Songs Written by Thomas Pynchon

[Dave Monroe]

Just brought to my attention ...

http://repertoire.bmi.com/writer.asp?WriterID=277622&WriterName=PYNCHON+THOMAS

http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?TitleID=396230&TitleIDSeq=0&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeq=0&W=on&P=on&AW=on&AR=on

In re ...

"In 1970, a folk-rock band called The Insect Trust
(one of whose members, Robert Palmer, would go on to
fame and fortune as a music critic for The New York
Times) issued an LP called Hoboken Saturday Night. It
included a version of one of Pynchon's loveliest
lyrics from V, 'The Eyes of a New York Woman.' An
appropriately bluesy tune was provided by one Jeff
Ogden -- not a member of the band. Surprisingly,
Pynchon was displeased with Insect Trust's initiative.
A lawyer representing the writer contacted the band
and told them Pynchon wanted the LP withdrawn. After
some negotiation, the band agreed to stop performing
the song live, and Pynchon withdrew his threat of
legal action. As far as we know, this is the only time
a Pynchon song has been performed and/or recorded."

http://www.mindspring.com/~shadow88/intro.htm

But as I've pointed out, this last assertion is not
entirely true ...


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