Pynchon lyrics

[Djuna35 at aol.com]

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Forwarded message:
Subj:    Re: Pynchon lyrics
Date:    96-01-19 10:50:38 EST
From:    Djuna35
To:      tberg at echonyc.com

Peter Trachtenberg notes:
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...

Do you mean the late 70's?  Which came first, the song or the novel?

Other TRP music:  Mimi and Richard Farina did an instrumental (mandolin
based, I recall) titled "V."  There was a British band in the mid-80s called
"Benny Profane" and  around the same time The Jazz Butcher did a wonderful
song called "Looking for Lot 49" for Creation Records.  And Laurie Anderson's
"Mister Heartbreak" album includes a song dedicated to TRP called "Gravity's
Angel" ["Send it up. Watch it rise. See it fall.  Gravity's rainbow./ Send it
up. Watch it rise. See it fall. Gravity's angel."]  None of these contain
direct TRP lyrics, however.
Sorry if this is old news-- I've been reading the list for only a couple
months.
Jazz addendum:  I always assumed McClintic Sphere was a Monk reference.
 "Sphere" was Thelonious's middle name.

steve klinge
wilmington delaware