HW: Mike Moorcock's singing (was: SA & CYM)

[J Strobridge]

Le Monsieur writes:

> On Wed, 25 Sep 1996, Max Wilcox wrote:
> > On 23 Sep 96 at 0:49, Le Monsieur wrote:
> > > One thing for sure, though:  Mike Moorcock should *NEVER* be
> > > allowed to sing again, at least not like he 'sang' "Coded
> > > Languages".
> > You've obviously never heard "New Worlds Fair"...
>
> You are correct, sir.  But is that a good thing or a bad thing?

It's a sad thing if you've never heard "Rolling In The Ruins" aka
"Dude's Dream" - best track on the album IMO.  ('....and I didn't like
the way your shoulder peeled last night / and the bombs destroy the
houses and the bombs uproot the trees / and I saw my children carried
off on a strange bright breeze').

There is absolutely no other person who could possibly sing that song
and give it the depths of irony and humour that the track holds.
Amazing.

jill

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