And Psycho, I miss you more than all the others
and I salute you, brother.
Those are c-listers who died, died
They were all poor saps, and they died.
The preceding was brought to you by Crisis on Infinite Earths and this song...
The Jim Carroll Band - People Who Died (from Catholic Boy, 1980) - One of the two "list" songs that became alternative format and college radio staples back in the good old days (at least on the Boston airwaves), the other song being The Nails' "88 Lines About 44 Women." Apparently the interplay between eros and thanatos extends even to quasi-novelty songs.
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Wow! I completely forgot that Nails song existed until you mentioned it. (Must've killed that brain cell sometime in the 1990s). What a cool song that was. Any chance you'll post it?
Also, I love (and still remember) this Jim Carroll tune. Great stuff.
Hey, I found the Nails song on Amazon. (Sorry for the premature "please post this" request, I just got excited there.). Again, thanks for reminding me.
The other song these bring to mind, for me at least, is "Never Say Never" by Romeo Void.
Paul, anyone who has an ongoing tribute to Tom T. Hall on his website has nothing to apologize for.
You're right about the Romeo Void track. That, The Swingers' "Counting the Beat," and (in Boston, at least) The Atlantics' "Lonely Hearts" were subconsciously absorbed into my young brain via radio play.
The Nails had another great list song, "Things You Left Behind"...
A pair of stockings, pair of shoes,
a record by the Moody Blues
A nickel bag of Mexican pot
You bought downtown in a parking lot...
Not unlike the Psychedelic Furs song "All Of This And Nothing," only, y'know... less so.
Doesn't take a lot to make that about Katrina, does it?
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