Your Fat Friend

[imomus]

After a brief and enjoyable hiatus I spent showing friends from France and Greece round Berlin, I've got back to work on 'The 2005 Album From Momus' (provisionally entitled 'The Artist Overwhelmed By The Grandeur Of Ancient Ruins'). This is something of a trifle, but I think you can hear that I'm happy to get back to my studio. The music gives pride of place in the Momus Geo-Musical Museum to a fossil of Schubert, around which dance Indian singers and 1980s 'Classicism-and-Atrocity' synths. The theme comes partly from a piece in Vice magazine entitled 'Ode To The Fat Friend', and partly from the 'Fat Lady' song in the Berlin musical Cabaret. If you download, like and keep the mp3, suggested donation is a dollar or so by Paypal. The song may appear in the same or a different form on the next Momus album. And by the way, thanks so much to everyone who's contributed so far!

Your Fat Friend

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Your Fat Friend

She's so fabulous
She's so ludicrous
She's so dangerous
Your fat friend

She's intelligent
An experiment
She's an elephant
Your fat friend

Will you run away with me?
Let's go walking on the sea
Just Jesus Christ and you and me and
Your fat friend

See her fumble, see her flirt
In her massive mini-skirt
She is quite the extravert
Here comes your fat girlfriend

She's so fabulous
She's so ludicrous
She's so dangerous
Your fat friend

I love Coco, you love Jim
Your fat friend she loves him
But he can't love her, he's too thin
For your fat friend

One and one makes three not two
She will stick to you like glue
Don't fuck around with you-know-who
Here comes your fat girlfriend

She's intelligent
An experiment
She's an elephant
Your fat friend

Comments

[wertz.livejournal.com]

I envy your French and Greek friends - and you, for that matter. I've been smitten with Berlin for a decade or so. And, now that I'm stranded in the States, God knows when I'll ever get back.

For what it's worth, the offering here reminds me a lot of my friend, the late Agnes Bernelle (http://www.commex.org/dirkje/pjarchive/bernelle.htm), who's father, Rudolph Bernauer, owned the club on which Christopher Isherwood based the Kit Kat Klub in I Am a Camera. I could only find one of her albums (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000003BT7/qid%3D1085459174/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/102-8892264-4093757) online, but you might find it of interest, if you don't know her. She appeared on Marc Almond's "Stars We Are" album and her last, produced by Elvis Costello, was pretty impressive. I directed her in a show in Dublin in the mid-nineties and got to know her quite well - I think you'd like her stuff.

PayPal has just disabled my account (long story), so until I get a new one, I'll be unable to make a contribution. In fairness, then, I won't save the download. :(  If it's any consolation, I'll be placing an order for a CD in the next day or two. Forgive my ignorance, but I asked a friend-who-should-know about Momus and he mentioned "Philosophy of..." and "Vodka Jellies". Any recommendations of your own for a virgin hit?

[imomus.livejournal.com]

I'm a big fan of (the late) Agnes Bernelle, and was once even introduced to her in an art gallery in London by The Edge from U2 (it was after a Gavin Friday concert)! I love her record 'Father's Lying Dead on the Ironing Board'. I think my favourite song is 'A Nightingale':

'You want to be rich? Well, isn't that what you are?'

For a Momus intro try 'Forbidden Software Timemachine' or 'Ping Pong'.

[wertz.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the recommendation - consider at least one of them ordered (I checked the local Virgin Mega-Store today and neither was in stock). Heh, I also knew Gavin vaguely - though I knew another former Virgin Prune, Binty (later of the short-lived Princess Tinymeat), somewhat better. I also knew The Edge professionally, having done a bit of design work for U2's Zoo TV tour - as well as finding myself at a number of parties at Bono's place outside Dun Laoghaire. Dublin was a bit of a village in that respect. Though, if this is anything to go by, the whole damned world is becoming something of a village...

Aaanyway, thanks again - I look forward to it.

agnes bernelle

[(Anonymous)]

I am doing research on Agnes Bernelle - as I am developing a dance/theatre piece inspired by her work and life. I stumbled upon this posting and thought I'd take a chance and see if you would want to communicate more with me about Agnes. I am interested in the show you directed and your experience working with her.
I may be contacted via suddenlydance.ca
thank you,
David Ferguson