Falling Out Of Bed Again / September 3 2008
I was searching through some old lyrics last night and came across this engaging first line from Falling Out Of Bed, an old song of mine: ‘If you want to break some eggs, You’ve got to make an omelette.’
I remember thinking at the time that it was one of the best lines I had ever written; but now it sounds clumsy and artificial. I must have been alluding to sex in some way. I think I was trying to be ironic. It made me smile, though, reading it again. In fact, I’m not sure I didn’t steal it from somewhere – Woody Allen, probably.
It does make you realise how, at the time, some things can seem like truly astonishing and inspired acts or pieces of work, but are later revealed to be self-conscious and contrived examples of gauche nonsense – like marrying a French woman, for instance.
Right, back to work for me now, creating and producing magnificent things - and I had better get a move on: The Queen has threatened to have me publicly disarticulated if I do not start coming up with the goods soon.
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4 comments on “Falling Out Of Bed Again”
Nelson Galaxy / September 3rd, 2008 at 1:48 pm
What are these magnificent things you are creating and producing? Can I have a listen?
Jo Beaufoix / September 3rd, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Oh, disarticulation, nasty.
Napoleon Fantastic / September 4th, 2008 at 10:52 am
Nelson,
Yes you can! A lot of the new Enormous album is coming to completion now and it truly is sounding magnificent. As a working title, I am using ‘Lust and Loathing and the Kitchen Sink’. What do you reckon?
Napoleon Fantastic / September 4th, 2008 at 10:53 am
Jo,
I know, nasty!
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