Coconut Hotel (song): Difference between revisions

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Photo of the Coconut Hotel by Mayo Thompson, c.1966

Lyrics

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Suddenly I want to see you
For up the landing
Clouds of spray
Oh, to see the sunrise once
Sailing in a banana boat
Spiders in the bunches
Biting can spell death
Trading post in Mozamb. Bassa
Seventeen one franc pieces
Two ten franc notes
Leather purse today

Chronology

God Bless the Red Krayola and All Who Sail With It
- Mayo Thompson - vocals, piano
- Steve Cunningham - guitar?
Shotgun Wedding

Interpretations

The song is named after a hotel in the Canary Islands. Mayo Thompson photographed the hotel around 1966.
The Red Crayola's long-unreleased second-recorded album was also titled Coconut Hotel
The middle section references Day-O (Banana Boat Song), popularized by Harry Belafonte's 1956 version
- "A beautiful bunch of ripe banana / Hide the deadly black tarantula"
(wild speculation) The first line could be a mangling of "Alfred, Lord Tennyson"

Live recordings

Show
January 11, 1995

References

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 == Interpretations ==
-* The middle section references [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day-O_(The_Banana_Boat_Song) Day-O (Banana Boat Song)], popularized by Harry Belafonte's 1956 version
+* The song is named after a hotel in the Canary Islands. [[Mayo Thompson]] photographed the hotel around 1966.
+* The Red Crayola's long-unreleased second-recorded album was also titled [[Coconut Hotel|''Coconut Hotel'']]
+* The middle section references [[wikipedia:Day-O_(The_Banana_Boat_Song)|Day-O (Banana Boat Song)]], popularized by Harry Belafonte's 1956 version
 ** "A beautiful bunch of ripe banana / Hide the deadly black tarantula"
 * (wild speculation) The first line could be a mangling of "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred,_Lord_Tennyson Alfred, Lord Tennyson]"
-* The second album recorded by the Red Crayola was titled [[Coconut Hotel|''Coconut Hotel'']] but remained unreleased until 1995
 == Live recordings ==