Words
"In this world ... you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.
For years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant," Elwood P. Dowd (James Stewart)"Harvey" 1950
"Frustration is one of the great things in art; Satisfaction is noting." Malcolm McLaren (1967/68)
Modern Society puts every child in a straight jacket." R.D.Laing & A. Esterson (1969)
"Did you do it for fame?
Did you do it in a fit?
Did you do it before you read about it?" X-Ray Spex "Identity" (1978)
"If you take someone`s thoughts and feelings away, bit by bit, consistantly, then they have nothing left, except some gritty, gnawing, shitty little instinct, down there, somewhere, worming round the gut, but so far down, so hidden, it`s impossible to find.
Imagine, if you will, a worldwide conspiracy to deny the existance of the colour yellow. And whenever you saw yellow, they told you, no, that isn`t yellow, what the fuck`s yellow? Eventually, whenever you saw yellow, you would say; that isn`t yellow, course it isn`t, blue or green or purple, or.... You`d say it, yes it is, it`s yellow, and become increasingly hysterical, and then go quite berserk." David Edgar "Mary Burnes"
There`s nothing I hate more than nothing
Nothing keeps me up at night
I toss and turn over nothing
Nothing could cause a great big fight." Edie Brickell "Nothing"
"God have mercy on the man who doubts what he`s sure of." Bruce Springsteen "Brilliant Disguise"
"You`ll dance, and drink, and screw. Because there`s nothing else to do." Pulp "Common People"
"the boys all loved you but I was a mess
I had to watch them try and get you undressed" Pulp "Disco 2000"
"Why live in the world when you can live in your head?" Pulp "Monday Morning"
"I could have been someone...
...well so could anyone." Pogues "Fairytale of New York" (1987)
"I`m not singing for the future
I`m not dreaming of the past
I`m not talking of the first time
I never think about the last." Pogues "Rainy Night in Soho" (1991)
"In the great scheme of things it doesn`t matter,
I`ll get through it a little brused and battered,
Maybe someday I can just laugh at myself." The Supernaturals "Pie in the Sky"(1997)
"Terminate torment
of love unsatisfied
for the greater torment
of love satisfied" T.S.Elliot
Email: russell.a.carlton@student.shu.ac.uk
