Ballad Of The Skeletons

[Dadchris]

Ginsberg + Philipp Glass + Lenny Kaye + Paul McCartney

[felipesclassroom]

Hi Liquid, if you have the time you should google his name. you might be surprise by some great things you will come across.

Cheers,

[liquidfreak]

The only good thing Allen Ginsberg Did

[claudiotinoue]

Wow, never knew Gus Van Sant directed this video!

[amire80]

I saw it on MTV Europe some time around 1997. It was about 4am, in a late-night dance program. ("Dance" in Europe essentially meant "electronic" then.) Clubbing + poetry. It worked once.

[fly86]

Did Michael Stipe of R.E.M. have a role in this video? Heard a rumor that he produced some videos for Ginsberg

[snodgrassish]

Good one! Ginsberg was onto it 50 years ago! Great clip even with Stroke Face.

[liquidfreak]

That's All, Good Night!

[Hartchor]

said the electric chair skeleton, hey whats cookin ;) pretty cool

[cosmictywlite]

allen ginsberg ,he`s old school & he`s fucking good ,cheak out dylan`s ,subterranean home sick blues,Ginsberg is in that video from 1964,that`s how long this dude has been around & a bit longer back 2 the early 50`s

[peebeebaynut]

Pity the poor little skeleton

for his bill can hold more

than his belly can.

[sadolan1]

Why would have Gus Van Sant included images of Soekarno? I doubt such images have much resonance to most people in the US today; what does he represent here? (Could any populist leader -- Nasser, perhaps -- represent the same?)

[Borbatr]

fucking great.

[romfivera]

"Grim skeleton come back & put me out of Action" / Plutonian odes

[ANDREASRACH]

i still feel like 40 years ago-for hosts sake

[madz2323]

classic.

[urbanstroller]

"Said the Nanci skeleton - Just say no!

Said the Rasta skeleton - Blow Nanci, Blow!"

Classic!

[tomgzy]

I haven't seen or heard this in years thank you very much for trully a great post

[IcedKatrina]

Ahhh, so few views... Such a monumental waste of a truly brilliant song.

[pirilampa]

So awesome. Great poem, great song!

Is this from any specific album? I'd totally buy it!

[carpetmaori]

great just great. describes my life