Turtles all the way down, sturgill simpson youtube. Listen closely to sturgill simpsons classicsounding country music and youll. Sturgill simpson turtles all the way down w intro youtube. The record listen closely to sturgill simpson s classicsounding country music and youll hear plenty of surprises, including twists on. John green released his book with the same title in 2017. Turtles all the way down npr coverage of turtles all the way down by john green. Ahhhh, a breath of fresh air in a genre that farts in your mouth. Heres a great little npr story and interview with sturgill simpson in the weeks before this album came out. Boiled down, live and let live is the theme of metamodern sounds in country music simpson jokes that its his hippie love record.
Turtles all the way down by sturgill simpson on spotify. How to play turtles all the way down by sturgill simpson chords. It was released in april 2014 as the second single from his album metamodern sounds in country music. Rick strassmans book the spirit molecule was extremely. Newport folk 2015 from dubstep entrance music straight into outlaw country. Sturgill simpson s twisting path to nashville the mysticminded songwriter spent years literally working on the railroad and its one reason he says hes no longer.
Sturgill simpson turtles all the way down lyrics genius lyrics. Turtles all the way down is a song written and recorded by american country music artist sturgill simpson. Marijuana, lsd, psilocybin, dmt, sings country crooner sturgill simpson in his brandnew song turtles all the way down. Turtles all the way down by sturgill simpson song catalog the. Some context for the saying, its turtles all the way down. When he arrived for his tiny desk concert, the 36yearold kentucky native sauntered in sleepyeyed, wearing jeans, a. Sturgill simpson doesnt fit todays common image of a country singer. The teen protagonist in john greens latest novel, turtles all the way down, has a type of anxiety disorder that sends her into fearful thought spirals of bacterial infection and death. Sturgill simpson shares his guide to earth april 15, 2016 the singer, whose major label debut, a sailors guide to earth, is out today, talks about his new sound, making an. Turtles all the way down by sturgill simpson on amazon music. The album, and especially leadoff track turtles all. Just in the song turtles all the way down, weve got references to jesus and. Reading a lot of emerson and a few books most of the books that. Opening track turtles all the way down was written after simpson read dr.
People think i pour lsd on my cheerios michael hann people say the rising star of country is a hallucinogenic traveller, an atheist and the future of the genre. Country music is finally getting away from the poppy sawyer brown phase and going back to the inspired sound of waylon and willie ect. Lyrics to turtles all the way down by sturgill simpson from the counter. Turtles all the way down by sturgill simpson on amazon. Lyrics to turtles all the way down by sturgill simpson from the metamodern sounds in country music album including song video, artist biography, translations and more. Rick strassmans the spirit molecule, a book about the mystical encounters people. Then sturgill simpson released his song turtles all the way down in 2014. Turtles all the way down chords by sturgill simpson. Sturgill simpson is an independent neotraditional country artist from jackson, kentucky, and based out of nashville, tennessee.
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