I know nothing about poetry. A few of the names that always get spouted out, a few not so dog eared books on my shelf, but that's about it. That despite knowing a bunch of poets, a few very scholarly and well respected in that world. But me? I really don't know shit. That said, I believe I can smell a rat. Not really a rat per se, but someone who the hard core poetry people probably thinks is a laugh. That's what Rod McKuen always seemed to be to me. Parent poetry. Like the decoupaged Desiderata plaque in the hallway.
Rod McKuen was on the brain because I was just thinking about his "Beat Generation", recorded by Bob McFadden and Dor, being the song that Richard Hell, another poet I bet real poets don't care for, drew from for his "Blank Generation". When I went to see if McKuen had recorded a version of "Beat Generation" himself, I ran into a slew of his cornball beat shtick stuff at YouTube. Beatsville? Oh, brother....
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He also seems to have "ripped off" I'm Your Man from this tune. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZGduzdOi1Q
Wow, you dug deep for that one. I'm impressed, not only that you recognized the similarity, but that Hell would have actually had that obscure of an, er, influence.
Ha, true. Pretty obscure, but sounds so very similar to me.
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