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Joey Ramone sings John Cage
09.28.2010
12:11 pm
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Well I’ll be a monkey’s uncle. Here’s the late, great Joey Ramone doing a smashing job of singing the beautiful early John Cage piece The Wonderful Widow of Eighteen Springs which is itself based on text by James Joyce. This comes from an Italian Cage tribute LP from the early 90’s that I was previously unaware of which also features a ton of other luminaries such as DM super-pal Ann Magnuson, David Byrne, Debbie Harry, John Zorn, etc.
 

 
Just for fun and comparison, here’s the redoubtable Robert Wyatt having at the same piece:

 
Thanks Shannon Fields !

Posted by Brad Laner
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09.28.2010
12:11 pm
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