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This cracks me up.
Kris wrote: "This cracks me up."
Ha! I've read that that song was inspired by Gravity's Rainbow. From Wiki: The lyrics of Devo's song "Whip It" were inspired by Gravity's Rainbow parodies of limericks and poems; Gerald Casale specified:
The lyrics were written by me as an imitation of Thomas Pynchon's parodies in his book Gravity's Rainbow. He had parodied limericks and poems of kind of all-American, obsessive, cult of personality ideas like Horatio Alger and 'You're #1, there's nobody else like you' kind of poems that were very funny and very clever. I thought, 'I'd like to do one like Thomas Pynchon,' so I wrote down 'Whip It' one night.[27]
Jenn(ifer) wrote: "Kris wrote: "This cracks me up."
Ha! I've read that that song was inspired by Gravity's Rainbow. From Wiki: The lyrics of Devo's song "Whip It" were inspired by Gravity's Rainbow parodies of lim..."
Pynchon's influence is everywhere! I hadn't known this before Nathan pointed it out a few minutes ago. It's a great story,
The Aislers Set - London Madridhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu42UX...
Bettie Serveert - Mariachi Souls
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VVaTI...
Marie Fisker - Ghost of Love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anv8Q8...
Sarabeth Tucek - State I Am In
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE7w0F...
Kristin Hersh - Spain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy5dDm...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDyM4v...
Ian wrote: "Robyn Hitchcock - "A Man's Gotta Know His Limitations, Briggs":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDyM4v..."
Just listened to this yesterday.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77ukY7...
C.L.A.-R.E.M.-O.N.T.
Ian wrote: "Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 - "Belltown Ramble":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77ukY7...
C.L.A.-R.E.M.-O.N.T."
Big smile here. This is such a great album. And very good to listen to during train rides (where I was listening yesterday).
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G4rBC..."
Beautiful. The sound of experiencing a sunrise without a hangover.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ni5OQ..."
I had no idea what to expect, certainly not the Satie-like piano.
Ian wrote: "Azure Ray - "November"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJr3FO..."
This is one of my favorite songs.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXfnZ7..."
A personal favourite for a long, long time.
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Show me shooting stars
Immerse me in your splendour
Bello Bolano
Ian wrote: "Splendour in the StarsShow me shooting stars
Immerse me in your splendour
Bello Bolano"
:)
Ian wrote: "Kris wrote: "Big Star - Watch The Sunrisehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G4rBC..."
Beautiful. The sound of experiencing a sunrise without a hangover."
Perfectly described.
Ian wrote: "Kris wrote: "The Stone Roses - This Is The Onehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXfnZ7..."
A personal favourite for a long, long time."
Same here
Late to the party, but The Gipsy Kings cover of The Eagles is all I could hear when they took off in the car and the end of part 1:The Gipsy Kings - Hotel California http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVTmEW...
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Radical Face - Welcome Homehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfbF44...
Radical Face - Doorways
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vE2Urf...
Radical Face - Ghost Towns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MUA9h...
Radical Face - Always Gold
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqc2uO...
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Cloud Cult, Pretty Voice (live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMpOhw...
Cloud Cult -- Step Forward (live)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aschoL...
Ian wrote: "Have I told you that you can check out of the Cabbage Detectives, but you can never leave?"OK Ian Soprano!
Howe Gelb & A Band of Gypsies - (There Were) Always Horses Cominghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWiT43...
There are even mood music while typing the review! This is outrageously interesting!
K.D. wrote: "There are even mood music while typing the review! This is outrageously interesting!"Yes, I love Ian's music threads. They now seem essential to me in discussion forums. We've made Spotify group playlists in the discussion groups for Infinite Jest and The Master and Margarita, too.
Music, art, literature...it's all good! I can't do without one.
Cymande - Dovehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcL8S...
I read the first part in two sittings entirely to this. Brilliant stuff.
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