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...
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...
"ashcan rantings and kind king light of mind,
who chained themselves...
"ashcan rantings and kind king light of mind,
who chained themselves to subways for the endless
ride from Battery to holy Bronx on benzedrine
until the noise of wheels and children brought
them down shuddering mouth-wracked and
battered bleak of brain all drained of brilliance
in the drear light of Zoo"
"Bronx" from the poem (line 3) corrosponds to D&THL's line, "But off somewhere in a New York flat"
and
"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.
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.
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.
why does no one talk more about what and who this song is about?
google Carl Solomon!!!
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...
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...
"ashcan rantings and kind king light of mind, who chained themselves...
"ashcan rantings and kind king light of mind, who chained themselves to subways for the endless ride from Battery to holy Bronx on benzedrine until the noise of wheels and children brought them down shuddering mouth-wracked and battered bleak of brain all drained of brilliance in the drear light of Zoo"
"Bronx" from the poem (line 3) corrosponds to D&THL's line, "But off somewhere in a New York flat"
and
"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.
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.
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.
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