Today in 1604, William Shakespeare's Othello was performed for the very first time at the Whitehall Palace in London. Surely, I thought to myself this morning, there must be a better Shakespearean allusion to that particular play in rock and roll than Doc Neeson's seemingly throwaway line, "she walk like Othello/dresses in day-glow" in the Aussie Angels' (or Angel City's) 1980 tune "No Secrets". Now I'm confounded to learn that according to the crappy online lyric sites, he's saying "walk like a PHAROAH". I'm not convinced. Listen yourself at about :34 in, doesn't it sound like he's saying "Othello"? Great song from a great band, by the way, even though the video looks more than a tad dated at times.
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