Singing Typewriters
Bless Brandon for posting about Helvetica and the Fionn Regan song. The lyrics, pasted below, are astonishing for the way they conflate female sexality and the typewriter. And note the sly allusion to the alphabet: “I draw a line from A to B”
Fionn Regan
° The Underwood Typewriter °
The roots go deep below ground
I like to walk with you in the evening
Up the hill and back down
I watch the mailboat from the clearing
My mind is so confused, I climb back on top of you
And I’m changing the ribbons in this old underwood
Step out of your dress and I’ll wear you like a hood
For a hood is a home
for someone who lives alone
I draw a line from A to B and what happens in between
It is an open mystery as far as I can see
My mind is so confused, I climb back on top of you
And I’m changing the ribbons in this old underwood
Step out of your dress and I’ll wear you like a hood
For a hood is a home
Dr. B.
December 24th, 2007 at 11:57 am
Speaking of singing typewriters, I recently saw Atonement, and not only does the movie have this class written all over it, but the first sound you hear when the film begins is that of a typewriter. Also, the soundtrack is given its tempo not with the use of drums, but with click click of keys being pushed. Very interesting.
December 24th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
That’s AWESOME, SARA. Funny, cause the book has none of that, so that the cultural unconscious working on the screenwriter and the director. I’m planning to see it in the next few days. Thanks for posting about it.
Dr.B.