To illuminate Good Morning Captain, one must read Coleridge's, The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner. Etymological epics. Fascinating the way that whoever wrote the lyrics altered the narrative in the poem. It's almost as if we are given an account of the mariner's life on the shore, living with the fisherman and his son. I once read an interview with a film director who said that a film needs a beginning, middle and an end, not necessarily in that order. I love the way the chronology of the poem is mixed up in this way. After reading Coleridge, we'd expect Good Morning Captain to pick-up where The Mariner finishes. But, we are given three different introductions, as if life hasn't progressed:

When he woke, there was no trace of the ship.

and

Slowly, he turned.

I could be incorrect, but my reading is that the ancient mariner keeps being born, reborn. It's like he's immortal. The dead albatross has summoned him to eternal life.

Noting that Coleridge was into observing the effects of drugs, I was interested to hear that Brian was on some drugs while singing the song and apparently vomitted afterwards. I cannot remember where I read this though.


I could go on about this song for ages. I once conducted a two hour seminar on it at uni. Probably a PHD in there.

spiderland and tweez are two of the best records i have ever heard.


spiderland is my favorite of the two, but tweez is incredible aswell. and if you dissagree your ugly and i hate you.

There's a song I downloaded because i dont know what recording its from, but it's their best song without a doubt. its called "Nameless".
If anyone knows where it came from, I'd liek to buy the actual recording of it.



Hey Chris,
I guess your talking about the track from the e.p. titled "Slint".
It's TOUCH AND GO 132 CD.

Really really late, but I hope this will help you...

Chris Hardings wrote:
There's a song I downloaded because i dont know what recording its from, but it's their best song without a doubt. its called "Nameless".
If anyone knows where it came from, I'd liek to buy the actual recording of it.



Hey Chris,
I guess your talking about the track from the e.p. titled "Slint".
It's TOUCH AND GO 132 CD.

Really really late, but I hope this will help you...

Coleridge's, The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner

That poem actually exists? I thought it was something Douglas Adams made up in one of the Dirk Gently novels.

isn't it "Rime"?

One of my favorite things about Slint is that even after all these years they are still so damn mysterious. For a record that has had such an impact on so many it's still nearly impossible to find out any info on the band or the recordings, other than the sparse info and picture outakes from the Spiderland session that's been on the Southern page for years.

There is something to be said about that. And how it must be part of the mystery that allows the album to keep growing in myth. Even after all these years, Spiderland still shows up as a top seller on many stores sales reports.

That part where he says "I miss you" makes me feel like...like...

...like taking a dump. It's the stupidest part on the whole album.

What an overrated record. I mean, it sounds sooo dated. The music is bad, but the recording is worse. The drums sound like crap. Too bad they didn't have Pro Tools back then so they could fix it up and make it sound half-way good. They were only ahead of their time if you consider copying someone else's sound ahead of its time. That one "duh duh - duh duh" part in Nosferatu Man is a TOTAL rip-off of this one part from a Guns n Roses song from years earlier.

Plus, everyone who likes the record seems to bow down and kiss the ass of the almighty Vinyl God. Fuck that. Vinyl records are antiquated and dumb. Get with the times, grandma. No one listens to vinyl anymore. Any chance i get i buy all of my music on floppy disk. Pure, sweet digital.

This record obviously sucks or more people would know about it...duh.

Christopher wrote:That part where he says "I miss you" makes me feel like...like...

...like taking a dump. It's the stupidest part on the whole album.

What an overrated record. I mean, it sounds sooo dated. The music is bad, but the recording is worse. The drums sound like crap. Too bad they didn't have Pro Tools back then so they could fix it up and make it sound half-way good. They were only ahead of their time if you consider copying someone else's sound ahead of its time. That one "duh duh - duh duh" part in Nosferatu Man is a TOTAL rip-off of this one part from a Guns n Roses song from years earlier.

Plus, everyone who likes the record seems to bow down and kiss the ass of the almighty Vinyl God. Fuck that. Vinyl records are antiquated and dumb. Get with the times, grandma. No one listens to vinyl anymore. Any chance i get i buy all of my music on floppy disk. Pure, sweet digital.

This record obviously sucks or more people would know about it...duh.

yawn

Mr. Chimp wrote:yawn

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