On very rare occasions, the original source for a song sample will come up in my random playlist, providing a moment of cognitive dissonance. Today, I heard Jack Kerouac’s voice talking about jazz, and had a moment of recognition, connecting his spoken word piece from some collection of beat poetry, to the sample at the beginning of a Chumbawamba song.
Posts Tagged ‘poetry’
Music and words together
Tuesday, January 4th, 2011Hard Nights, Soft Days
Wednesday, February 17th, 2010A flower in her hair
Like someone stuck it there
A reminder of what never was
A hopeful dream of just because
The music on the radio
Is ringing in my ears
There’s nothing really to it
The sum of all my fears
Playing out the same old game
No one ever knows my name
But I’ll still be here just the same
Another day
Another night
Another star that burned too bright
Open your eyes
Close up your heart
These are the days
When we walk apart.
Founding the Past
Tuesday, February 16th, 2010While prepping all of my old boneyard machines for donation to Interconnection, found an old version of my original website, funkaspuck, complete with a cache of some old poetry. Oh the days before I knew I could drown my misery in alcohol =p