The Poetry of Rock n' Roll: "Slow Down" by Art Feynman

To observe National Poetry Month, I am sharing song lyrics that also double as poetry.

And California-based artist and musician Art Feynman (the nom de musique of one Luke Temple) has written a pretty profound sentiment into his song "Slow Down."

Slow Down
by Art Feynman

Slow down, don't crush yourself to make a diamond, yeah

Every day it's just the same sound hum'n
The old galactic common freeze
I bet you bet when your eyes were in the darkness
Before you had someone to be

Slow down, don't crush yourself to make a diamond, yeah

Everybody going (with it baby)
(Faster faster faster faster)
The universe (the universe)
(Faster faster faster faster)
Slow down, don't crush yourself to make a diamond, yeah

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"Slow Down" by Art Feynman

I love the hazy, gauzy feeling and slight early 70s funky vibe of "Slow Down" by Art Feynman (the nom de musique of Luke Temple), from last year's release "Blast Off Through the Wicker."

"Blast Off Through the Wicker documents Art Feynman looking for life in the lifeless, questioning what it means to be living. There is a calm, disciplined pocket to be felt in everything Feynman does; krautrock slink, staccato bounce, and pentatonic bursts of Nigerian Highlife fuzz pour on the temporal canvas with unquestionable ease, never falling in the wrong place. Even more admirable is, that his "canvas" is a four-track tape recorder, and that Blast Off features no loops or drum machines despite its aesthetically faithful motorik and afrobeat underpinnings. Nowhere is this fact more surprising than on album standout "Slow Down" which pulses along infectiously with a crunchy backbeat, and deftly arpeggiating bass lines that are so locked-in that it would be hard to fault an unknowing ear for assuming the whole thing is tediously programmed."

Slow down
Don't crush yourself to make a diamond

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https://artfeynman.bandcamp.com/album/blast-off-through-the-wicker