Lloyd Cole - PHACEMAG.com
By 'Paulie'.
Intro:
When I first heard Lloyd Cole and The Commotions sing 'Perfect Skin' I had the same feeling as I got from hearing 'This Charming Man' by The Smiths. "Cheek Bones Like Geometry" - "Sexually Enlightened by Cosmopolitan".
I will go on to touch on this, because for me these lyrics were an education. I hadn't heard of Simone de Beavoir, but after Rattlesnakes I had and I read her books. Just as I read Dorian Gray after my introduction to Oscar Wilde from Morrissey.
Excerpt:
"paulie -
I think that's the top answer Lloyd!
I read somewhere that Morrissey was a fan of Yourself & The Commotions - I have to say between you and him I got quite a literary direction...Simone de Beauvoir amongst others from you and Oscar Wilde from him - were you friends?
Lloyd Cole -
We were friends for a year or so, when he moved from Kensington into Wilde's old flat, but he kept changing his phone and then he would send me postcards saying "You don't call me!" I got a little tired of that, but I believe I am still 'Cousin Lloyd.'"
http://www.phacemag.com/lloyd-cole.html
Regards,
FWD.
By 'Paulie'.
Intro:
When I first heard Lloyd Cole and The Commotions sing 'Perfect Skin' I had the same feeling as I got from hearing 'This Charming Man' by The Smiths. "Cheek Bones Like Geometry" - "Sexually Enlightened by Cosmopolitan".
I will go on to touch on this, because for me these lyrics were an education. I hadn't heard of Simone de Beavoir, but after Rattlesnakes I had and I read her books. Just as I read Dorian Gray after my introduction to Oscar Wilde from Morrissey.
Excerpt:
"paulie -
I think that's the top answer Lloyd!
I read somewhere that Morrissey was a fan of Yourself & The Commotions - I have to say between you and him I got quite a literary direction...Simone de Beauvoir amongst others from you and Oscar Wilde from him - were you friends?
Lloyd Cole -
We were friends for a year or so, when he moved from Kensington into Wilde's old flat, but he kept changing his phone and then he would send me postcards saying "You don't call me!" I got a little tired of that, but I believe I am still 'Cousin Lloyd.'"
http://www.phacemag.com/lloyd-cole.html
Regards,
FWD.
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