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William S Burroughs on September Songs
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Burroughs reciting "What Keeps Mankind Alive?"
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| Excuse me, i dont ... ( 6 months ago by Chlorproteksen) |
| Excuse me, i dont understand english quite well, but i cannot imagine what the kind of a person W. Borroughs was. How is it possible that a man can live up to 83 years old after 16 years on heroin. I havn't seen one single person who was quite adequate after spending only 2 or 3 years on H. |
| maybe all the other ... ( 6 months ago by RapidAssassin) |
| maybe all the other drugs had some sort of counter effect. |
| He was on H much ... ( 6 months ago by zoetropez) |
| He was on H much longer than 16 years, he was on methadone for the last 16 years of his life alone. Heroin is a perservative. Booze will kill you long before H does--look at Jack Kerouac and Neal. |
| He was also ... ( 6 months ago by godofsloth) |
| He was also independently wealthy. |
| He was smart enough ... ( 5 months ago by subsamadhi) |
| He was smart enough to know how to dance with it and not let it ruin him. He did junk for close to 40 years, not 16. Kind of a rarity though really. Not many who do it are as smart as he was. |
| And what if he used ... ( 5 months ago by Chlorproteksen) |
| And what if he used lsd and speed instead? He would have went crazy much earlier and died? Syd Barret used lsd for few years (four or five) and irreversibly went balmy. Does that mean that H keeps mind and intellect normal? |
| No, probably not. ... ( 5 months ago by subsamadhi) |
| No, probably not. He did coke and weed as well. He also did yage. It just takes a heartier human being to keep that lifestyle up. That's really all there is to it. Like Keith Richards. Why is he still alive when countless others die from doing what he does? Genetics and heartiness mostly. I'm sure brains helps. But why do them in the first place if you are smart? Drugs take a lot of energy and time to get into in the first place. That's how I see it. |
| Mankind is kept ... ( 4 months ago by subsamadhi) |
| Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts! And for once you must try to face the facts! Brilliant. |
| Hi . You are ... ( 3 months ago by etiennepic) |
| Hi . You are defenetly not well informed on heroin . The Heroin and other opiates such as morphine are highly addictive . Yes Therefore they do not arm brain , muscles or tissues of humain bodies. What is destructive is the life most of heroin users are having . Not eating , sleeping and living in dumpsters. Rich users such as many rock stars (Rolling Stones, Iggy Pop , Lou Reed , Johnny rotten etc... ad money so they did not suffer from bad treatment streets users goes trough . |
| LSD will make most ... ( 3 months ago by zoetropez) |
| LSD will make most people nuts. It took Brian Wilson 20 years to recover. It'll crack your brain like an egg if you're a normal, creative sensitive person. My point was that lots of people function on Heroin. I and I think a lot of people have found it easier to hide an opiate addiction than a hardcore drinking habit. |
| What about speed? I ... ( 3 months ago by Chlorproteksen) |
| What about speed? I used it once but i took too much. I didnt sleep for 4 days and my blood pressure was too high so I was praying not to die. A fucking junky bitch did it to me, she forced me to do that cause I was too young. I cannot still recover after that. Something happened to my psychic, I better took H instead. |
| Well, yes, Joan ... ( 3 months ago by zoetropez) |
| Well, yes, Joan Vollmer was a speed freak. So, genetically at least, Burrough's son had little more chance than Jan Kerouac. Bill Jr. drank enough to kill his liver before he was 30. He got a transplant and kept drinking and died before age 35 if I remember. He probably would've been better off on smack. But of course, who wants to be like their parents? |
| Look at this idiot ... ( 3 months ago by gypsyrose188) |
| Look at this idiot pretending to be real. He doesnt realise how irrevalent he is. What a horrible,stuck up, arrogant twat! |
| gyporose. do you ... ( 3 months ago by 23KLT23) |
| gyporose. do you know anything about this gentleman? he is more relevant today than any other bullshit pseudo-intellectual creep still traipsing about the planet. I suggest getting informed before passing comment. |
| Gentleman? I don't ... ( 3 months ago by gypsyrose188) |
| Gentleman? I don't think so. Shot his wifes head off and then wrote a poem about it! I think the heroin made him totally selfish, arrogant and cold. I loved the beat poets but this man scares me. He's got no soul and all he ever cared about was where his next fix was coming from. |
| stupid tosser. we ... ( 2 months ago by ahdamone) |
| stupid tosser. we see who the horrible, stuck up, arrogant twat is here. you loved the beat poets, but this man scares you? burroughs wasnt a poet (he may have done a poem or few, but was far from being classified as a poet... get your facts straight before frothing off like a republican). go read the davinci code or some nicholas sparks crap if you want something you can understand and/or handle. idiot pretending to be real? guess thats better than really being fake eh? loser |
| I agree totaly whit ... ( 2 months ago by etiennepic) |
| I agree totaly whit you. gypsyrose188 probably have no idea of the influences and respect mr. Burroughs gain in is life. Speaking of "irrevalent"you sure is on top of the list commenting on wat you dont get! Ignorence make peoples scared just like gypsyrose... |
| I think William ... ( 2 months ago by rippist91) |
| I think William Burroughs represents the darker part of the Beat generation... And he was very arrogant and cold as far as I've seen, and very much a pessimist... But he's right. I respect him greatly, myself. |
| Williams S. ... ( 2 months ago by olives639) |
| Williams S. Burroughs and Pat Buchanan were good friends and drinking buddies. Instead of putting down others, realize that we can sit down and discuss our differences. |
| W.S.B makes Cruise ... ( 2 months ago by falconelly) |
| W.S.B makes Cruise look like a rank amatuer in the zombie stakes. whoooshhhh |
| Gentleman and ... ( 2 months ago by nondor13) |
| Gentleman and champion of the underdog and the junk was only one of many chapters. |
| i love this video! ( 1 month ago by superlia123) |
| i love this video! |
| you're lost, and ... ( 1 month ago by Bassemup) |
| you're lost, and this little paragraph you wrote was your next fix, so go suck your own cock. Burroughs is the King. |
| A powerful ... ( 1 day ago by garethac81) |
| A powerful recitation, although the music only clutters it, I feel. |
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