse from Jackson Browne’s “The Pretender”:

I want to know what became of the changes we waited for love to bring
Were they only the fitful dreams of some greater awakening?

So, not only is Norah a hack, she’s not even an original one.

Stealing from a song called “The Pretender”? Classic. At least Peggy Noonan isn’t copping her banalities from old Dan Fogelberg tunes.

Keep up the good work.

Signed,
Charles Pierce

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