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[[File:Rebecca-Sylvester-2023.jpg|thumb|The road sign, 2023]] | |||
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[[File:Rebecca-Sylvester-2018.jpg|thumb|upright|The road sign, 2018]] | |||
* The song's title was borrowed from a road sign that lists two towns in Georgia called Rebecca and Sylvester.<ref>https://twitter.com/blackfaurest/status/569873580776927233</ref> The sign is visible when driving south on the Interstate-75 just before reaching Ashburn, Georgia. The sign also listed Wiregrass Georgia Technical College, but, sometime between November 2021 and March 2022, the sign was replaced with one that simply reads "Rebecca Sylvester Exit 82". | |||
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[[David Grubbs]], 2015 | |||
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20 years later, someone finally identifies the source of Gastr del Sol's "Rebecca Sylvester." [image]<ref>https://twitter.com/blackfaurest/status/569873580776927233/</ref> | |||
PS re "Rebecca Sylvester" photo: I can't believe we didn't have a song called "Wiregrass." Never too late.<ref>https://twitter.com/blackfaurest/status/569874973231345664</ref> | |||
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{{Upgrade & Afterlife}} | {{Upgrade & Afterlife}} | ||
Latest revision as of 19:42, 4 December 2023
Lyrics
The wind had picked up Where it left off the night before
These are shark's fins I believe the tongue propels them
At Fullerton and California California and Sacramento At Fullerton and Damen and
Diversely
These are shark's fins I believe the tongue propels them
Otherwise the surface Is only broken By
Foam, strawberries, tongues
Failing the diagonal Still
Strawberry yard's in Louisville
Why did the sharks watch him drown?
Chronology
Upgrade & Afterlife
- David Grubbs - vocals, lyrics, writer
- Jim O'Rourke - writer
- Sue Wolf - cello
- Günter Müller - amplified percussion
- Terri Kapsalis - violin
Interpretations
- The song's title was borrowed from a road sign that lists two towns in Georgia called Rebecca and Sylvester.[1] The sign is visible when driving south on the Interstate-75 just before reaching Ashburn, Georgia. The sign also listed Wiregrass Georgia Technical College, but, sometime between November 2021 and March 2022, the sign was replaced with one that simply reads "Rebecca Sylvester Exit 82".
Retrospectives
David Grubbs, 2015
20 years later, someone finally identifies the source of Gastr del Sol's "Rebecca Sylvester." [image][2]
PS re "Rebecca Sylvester" photo: I can't believe we didn't have a song called "Wiregrass." Never too late.[3]
References
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