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Doryphore
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Belgium
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 Posted - 12/20/2002 : 11:05:49
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| I am currently reading myself through Burroughs' oeuvre, and his work reminds me sometimes of lyrics by Frank Black/Black Francis. 'Naked Lunch' for example made me think of some songs, and 'The Western Lands' has a reference to lemurs. Does anyone know if FB/BF ever mentioned this great writer in interviews? Thanks |
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Itchload
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Posted - 12/20/2002 : 19:36:25
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| I don't think Frank has mentioned him. I think maybe young anti-cliche college Frank Black would have liked him if he read him (I don't know if he has or not), but it might be a little too "arty" for today's Frank, though he still does spin some stream of conscience stuff in his work. Naked Lunch is mostly depraved drugs and sex style stuff, so it seems if Frank read Burroughs, it would be Pixies-era Frank. For the record, I think Burroughs is very talented too. |
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Doryphore
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Belgium
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Posted - 12/29/2002 : 03:18:52
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| Thanks. I don't agree though with Burroughs being anti-cliche and arty. ok, naked lunch is quite crazy and unaccessible, which can be also be an interesting read experience in my opinion, but he's also made quite some 'normal' novels, e.g. Queer and this trilogy, that is quite mature and has a lot of interesting spiritual elements. |
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St. Francis
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Canada
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Posted - 12/29/2002 : 10:45:46
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Looking at Francois' lyrics and references I think he is very very well read. Have no doubt he has read Burroughs and the rest of that generation of writers... call it a hunch, but, I'd bet the farm.
This has been confirmed for me...
Yeah! Me! |
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Itchload
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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Posted - 12/30/2002 : 09:58:11
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| Doryphore, I agree with you that Burroughs isn't all anti-cliche stuff too, but you said yourself it was Naked Lunch that reminded you of Frank's work, as opposed to some of Burroughs more straight-forward writing. Perhaps Frank has read Junkie or Queer, but I'm not sure they influenced him lyrically, or are as likely to have influenced him as Naked Lunch might have. |
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Doryphore
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Belgium
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Posted - 12/31/2002 : 08:14:57
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OK, I was just objecting to describing 'him' (being Burroughs\all his work) as arty etc.
Yes, it is probable that Naked Lunch gave some concrete inspiration, but I see also similarities in general atmosphere between e.g. Junkie and songs like Gouge Away and Dead. Mainly Pixies stuff as you mentioned.
St. Francis, thanks for the confirmation. |
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El Barto
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USA
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Posted - 01/01/2003 : 18:38:59
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| Gouge Away and Dead are based on stories from the bible. |
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Ten Percenter
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/04/2003 : 13:36:04
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The following is an extract from a biography of Steve Earle I am reading at the moment, I thought that it might be of (limited) interest:
On the spur of the moment, he (Steve) decided to take a side trip to the house of William Burroughs, the Beat writer who had captivated him with novels like Junky all those years before. In Lawrence, Kansas, he stood on Burroughs's doorstep politely explaining who he was... and how much Burroughs's books had affected him.
Burroughs heard him out. 'Fuck off' he said to Steve. |
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KoolWhp
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Posted - 01/04/2003 : 17:07:49
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I think Burroughs gets (or got, anyway, now he's dead) a bad rep as being the patron saint of people on heroin, but for the most part he's a fantastic author. He wrote about stuff other than drugs, though, and his essays were all great and well-thought-out.
If Steve Earle came to my door and told me I were great, I would tell him to bite it, too. |
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