Talk:Pico and Sepulveda

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Did you know... that the 1947 song "Pico and Sepulveda" about an intersection on LA's Pico Boulevard (pictured) was frequently on Dr. Demento's radio show?

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History

Maybe some history of the intersection? Supposedly the Roberts Drive In restaurant was there in the 50's & early 60's. --evrik ^(talk) 03:19, 11 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Former Drive-Ins?

The statement "It is about former drive-ins in Los Angeles" really needs a reference. It isn't apparent from the song's lyrics that this claim is true. Gaohoyt (talk) 00:48, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Pico and Western.

"Roberts drive-in restaurant, Burbank, 1940".

65.196.107.192 (talk) 15:35, 16 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Eddie Maxwell

"Mega Today in Birthdays and Deaths by Name May 25".

Eddie Maxwell: 1912 (is 90 in 2002, 91 in 2003) Singer, Songwriter, aka: Eddie Cherkose; he contributed to many of Spike Jones' recordings, including "Pal Yat Chee", "Morpheus", "Yes We Have No Bananas", and "Teenage Brain Surgeon", wrote and sang the finally released (1994) "Alto Baritone and Bass".; Perhaps best known as the composer of Dr. Demento's theme "Pico & Sepulveda". --evrik ^(talk) 03:44, 11 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Quibble

I think it was featured on the local LA broadcast of Dr. Demento's show much more often than the syndicated version... AnonMoos (talk) 16:20, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK, here is the scoop. I am putting it here instead of on the article page because I don't have a reference, just my memory. For months if not years in the early 1970s, this was the most-requested song on the local (KMET Los Angeles) Dr. Demento program, which compelled the good doctor to play it in the semiweekly (later weekly) top 10 countdown. Fearing the vinyl would wear out, he retired it. It returned sporadically to the line-up, initially as part of a "Pico and Sepulveda" contest, in which listeners submitted recordings of their own, sometimes eccentric, versions. I suspect (but don't know) that the Roto Rooter recording was one of these, but the overwhelming number of plays, at least in those days, featured the Felix Figueroa version. Gaohoyt (talk) 00:26, 16 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Versions

I'd just like to be assured that it is absolutely certain that the version of the song used in The Forbiden Zone is the same as the original Figueroa version. Especially the lyrics. When I saw the Forbidden Zone I knew that this song existed, but I thought "these lyrics can't be right." Does anyone have an original recording, plus a knowledge of the movie, that can set me at ease? 76.173.47.146 (talk) 08:02, 31 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Pico & Sepulveda from the Forbidden Zone on YouTube 65.196.107.192 (talk) 15:35, 16 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Note on Location

P&S is nowhere near the La Brea Tar Pits; they're about five miles away in Hancock Park. Not sure if this wants clarification.--Justfred (talk) 18:08, 30 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure that really matters. I don't think there's anything about the song to imply that the named streets are near one another, just that they're all in LA. Best regards, TheBaron0530 (talk) 21:12, 27 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Lyrics

Why were the lyrics removed? They are integral to the understanding of the song. 65.196.107.192 (talk) 14:40, 17 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"Nondescript" intersection

This phrase is not meant as opinion. It fairly describes things and is supported by the accompanying photo. It serves the purpose of illustrating that the song is being ironic when it ascribes importance to this intersection. Gaohoyt (talk) 00:38, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Whether the song was ironic would have depended on what was there in 1947 -- not what is now there decades later (though either way, the La Brea Tar Pits were thrown in for humorous effect)... AnonMoos (talk) 02:44, 7 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Description of intersection when song was recorded is more logical. If we don't have info on what is was like then better to leave out adjectives describing it today which isn't relevant to what it was then which apparently is unknown. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.174.25.90 (talk) 19:15, 7 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]