text: Thanks for this.
  From another music poet: "Because something is happening here, but you don't know what it is.  Do you, Mr. Jones?" 
  
  "I can get behind anything..."  Well, like others I suspect, I gave it a good shot. About the Hip, I'm a Jones. 
  
  Not for the first time, the phenomenon says more about the audience than the artist. 
  
  But, musical--and lyrical--tastes aside, I admire this: the man chose his life, lived it his way, did it relatively successfully (in that he did what he wanted AND was financially rewarded), was obviously very happy and made many others happy, too.  
  
  Doesn't get much better than that.