April 7th, 2003 2:52pm
Philosophy Itself Is Nonsense, Nonsense!
In cooperation with Todd over at Dilettantism who is posting about Komar & Melamid’s Most Wanted/Least Wanted painting project today, I am offering MP3s from their Most Wanted/Least Wanted song project.
The premise of the project is that Komar & Melamid do extensive polling to find out what people want or do not want in art, and then create art that corresponds to the polling results highest and lowest scores.
You can download a word file containing the lyrics to the Least Wanted Song and an artist’s statement from Komar & Melamid’s composer partner Dave Soldier here.
Trust Me When I Say I Know The Pathway To Your Heart
Nirvana “Everybody Loves The Clown” – No, not Kurt Cobain’s Nirvana, but the British psychedelic band from the ’60s. I think that the most amazing thing about this song is that it so perfectly captures the grotesque happiness and unintentional creepiness of clowns. It’s just a little too happy sounding, you know? The adult voice in the right speaker sounds sort of crazed, and the child’s voice sounds slightly detached, as if s/he were singing under duress. It’s a very unique combination of joyous pop and the mildly unnerving and vaguely sinister.
The Clique “Superman” – Yes, it’s the song that R.E.M. covered on Lifes Rich Pageant. This is the original recording of the deranged-stalker pop classic.
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