Paul Beatty Post #2: The Music

I know I just wrote about the book Slumberland the other day, but begging your indulgences, I'd like to revisit that topic a little. I promise to return to our regularly scheduled soccer/local intrest stuff directly. The book is about a DJ from LA who goes to Berlin in 1989 right before the wall comes down in search of a reclusive musician who he thinks will be able to help him complete his near-perfect beat. The book is filled with pop-culture references; it's like a Dennis Miller routine. References w/in references which can make it difficult at times, but always hilarious. At the end of our discussion today, we listened to a few of the songs mentioned throughout the book, & then a couple things that are similar to the ficticious music the narrator creates. Here's a quick list of links to the youtube entries for the stuff we heard:
* Sixto Rodrigez: "Sugar Man"
* Funkadelic: "Get Off Your Ass and Jam"
* Public Enemy: "Rebel Without a Pause"
* Carly Simon: "You're So Vain"
* Boogie Down Procutions: "South Bronx"
* Duke Ellington and John Coltrane: "In a Sentimental Mood"
* Oliver Nelson: "Stolen Moments"
* Stezo: "It's My Turn"
* Dizzy Gillespe: "Manteca"
* Peggy Lee: "Fever"
* George Clinton: "Atomic Dog"
* Sun Ra: "Space is the Place"
* The Grateful Dead: "Raven Space"
* Karlheinz Stockhausen: "Helicopter String Quartet"