No Scratch No Snatch

[SyAbleton]

The song "You are sleeping" samples a spoken word performance that I've been trying to track down for about 10 years. My favorite version can be found at youtube.com/watch?v=1HyS80Uf9a8 and lyrics can be found at http://www.lololyrics.com/lyrics/5699.html .
I think it's Bukowski because of

• the cadence (although its been slowed down, I think)
• the vocab (working girl/skivvies/scratch)
• the subject matter
• the tone

Can any of the experts in this forum give me their opinion on whether this is indeed Bukowski, or ultimate awesomeness, a source?

 

[bospress.net]

not Bukowski

 

[mjp]

Not even close, hombre.

And fuck you for making me listen to that tedious shit.

 

[SyAbleton]

cool -- would you mind telling me how you know? Or have you just read so much that you can tell?

And fuck you for making me listen to that tedious shit.

I linked to a page with the lyrics in text form. And gosh, what a welcoming community.

 

[bospress.net]

cool -- would you mind telling me how you know? Or have you just read so much that you can tell?

I have heard Bukowski speak hundreds of times and just like I can tell the difference between Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan, even if they are talking about the same thing.

I'm not sure who it is, but Not Bukowski. Sounds more like Jesse Bernstein, but does not sound enough like him either.

Bill

 

[mjp]

It's not his voice, that's easy to hear, and those are definitely not his words.

Odd you would single out skivvies and scratch, since they are not typically words you'd see Bukowski use.

gosh, what a welcoming community.

Fuck you.

 

[SyAbleton]

The voice has been digitally slowed and put through various effects. I compared to recordings of Bukowski before posting here and thought the cadence, which survives the various changes, was similar.

Skivvies:

http://flavorwire.com/131006/bukowskis-letter-to-an-old-poet-dont-try

You seem to be right about 'scratch'.

Thanks for all the feedback. I'll look elsewhere.

 

[bospress.net]

Bill Hicks?

 

[mjp]

The voice has been digitally slowed and put through various effects.

That's how you know it's art.

 

[SyAbleton]

Bill Hicks?

Pretty sure it's not, but thanks for the suggestion.

 

[hoochmonkey9]

Burroughs?

but then it would be sped up, not slowed down. Burroughs was in no hurry when speaking.

 

[SyAbleton]

Could be. I searched through a bunch of Burroughs and came up with nothing.

 

[hank solo]

The vinyl label says the sample is from "Hoes Gotta Eat Too" by DJ Xenamorph, which may well be a fake record according to a more relevant forum.

Why not try asking the guy who made the record: https://www.facebook.com/DJPQM

It is not Bukowski. Thread closed.

 

[SyAbleton]

Thanks to this forum for giving me a kick in the pants.

I figured out the source of the sample: John Harris, a Californian poet who moved in the same circles as Bukowski. The vinyl that was sampled contains some Bukowski.

Story and links to the vinyl, with a ton of great spoken word, can be found on my blog.