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Character from the song "Dear Mr. Fantasy" by group Traffic, released on their 1967  album ''Mr. Fantasy''.
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<blockquote>Dear Mister Fantasy play us a tune<br />
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Something to make us all happy</blockquote>
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He's a Pagliacci-type figure:
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<blockquote>You are the one who can make us all laugh<br />
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But doing that you break out in tears</blockquote>
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Traffic member Jim Capaldi had "...drawn this character playing a guitar, with puppet hands instead of his own hands." Under it, Capaldi had written "Dear Mr. Fantasy, play us a tune, something to make us all happy," as though someone was writing a letter to the character.
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Capaldi later woke up from a nap and "...found that they'd written a song around the words and drawing I'd done."
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==External Links==
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*https://ultimateclassicrock.com/traffic-dear-mr-fantasy/
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*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dear_Mr._Fantasy
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*https://www.discogs.com/Traffic-Traffic-Avec-Stevie-Winwood/master/69029
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*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS_eHdqcrM8
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{{#ev:youtube|sS_eHdqcrM8}}
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[[Category:1967|Fantasy, Mr.]]
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[[Category:Songs|Fantasy, Mr.]]
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[[Category:Fictional singers|Fantasy, Mr.]]
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[[Category:Fictional guitarists|Fantasy, Mr.]]

Latest revision as of 13:37, 26 January 2021

Character from the song "Dear Mr. Fantasy" by group Traffic, released on their 1967 album Mr. Fantasy.

Dear Mister Fantasy play us a tune
Something to make us all happy

He's a Pagliacci-type figure:

You are the one who can make us all laugh
But doing that you break out in tears

Traffic member Jim Capaldi had "...drawn this character playing a guitar, with puppet hands instead of his own hands." Under it, Capaldi had written "Dear Mr. Fantasy, play us a tune, something to make us all happy," as though someone was writing a letter to the character.

Capaldi later woke up from a nap and "...found that they'd written a song around the words and drawing I'd done."


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