Allen Ginsberg Reading Howl (Part 1)

Full version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p_kKh...

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[mclarenv12]

Fuck, this is amazing. I'm totally wrapped up in this. Ginsberg... seriously..fuck. What can you say about Ginsberg that hasn't been said? Other than just...sincerity...intellect..­facts..images. Its amazing. We are in fact just avatars on a screen commenting on something that was said by someone we never met but somehow still relate to. (or assume to relate to). It's absurd, it's funny, its serious., tragic, awesome, it's life... (I've been drinking)

[Shane McCaslin]

For any reading this who have not enjoyed the exhilarating emotional relief of spewing out a steady stream of pure unbridled unconscious thoughts regarding whatever out of your buzzing mind, putting it down unchanged and unwarranted on paper and then reading it to a crowd should go do it right now. It will help you to understand this poem a lot better than reading useless comments not unlike this one :)

[Joseph Goodwin]

hey guys, check out a video i made for the first part of howl, i hope you like it and share the love

[musikTECH]

Just use a youtube downloader like youtube 2 MP3. 

[ocmslover]

does anyone know where I can get this in mp3 form ?

[MrLudwig36]

In the late 90's, there was a documentary on A&E called "No More to Say, and Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg." It was one of the best documentaries I've seen on him. It is my hope that someone will post this.

[999kutch]

one of the few things that made sense to me in this past year.

[Sunni Chavez]

It's not hard to understand if you know the context. The first line says it all, "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness." The rest is descriptions of who those best minds were and how they lost their sanity, capitalism and how it is like Moloch (demanding sacrifice of what we hold dear), and how we are all Holy no matter the circumstance. Hope someone finds this helpful, I know i didn't understand it at first but there is true literary value to Ginsberg's work.

[djmalatesta]

right on!

[francisco hernandez]

kerry soileau your faggotry is unwanted now kindly fuck off!

[Zach Bell]

go away and do not use such inflammatory and offensive language against a man with such a beautiful soul and the most genuine of intention of mere personal expression.