Nick Currie (born February 11, 1960 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK)… Read Full Bio ↴Nick Currie (born February 11, 1960 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK), more popularly known under the artist name Momus (after the Greek god of mockery), is a songwriter, writer, blogger and artist. Most of his songs are self-referential or postmodern.
For more than twenty years he has been releasing, to only marginal commercial and critical success, playful and transgressive albums on labels in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan. In his lyrics and his other writing he makes seemingly random use of decontextualized pieces of continental (mostly French) philosophy, and has built up a personal world he says is "dominated by values like diversity, orientalism, and a respect for otherness." He is also known in certain circles outside the U.S. as a producer. He is fascinated by identity, Japan, the avant-garde, time travel and sex. Live Momus shows are rare but when he does perform he often sings the crowd favourite 'maf' from the Stars Forever LP.
He wears a patch over his right eye because he lost the use of it after contracting acanthamoeba keratitis from a contact lens case washed with Greek tap water.
Nick Currie currently resides in Osaka, Japan.
For more than twenty years he has been releasing, to only marginal commercial and critical success, playful and transgressive albums on labels in the United Kingdom, the United States, and Japan. In his lyrics and his other writing he makes seemingly random use of decontextualized pieces of continental (mostly French) philosophy, and has built up a personal world he says is "dominated by values like diversity, orientalism, and a respect for otherness." He is also known in certain circles outside the U.S. as a producer. He is fascinated by identity, Japan, the avant-garde, time travel and sex. Live Momus shows are rare but when he does perform he often sings the crowd favourite 'maf' from the Stars Forever LP.
He wears a patch over his right eye because he lost the use of it after contracting acanthamoeba keratitis from a contact lens case washed with Greek tap water.
Nick Currie currently resides in Osaka, Japan.
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Circus Maximus
Momus Lyrics
Don't Leave Don't go away If you can't forgive Believe, just to live …
John The Baptist Jones I was ahead I was a seer I left for Babylon You and…
King Solomon's Song and Mine Solomon took a census, and we were just passing through But…
Little Lord Obedience Faceless when he docks, faceless when he's lost at sea The…
Lucky like St. Sebastian Once upon a time there was a man called Saul Who…
Nicky Suppose one day in Bromley, Kent I live my nightmare and…
Paper Wraps Rock You can never overestimate Garbo You can never undress Monr…
Rules of the Game of Quoits The girl in the rubber shoes has run away from…
See a Friend in Tears So men are still at war in Ireland For certain songs…
The Day the Circus came to Town The day the circus came to town We lined the streets…
The Lesson of Sodom (According to Lot) For seventeen days we've lived in this cave Overlooking the …
The Rape of Lucretia (TARQUINIUS) - O Dr Faust I've got a pain Where I…
Aldo Charles
on Morality Is Vanity
I’ve been listening to this song last two weeks.