Written by: Beck Hansen
Versions:
- Magic Stationwagon (1:31)
Available on Golden Feelings.
CreditsBeck Hansen: Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Lyrics:
Magic Stationwagon [Version (a)]:
Bony fingers out my slimy coffin
Drag upon the rag, it's a ????
Kill my inspiration
Crowd into your stationwagon
You're like a fishing pole
??? spread the lead on the cracker
And a magic chicken cloth
Freezing squeezing ??
Butter and a bag of chips
Bony fingers out my slimy coffin
Drag upon the rag, it's a ????
Kill my inspiration
Crowd into your stationwagon
You're like a fishing pole
??? spread the lead on the cracker
And a magic chicken cloth
Freezing squeezing ??
Butter and a bag of chips
The Song:
It's fairly obvious that Beck, when younger, loved to make tapes. He'd record his out-of-tune guitar on to a tape, and then perform over the playback, recording that on to another tape. He would continue this on and on, until the original song/performance was quite inaudible.
Surely, this is how "Magic Stationwagon" came to be. A huge, clunky acoustic guitar and layers of Beck's vocals make this a muddled, noisy track. You can tell that it began as a song though, it's just been buried. The lyrics are distorted enough to be pretty much indecipherable, but they're clear enough to be intriguing.
It's fairly obvious that Beck, when younger, loved to make tapes. He'd record his out-of-tune guitar on to a tape, and then perform over the playback, recording that on to another tape. He would continue this on and on, until the original song/performance was quite inaudible.
Surely, this is how "Magic Stationwagon" came to be. A huge, clunky acoustic guitar and layers of Beck's vocals make this a muddled, noisy track. You can tell that it began as a song though, it's just been buried. The lyrics are distorted enough to be pretty much indecipherable, but they're clear enough to be intriguing.