I like that poem and I found a song John Vanderslice - Radiant With Terror.mp3 that uses it in its lyrics. But I think the music and singing in the song is too fast, and I prefer the poem without the music. A version with music that is more solemn would be good. I think if it were to be sung in a similar manner to Syd Barrett's "Opel", the poem would sound good in a song. Here is Syd's song:
Hi there, I joined this forum just to respond to this message. I'm a friend of John Vanderslice, and this is one of my favorite songs of his and I had to find the original poem. He often modifies poetry for his lyrics, I'm surprised he did this one straight up! I wrote because I think he read your board, there is a new version of this song on "Suddenly It All Went Dark"--his live studio acoustic remake of the entire album. The song is the most significantly different song on the album, and it is much slower, softer, and in a much lower/different key. I don't think he'd mind if I sent you a copy of it, I can be reached at [email protected]. I'm sure he'd see that as free promotion!
Robert Lowell - Fall 1961
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Hi there, I joined this forum just to respond to this message. I'm a friend of John Vanderslice, and this is one of my favorite songs of his and I had to find the original poem. He often modifies poetry for his lyrics, I'm surprised he did this one straight up! I wrote because I think he read your board, there is a new version of this song on "Suddenly It All Went Dark"--his live studio acoustic remake of the entire album. The song is the most significantly different song on the album, and it is much slower, softer, and in a much lower/different key. I don't think he'd mind if I sent you a copy of it, I can be reached at [email protected]. I'm sure he'd see that as free promotion!
Clay