No, it's a song by This Mortal Coil (an occasional collaboration between members of the Coceau Twins and Dead Can Dance back in the 80s). I don't know who wrote the lyrics. It does sound a bit like Nazim Hikmet, though, I suppose!
P.S. Just for the record This Mortal Coil was actually a project masterminded by 4AD label boss Ivo Watts Russell. He wrangled members of Clan of Xymox, Dead Can Dance, Cocteau twins, Kim Deal from the Pixies, Tanya Donnelly of Throwing Muses, Heidi Berry and many more to do ethereal covers of songs he liked.
Funnily enough, at the multicultural Christmas I mentioned, I met another 4AD buff, who kindly promised to lend me a bunch of CDs. I'll probably pass on the Current 93 stuff, though - I'm too old for Industrial Thelema.
I knew This Mortal Coil was slung together somehow but didn't know the details. I would love to be in that kind of position - decide on a bunch of songs I liked, and invite the musicians I liked to cover them. If I could get Elizabeth Frazer, Robert Fripp, Tony Levin and Nana Vasconcelos to do "Stairway to Heaven", I reckon even fauxpas would listen to it. If I were obscenely Bill-Gates-style rich, I'd do the same with film. [picks up phone] "Hey Uma, how'd you like to play Molly in Neuromancer? We've got that guy who plays Spike as Case, and Linus Torvalds as the Finn."
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Date: 2002-12-24 06:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-12-25 12:16 am (UTC)TMC
Date: 2002-12-28 09:38 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-12-28 09:48 pm (UTC)P.S.S. Sorry... recovering 4AD buff.
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Date: 2002-12-29 03:52 pm (UTC)I knew This Mortal Coil was slung together somehow but didn't know the details. I would love to be in that kind of position - decide on a bunch of songs I liked, and invite the musicians I liked to cover them. If I could get Elizabeth Frazer, Robert Fripp, Tony Levin and Nana Vasconcelos to do "Stairway to Heaven", I reckon even
I love the remix
Date: 2002-12-25 12:40 am (UTC)Re: I love the remix
Date: 2002-12-25 01:25 am (UTC)God knows why I posted that quotation, it just popped into my head.