This thread was prompted by having my iTunes library on shuffle on re-encountering Scott Walker's Cossacks Are from his The Drift album.
It's truly disturbing music. When not laughing at it's sheer preposterousness, it is genuinely unhinged and akin to the torture some of the song's lyrics refer to and evoke.
I remember a feature on a TV show, possibly The Culture Show, when it was released a few years back which made reference to the percussive merits of smacking large joints of meat with beaters. It's on a track called Clara and purportedly deals with the torture of Mussolini's mistress.
Horrendous. On many levels. Just when I think it's safe to dismiss it as pretentious, artless twaddle strands of dark, thumping music emerge and capture some of the horrors of an unrelenting act of human debasement.
"This is not a rabbit skin. . ." declares Scott. It's not Make It Easy On Yourself, that's for sure.
Any other candidates out there?
It's truly disturbing music. When not laughing at it's sheer preposterousness, it is genuinely unhinged and akin to the torture some of the song's lyrics refer to and evoke.
I remember a feature on a TV show, possibly The Culture Show, when it was released a few years back which made reference to the percussive merits of smacking large joints of meat with beaters. It's on a track called Clara and purportedly deals with the torture of Mussolini's mistress.
Horrendous. On many levels. Just when I think it's safe to dismiss it as pretentious, artless twaddle strands of dark, thumping music emerge and capture some of the horrors of an unrelenting act of human debasement.
"This is not a rabbit skin. . ." declares Scott. It's not Make It Easy On Yourself, that's for sure.
Any other candidates out there?