Soft Machine - Thank You Pierrot Lunaire/Have You Ever Bean Green?

Edited by Nuno Monteiro 2010. Soft Machine - Hendrix Tour, USA 1968 (note: unfortunately the lyrics were copied from a faulty source, there’s some mistakes) “Sharing the same management team as Jimi Hendrix, the Soft Machine were rewarded with a support slot on the Jimi Hendrix Experience’s North America tour throughout 1968.“ Songs from SOFT MACHINE - VOLUME TWO (1969) - “Thank You Pierrot Lunaire“ (H. Hopper / R. Wyatt); “Have You Ever Bean Green?“ (H. Hopper / R. Wyatt) “A jazz influence is introduced to the humour, dadaism, and psychedelia of The Soft Machine - Volume One (1968). The album was inspired by Frank Zappa’s Absolutely Free, and consists of two long compositions with “As Long as He Lies Perfectly Still“ and “Dedicated to You“ serving as interludes. Acting on a recommendation from Zappa, the band split the main tracks into smaller pieces that were given arbitrary names taken from sound effect tapes in