Feeling the pinch, Momus?

man, where do you get off

I dont really see what you're getting so twisted up about.

Buskers & pavement artists have been doing it for centuries -- you create art for people to enjoy, you put your cap on the pavement, and if people like your creations they drop some coins in. It's just this time the pavement is the internet and the cap is paypal.

Artists work for commision all the time. Infact, Momus has done it before with 'Stars Forever', but it's probably best to pretend that album never happened ;o)

Stars Forever is incredible. One of my favorites...a conceptual masterpiece and full of GREAT songs...

sarah

Oh I'm only kidding around, I don't buy into that whole sell-out thing, some of my favourite art has been motivated by money.

Everyone knows the title "Stars Forever" is supposed to be ironic, but a title like "Selling my soul coz I had the shit sued out of me" or "Here's your pound of flesh you ugly transexual cunt" would have propelled the album to truely legendary status.

Stars Forever is one of the most amazing albums I've ever listened to. It was a very brave undertaking - having no preconceptions about what the music would be, but having to take tidbits from several different sources and somehow molding songs together from them within a short time frame. I thought it was an incredible success, I've listened to it many times and I think all the songs are amazing(except maybe a couple I thought were so-so). I thought it was a fascinating idea for an album and he pulled it off brilliantly.

sorry

I thought you were one of those anonymous guys who turns up on this blog just to be mean.

Huh? Crossed wires. Im not anonymous. I always post as kumakouji...

Oh, and, and.... I replied to you when i was supposed to reply to anonymous at the top. Slip of the finger. Sorry.

this explains the confusion, I thought you were mr. anonymous replying to me

heyyy, it's quality content for those interested, and bandwidth's not free, anonymous freakazoid.

I think it's fine for this person to take the attitude he does as long as it's consistent -- as long as it isn't just artists who are expected to provide their services free.

If this fellow is opening his electricity bills and saying "Feeling the pinch, Washington Gas Energy Services?" or buying his coffee with "Feeling the pinch, Starbucks?" I'm fine with it.

several people saying they'd be willing to pay something for these releases

You can't put a price on this stuff.

That's what I tried to say to my car dealer. He wasn't buying it tho.

It really pains me that I have to go to work right now, and won't be able to listen to the demos! Seeing as how Shaftesbury Avenue is my favorite song of yours...

i just returned from our summer holiday in portugal, a voluntary 3 week renouncement of computer/internet/modern media access, and among my first clicks was a visit to click opera to get this great insight to your early works... wow!
what more can we expect to come out of those legendary lost boxes from NY? the »thank you party people« song from the early nineties? those tracks that were announced for the canceled Le Grand Magistery EP »Sports Pierrot«? a »Ping Pong« demo called »sausage machine«? a secret duet with Bobby Gillespie covering the Stooges? definitely, more »songs in soft pencil«, p l e a s e !
see you at the smart deli/TAKEN party?
eRiC

There's really only one more cassette podcast I want to do, which is a tape of really early (end of 70s) stuff called Innermost Thoughts.

Sports Pierrot etc is on DAT, and although I have the tapes I don't have a DAT player at the moment. Thank You Party People is on videotape, so it's dubbable. Not sure what Sausage Machine was -- you're just showing off now, Eric!

heh heh heh!
so, you really don't remember "Sausage Machine"?
you know, i have the total hot shot fan knowledge of every Momus song.
even of those that you try so hard to forget...
like the legendary "Oswald Curling Master", "Scottish Body Hair" or the glorious "I was a Fashion Muslim in the Kebab Industry".

i guess i should come along with my old DAT recorder.
à bientôt!
eRiC

Is the mp3 still available? I keep receiving a message that says the URL can't be found.

DX7-a-riffic!

Big thanks again, if i had some spare cash i'd donate with pleasure. As it is all I can offer is gratitude.

Hi Nick.
This is very generous of you. Look forward to listening these new songs. Some people posting here are so cynical, very few artists would be willing to share their demos for free, especially unreleased songs.

What is a fair price in exchange for the demos posted ? I know there is no obligation, but it seems to be fair to me as aside from the music, I get a lot out of Click Opera.
Richard

PS. I also appeciated the Josef K, a post-punk favourite.

Fascinating stuff, many thanks for putting it on.
I would be interested in purchasing these recordings, would there any possibility of doing a Slender Sherbet on them?
Thomas S.

I've always wanted to do an album that would steal David Critchley's title Pieces I Never Did. But the demos have a rough charm of their own, it would seem a shame to polish them.

I love you, Momus.

This is fucking awesome. Thank you for posting this. I love your music and its awesome to have more of it to listen to. Despite being in the US i have most of your albums. Thanks again so much for doing this. May you have much Japanese green tea as your getting your brains fucked out by Japanese twins.

Twins! OMG, I never thought of that!

I would love to buy these songs and the earlier batch on CD. (Having a dial-up connection makes listening online excruciatingly, time-consumingly difficult). You've got your own label -- and stuff like this seems to be exactly what should be released on it!

It might be possible to produce a limited run of subscriber-only CDs, for those who pay an annual fee. This isn't a new idea, but it keeps the money rolling in and gives the subscribers a warm feeling and some extra goodies.

Is the mp3 still available? I keep receiving a message that says the URL cannot be found.

imomus.com has been down for the last couple of days, not sure why or for how long it will continue. I've emailed the host and am waiting to hear what's up. Check back later, is my advice.

Is there a non-German paypal account into which I can deposit a donation? I love, Love, LOVE the two demos and I want to donate (and thus encourage you to post more), but since I don't read German I'm not clear on what I need to do.

Oh, and if there's not an English version, I'll just run it through babelfish and find a Euro to dollars converter.

Does it only display in German? Weird! I don't think that's something I can control, though.

The dollars to euro translation is handled automatically, and my account can receive both.

Come on, dig out Dear Boy George for our edification!