But what about "And the colored girls go"? (re: Walk On The Wild Side)
FWIW, that line was used ironically at the time as "colored" had been largely supplanted by "black" in the early seventies. It was a purposefully fuddy duddy way to phrase it.
Is the Stones' Their Satanic Majesties Request a parody of Sgt. Pepper and/or the zeitgeist of the time?
It's not a parody; it's an interesting failure. One which was roundly blasted at the time but has gotten renewed appreciation over the years.
My friend Matthew used to describe it as "speed freaks on acid" - but he considered that to be its chief virtue.
It's not a parody; it's an interesting failure. One which was roundly blasted at the time but has gotten renewed appreciation over the years.
I only heard that album for the first time a few years ago, but I really like it. I'm especially fond of "Citadel", "She's a Rainbow" and "2000 Light Years From Home".
"2000 Light Years From Home"
I love this song. Worth the price of the album, IMO. I also got to see Love & Rockets cover it in concert, which was very, very trippy (both the version and the experience of them doing it).
Another random question: What songs are there about Kurt Cobain? Off the top of my head I can only think of "Androgynous Mind" by Sonic Youth and "Let Me In" by R.E.M.
Is the Patti Smith song "About A Boy" about Cobain?
Let it Die by the Foo Fighters
Is the Patti Smith song "About A Boy" about Cobain?
Yes.
I know I've seen a list of songs about Kurt and Courtney. There's a lot.
Courtney inspired "Bruise Violet" by Babes in Toyland, among other songs.
Huh. More than I'd thought there'd be.
Thanks.
Is the Patti Smith song "About A Boy" about Cobain?
Not on any of those lists: Mary Lou Lord's "Some Jingle Jangle Morning", which, oddly, was also originally titled "About a Boy".
(or maybe not so odd, given Nirvana's "About a Girl")
