New Scott Walker album: 'The Drift'

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ok wtf

― Dominique (dleone), Monday, 27 February 2006 18:02 (twenty years ago)

This makes me so happy.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 27 February 2006 18:03 (twenty years ago)

"those who liked Tilt will be pleased"
what about those who dont?

― may i ask the one, Monday, 27 February 2006 18:05 (twenty years ago)

you will probably not be pleased.

― PeopleFunnyBoy (PeopleFunnyBoy), Monday, 27 February 2006 18:07 (twenty years ago)

on the same tip as Tilt but darker and bleaker and more threatening

I don't see how this is possible, but I'll take your word for it.

― Brakhage (brakhage), Thursday, 2 March 2006 02:03 (twenty years ago)

I just got the full packet with all the lyrics today. I can quote them at random, unless that would be too fucking obnoxious. In which case, I won't.

― PeopleFunnyBoy (PeopleFunnyBoy), Thursday, 2 March 2006 02:49 (twenty years ago)

Please do.

― jz, Thursday, 2 March 2006 09:25 (twenty years ago)

an extended excerpt. these verses come one after another:

Cossacks are charging in
Charging into fields of white roses

Cossacks are charging in
Charging into fields of white roses.

That's a nice suit!
That's a swanky suit!

Been a pope like no other.
I'm looking for a good cowboy.
A rare outcry makes you lead a larger life.
Youl could easily picture this in the current top ten.

It's hard to pick the worst moment.
It's hard to pick the worst moment.

― PeopleFunnyBoy (PeopleFunnyBoy), Thursday, 2 March 2006 14:51 (twenty years ago)

Wow.

More please.

― jz, Thursday, 2 March 2006 14:53 (twenty years ago)

these better not be fake (note to self: create a Scott Walker lyric generator)

― Dominique (dleone), Thursday, 2 March 2006 14:57 (twenty years ago)

swear to god they are not fake.

― PeopleFunnyBoy (PeopleFunnyBoy), Thursday, 2 March 2006 15:19 (twenty years ago)

From scratchless I ascend
Stamps tongue -- swabbed

Now embark for the Ivory Coast
Chiming like mouse bells
BAM BAM
BAM BAM

at the birth of a vermin Holy Ghost

― PeopleFunnyBoy (PeopleFunnyBoy), Thursday, 2 March 2006 15:22 (twenty years ago)

whoa those lyrics make me wanna get drunk

― rizzx (rizzx), Thursday, 2 March 2006 15:24 (twenty years ago)

in the packet, they're all spelled out at a word per line, so

it
looks
like
this

the packet is around 50 pages long.

― PeopleFunnyBoy (PeopleFunnyBoy), Thursday, 2 March 2006 15:25 (twenty years ago)

SCOTT WALKER IS DESTROYING THE ENVIRONMENT!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 2 March 2006 15:26 (twenty years ago)

this reminds me of reading about a smacked-out Judee Sill in the late 70s climbing over her furniture like a reptile and freaking the guy she'd lured into her lair out. I now picture Scott Walker writing these words as the lights in his castle are flickering, and his skin is turning scaly.

and I must hear it

― Dominique (dleone), Thursday, 2 March 2006 15:26 (twenty years ago)

is it out yet or what? have promo's been sent out? geez im behind on this one

― rizzx (rizzx), Thursday, 2 March 2006 15:26 (twenty years ago)

OK, so now I understand how The Drift might be even more Tilt than Tilt.

More lyrics!

― jz, Thursday, 2 March 2006 15:27 (twenty years ago)

and one more for the morning:

Bones closing -- too soon at the tips
Won't feed on the bodies
From the fat black crocodile on the sand bar

Can't swallow it.
Then bury it.

From the voice flooded
Semen clotting to paste.

Can't swallow it.
Then bury it.

christ, i wish i could make shit like this up.

― PeopleFunnyBoy (PeopleFunnyBoy), Thursday, 2 March 2006 15:30 (twenty years ago)

uh, that last sentence was not a lyric obv.

― PeopleFunnyBoy (PeopleFunnyBoy), Thursday, 2 March 2006 15:30 (twenty years ago)

in the packet, they're all spelled out at a word per line, so
it
looks
like
this

the packet is around 50 pages long.

I actually thought this was one of the lyrics! Thanks for posting this stuff by the way PFB.

― jz, Thursday, 2 March 2006 15:34 (twenty years ago)

no problem - glad it's appreciated :-)

― PeopleFunnyBoy (PeopleFunnyBoy), Thursday, 2 March 2006 15:37 (twenty years ago)

Track lengths would be fun! Although maybe a spoiler for some.

― Simon H. (Simon H.), Thursday, 2 March 2006 18:09 (twenty years ago)

Here they are:

Cossacks (4:38)
Clara (12:49)
Jesse (6:34)
Jolson and Jones (7:51)
Cue (10:33)
Audience (5:56)
Buzzers (6:45)
Psoriatic (5:57)
The Escape (5:24)
A Lover Loves (3:11)

also, this is officially the fan-dorkiest thread on ILX right now.

― PeopleFunnyBoy (PeopleFunnyBoy), Thursday, 2 March 2006 18:15 (twenty years ago)

Semen clotting to paste.

That reminds me, I must do a big shop this weekend.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Thursday, 2 March 2006 18:17 (twenty years ago)

I hate even hearing about the album now, because it just emphasize that I can't hear it yet and won't be able to for a long time now.

― My Psychic Friends Are Strangely Silent (Ex Leon), Thursday, 2 March 2006 18:19 (twenty years ago)

. . at another point Walker repeats: "I'll punch a donkey on the streets of Galway! I'll punch a donkey on the streets of Galway!"

I spent most of the morning repeating this to myself and sniggering.

This is going to be great. I can't wait.

― Soukesian, Thursday, 2 March 2006 20:11 (twenty years ago)

i can now provide full context:

The puddle beneath the cork
Bobbing on a mild chop
That rolled in off the river Dix
And the open water beyond

Brogue says:
"I'LL PUNCH A DONKEY IN THE STREETS OF GALWAY!"

Then me:

"I'LL PUNCH A DONKEY IN THE STREETS OF GALWAY!"
"I'LL PUNCH A DONKEY IN THE STREETS OF GALWAY!"

Sonny boy.
Such a sonny boy.

― PeopleFunnyBoy (PeopleFunnyBoy), Thursday, 2 March 2006 20:21 (twenty years ago)

that's some interesting context

― Dominique (dleone), Thursday, 2 March 2006 20:23 (twenty years ago)

quack! quack!

― Clara P., Friday, 3 March 2006 01:15 (twenty years ago)

Nicole Kessler OTM, it almost hurts to read about it, swoon about, anticipate it. Yet I keep coming back here, argh! That 'I'll punch a donkey...'line alone... gawd! Can't.wait.

― Gerard (Gerard), Friday, 3 March 2006 16:37 (twenty years ago)

sometimes i feel like a swallow

― Clara P., Friday, 3 March 2006 19:36 (twenty years ago)

Dude, give us the cover artwork at least. I'm dying here.

― Brakhage (brakhage), Friday, 3 March 2006 20:14 (twenty years ago)

With context, it seems totally clear to me that the 'Galway' song is about Shane McGowan.

But I have to hear it. Soon.

― Soukesian, Saturday, 4 March 2006 11:45 (twenty years ago)

scott singin' "Rosary" from Tilt on Jools Holland…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKlsnDjv-EM&search=Scott%20walker

― veronica moser (veronica moser), Saturday, 4 March 2006 14:38 (twenty years ago)

Aquarius sez May 9 release

― Brakhage (brakhage), Saturday, 4 March 2006 18:26 (twenty years ago)

Nicole Kessler OTM, it almost hurts to read about it, swoon about, anticipate it. Yet I keep coming back here, argh!
My sentiments exactly.

― Last Of The Famous International Pfunkboys (Kerr), Saturday, 4 March 2006 18:37 (twenty years ago)

I've been patient for a few years, I'll be patient a bit more yet.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 4 March 2006 18:40 (twenty years ago)

I am interested in knowing if Scott has abandoned that combover. Oof — talk about "Tilt"!

― Dr. Gene Scott (shinybeast), Saturday, 4 March 2006 18:53 (twenty years ago)

"With context, it seems totally clear to me that the 'Galway' song is about Shane McGowan."

Or how about JAMES JOYCE!? I think our boy Scott'o is a bit more of an intellectual abotu his references and would first reach to Joyce than a sad old drunk cunt like me!

― Shane McGowan, Saturday, 4 March 2006 20:08 (twenty years ago)

I stand corrected.

― Soukesian, Sunday, 5 March 2006 19:21 (twenty years ago)

Christ this sounds good. When is this going to leak? eh? Still have to buy a copy cout of respect for the man tho...

― gekkoppel, Tuesday, 7 March 2006 18:19 (twenty years ago)

don't like to think of it, leaking

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 18:24 (twenty years ago)

Drift oozing everywhere, leaving trails of glistening black slime

― Brakhage (brakhage), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 19:11 (twenty years ago)

I'll punch a swamp thing in the streets of Galway.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 19:18 (twenty years ago)

revive, because i've been listening to Tilt a lot again lately, and i feel like i'm finally starting to wrap my head around it. it doesn't seem nearly as weird or dark anymore. should i be concerned for my well being?

also, i missed this upthread:

the 9/11-Elvis's dead brother thing sounds very silly.

it def. sounds silly conceptually, but the track is totally skin-crawling.

sorry. on a Walker kick and need more fannish ranting.

― PeopleFunnyBoy (PeopleFunnyBoy), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 15:38 (twenty years ago)

you say the track itself is skincrawling- excellent stuff- you don't actually have it in your possession do you??? I need this leak like a man with a very small sack to hold his urine does.

― gekkopel, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:03 (twenty years ago)

this album is very... xiu xiu.

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:05 (twenty years ago)

you mean obscure and OTT dramatic? Awesome if so. I presume promos have been released?

― gekkopel, Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:09 (twenty years ago)

i wouldn't say obscure, necessarily.. but OTT dramatic and kind of sparse/clangy.

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Wednesday, 15 March 2006 17:15 (twenty years ago)

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