Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

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Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me Playlist

by Richard Fariña

17 tracks

balanced

Aug 7, 2026

This playlist captures the restless, adventurous spirit and the comic yet poignant tone of Richard Fariña's "Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me." The instrumental selections evoke the shifting landscapes from the American West to Cuba and the college milieu, blending folk, jazz, and ambient influences. The vocal tracks reflect Gnossos's irreverent personality, the revolutionary backdrop, and the novel's countercultural energy, combining diverse genres and eras to mirror the book's rich cultural and emotional tapestry.

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Track List

17 songs

1

Melancholia II

William Basinski · Melancholia

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2

Nightbook

Ludovico Einaudi · Islands - Essential Einaudi

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3

An Ending, A Beginning

Dustin O'Halloran · Other Lights

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4

Beyond The Invisible

Enigma · Love Sensuality Devotion: Greatest Hits (Remastered 2016)

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5

Better Git It in Your Soul

Charles Mingus · Mingus Ah Um

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6

Weight Of The World

Douwe Bob · Beste Zangers 2023 (Douwe Bob)

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7

Going to California

Moda de Rock · Moda de Rock Toca Led Zeppelin

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8

Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)

The Byrds · Pure... Guitar Legends

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9

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Gil Scott-Heron · The Revolution Will Not Be Televised / Home Is Where the Hatred Is

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10

Cuban Pete

Desi Arnaz · Vintage Cuba No. 156 - EP: Babalu'

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11

The Sound of Settling

Midnite String Quartet · MSQ Performs Death Cab For Cutie

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12

Wichita Lineman

Glen Campbell · Best Of the 60's

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13

Waiting On A Friend - Remastered 2009

The Rolling Stones · Old Chill Classics

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14

Amie

Pure Prairie League · Great American Radio, Vol. 8

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15

Big Yellow Taxi

Joni Mitchell · Full Circle: The Music of Joni Mitchell

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16

Sweet Jane

The Velvet Underground · 70's Rock Classics

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17

Too Many Monsters in My Closet

Luminary Flux · Too Many Monsters in My Closet

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