Sunday, May 24, 2009

Existential blues ...

We've already posted a number of quotes here, and a couple of poems ... but Montana has also been the subject of a surprising number of popular songs. Unfortunately, most of them are pretty bad. Here's a line from my unquestioned favorite, a song called "Existential Blues," by a guy named Tom "T-Bone" Stankus. It was played pretty frequently on Dr. Demento's syndicated radio show.

You ask so many questions, what answers should I choose?
Is this really Butte, Montana or just existential blues?
Posted by Mark at 8:00 AM
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3 comments:

  1. Rick ZMay 24, 2009 at 9:27 AM

    Certainly better then:

    "Movin to Montana soon
    Gonna be a Dental Floss tycoon"

    -Frank Zappa-

    Rick

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  2. MarkMay 26, 2009 at 7:03 AM

    Ha! You beat me to it.

    Expect that Zappa line to be used in a post here someday, though. :)

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  3. AngharodSeptember 18, 2009 at 11:32 AM

    Here's some tuneful history I'd never heard...chilling in its awful relevance.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgQNeGPJdcQ I found that one on the interesting blog "Montana Gael"

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-eYEoCIEIs

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