Recurring Themes
There are a number of concepts and words that recur in Pink Dots lyrics, many of which also appear in Edward Ka-Spel's solo works. Some of these include:
- Lisa (song examples: "Lisa's Christening," "Lisa's Party," "Lisa's Funeral," "Lisa Goes Surfing," "Lisa's Separation")
- Has been identified by Edward Ka-Spel as his "alter-ego trying to get a little attention. Tried to spare the world by killing her off a few times but she always bounces back."
- Tower (six songs on the album The Tower, "Tower 8" on Island of Jewels)
- Hotel (song examples: "Hotel Blanc," "Hotel Noir," "Hotel X," "Hotel Z")
- Our Lady (song examples: "Our Lady In Chambers," "Our Lady In Darkness," "Our Lady In Kharki," "Our Lady In Cervetori,")
- Apocalypse (song examples: "Apocalypse Then", "Apocalypse Soon")
- Gladiator
- China Doll (song examples: "Aa∆zhyd China Doll", "Dance Of The China Dolls")
- 834 "The new number of the Beast" (song examples: "834", "Revolution 834") and other numbers: "It always changes. Sometimes it's 15, sometimes it's 834."
- Tarot divination
- Premonition: Songs with the title "Premonition" have been released by the Pink Dots throughout their career, with the first song appearing as early as 1982. They can be found on the following releases:
- Premonition 1: Premoniton
- Premonition 2: Premonition
- Premonition 3: Apparition
- Premonition 4: Brighter Now
- Premonition 5: Prayer for Aradia
- Premonition 6: Brighter Now (Vinyl edition)
- Premonition 7: Chemical Playschool 8+9
- Premonition 8: Prayer for Aradia
- Premonition 9: Prayer for Aradia
- Premonition 10: Chemical Playschool 3 & 4
- Premonition 11: Premonition 11 / Poesa E Suono
- Premonition 12: Stained Glass, Soma Fountains (originally appeared on a compilation called "QED")
- Premonition 13: The Legendary Pink Box
- Premonition 15: Crushed Mementos
- Premonition 16: Curious Guy
- Premonitoin 18: Traumstadt 4
- Premonition 19: Chemical Playschool 10
- Premonition 25: A Perfect Mystery (Vinyl edition)
- Premonition 26: Synesthesia
- Premonition 28: Synesthesia
- Premonition 33: Poppy Variations (Vinyl edition)
- Premonition 34: The Creature That Tasted Sound
Read more about this topic: The Legendary Pink Dots
Famous quotes related to recurring themes:
“America is the world’s living myth. There’s no sense of wrong when you kill an American or blame America for some local disaster. This is our function, to be character types, to embody recurring themes that people can use to comfort themselves, justify themselves and so on. We’re here to accommodate. Whatever people need, we provide. A myth is a useful thing.”
—Don Delillo (b. 1926)