Do people even see musicians as writers and poets anymore?
This song came about while I was reading an opening passage of an article in 'The Wire' music magazine. The first two lines are totally ripped off from that paragraph.
Is that wrong? It did spurn an entire song, written in less than 10 minutes (an all time new record for me). Perhaps because the article sounded pretentious, it gave me the opportunity to make fun of pretentiousness and at the same time pay homage the art world that I genuinely draw inspiration and support from. Artists are genuine, intelligent, caring, supportive, interested, skilled people. From my experience pretentious people are those who want to have those qualities but don't take the time, or make the effort, to develop them. But 'pretend' they have.
I don't even know if any of the above has to do with the song I wrote, but when I think about this song, these are the things that come to mind.
And these collaborations:
Mike Heynes, Menno Huibers, Stef Animal
Ruth Korver, Kate Logan, Conrad Wedde, Sam Scott
Mica Still - visual artist
Here's the lyrics to 'Modern Love'
Modern Love – Little Bark
You’re idiosyncratic
Forthright and eccentric - PLAGIARIST, GUILTY, BAD ME
Painting things into a view
That’s new
You’ve got lots of talent
Your words are like a magnet
That draws me nearer to your view
YOU’VE GOT A CROWN MADE OF LYNN
YOU’VE GOT ME SWIMMING OUT TO THE SEA OF
MODERN LOVE
You’re a polarized exposure
I would like to capture
Weave it into a motion
That takes me to you
Time with you’s a potion
One drop could fill an ocean
Take the gravity away
And give it to the moon
YOU’VE GOT A CROWN MADE OF LYNN
YOU’VE GOT ME SWIMMING OUT TO THE SEA OF
MODERN LOVE
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