Who'd have thought that in 2020, we'd all be walking round looking like Dennis Hopper in Blue Velvet. Truly, he was a visionary.
Maybe that's what inspired Mike Scott to pen a tribute on the new Waterboys album...
Dude with a 'tache on a chariot chopper
Reb' without a cause, man, what a showstopper
He was present at the birth of the teenybopper
Sucking on a psychedelic pink gobstopper
Cowboy hat, man that ain't no topper
His suit's as slick as a lick by Cropper
He's dressing like a Carnaby Street pill-popper
Dennis Hopper!
Stuck it to the system, man, he's no flip-flopper
Baby walked out, man, he couldn't stop her
Became a Republican - it ain't proper!
Voted Obama - what a party popper!
Cowboy hat, man that ain't no topper
His suit's as slick as a lick by Cropper
He's dressing like a Carnaby Street pill-popper
Dennis Hopper!
Rockabilly cats with them ol' flat-toppers
Love Dennis Hopper
Warhol heads and elite name droppers
Love Dennis Hopper
Movie disciples, anecdote swappers
Love Dennis Hopper
Freaks and psychonauts and sick hip-hoppers
Love Dennis Hopper
Great line
ReplyDeleteHis suit's as slick as a lick by Cropper
He's good at rhyming, that man.
ReplyDeleteThinking of Dennis Hopper - Easy Rider - Born To Be Wild, have you heard that goddawful version of the latter on a car advert lately? A fragile, wimpy, oh-so-sweet-and-softly sung female vocal version rendered without any feeling at all. Aaaarghhhhhhhhhhhh!
Not seen that... thankfully!
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