Starlings of the Slipstream

Pavement * Track #11 On Brighten the Corners

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Album Brighten the Corners

ALBUM

Pavement

1997

Starlings of the Slipstream by Pavement

Release Date

Tue Feb 11 1997

Performed by

Pavement

Produced by

Pavement & Bryce Goggin & Mitch Easter

Writed by

Stephen Malkmus

About

“Starlings of the Slipstream” is the 11th track on Pavement’s 1997 album Brighten the Corners. It was written by frontman Stephen Malkmus.

The song revolves around the image offered by the title, which imagines a flock of starlings (small, brightly colored birds) who exist within (or are “of”) the...

Starlings of the Slipstream Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I heard what you said
The leaders are dead
They're robbing the skies
I can hear their followers cry

[Chorus]
Starlings in the slipstream
Starlings in the slipstream
Starlings in the slipstream
Starlings in the slipstream

[Verse 2]
The language of influence
Is cluttered with hard, hard Cs
And I put a spy cam
In a sorority

[Chorus]
Darlings on the split-screen
Darlings on the split-screen
Darlings on the split-screen

[Outro]
There's no women in Alaska
There's no Creoles in Vermont
There's no coast of Nebraska
My mother, I forgot
Slavic princess with a rose in her teeth
Do you suppose she would bite you if she could?
Insane cobra split the wood
Trader of the lowland breed
Call a jitney, drive away
In the slipstream we will stay
Stay away, away, away, away, away, away, away

Starlings of the Slipstream Q&A

Who wrote Starlings of the Slipstream's ?

Starlings of the Slipstream was written by Stephen Malkmus.

Who produced Starlings of the Slipstream's ?

Starlings of the Slipstream was produced by Pavement & Bryce Goggin & Mitch Easter.