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.

Nikon 2
Momus Lyrics

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Je suis photographice
Tu es gigolo
Tu prends des actrices
Trouve ca rigolo
Quand mes larmes glissent
Je prends des photos
In flagrante delicto

J'ai photographie
Vedettes et porno
Tous les pin-ups gai
High energy disco
Souvent j'ai pleuree
Quand tu m'a fait trop
Derriere mes verres fumees

Quand mes larmes glissent
Je prends des photos
Moi photographice
Toi le gigolo
Exhibitioniste
Pauvre petit salaud
Toi tu prends les filles
Je prends des photos

Avec ma Nikon 2
Comme voyeur cachee
Je suis temoin de
Tes infidelitees
Et dans les journaux
Je vais t'exposer
In flagrante delicto

Un beau jour et - vlac!
T'ouvre les journeaux
Liser les articles
Trouver ..... ton photo
Nu avec ta pute
Qui, pour son solo
Chante le 'do re mi fa so'

Quand mes larmes glissent
Je prends des photos
Moi photographice
Toi le gigolo
Exhibitioniste
Pauvre petit salaud
Toi tu prends les filles
Je prends des photos

Avec ma camera
Comme voyeur cachee
Je suis temoin de
Tes infidelitees
Et dans les journaux
Je vais t'exposer
In flagrante delicto

Quand mes larmes glissent
Je prends des photos
Moi photographice
Toi le gigolo
Entrainant les filles
Dans ton lavabo

Toi tu prends les risques
Je prends des photos

Overall Meaning

In the song Nikon 2 by Momus, the singer is a photographer who takes pictures of celebrities and porn stars. The gigolo, who is the subject of the song, finds it amusing that the photographer is capturing his affairs with other women. The singer speaks about his emotions that he experiences while taking pictures, and how it helps him cope with the pain. He describes how he cries behind his smoked glasses and photographs in flagrante delicto.

The photographer also mentions his Nikon camera and how he uses it to secretly witness the gigolo's infidelities. The lyrics suggest that the photographer's feelings are purposefully ignored, and the gigolo is more interested in fame and pleasure. In the end, the photographer exposes the gigolo's adultery in the media with the pictures he has taken.

Line by Line Meaning

Je suis photographice
I am a photographer

Tu es gigolo
You are a gigolo

Tu prends des actrices Trouve ca rigolo
You take actresses and find it funny

Quand mes larmes glissent Je prends des photos In flagrante delicto
When my tears fall, I take photos of you caught in the act

J'ai photographie Vedettes et porno Tous les pin-ups gai High energy disco
I have photographed celebrities, porn and happy pin-ups in high-energy dance clubs

Souvent j'ai pleuree Quand tu m'a fait trop Derriere mes verres fumees
I often cry when you go too far behind my smoked glasses

Exhibitioniste Pauvre petit salaud Toi tu prends les filles Je prends des photos
You are an exhibitionist and a poor little bastard, you take the girls and I take the photos

Avec ma Nikon 2 Comme voyeur cachee Je suis temoin de Tes infidelitees
With my Nikon 2, as a hidden voyeur, I witness your infidelities

Et dans les journaux Je vais t'exposer In flagrante delicto
And in the newspapers, I will expose you caught in the act

Un beau jour et - vlac! T'ouvre les journeaux Liser les articles Trouver ..... ton photo
One fine day - BAM! You open the newspapers, read the articles and find.....your photo

Nu avec ta pute Qui, pour son solo Chante le 'do re mi fa so'
Naked with your whore, who, for her solo, sings 'do re mi fa so'

Entrainant les filles Dans ton lavabo Toi tu prends les risques Je prends des photos
Leading the girls into your bathroom, you take the risks and I take the photos with my camera as a hidden voyeur

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