Sound advice from the past: Ramblings on a Sunday afternoon

Just sitting here with my headphones on, listening to one of my
favorite bands in the world, the 60's-70's German band, Can. The
album is Delay 1968, so titled because although it was recorded in
1968, it wasn't released until sometime in the late 80's or early
90's. The song is Nineteenth Century Man. Can's lyrics can't really
be said to carry a message as such. They are very abstract. However,
in this song there is a line that we should all keep in mind in this
day and age. It's around the part where he starts chanting, "Inner
space, inner space, inner space…" A bit later, out of the blue,
comes the line:

"Stop driving that car, you can walk that far."

Hmm… perhaps Al Gore should start stocking up on Can recordings.

Incidentally, on the same album, there is the line that I consider to
be one of the best lyric lines in the history of pop-music. From the
tune "Little star of Bethlehem":

"Soda pop is best in the morning when you don't have nothing to talk
about."

Keep that bit of wisdom in mind and all will be good always. Or at
least froggie and toady will continue to carry off the tangerine
seeds, one by one. Can anyone tell me what "invisible pastration" is?

–
Pall Thayer
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