The part where the rabbit bites its own head off...

footfootfoot · 02-18-2009, 01:23 PM

I just listened to King Crimson's "Starless" from RED (yes, in the middle of the day) and was still amazed at the song. Especially the last 30 seconds which is like a summary or synthesis of the whole piece.

What are some of your favorite songs which are especially awesome when the rabbit bites its own head off?

Trilby · 02-18-2009, 02:48 PM

I'm not quite sure I know what you mean.

ZenGum · 02-18-2009, 07:02 PM

Its a reference to White Rabbit, isn't it, as also referred to in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, right?

Its a bit commercial, but the intro/peak/main song transition of Dire Straits Money For Nothing bites its own head off.

footfootfoot · 02-18-2009, 11:27 PM

Yes Zen, and at the moment when the rabbit bites its own head off your Samoan attorney is supposed to hurl the radio into the bathtub and electrocute you. These days with ipods I doubt you'd even get a tingle.

ZenGum · 02-19-2009, 06:12 AM

taser do?

Pico and ME · 02-19-2009, 06:51 AM

Phil Collin's In The Air Tonight midway when he goes off on the drums.

Pico and ME · 02-19-2009, 07:07 AM

The intro to Elton John's Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding.

Undertoad · 02-19-2009, 10:16 AM

Yes' album-side "Close To The Edge" has the most remarkable part where it goes all quiet ("I get up... I get down"), leading to a meditative pipe organ section, which is then forcefully interrupted by the full band making a ton of noise and returning to the original theme.

Is that what this means?

footfootfoot · 02-19-2009, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Yes' album-side "Close To The Edge" has the most remarkable part where it goes all quiet ("I get up... I get down"), leading to a meditative pipe organ section, which is then forcefully interrupted by the full band making a ton of noise and returning to the original theme.

Is that what this means?

From Wikipedia, but the whole book sets the scene better:

Quote:

The song was mentioned in Hunter S. Thompson's book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in a scene in which Dr. Gonzo (the attorney) asks Raoul Duke to throw the tape deck into the bath with him during a bad acid trip: ""White Rabbit." I need rising sound … And when it comes to that fantastic note where the rabbit bites its own head off, I want you to throw that fuckin' radio into the tub with me!".

So, yes, I'd have to say yes.

Shawnee123 · 02-19-2009, 10:37 AM

I always like Fleetwood Mac's Tusk where it starts all quiet like ,then the drums (?) come in with buh da da duh duh duh...then the USC marching band kicks in.

Music types would have to help me with the verbiage; I know what part I mean but can't explain it easily.

HungLikeJesus · 02-19-2009, 10:44 AM

Can you hum a few bars?

Shawnee123 · 02-19-2009, 10:46 AM

No but I'll fake it.

Shawnee123 · 02-19-2009, 10:54 AM

OK, I explained it wrong...whatever kicks in around 54 seconds, when it's cranked up on your car radio it's a driving song...bass?

Then the horns from the band. Love it.

TheMercenary · 02-20-2009, 01:05 AM

Yea, well what do you do when the rabbit turns around and bites your head off. PETA cheers?

wolf · 02-20-2009, 02:05 AM

Count ye not to two, except as a means of reaching the number three.

02-18-2009, 01:23 PM	#1
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	The part where the rabbit bites its own head off... I just listened to King Crimson's "Starless" from RED (yes, in the middle of the day) and was still amazed at the song. Especially the last 30 seconds which is like a summary or synthesis of the whole piece. What are some of your favorite songs which are especially awesome when the rabbit bites its own head off? __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

02-18-2009, 02:48 PM	#2
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02-18-2009, 07:02 PM	#3
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Its a reference to White Rabbit, isn't it, as also referred to in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, right? Its a bit commercial, but the intro/peak/main song transition of Dire Straits Money For Nothing bites its own head off. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

02-18-2009, 11:27 PM	#4
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Yes Zen, and at the moment when the rabbit bites its own head off your Samoan attorney is supposed to hurl the radio into the bathtub and electrocute you. These days with ipods I doubt you'd even get a tingle. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

02-19-2009, 06:12 AM	#5
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	taser do? __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

02-19-2009, 06:51 AM	#6
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Phil Collin's In The Air Tonight midway when he goes off on the drums.

02-19-2009, 07:07 AM	#7
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	The intro to Elton John's Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding.

02-19-2009, 10:16 AM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Yes' album-side "Close To The Edge" has the most remarkable part where it goes all quiet ("I get up... I get down"), leading to a meditative pipe organ section, which is then forcefully interrupted by the full band making a ton of noise and returning to the original theme. Is that what this means?

02-19-2009, 10:37 AM	#10
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I always like Fleetwood Mac's Tusk where it starts all quiet like ,then the drums (?) come in with buh da da duh duh duh...then the USC marching band kicks in. Music types would have to help me with the verbiage; I know what part I mean but can't explain it easily. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

02-19-2009, 10:44 AM	#11
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Can you hum a few bars? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

02-19-2009, 10:46 AM	#12
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	No but I'll fake it. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

02-19-2009, 10:54 AM	#13
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	OK, I explained it wrong...whatever kicks in around 54 seconds, when it's cranked up on your car radio it's a driving song...bass? Then the horns from the band. Love it. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

02-20-2009, 01:05 AM	#14
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Yea, well what do you do when the rabbit turns around and bites your head off. PETA cheers? __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

02-20-2009, 02:05 AM	#15
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