Re:I can't stop thinking about Papua New Guinea
by defrost on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @05:49AM
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Aside from the name, what does it actually have to do with PNG aside from the imagining of Brits taking drugs in Manchester?
~ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea_(instrumental...
Why not Pink Floyd's Mudmen and other tracks from Obscured by Clouds (named after the PNG highlands)(eg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-u7BPpAYsM ) or even something with voice of a PNG artist, eg:
Re:I can't stop thinking about Papua New Guinea
by fiatpandas on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @06:23AM
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They sampled a few of the sounds from a nature documentary on PNG.
Re:I can't stop thinking about Papua New Guinea
by papua_is_being_ on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @07:26AM
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> I can't stop thinking about Papua New Guinea
I can't stop crying about West Papua. It is such a horror story, an ecocide and a genocide happening simultaneously.
Re:I can't stop thinking about Papua New Guinea
by gbraad on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @09:09AM
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Same thought here: FSOL, 1991. Classic
Off-topic
Re:I can't stop thinking about Papua New Guinea
by tim333 on Tuesday September 15, 2026 @11:46AM
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To save people googling
> the music has nothing musically or culturally to do with the country of Papua New Guinea. (https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dak3ViigS61/)The duo (Garry Cobain and Brian Dougans) actually chose the title purely for its mysterious, exotic, and atmospheric feel
Me too, this track is certified classic at this point, cant get it out of my head.
https://archive.org/download/fsol-papua_new_guinea-vinyl-199...