purgative ennui
a family of four.
at the door.
with camus at the door.
your mother died.
in your father's fist you'll hide.
a family of four.
for evermore.
a family at war.
at the door.
with camus at the door.
your mother died.
in your father's fist you'll hide.
a family of four.
for evermore.
a family at war.
posted by murmurists at 9:22 am
18 Comments:
Like the previous post, there is an ambiguity about the extent of the biographical elements.
I understand families at war.
Camus at the dorr with broken neck.
Dorr? Curse the typo ...
Gustave Dorr ... Dorr Marr ...
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Previous post is autobiographical, actually: Annie and I getting married, idea of living in lark Lane area of Liverpool - depicted in pictures. 'Be My Wife' is a song by Bowie. I played it to her one time, got all Romantic. The post was cobbled to make her smile. It did just that. I like to throw stuff like that in, with the more removed horrorshow stuff; though Annie and I have a sick giggle to all of it. It eases her day, after the pressures of work. In some important sense, I make such things to do just that.
I've had this idea - idea is too strong a word for it...! But anyway ... this idea about the phrase 'Camus is here to see you'. I like the idea of Camus visiting one, like death/the reaper, knocking on the door. Instead its that advocate of humanist existentialism; the goalkeeper, here to save our balls.
Of course, Camus' The Outsider starts by saying 'mother died today...'.
I love that song - contrary to standard rock criticism, is 'Low' Bowie's most human album?
I thought it was an autobiographical piece.
The Camus riff reminds me of the Burroughs refrain 'cancer is at the door with a singing telegram' ... beware for whom the bell tolls, I guess.
Every bit of Low is wonderful, in my opinion. Yeh, all that reductive rock crit-shit: synths = emotionless. Haven't they ever heard Autobahn by Kraftwerk? Bowie's never one thing or the other anyway, I think. Diamond Dogs is my personal favourite.
The Liverpool pics piece is autobiog. This one isn't. It just came to me.
i don't know if LOW is bowies most human or even if it is his best, i think maybe station to station might qualify for that but i do like LOW.
diamond dogs?
yep, that to is very good. what a run he had then.
here is some musical food for thought.
robert fripp. guitar & frippertronics (as ever)
brian eno. electronics
robert wyatt. voice. percussion, piano, trumpet.
thom yorke. voice, guitar, keyboards.
tony allen. drums and percussion.
not sure who i would have on bass though.
'Diamond Dogs' is a great album ... I also love the under-rated 'Pin-Ups' ...
Anytime Bowie, Eno and Fripp were in a studio together, something magical happened.
Bass? Jah Wobble, I'd say.
st.anthony>>>funny thing about Jah Wobble. He is a cousin to a mate of mines Mum, (with me so far)who is a member of one of Londons more notorious 'familys'. Not that mister Wobble has anything to do with them but a little bit of useless info.
Can we have dead people in our notional band? If so...
Guitar: Derek Bailey
Piano/etc.: John Cage
Bass: Jaco Pastorius
Drums: John Bonham
Vocal: Bob Cobbing/Bill Hicks
Trumpet: Miles Davis
An all-live version:
Guitar: Fred Frith
Keys/etc.: David Toop
Bass: Trey Gunn
Drums: Keiran Hebden
Vocals: Brian Wilson/Yamatsuka Eye
Sax: John Zorn
Wobble must always be praised for those great basslines to Public Image songs: PIL itself.... Ltd. '...Hello...' '...Goodbye...'; Death Disco, Careering. Magical.
I'd have liked to see a band taking the stage with Bob Cobbing on vocals... marvellous.
I'd have Ted Milton and James Chance on sax and Moe Tucker on drum and dustbin.
Yeh, Cobbing, with words by Peter Reading. Listening to Naked City's 'Heretic' as I type. Fred Frith's dvd, 'Crossing The Border', you see it...? If not, must get a copy to you. It's amazing. The man never stops creating. A lesson to us all.
I like your earlier phrase 'Camus riff'. What a nice idea: a Camus Riff. Not too atonal. Not too tonal.
Ooh, this is is party over here. Cool!
Some absolutely fantastic posts Anthony. I swear you get better by the day. I've just spent ages looking at them all. Wonderful.
Ooh, the links work too. I'm glad they did! Yay!
Thanks Molly. Kind of you. And thanks for tech help, too. I felt tacky not having all those wonderful people linked directly. Will add more as and when, now I've been properly educated in html!
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