Carl Solomon Blues

Ok, I'd agree the name of the song is in fact, Carl Solomon Blues. As for the Origin and per Wikipedia, when Allen Ginsberg wrote HOWL, "the primary emotional drive was his sympathy for Carl Solomon; he met Solomon in a mental institution and became friends with him" Considering the song uses morose language such as, "You're just a litany of horrors like the evening news" and "haunting you," the song most likely is a re-imagining of Ginsberg's poem. From Ginsberg's poem, Allen narrates...<br /> <br /> "ashcan rantings and kind king light of mind, <br /> who chained themselves to subways for the endless <br /> ride from Battery to holy Bronx on benzedrine <br /> until the noise of wheels and children brought <br /> them down shuddering mouth-wracked and <br /> battered bleak of brain all drained of brilliance <br /> in the drear light of Zoo"<br /> <br /> "Bronx" from the poem (line 3) corrosponds to D&THL's line, "But off somewhere in a New York flat"<br /> <br /> and <br /> <br /> "angelheaded hipsters burning for the ancient heavenly..." also from HOWL corresponds to D&THL's "Angel headed elsewhere for the past six weeks" and "Angel headed elsewhere so markedly meek" because they all begin with the word angelheaded, which I'm not even sure of the meaning of the word, much less it's use. It turns out Ginsberg was a homosexual, just like most beat writers of the time. Perhaps angelheaded hipsters were a subgroup of junkies that Ginsberg and/or Carl Solomon were/was apart of. Ginsberg was a non-addict, although enchanted by the beautifully doomed or popular/attractive drug addicts. If Solomon and Ginsberg met in a psych institution, Carl would've prob been the Angelheaded hipster that is the subject of the poem and the song.<br /> <br /> As for the bottom line meaning of the song, Ian Metzger impersonates Ginsberg as he essentially describes the horror of the lifestyle that Carl Solomon may have suffered. Benzedrine is a type of amphetamine that brings the user into a euphoric state (D&THL's "And you don't want to look surprised but you're in constant ahhh!) while diminishing a sense of appetite (D&THL's "Shoulder bladed nightmare rug pulled from your feet"). In my opinion, while Ginsberg sympathized for his generation of beat writers, he also could realize their trademark use of drugs, wild and promiscuous sexual habits, and hippy nature would lead to their downfall.<br /> <br /> Word to D&THL, good homework, but do you have any thoughts of your own? I'm not the biggest fan, but I your other songs aren't recreations of existing poems. The beat is great and the strung out vocals match the lyrics and the anxious beat.<br /> <br /> I'm BANZR and you've been BANZED!

come on guys...<br /> <br /> this song is about Ian's self-loathing of his lyric writing. <br /> <br /> basically he read a poem that made him feel less confidant about his songwriting ability and this was written to reflect his feeling on this issue. <br /> <br /> "Backwash districts sprung from Ra's bright hips<br /> Reduced to silkscreen hand job new car ego trips<br /> And it's just endless combinations of the same old shit"<br /> <br /> examples of some of his lyrics and stating that they all seem the same to him, useless. <br /> <br /> "Sloshing back and forth across some continents<br /> All that talking it ain't got no use when it's just mal digestion that's been haunting you<br /> Along with reflux opinions from your ulcer moods"<br /> <br /> either he's talking about people writing lyrics in general or talking about how<br /> they stay with him (in his head)as he travels, but i doubt either are correct<br /> writing these lyrics is pointless when your reasons for being upset are trivial <br /> and he gets into weird moods and writes down lyrics that reflect them <br /> <br /> "You're just a litany of horrors like the evening news<br /> <br /> you're just depressing... <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> does anyone else care to add the rest?<br />

yeah idk about that

and to be clear i didnt mean she was actually in a porno