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National Anthem Nova Theme

from NOVA PSYCHEDELIA: SPECIAL EDITION by Todd Tamanend Clark

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"NATIONAL ANTHEM / NOVA THEME" is a medley of the anthem of the United States of America and the instrumental theme to my Nova Psychedelia concept. I wrote new words to "The Star-Spangled Banner" that reflect on the raised consciousness of psychedelic despair over American slavery, genocide, and environmental destruction. The string section on the second verse was created on a Prophet-5 synthesizer with me playing a cello with my left hand, a violin with my right hand, and a viola in the middle literally with my nose. The pseudo-violin solo on "Nova Theme" is actually an ARP Avatar guitar synthesizer.

Synthesizers: ARP AVATAR, Sequential PROPHET-5. Effect: Moog VOCODER. Electronic Percussion: Linn LINNDRUM, Pollard SYNDRUM QUAD.

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"NATIONAL ANTHEM NOVA THEME"

Tell me, can you see by the vision’s clear light,
What our senses reveal as the twilight’s next meaning,
Whose third eyes and rock stars, through some sardonic sight,
From the gray room now bring revolution in screaming?
And the big bang’s first glare, existential despair,
Gives proof through the void that our selves are still here.
Tell me, does psychedelia ride the new wave
In the phase of the moon and the grass on the grave?

[Copyright 1984 Todd Tamanend Clark. All rights reserved.]

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from NOVA PSYCHEDELIA: SPECIAL EDITION, released October 31, 2005
Year: 1984. Personnel: TODD TAMANEND CLARK: Voice, Vocoder, Synthesizer, Percussion; CHUCK MOSES: Electronic Guitar.

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Todd Tamanend Clark Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

TODD TAMANEND CLARK was born on August 10, 1952 in Greensboro, Pennsylvania. He was deeply influenced by Native American cultures, owl ornithology, the Monongahela River, 1950s science-fiction cinema, silver age comic books, beat poetry, space jazz, and the American psychedelic music of the 1960s. He was an early pioneer of adding synthesizers and effects processing to a punk rock aesthetic. ... more

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