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Wikipedia article


{{Infobox song

| name = Jean the Birdman

| cover = Sylvian and Fripp - Jean the Birdman.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = David Sylvian & Robert Fripp

| album = The First Day

| B-side =

| released =

| recorded = December 1992–March 1993

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Art rock

| length = 4:12

| label = Virgin

| writer = Trey Gunn, Robert Fripp, David Sylvian

| producer = David Bottrill, David Sylvian

| chronology = David Sylvian

| prev_title = Heartbeat (Tainai Kaiki II)

| prev_year = 1992

| next_title = I Surrender

| next_year = 1999

| misc =

}}

"'Jean the Birdman'" is a collaboration between Robert Fripp and David Sylvian, co-written by Trey Gunn. The dreamlike music video was directed by Howard Greenhalgh a year before he became famous for his work on Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun".


The single was released as two separate CDs, each including exclusive bonus tracks.

The Exclusive B-sides



"'Earthbound (Starblind)'" was co-written by Fripp and Sylvian, and was effectively in two parts, Sylvian singing a melodic verse and chorus over a simple acoustic guitar, which then gave way to a 6 minute Fripp soundscape of guitar and Frippertronics.

"'Endgame'" was a simple piece, again dominated by Sylvians verse chorus vocal over a simple acoustic guitar accompaniment. Sylvian explained: '"These pieces were written after the completion of the Rain Tree Crow project. Lyrically, there is still this connection with that early material. I guess I hadn't worked the themes out of system entirely with Rain Tree Crow."'

On "'Tallow Moon'" Sylvian spoke the lyrics of a poem. The lyrics are taken from Lettre Au Directeur Des Messageries Maritimes, once released on "'Sahara Blue'" album by Hector Zazou. "'Dark Water'" was a ambient soundscape by Fripp.

Track listing



Part 1



# "Jean the Birdman" (Fripp, Trey Gunn, Sylvian) - 4:12

# "Earthbound (Starblind)" (Fripp, Sylvian) - 10:14

# "Endgame" (Sylvian) - 2:22

Part 2



# "Jean the Birdman" (Fripp, Gunn, Sylvian) - 4:12

# "Gone to Earth" (Fripp, Sylvian) - 3:04

# "Tallow Moon" (Sylvian) - 5:44

# "Dark Water" (Fripp) - 6:45

Charts



Release history



References




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