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#4 - A Talk With George - Jonathan Coulton

I first heard today’s song when my friends’ 90’s alt-rock cover band, The Tenants, played it and I had to ask them about it.

Jonathan Coulton wrote this song in tribute to George Plimpton, who led an extraordinary life, as the song details. Unfortunately he doesn’t mention Plimpton’s Ads for Mattel’s Intellivision, but nobody is perfect. Coulton does however include:

• Plimpton’s literary accomplishments
• Namechecks of Hunter S. Thompson, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and Ernest Hemingway
• Sparring with Archie Moore
• Helping disarm Robert Kennedy’s assassin
• Wearing a tie

Give it a listen. And if you are in the Lansing area, catch a Tenants show and make Steve sing it.

• A Talk With George on Apple Music
• A Talk With George on Amazon
• A Talk With George on Spotify
• YouTube

Posted: August 20, 2019

Tags: folk, george plimpton