Artist	Song
Pram	El Topo
The United States of America	The Garden of Earthly Delights
Pale Saints	Baby Maker
Big Star	Kanga Roo
The Brian Jonestown Massacre	Sailor
Oriental Sunshine	Across Your Life
George Harrison	Party Seacombe
Baxter Dury	Fungus Hedge
Caetano Veloso	O Ciume
Tyrannosaurus Rex	Child Star
The Rain Parade	Broken Horse
Judee Sill	Ridge Rider
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds	Breathless
Jim White	The Girl From Brownsville Texas
Faye Wong	Can't Wake Up
Belle & Sebastian	I Know Where The Summer Goes
Wilco	Muzzle of Bees
Sigur R=s	Gl(s(li
Nina Simone	Everyone's Gone To The Moon

Comment:

When a man buries a pole in the sand, he automatically creates a sundial and begins to mark time. To begin marking time is to begin creating a culture.
A pole rises out of the desert sand. El Topo appears riding a black horse. He is dressed entirely in black: boots, pants, shirt, jacket, hat. He carries an open umbrella.
His seven-year-old son rides behind him, holding on to his back. Except for a hat and moccasins, the child is nude. His name is Brontis.
El Topo dismounts and lifts his son down. He ties the umbrella to the pole so that the black chalice, the cup, becomes fused with the pole.
He removes a leather pouch from his saddle and takes out a toy bear and a picture of a woman. The picture is mounted in an antique frame banded in black. A symbol of grief. El Topo speaks to Brontis.
EL TOPO:
Today you are seven years old.
Now you are a man.
Bury your first toy and your mother's picture.
The child sits beside the sundial.
He digs a hole in the sand and buries the bear, while El Topo plays a flute. The child tries to bury his mother's picture but can't quite complete the task. Half the picture remains above the surface of the sand as El Topo rides off holding the open umbrella, his son seated behind him.
from El Topo - A Book Of The Film

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