Songs Written by Thomas Pynchon

[Dave Monroe]

A friend (!) asks ...

"If Pynchon hated the version so much, why did he
register as a songwriter with BMI?  You can't get a
CAE number unless you pay the fee and fill out all the
forms."

To collect his royalties, I'm assuming, but ...

--- Dave Monroe <davidmmonroe at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>
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 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 LP withdrawn.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

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