Pynchon lyrics

[Peter Trachtenberg]

On Thu, 18 Jan 1996 sybil at celtic.co.uk wrote:

> 
> Howdy people
> 
> 	I've joined this list about three days ago. 
> 	Is anyone aware of any of TRP's lyrics having been set to music and 
> recorded? A friend thinks he remembers there being a Pynchon lyric on a 
> Commander Cody album, or something of that era, but he ain't sure...
> 	The odd lyric here and there in the books is clearly meant to 
> inhabit a pre-existent tune (the theme tune to Gilligan's Island springs 
> immediately to mind with regard to Frau Gnabb's Sea Shanty - how 
> embarrassing to even notice this!)
> 	Apologies if this topic has already been done to death, just point 
> me at the relevant archive if this is so.
> 
> 	Rgds, marc.
> 
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>           You can lead a horse to water - 
>           but if you can get it to float 
>       on its back then you're on to something.
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	In the late 1960s an ill-fated Boston band called THE BEACON STREET 
UNION or THE INSECT TRUST (I forget which) recorded "The Eyes of a New 
York Woman" from GR. I don't remember what it sounded like