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song oracle
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 Posted - 02/10/2004 : 05:23:44
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Today's random song of the day is Llano del Rio.
What do you think of it?
lyrics
Llano-Llano
Going out to Llano
Llano del Rio
Try to find utopia
In the stucco grids and the tumbleweeds
You got to love that pearblossom
It’ll kill you just like possum
Have you been to the rock foundations?
Where it''s mostly known just for the speed
Llano-Llano
Going out to Llano
Going out to look for Aldous Huxley
There between the power lines
And the purple flowers of mescaline
If you really want to
You can practice esperanto
But in the land of pronto
The wind it tastes like gasoline
Llano-Llano
Going out to Llano
Llano del Rio
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Frog in the Sand
-+ Le premiere frog +-
France
2715 Posts |
Posted - 02/10/2004 : 06:13:18
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One of my faves on DITS. Very classic, yet so frankblackesque. I'd love to listen to it while driving at sunset on an Oklahoma Panhandle dirt road.
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PsychicTwin
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1772 Posts |
Posted - 02/10/2004 : 07:37:11
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I like this chill song, mostly because of the images that it evokes. There is just a certain placidness about the whole idea of Llano Del Rio
I like the line that talks about Huxley and the purple flowers of mescaline...again, aewsome imagery.
I didn't know the lyric was "stucco grids." Always thought it was "stucco bricks." Do stucco bricks even exist??? |
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GoddessTheory
= Cult of Ray =
USA
675 Posts |
Posted - 02/10/2004 : 07:45:04
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Great song about going out to look for peyote.
Can't beat a FB drug song. I think 1826 sounds like a song he wrote AFTER finding the peyote from this song. |
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apl4eris
~ Abstract Brain ~
USA
4800 Posts |
Posted - 02/10/2004 : 09:01:11
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Very weird to me that this is the song of the day - I dreamed last night of my husband before he was my husband, who was just back from a stay in the southwest, still strung out on mescaline and peyote and not being very aware of my advances.  Maybe it means we need to go on vacation to the southwest soon...
PsychicTwin, the Romans used stucco over mud bricks, so you aren't half wrong  the "stucco grids" line is in the liner notes, though. Anyhoo, as far as the grids go, it does make sense when you look closely at the pictures of the llano del rio site today - the walls are all broken down, just leaving squared-off remnants of stucco walls.
Here's an ok picture:
"Wir müssen wissen. Wir werden wissen."/"Our house has seven doors, all are green...except one, which is yellow." |
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PsychicTwin
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1772 Posts |
Posted - 02/10/2004 : 11:15:32
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I've never done peyote, though I guess I'm curious to try it... Then again, I've done the psychedelic tango probably one too many times in my earlier years (shrooms and LSD). I like to think that this accounts for my abnormal (stunted?) fashion sense, my general lack of an overall "hair style", my unconventional style of guitar playing...and most of all, THOSE DAMN VOICES IN MY HEAD ARGHHGHG ARGHGHHGHGH
GoddessTheory - yeah, 1826 has an almost shamanic-chant quality to it. Not unlike something that would flow out of a sentient, tripping individual. Good call.
apl4eris -- nice pic... actually, what you said about the Romans covering mud bricks with stucco sounds strangely familiar... |
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Jettison
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USA
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Posted - 02/10/2004 : 13:01:21
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it's cool to know this is about searching for peyote.
is it easily found growing in that area?
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GoddessTheory
= Cult of Ray =
USA
675 Posts |
Posted - 02/10/2004 : 13:40:09
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quote:
Originally posted by PsychicTwin
GoddessTheory - yeah, 1826 has an almost shamanic-chant quality to it. Not unlike something that would flow out of a sentient, tripping individual. Good call.
Thanks ! I've just always pictured just what you said when I hear that song. |
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Frog in the Sand
-+ Le premiere frog +-
France
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Adnan_le_Terrible
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1973 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2004 : 02:49:04
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I don't like this song at all. Along with Hermaphroditos and I'll be blue, it's the worst song on DITS. I always skip it when I listen the album.
Pump the Jam |
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2673 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2004 : 04:31:22
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I was driving from Dublin to Berlin a few years ago with DITS in the deck constantly (tho Brubeck and Johnny Cash got a lookin sometimes). References to Mexico notwithstanding, the record felt pretty perfect for a crossContinent trip.
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"You one of those right wing nut outfits?" inquired the diplomatic Metzger.
Fallopian twinkled. "They accuse us of being paranoids."
"They?" inquired Metzger, twinkling also.
"Us?" asked Oedipa.
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
2002 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2004 : 12:13:40
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A good song, but hardly a favorite...am much more taken by it's psychotic twin: San Antonio, TX. Listen to the similarities...as if the latter IS the former but on said peyote!
Catchin' blue in his eyes that were brown
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
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Posted - 02/11/2004 : 12:25:05
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quote:
Originally posted by Adnan_le_Terrible
I don't like this song at all. Along with Hermaphroditos and I'll be blue, it's the worst song on DITS. I always skip it when I listen the album.
Pump the Jam
You skip Hermaphroditos?
I love that tune. |
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PsychicTwin
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1772 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2004 : 12:34:39
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I can understand those tracks not being your favorites, Adnan.
But skipping them every time?? |
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chrischob
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Canada
110 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2004 : 13:52:07
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I didnt like this song at first but it really grew on me.
Chris Choboter
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mereubu
= FB QuizMistress =
USA
2677 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2004 : 14:51:00
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I don't think that this song has a damned thing to do with peyote. Yes, there is a mescaline flower, but that's not what he's looking for. I always figured it was just about the actual community of Llano del Rio and its ruins--its original occupants were trying to find Utopia. (Frank himself has said that he wrote it after reading City of Quartz.) Anyway, I've always thought of it as one of his "history songs" as opposed to a drug song. Interesting, too, the pear blossom part--the way pear blossoms stink, and also that the Pear Blossom is one of the highways from LA out into the desert.
I love this song. Great for driving.
 "I joined the Cult of Frank / And all I got was this lousy icon" |
Edited by - mereubu on 02/11/2004 14:51:51 |
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NimrodsSon
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1938 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2004 : 15:03:29
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Yeah I agree with Sarah. I don't think this is a drug song, but it's a great song nonetheless
¡Viva los Católicos! |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2004 : 16:27:32
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If you skip a track every time, you never give it the chance to grow on you. Therefore, I wouldn't recommend doing that unless you're speed-listening, so to speak, and only playing the tracks you really like. Personally, I really like LDR. I'm less thrilled by Hermaphroditos, but it's okay.
I agree that the song probably isn't about drugs overall, although it mentions them.
-Nathan
And how does lemur's skin reflect the sea?
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IceCream
= Quote Accumulator =
USA
1850 Posts |
Posted - 02/11/2004 : 17:10:26
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I think that This is the second worse track on DITS.
Tim, the only one who laughs |
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Sam
= Cult of Ray =
Ireland
511 Posts |
Posted - 02/12/2004 : 05:31:44
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| Great song, love it. Especially the piano part which i presume is EDF. Beautiful imagery and lyrics. |
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