tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post3601682454763031722..comments2024-01-26T21:38:25.924-08:00Comments on Duane's PoeTree: chester gilesDuanesPoeTreehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3407624264627208128.post-73988796612744395212018-12-31T15:42:39.901-08:002018-12-31T15:42:39.901-08:00Bill Callahan is the son of language analysts for ...Bill Callahan is the son of language analysts for the National Security Agency, the American organization that engages in global monitoring, collection, and processing of information. As Smog he began recording home-made tape-albums in 1990 with "Sewn to the Sky." Its liner notes claim it was recorded on a "dumpster Portastudio," the 1st (1979) 4-track recorder based on a standard compact audio cassette tape. This one one of the pioneering "lo-fi" albums, mostly lacking melodic structure and clumsily played on poorly tuned guitars. Much of his early output was instrumental, but his later work focused on lyrics. Rather than relying on the usual verse-chorus structure, his songs employ a free-form approach that has little melodic or lyrical repetition. In 2007 he released "Woke on a Whaleheart," his 1st solo album under his own name, which featured "A Man Needs a Woman or a Man to Be a Man":<br /><br />When you leave, I go into our room<br />And lay me down on birds of paradise<br />It's pretty womanly in here!<br />Roses noting every move<br />Nothing goes on except what should<br />A vast legacy of good<br /><br />And I don't know if I can uphold it on my own<br />I don't know if I can uphold it on my own<br />I don't know if I'm to be trusted<br />In our room<br />Alone<br /><br />A man needs a woman or a man<br />To be a man<br />A man needs a woman or a man<br />To be a man<br /><br />The light is explicit<br />Between nine and noon<br />The light shows a life to things thought dead<br />Like oaken legs and fireworks beneath the bed<br /><br />Fireworks are wasted in the day<br />I set 'em off anyway<br />To pass the time 'til you return<br />I Can't see a thing 'til you return<br />Maybe a little smoke 'til you return<br />With fireworks<br />More fireworks!<br />And you tell me to wait<br />Just wait, wait<br />Just wait<br /><br />A man needs a woman or a man<br />To be a man<br />A man needs a woman or a man<br />To be a man<br /><br />And when it's good and dark<br />The sky a wet black<br />Like earth has turned<br />You say OK<br />Now is time, OK<br />Like earth has turned<br /><br />Above us explode a golden lion dripping red<br />A blue bear spitting white<br />A spider of fire on a web of sparks<br />A green dragon with spiralled eyes<br />Fireworks light the way<br />Fireworks light the way<br /><br />Before us lie many a night<br />Before us lie fireworks in boxes<br />But only in you<br />Deep in you<br />Only in you<br />Deep in you<br />Is the fire that lights them<br /><br />A man needs a woman or a man<br />To be a man<br />A man needs a woman or a man<br />To be a man<br />DuanesPoeTreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17053093400086634552noreply@blogger.com