Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
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Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

by Richard Fariña

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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Aug 7, 2026
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17 songs
1
Melancholia

Melancholia II

William Basinski · Melancholia

2
Islands - Essential Einaudi

Nightbook

Ludovico Einaudi · Islands - Essential Einaudi

3
Other Lights

An Ending, A Beginning

Dustin O'Halloran · Other Lights

4
Love Sensuality Devotion: Greatest Hits (Remastered 2016)

Beyond The Invisible

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

5
Mingus Ah Um

Better Git It in Your Soul

Charles Mingus · Mingus Ah Um

6
Beste Zangers 2023 (Douwe Bob)

Weight Of The World

Douwe Bob · Beste Zangers 2023 (Douwe Bob)

7
Moda de Rock Toca Led Zeppelin

Going to California

Moda de Rock · Moda de Rock Toca Led Zeppelin

8
Pure... Guitar Legends

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

The Byrds · Pure... Guitar Legends

9
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised / Home Is Where the Hatred Is

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

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

10
Vintage Cuba No. 156 - EP: Babalu'

Cuban Pete

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

11
MSQ Performs Death Cab For Cutie

The Sound of Settling

Midnite String Quartet · MSQ Performs Death Cab For Cutie

12
Best Of the 60's

Wichita Lineman

Glen Campbell · Best Of the 60's

13
Old Chill Classics

Waiting On A Friend - Remastered 2009

The Rolling Stones · Old Chill Classics

14
Great American Radio, Vol. 8

Amie

Pure Prairie League · Great American Radio, Vol. 8

15
Full Circle: The Music of Joni Mitchell

Big Yellow Taxi

Joni Mitchell · Full Circle: The Music of Joni Mitchell

16
70's Rock Classics

Sweet Jane

The Velvet Underground · 70's Rock Classics

17
Too Many Monsters in My Closet

Too Many Monsters in My Closet

Luminary Flux · Too Many Monsters in My Closet

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