Philippa Fallon recites the greatest beat poem of them all from "High School Confidential." -1958. d. Jack Arnold. From letterboxed laserdisc.
That's Jackie "Uncle Fester" Coogan in the background on the ivories.
Transcription:
My Old man was a bread stasher all his life
He never got fat
He wound up with a used car, a 17 inch screen. Arthritis
Tomorrow is a drag, man
Tomorrow is a king sized bust
They cry put down pot Don't think a lot
For what?
Time, how Much and what to do with it
Sleep, man, and you might wake up digging the whole human race
Giving itself 3 days to get out
Tomorrow is a drag pops, the future is a flake
We cough blood on this earth
Now there's a race for space
We can cough blood on the moon, soon
Tomorrow is dragsville, cats
Tomorrow is king-sized drag
Tool a fast short
Swing with a gassy chick
Turn on to a 1000 joys
Smile on what happened, or check what's gonna happen
You'll miss what's happening
Turn your eyes inside and dig the vacuum
Tomorrow, Draaaaag
Fantastic!
Easychord2 3 weeks ago
fantastic. Thanks for posting this
CyrilHoskin 4 weeks ago
thehspace 4 weeks ago 2
wo uncle fester's a reel kewl cat diggin on them ivory's baaaby!! yo...(didn't know he was like amadeus, man>:)...he's snot???
kellyanquoe 4 weeks ago
I love this film.
redandjonny 4 weeks ago
Why did I watch this???
timrs2001 5 months ago
so where did she end up?
cdw100 7 months ago
Excellent! I really enjoyed this clip. Thanks for posting the prose too. Jack Kerouac, anyone?
thefen1 11 months ago