"Undun" was written by Bachman after hearing Bob Dylan's "Ballad in Plain D," which included the phrase "she was easily undone." Bachman's song tells the story of a girl he had seen at a party who, after dosing herself with LSD, slipped into a coma.
But that's not it. It started with that Fetterman-and-shorts post at 5:50 a.m. In the comments, Temujin said:
Ann from Wisconsin cannot get her head around short pants, but if Ann from Wisconsin lived here along the Gulf of America, Meade would be running around in lime green shorts on a daily basis. And she'd think it was cute. Or...madness.
I said:
I'm pleased that you remember Meade's green pants, a highlight of our courtship.That link contained another link, one that went back to the comments to a January 30, 2009 post. There, we see Meade saying "Sorry for causing undo concern."
You have to read the thread to understand if that was a homophone typo or a nice pun, but at the time, I just commented "undo."
And then, texting about it just now, Meade typed "Undun."

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A forgotten great vocalist, Burton Cummings.
Agree with Wilbur - Burton Cummings is one of the best rock singers of all time.
We were just playing "name the artist" last week and I was stumped on Undun. My wife even prompted with "guess who this is?" I said Zombies.
Nice voice. I like his voice.
@bagdadbob - it does sound like “She’s Not There”.
AMDG said...
@bagdadbob - it does sound like “She’s Not There”.
Yeah, now that you mention it ...
"Give me the Guess Who. Come on, they have the courage to be drunken buffoons, which makes them poetic."
I love "Undun" but I always hated The Guess Who for "American Woman." It's sexist and it's anti-American and it's bombastic in a way that's completely different from "Undun."
Always loved that song.
Speak not of Burton in the past tense for he recently performed here in Vegas. "Undun" has great, unexpected chords. Jazzy to the max.
Never knew it wasn't 'Undone'
Ann Althouse said...
I love "Undun" but I always hated The Guess Who for "American Woman." It's sexist and it's anti-American and it's bombastic in a way that's completely different from "Undun."
9/2/26, 9:59 AM
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Agree on all your points but the riff is Keith Richards worthy.
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