LAST NIGHT A RECORD CHANGED MY LIFE
David Thomas
Pere Ubu’s trenchant mastermind considers the majesty of Van Dyke Parks’ Song Cycle (Warner Bros, 1967)
It was more than 18,000 nights ago. The LP?
Song Cycle
by Van Dyke Parks. It changed my life… long before I heard it. Confused?
In the late ’60s, I was tutored at college level. One school buddy liked Frank Zappa, the other Herb Alpert. I had no idea that these musicians didn’t fit together.