“What were the skies like when you were young?” was not asked by LeVar Burton

I always thought that the opening question in the song “Little Fluffy Clouds [1]” by the Orb [2] (music video [3]) was a sample of LeVar Burton [4], maybe from his show “Reading Rainbow [5], but apparently, it's not [6]! (link via Jason Kottke [7]) Upon relistening to the song, it's now clear to me that it's not Levar Burton. It's very close though.

And while I like the song, my favorite one from The Orb is “A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld [8],” which is like a fever dream but in a good way [You're insane! —Bunny] [Yes, but in a good way! —Sean].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Fluffy_Clouds

[2] https://www.theorb.com/

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNfjpmvbQG0

[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeVar_Burton

[5] https://www.youtube.com/user/readingrainbow/videos

[6] https://polpo.org/blog/who-asked-what-were-the-skies-like-when-you-were-young-in-little-fluffy-clouds.html

[7] https://kottke.org/24/09/0045343-ian-scott-tracked-down-th

[8] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qexS5hBB1C0

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