The word on the street
Subtitle: rock lyrics
By: Paul Muldoon
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9780374261085
Subjects: Englisch; English poetry; Lied; Texts; Lyrik; Irish authors; Songs
Description: "In his new book of rock lyrics, Paul Muldoon goes back to the essential meaning of the term 'lyric' -- a short poem sung to the accompaniment of a musical instrument. These words are written for music most assuredly, with half an ear to Yeats's ballad-singing porter drinkers and half to Cole Porter -- and indeed, many of them double as rock songs, performed by Wayside Shrines, the Princeton-based music collective of which Muldoon is a member. Their themes are the classic themes of song: lost love, lost wars, Charlton Heston, barbed wire, pole dancers, cellulite, Hegel, elephants, Oedipus, more barbed wire, Buddy Holly, Jersey peaches, Julius Caesar, Trenton, cockatoos, and the Youngers (Bob and John and Jim and Cole)"--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: Azerbaijan; title: Badass blues; title: Big twist; title: Black box; title: Cleaning up my act; title: Comeback; title: Days of yore; title: Dream team; title: Elephant anthem; title: Feet of clay; title: Go-to guy; title: Good luck with that; title: Head in; title: I don't love you anymore; title: It won't ring true; title: It's never too late for rock n' roll; title: Jersey fresh; title: Jezebel was a Jersey belle; title: Julius Caesar was a people person; title: Over you; title: Owls to Athens; title: Put me down; title: So long; title: Taking stock; title: Tin star; title: The word in the street; title: Wouldn't do; title: You say you're just hanging out (but I know you're just hanging in); title: You'd better think twice; title: The Youngers (Bob and John and Jim and Cole).