Unwrapped: Being There / ‘To Allen Ginsberg’

Being There's frontman Sam discusses the band's Beat Generation-referencing paean to youth 'To Allen Ginsberg'

Filed in at 11.42am on 03 June 12

Unwrapped: Being There / ‘To Allen Ginsberg’ "I idolised the beats growing up, and this song is kind of about that. It's sort of a paean to youth, but also about that feeling of being stuck somewhere when you're young, be it a place or a mental state, and not being sure how to get out.

"I also wanted to write a song that says its ok to be different when you're growing up, that's a message I don't really hear from bands any more. Richard Formby has this amazing tape echo, he put it on the vocals and gave it a little beat too, to make it kind of spaced out.

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