The Fake Congregation :: Experiments in Palindromes :: 8/6/13

Posted by Cap on August 6, 2013

You could use some extra cash right?  Sick of those ramen noodles, student loans running out?  You’re open to loaning out your body for some experiments, right? Nice.  Lend us your ears and The Fake Congregation will test your fortitude with palindromes! You know, those words that run forwards and back the same way. Like racecar and kayak – but these palindromes are musical oddities forming an episode that is itself a palindrome. Look too closely and you can see forever.

Tracks:

1. No Cars Go :: The Arcade Fire
2. Baby Let Me Be :: The Rutles
3. Lujon :: Henry Mancini
4. Guinnevere :: Crosby, Stills, & Nash
5. All You Horse Riders/ Blue Sway :: Paul McCartney
6. Field Work (London Mix) :: Thomas Dolby & Ryuichi Sakamoto
7. Excellent Birds :: Laurie Anderson & Peter Gabriel
8. Into the Lens :: Yes
9. Bob :: “Weird Al” Yankovic*
10. I Am A Camera (12″ Mix) :: The Buggles
11. This is the Picture (Excellent Birds) :: Peter Gabriel & Laurie Anderson
12. Field Work (Tokyo Mix) :: Ryuichi Sakamoto & Thomas Dolby
13. Blue Sway :: Paul McCartney with The Richard Niles Orchestra
14. The Magnificent Tree :: Hooverphonic
15. No More Sweet Music :: Hooverphonic
16. Baby S’il Vouz Plait :: The Rutles
17. No Cars Go :: The Arcade Fire

*(I said it was from Straight Outta Lynwood, but I totally meant Poodle Hat, you guys.)

 

Links:

• Theme song: Altered State by Mike Oldfield
• Previous episodes of The Fake Congregation
• Nerdy Show Prime: Voice Acting! Part 2
• The “Bob” music video
• The “UHF”  music video
• Yes’ Fly From Here
• Yes’ Magnification
• Grace Jones’ Slave to the Rhythm
• Buggles proto-Yes EP, Lenny
• Buggles proto-Yes EP, I Am A Camera
• Good Morning, Mr Orwell – “Excellent Birds”
• The “Blue Sway” video
• Consequence of Sound article on overdue albums

About Cap

Cap is Executive Producer of The Nerdy Show Network as well as Lead Host of the titular Nerdy Show podcast and one of the site's founders. His illustration, graphic design, and writing both journalistic and fictitious have appeared in various publications and public spaces.