| Frank Black – Calistan Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| Frank Black or Black Francis has always been a devoted environmentalist - this song envisions a future where Californian has become like one of the stans (Afghanistan, Pakistan etc) - Like HG Wells the message is if you think we are guaranteed continuous improvement in standards of life and happiness this is an illusion. What I love about these lyrics is that while Black paints a very dystopic picture of the future the protagonist is trying to recall some of the great things of the past. But the whatever has happened is so momentous that the past as a recorded history is lost and our protagonist gives us a very jumbled version of how the past was - for Navajo (pronounced Nava Ho) Indians become Nava Joes, John Wyane become Juan Wayne and eventually admits that he just doesn't know. As ever Black is both funny and wild. | |
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