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Album |
Transmissions to Horace |
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Released |
1993 |
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Artist |
the Mountain Goats |
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Length |
2:15 |
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Star Dusting is the seventh song on the tape Transmissions to Horace. It was re-released on the compilation Bitter Melon Farm.
Lyrics[]
Toward the end of our first year in Las Vegas You looked up from your little corner And I saw that your face was getting a little brighter And you asked me is it really getting warmer Or is it just me And then you started mumbling Unintelligibly So what are you saying anyway I thought I heard bells ringing But then I remembered that I no longer knew what bells sounded like I thought we'd maybe strike up a conversation 'Til bad luck cruised by on his ten-speed bike I got real cold And I grabbed my coat And I saw that the ringing was coming from your throat What are you saying anyway
Comments by John Darnielle About this Song[]
- "This actually, um -- the seeds of Tallahassee are in this song, right. This is a story that -- I liked the feeling... boiling someone alive. At least, I don't know if anyone deserves that. The question of what anyone deserves is a pretty complex philosophical question. The people in this song deserve better than each other. They're not going to get it." -- 2014-06-14 - Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA
Things Referenced in this Song[]
Live Shows this Song Was Played at[]
- 1992-12-27 - Xmasfest - Munchie's - Pomona, CA
- 2001-04-21 - The Olde Club - Swarthmore, PA
- 2002-03-01 - Slow Bar - Nashville, TN
- 2014-06-14 - Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA
- 2019-09-18 - Brooklyn Bowl - Las Vegas, NV
- 2022-09-02 - Wilbur Theatre - Boston, MA
Videos of this Song[]
| Transmissions to Horace |
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Side One: "Going to Cleveland" • "Early Spring" • "Historiography" • "No, I Can't" • "Alpha Desperation March" • "Going to Monaco" |
| Bitter Melon Farm |
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Track list: "Noche del Guajolote" • "Going to Bangor" • "Against Agamemnon" • "Going to Cleveland" • "Early Spring" • "Historiography" • "No, I Can't" • "Alpha Desperation March" • "Going to Monaco" • "Star Dusting" • "Teenage World" • "Going to Santiago" • "Sail On" • "Black Molly" • "Rain Song" • "The Bad Doctor" • "Alpha Double Negative: Going to Catalina" • "Pure Intentions" • "The Lady from Shanghai" • "Pure Love" • "Song for an Old Friend" • "Snow Song" • "Faithless Bacchant Song" • "Short Song About the 10 Freeway" • "No, I Can't" • "Song for Dana Plato" • "The Sign" |