Last but not least! This is Ivor cutler who was a Scotish poet and musician and general genius. His songs have an absurdist humour to them but are also very phylisophical. I see him as more than a musician and in his own right an artist and this is why i have brought him to your attention. If you like his music you can get hold of his albums quiete easily.
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Thanks, Ben. You inspired me to dig out my copy of "Cock-A-Doodle-Don't", which was one of my favourite books as a teenager. I've just been rereading it and revelling in Cutlers brilliance. It's got the best sleeve notes ever, I think... in fact I'm going to type them out:
"Cuiusque stercs sibi bene olet
This book................. serious .............humour.......... waste of time...................
........ understanding.............
....................... so, without
further a-don't ...................
...................................................................... and.........................................."
You're right about the animations.
Amy
He's so great!
Never heard of him before your blog. I knowyou said to ignore the animations but there's one - 'Beautiful Cosmos' - is that his video - it works really well I think. Reminds me of a Beckett Play i went to see last year. There's definately humour within the songs as you said, but there's also something quite sad. His vice is quite sad I think.
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