Thomas Pynchon exploits history for his own selfish ends
David Patty
navan.ghee at gmail.com
Thu Sep 25 12:34:07 CDT 2008
Re: sucky songs & letting yourself (or a work) mature--
As a teen I felt Deeply Betrayed by Fugazi's 'Red Medicine', embarrassed
even (though I couldn't properly explain why) but bore in mind that my
parents felt the same about King Crimson's 'Three of a Perfect Pair'. With
time I grew into 'Red Medicine' and now consider it one of my Desert Island
Five.
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http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=2127&page=5#Item_27]
Not that the songs in ATD are great, or even good... I've always had mixed
feelings about Pynchon-the-songwriter. Mostly I considered the seeming drop
in quality (and meter) to be indicative of the period. A great deal of
music from back then is awkward if not mothergodawful.
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