"Song To The Siren"

Many versions. Just because...

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The Poetry of Rock n' Roll: "A Waste Land"

To observe National Poetry Month, once a week I am featuring lyrics of rock n' roll or pop songs that also double as exquisite poetry.

This is a very short but succinct piece by Bryan Ferry called "A Wasteland" from his 1985 album "Boys and Girls." While the music is quite haunting, we are focusing on the lyrics and in this case, brevity is power.

A Waste Land
by Bryan Ferry

When love's gone,
There's no one...
A waste land,
A ghetto.

When love's gone,
A tear on
A waste land...
Your pillow.

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Currently listening to...

...the apocalyptic luxury and sonic density of "You Can Dance" by Bryan Ferry; taken from his 2010 release "Olympia" which saw him collaborating with original Roxy Music members Brian Eno, Phil Manzanera, and Andy Mackay. I love how this song starts with a sample from the song "True To Life," off of "Avalon," Roxy Music's 1982 swan song. But the sample here gets laid under a sinuous, dangerous track. This is not 1982. Things are leaner and tighter (and colder) now.

And I must say that age becomes Ferry.

I am actually quite fond of this marvelous remix of the song by Tim Roe:

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