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Chris Knowles | Song To The Siren, Invoked Entities, & Rebuilding Babylon
Etymology of Buckley and the Red Float Boat
Etymological links are explored, noting that "Buckley" means "shepherd boy" in Gaelic and "Frazier" relates to strawberries, which were sacred to Venus. These names fit the mythic structure of a goddess and her doomed lover. The discovery of Jeff Buckley's body by the "American Queen" riverboat is tied to the Cocteau Twins song "Kissed Out Red Float Boat," as "floats" is the technical term for the paddles on a river wheel.