brilliantly stated -- the point of kinsella -- especially with the new
album, is to recognize influence -- to drop subtle hints -- and although i
found his allusions to french philsophers a bitpretensious on the new LP,
it is well done, and the point comes across -- and a bonus point for
anyone who can name the ts eliot poem -- mike
On Fri, 2 Jul 1999, baby spine wrote:
>
> >i dont know much about braid, but tim kinsella seems like the last >person
> >to ever use someone elses lyrics. aside from being a musician, >tim is a
> >poet (look at his lyrics).
>
> yeah he is & i think he's brilliant, but that doesn't mean he doesn't quote,
> interpolate, make allusions to, and reference other lyrics and lines in his
> songs. like both caP'n jazz and the sky corvair (tim's old band) have songs
> with the line "between the moon & new york city" in them, and that's from
> that famous song "arthur's theme"...also in a joan of arc song he goes "in
> the room the women come and go (talking of leonard dicaprio)" which is a
> direct takeoff from t.s. eliot's line "in the room the women come and go
> (talking of michelangelo)." just a couple of examples. there's alot
> more...but i like that he does that cos it shows he's obviously intelligent
> (or at least aware of culture), and majored in english like me, haha...not
> to jump on yr ass, i'm just bored and thought i'd post this.
> xoxo nicole
>
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