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elektraflowers · 2 days
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Here's my apocalyptic take on the beat generation. It's a cover of an old Rod McKuen song; I've changed the lyrics a little. I'm still working my way through the Ableton tutorials, so it might sound halfway professional someday—not today, though.
I like this one a lot. Lyrics, and a link to the original, below the cut.
I looked over the mountain and saw a lamb insane With seven eyes and seven horns and tongues of writhing flame The same old ancient story The same old ancient song The central holy fact is that the weak should fear the strong
Come alive in the regeneration brand new body and a troubled new mind Come alive in the regeneration, and everything is gonna be fine!
I cannot hear the music I cannot stand the smell As little baby's little souls fall screaming down to hell It does not have a moral It's never ever fair When babies cry forevermore while angels darn the air
Come apart in the degeneration soul on fire with a troubled new mind Come apart in the degeneration, and everything is gonna be fine!
a crowd came to the mountain it seemed to be the place they saw a stranger standing there, a mask upon his face The softness of a serpent The wisdom of a dove enthralled with holy terror at this great unholy love
And people fall like pebbles And people rise like smoke forever up to heaven like some great eternal joke The punchline leaves you gasping The rhythm's out of joint With God of this you can be sure the cruelty's the point
Come alive in the regeneration brand new body and a troubled new mind Come alive in the regeneration, and everything is gonna be fine!
You wonder what the game is it can't be just for fun As angels build a castle in the center of the sun A million stores deep A million stories tall And that's about the only thing they really dig at all
Burn in hell, call it heat generation brand new body and a troubled new mind Join the band, call it beat generation, and try to hit the right note on time…
Come alive in the regeneration brand new body and a troubled new mind Come alive in the regeneration, and everything's gonna be fine!
Original song: "The Beat Generation" by Bob McFadden and Dor (Rod McKuen--Dor is "Rod" spelled backwards)
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humanoidhistory · 5 months
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David Cronenberg on the set of Naked Lunch.
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oldshowbiz · 2 months
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Cops vs. Poets
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Burt Glinn, Beatniks at the Seven Arts Café, New York City, 1959
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dylanisdead · 8 months
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William Burroughs pulling a knife on Jack Kerouac, 1950s
Photo credit to Allen Ginsberg
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Fonte : Pinterest
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ornithorynquerouge · 2 months
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William S. Burroughs in his room at the Beat Hotel, rue Gît-le-Cœur, Paris, France (festive mood) by Loomis Dean. 1958
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tygerland · 11 months
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Allen Ginsberg (l) by Bruce Weber; NYC, 1992.
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lolx123456789 · 3 months
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The only people for me are the mad ones: the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who... burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles.
-Jack Kerouac
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undergroundrockpress · 11 months
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1963.
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weirdlookindog · 5 months
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Maila 'Vampira' Nurmi in The Beat Generation (1959).
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totallyfuckd · 5 months
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Barbra Streisand moans: I WAS HAPPIER AS A BEATNIK. July 4th, 1965.
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visioncody · 7 months
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Visions of Cody (wr. 1951) (pub. 1972)
—Jack Kerouac
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degenderates · 5 months
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allen ginsberg & neal cassady
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aquarda · 11 months
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“Tell them you came and saw and looked into my eyes and watched the shadows of the guard receding.”
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oldshowbiz · 6 months
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The underwhelming On the Road movie tried to suppress the reality of Jack Kerouac's Republican politics.
In the late 1960s, Kerouac condemned the hippie movement and endorsed the Vietnam War.
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