Today on 13 Tales Tales, Courtney discusses the making of the ‘Bohemian Like You’ video.

Have a good weekend, everybody. If you’re coming to see us on the coast this weekend, drive safe.

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I don’t even know what to say.

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Today we have Courtney answering a question about very specific inspiration for the hit song “Bohemian Like You.”

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Only a couple weeks out from our 13 Tales 13th Anniversary Tour. We’re kicking off day after Memorial Day in Pittsburgh. We cannot wait to get back on the road. Do you have your tickets?

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Okay, I was looking through the YouTubes looking for this old 120 Minutes interview (that maybe I only imagined??), when I stumbled upon this weird little video set to The Black Dog remix of “Get Off.” Trip.

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Here’s an odd little video. A one-camera performance of “Godless” from back in the day shot by Launch and included on a cd-rom, or something? It could have been filmed in July of 2000, or October of 2000, or… November of 2000? I’ve never seen it. But then again, I don’t see most things.

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For months after completing Thirteen Tales we all had copies of the album. I had listened to my copy roughly 4000 times when one day I was riding in a car that had one of those CD players that automatically started the disc over again after the last song. The last song on the record was “Nietzsche.”  It turned itself around to the first song on the album which, for the first 4000 times I listened to it, was “Country Leaver.”

“Country Leaver” to me sounded really great right after “Nietzsche.” I started thinking of how it would work if it was moved to song two but “Solid” didn’t seem right directly after it. Then I thought maybe it would work if the record just started with the “trippy ending” songs at the top then “Nietzsche” would be third and “Country Leaver” would be fourth and so on. This was before iTunes and laptops and iPods so I had to go back to the car stereo and start the record at “Godless” to see how it felt.

It was amazing. That “Godless” intro right at the top into “Mohammed” just seemed perfect. Then “Country Leaver” sort of worked as a wake up call with its rooster sort of waking you from the stoned haze of the first three songs. Magically, “The Gospel” ends up last when you do this creating a perfect ending to what I believe is a perfect record.

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Hey there, Dandy Girl/Boy. Is there something you have always wanted to know about Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia from Mister Courtney Taylor-Taylor but you can’t just call him up on the phone becuase he’s literally a stranger? Questions like “how did 13 Tales get its name,” or “did you think “Bohemian Like You” would buy you a big house?” That sort of thing. Or whatever you want. Who’s gonna stop you? Post your questions here, on our Facebook, or tweet @TheDandyWarhols with the tag #AskCTT all this weekend, and he’ll will answer the best ones via video presentations next week.

Have a safe weekend!

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