Kilgore Trout Lyrics
There are some songs, stories, movies, etc I would LOVE to write songs about. Books, usually... Like 1984 and Earth Abides and The Stars My Destination.
These guys took one of my most favorite books, Breakfast Of Champions, and built this all around one of the main characters.... didn't get him perfectly, I don't think, because he was pretty complex. But they got this aspect of what happened to him down very well.
Kilgore Trout is not just a character in Breakfast of Champions, he is a recurring character in many novels by my favorite author, Kurt Vonnegut. So you can imagine how pleased I was to hear that Appleseed Cast did this song. I really see these lyrics, as few of them as there are, to explain the story of a man who has worked all his life trying to write so that people may appreciate him, and he has gotten no appreciation. His character changes alot from book to book, but that is the one constant: that he is a science fiction writer that nobody gives a crap about. Noone, that is, until the Midland City Arts festival invites him as a guest speaker, but that's another story entitled Breakfast of Champions.
I love this song.
good ole vonny writes some fun books and stuff. but never should he be anyone's favorite author.
How can you say so much with 17 words
thrilling. breathtaking i knew the moment i saw you.
yeah. kilgore trout is also mentioned in slaughterhouse five
I hate to hate on Handsunderwater but Kurt Vonnegut was considered by many to be the greatest American writer alive after the death of Joseph Heller. So there is no problem with having Kurt Vonnegut as your favorite author. Kilgore Trout in everybook Vonengut talks about usually is talked about in a very obscure way. He has written over 100 novels and countless short-stories. His stories usually show up in Pornography Magazines or his books are only available in Sleezy backwater shops. This song is about someone wanting to be remembered for being great and is begging someone to help him be remembered. Even after doing so much and writing so many books no one knows who he is. I think Kilgore Trout is a direct reference to Kurt Vonnegut. Kurt Vonnegut has written many great books but many people do not know any of them besides Slaughter House Five and possibly Breakfast of Champions. Kilgore Trout appears in
God Bless you Mr. Rose Water Slaughter house five Sirens of Titan Breakfast of Champions Timequake Hocus Pocus Jailbird Galapagos
waaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiit aaaaaaalllllll yourrr liiiiiifeeeee........for a siiiiiiiigggggnnnnnnnn