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Related: About this forumAllen Ginsberg With Paul McCartney "Ballad of The Skeletons"
Recorded by Ginsberg about a year before his death, and still as relevant to our politics as ever.
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Allen Ginsberg With Paul McCartney "Ballad of The Skeletons" (Original Post)
Adenoid_Hynkel
Jun 2012
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Boy, oh boy, there's two from my day. Serious message too, it always is from the left.
xtraxritical
Jun 2012
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mucifer
(23,634 posts)1. Thanks for posting this. I found a live version with Ginsberg and McCartney
on youtube. It's fun watching them jam and the poem is a little different:
xtraxritical
(3,576 posts)2. Boy, oh boy, there's two from my day. Serious message too, it always is from the left.
Adenoid_Hynkel
(14,093 posts)3. Didn't realize when I posted it
but just saw that today is Allen's birthday, so good timing on my part.
felix_numinous
(5,198 posts)4. Excellent
and posting on Allen Ginsberg's birthday--