Uploaded by azurepepevalencia on Dec 17, 2009
Montage set to Allen Ginsberg reciting his poem "America" with music by Tom Waits.
Final project for Edit 1 class.
Azure Pepe Valencia
10/17/09
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I find that lines of this poem just pop into my head every now and then. Truly beautiful.
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Holy fuck! This is beautiful!
1 month ago 2
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Why the fark is "workers" mutated to "wobblies" !? And why is the communist line manipulated!? And why can't he say fuck?!
All in all a very beautifull poem set to a very beautifull melody, but why the fark does it have to be poluted by "moral highground"-bitches?
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Truly angelic... nice vid thank you very much.
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never thought i could love a poem as much as this. and i hate english.
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@Qbert1000 its called 'closing time', from his debut album of the same name
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@danielphillipbutler 1: This was written in the 50s, thanks.
2: There is no such thing as an apolitical artist.
3: Doesn't whine? What about Lonely? Bad Liver and a Broken Heart?
Cover yourself up, man. Your primate is showing.
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What Tom Waits song is this?
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Plz somebody give me more examples of poetry like this and music I've heard tom waits
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I'm not a hundred percent sure what its about but I think its beautiful
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I think so too, funny how the same issues still apply today...
azurepepevalencia 2 years ago 21