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Social Animals - Falling Asleep in America: Roses Smell Sweet

from Allen Ginsberg​’​s The Fall of America: A 50th Anniversary Musical Tribute by Various Artists

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    Complete 20 tracks and liner notes booklet with poems.

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    The track listing for the vinyl is as follows:

    Side A
    1) Scanner - Elegy for Neal Cassady
    2) Shintaro Sakamoto - Manhattan Thirties Flash
    3) Thurston Moore & Lee Ranaldo - Hum Bom
    4) Ed Sanders (The Fugs) - Memory Gardens
    5) Mickey Hart - First Party at Ken Kesey's With Hell's Angels (Drones Du Jour)
    6) Howie B with Gavin Friday - Death On All Fronts (America is Falling)
    7) Disco Pusher - A Prophecy

    Side B
    1) Angélique Kidjo - Uluru Song
    2) Bill Frisell - Over Laramie
    3) Andrew Bird - Easter Sunday
    4) Devendra Banhart - Milarepa Taste
    5) Yo La Tengo - Bayonne Entering N.Y.C.
    6) Lang Lee - Pain on All Fronts

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about

In the title alone, ‘Falling Asleep in America’ feels like the only poem we could have chosen for our band’s 2020. Freshly plucked from a European tour and set down in Nashville, the last line was eerily accurate: “Lying in bed body darkened ear of the bus roar running, only the eye flickering grass green returns me to Nashville” We decided to pay homage to Ginsberg’s unpredictable poetry by recording the entire song on livestream in real time, mistakes and all. It was truly a refreshing experience to be forced to sit down and finish something, especially in a year that feels like it will never end.

Dedric Clark, Nashville

lyrics

From “Falling Asleep in America”

Tiny atomic wheels spin shining, worlds change Heavens
Inside out, the planet’s reborn in ashes,
Sun lights sparkle on atomic cinder, plants levitate, green
moss precedes trees trembling sentient,
Stone eats blue skies solar dazzle with invisible mouths &
flowers are the rocks’

populations eat their own meat,
roses smell sweet...
populations eat their own meat,
roses smell sweet...

Consciousness changes nightly, dreams flower new uni-
verses in brainy skulls.
Lying in bed body darkened ear of the bus roar running,
only the eye flickering grass green
only the eye flickering grass green
only the eye flickering grass green
returns me to back to Nashville

populations eat their own meat,
roses smell sweet...
populations eat their own meat,
roses smell sweet...

April 1969

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from Allen Ginsberg​’​s The Fall of America: A 50th Anniversary Musical Tribute, released February 5, 2021
Dedric Clark - Vocals
Tony Petersen - Guitar
Roger Whittet - Bass
Boyd Smith - Drums
Published by May King Poetry Music, & Common Criminal Music

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Allen Ginsberg New York, New York

Renowned poet, world traveler, spiritual seeker, founding member of a major literary movement, champion of human and civil rights, photographer and songwriter, political gadfly, teacher and co-founder of a poetics school. Allen Ginsberg (1926-1997) defied simple classification.

Ginsberg parlayed his fame and network of connections into a modestly successful career in music.
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