Momus (/ˈmoʊməs/; Greek: ΜῶμοςMomos) was in Greek mythology the personification of satire and mockery, two stories about whom figure among Aesop’s Fables. During the Renaissance, several literary works used him as a mouthpiece for their criticism of tyranny, while others later made him a critic of contemporary society. Onstage he finally became the figure of harmless fun.
In classical literature
As a sharp-tongued spirit of unfair criticism, Momus was eventually expelled from the company of the gods on Mount Olympus. His name is related to μομφή, meaning 'blame', 'reproach', or 'disgrace'.Hesiod said that Momus was a son of Night (Nyx), “though she lay with none”, and the twin of the misery goddess Oizys. In the 8th century BCE epic Cypria, Momus was credited with stirring up the Trojan War in order to reduce the human population.Sophocles wrote a later satyr play called Momos, now almost entirely lost, which may have derived from this.
Two of Aesop's fables feature the god. The most widely reported of these in Classical times is numbered 100 in the Perry Index. There Momus is asked to judge the handiwork of three gods (who vary depending on the version): a man, a house and a bull. He found all at fault: the man because his heart was not on view to judge his thoughts; the house because it had no wheels so as to avoid troublesome neighbours; and the bull because it did not have eyes in its horns to guide it when charging. Because of it, Plutarch and Aristotle criticized Aesop’s story-telling as deficient in understanding, while Lucian insisted that anyone with sense was able to sound out a man’s thoughts.
Nicholas Currie (born 11 February 1960), more popularly known under the artist nameMomus (after the Greek god of mockery), is a Scottish songwriter, author, blogger and former journalist for Wired.
For nearly thirty years he has been releasing, to marginal commercial and critical success, 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 fascinated by identity, Japan, Rome, the avant-garde, time travel and sex.
Career
Musical
Momus began by recording post-punk material with ex-members of Josef K in a group called The Happy Family in the early 1980s and was associated with the musicians around Postcard Records (although he never recorded for that label). His debut solo album Circus Maximus (1986, él records) explored biblical themes in dark, almost Gothic acoustic style. His debt to the influence of Gallic pop was clear from a subsequent, sardonically self-referencing cover of Jacques Brel's "Jacky" and portraits of himself in the style of early 1960s Serge Gainsbourg.
I like you, and I'd like you to like me to like you
But I don't need you
Don't need you to want me to like you
Because if you didn't like me
I would still like you, you see
La la la
La la la
I lick you, I like you to like me to lick you
But I don't need you
Don't need you to like me to lick you
If your pleasure turned into pain
I would still lick for my personal gain
La la la
La la la
I fuck you, and I love you to love me to fuck you
But I don't fucking need you
Don't need you to need me to fuck you
If you need me to need you to fuck
That fucks everything up
La la la
La la la
I want you, and I want you to want me to want you
But I don't need you
Don't need you to need me to need you
That's just me
So take me or leave me
But please don't need me
Don't need me to need you to need me
Cos w...
published: 03 Nov 2010
Momus: I Was a Maoist Intellectual
A live performance recorded by French TV in 1988.
published: 12 Feb 2013
Inspire Project 2018 MOMus
Η Ειρήνη Ράπτη είναι μια από τους νέους καλλιτέχνες που έλαβαν συμμετοχή στο Inspire Project του 2018 που οργάνωσε το Μακεδονικό Μουσείο Σύγχρονης Τέχνης.
published: 05 Jun 2020
Momus - Hairstyle Of The Devil Promo
Promo shown on SnubTV
published: 18 Oct 2006
Momus: Swansong
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I like you, and I'd like you to like me to like you
But I don't need you
Don't need you to want me to like you
Because if you didn't like me
I would still like ...
I like you, and I'd like you to like me to like you
But I don't need you
Don't need you to want me to like you
Because if you didn't like me
I would still like you, you see
La la la
La la la
I lick you, I like you to like me to lick you
But I don't need you
Don't need you to like me to lick you
If your pleasure turned into pain
I would still lick for my personal gain
La la la
La la la
I fuck you, and I love you to love me to fuck you
But I don't fucking need you
Don't need you to need me to fuck you
If you need me to need you to fuck
That fucks everything up
La la la
La la la
I want you, and I want you to want me to want you
But I don't need you
Don't need you to need me to need you
That's just me
So take me or leave me
But please don't need me
Don't need me to need you to need me
Cos we're here one minute, the next we're dead
So love me and leave me
But try not to need me
Enough said
I want you, but I don't need you
La la la
La la la
I love you, and I love how you love how I love you
But I don't need you
Don't need you to love me to love you
If your love changed into hate
Would my love have been a mistake?
La la la
La la la
So I'm gonna leave you, and I'd like you to leave me to leave you
But lover believe me, it isn't because I don't need you
(you know I don't need you)
All I wanted was to be wanted
But you're drowning me deep in your need to be needed
La la la
La la la la la la la la la
I want you, and I want you to want me to want you
But I don't need you
Don't need you to need me to need you
That's just me
So take me or leave me
But please don't need me
Don't need me to need you to need me
Cos we're here one minute, the next we're dead
So love me and leave me
But try not to need me
Enough said
I want you, but I don't need you.
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(The original idea of the merry-go-round is by http://www.youtube.com/user/11112222able
I only replaced the greek subtitles to make them more understandable.
Here you can find the original greek subtitled video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfvHF2V58DQ )
I like you, and I'd like you to like me to like you
But I don't need you
Don't need you to want me to like you
Because if you didn't like me
I would still like you, you see
La la la
La la la
I lick you, I like you to like me to lick you
But I don't need you
Don't need you to like me to lick you
If your pleasure turned into pain
I would still lick for my personal gain
La la la
La la la
I fuck you, and I love you to love me to fuck you
But I don't fucking need you
Don't need you to need me to fuck you
If you need me to need you to fuck
That fucks everything up
La la la
La la la
I want you, and I want you to want me to want you
But I don't need you
Don't need you to need me to need you
That's just me
So take me or leave me
But please don't need me
Don't need me to need you to need me
Cos we're here one minute, the next we're dead
So love me and leave me
But try not to need me
Enough said
I want you, but I don't need you
La la la
La la la
I love you, and I love how you love how I love you
But I don't need you
Don't need you to love me to love you
If your love changed into hate
Would my love have been a mistake?
La la la
La la la
So I'm gonna leave you, and I'd like you to leave me to leave you
But lover believe me, it isn't because I don't need you
(you know I don't need you)
All I wanted was to be wanted
But you're drowning me deep in your need to be needed
La la la
La la la la la la la la la
I want you, and I want you to want me to want you
But I don't need you
Don't need you to need me to need you
That's just me
So take me or leave me
But please don't need me
Don't need me to need you to need me
Cos we're here one minute, the next we're dead
So love me and leave me
But try not to need me
Enough said
I want you, but I don't need you.
________________________________________________________
(The original idea of the merry-go-round is by http://www.youtube.com/user/11112222able
I only replaced the greek subtitles to make them more understandable.
Here you can find the original greek subtitled video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfvHF2V58DQ )
Η Ειρήνη Ράπτη είναι μια από τους νέους καλλιτέχνες που έλαβαν συμμετοχή στο Inspire Project του 2018 που οργάνωσε το Μακεδονικό Μουσείο Σύγχρονης Τέχνης.
Η Ειρήνη Ράπτη είναι μια από τους νέους καλλιτέχνες που έλαβαν συμμετοχή στο Inspire Project του 2018 που οργάνωσε το Μακεδονικό Μουσείο Σύγχρονης Τέχνης.
Η Ειρήνη Ράπτη είναι μια από τους νέους καλλιτέχνες που έλαβαν συμμετοχή στο Inspire Project του 2018 που οργάνωσε το Μακεδονικό Μουσείο Σύγχρονης Τέχνης.
I like you, and I'd like you to like me to like you
But I don't need you
Don't need you to want me to like you
Because if you didn't like me
I would still like you, you see
La la la
La la la
I lick you, I like you to like me to lick you
But I don't need you
Don't need you to like me to lick you
If your pleasure turned into pain
I would still lick for my personal gain
La la la
La la la
I fuck you, and I love you to love me to fuck you
But I don't fucking need you
Don't need you to need me to fuck you
If you need me to need you to fuck
That fucks everything up
La la la
La la la
I want you, and I want you to want me to want you
But I don't need you
Don't need you to need me to need you
That's just me
So take me or leave me
But please don't need me
Don't need me to need you to need me
Cos we're here one minute, the next we're dead
So love me and leave me
But try not to need me
Enough said
I want you, but I don't need you
La la la
La la la
I love you, and I love how you love how I love you
But I don't need you
Don't need you to love me to love you
If your love changed into hate
Would my love have been a mistake?
La la la
La la la
So I'm gonna leave you, and I'd like you to leave me to leave you
But lover believe me, it isn't because I don't need you
(you know I don't need you)
All I wanted was to be wanted
But you're drowning me deep in your need to be needed
La la la
La la la la la la la la la
I want you, and I want you to want me to want you
But I don't need you
Don't need you to need me to need you
That's just me
So take me or leave me
But please don't need me
Don't need me to need you to need me
Cos we're here one minute, the next we're dead
So love me and leave me
But try not to need me
Enough said
I want you, but I don't need you.
________________________________________________________
(The original idea of the merry-go-round is by http://www.youtube.com/user/11112222able
I only replaced the greek subtitles to make them more understandable.
Here you can find the original greek subtitled video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfvHF2V58DQ )
Η Ειρήνη Ράπτη είναι μια από τους νέους καλλιτέχνες που έλαβαν συμμετοχή στο Inspire Project του 2018 που οργάνωσε το Μακεδονικό Μουσείο Σύγχρονης Τέχνης.
Momus (/ˈmoʊməs/; Greek: ΜῶμοςMomos) was in Greek mythology the personification of satire and mockery, two stories about whom figure among Aesop’s Fables. During the Renaissance, several literary works used him as a mouthpiece for their criticism of tyranny, while others later made him a critic of contemporary society. Onstage he finally became the figure of harmless fun.
In classical literature
As a sharp-tongued spirit of unfair criticism, Momus was eventually expelled from the company of the gods on Mount Olympus. His name is related to μομφή, meaning 'blame', 'reproach', or 'disgrace'.Hesiod said that Momus was a son of Night (Nyx), “though she lay with none”, and the twin of the misery goddess Oizys. In the 8th century BCE epic Cypria, Momus was credited with stirring up the Trojan War in order to reduce the human population.Sophocles wrote a later satyr play called Momos, now almost entirely lost, which may have derived from this.
Two of Aesop's fables feature the god. The most widely reported of these in Classical times is numbered 100 in the Perry Index. There Momus is asked to judge the handiwork of three gods (who vary depending on the version): a man, a house and a bull. He found all at fault: the man because his heart was not on view to judge his thoughts; the house because it had no wheels so as to avoid troublesome neighbours; and the bull because it did not have eyes in its horns to guide it when charging. Because of it, Plutarch and Aristotle criticized Aesop’s story-telling as deficient in understanding, while Lucian insisted that anyone with sense was able to sound out a man’s thoughts.
"I think I'd rather sleep with her with no clothes on than you in your best suit" I said to my dummy at the Winter Gardens, Rothesay, Isle of Bute While the manager, praying for rain, watched the £50 grey clouds Rolling in Knowing if it rained we'd get the crowds Knowing if it rained we'd get the crowds Born in Greenock, 'the Tall Drole' was known to all Worked in the mines and the mills but ended up in music hall Maidie played the accordion, she was 'the Small Doll' We could bring the hoose doon, nae bother at a'! It all seems like yesterday, though you weren't alive The Panopticon, the Trongate, Glasgow 1935 In the name of the wee man, here comes Funny Clive God, it made you glad to be alive It's the Laird of Inversnecky here, aye you ken me weil With ma cast of characters frae places that are nearly real Cold today! Aye! That's why we're by the seaside Everybody come To the Aberdeen Beach Pavilion Every single night is fun! I began as the panto tea boy, became the canny Scot Like a chimney sweep on a ladder to very top Synonymous for many with my famous character The Reverend I.M. Jolly, the morose minister The character comedians that you may see today Where'd they get their talent for remarkable mimicry? It's plain to see, it came from me, I saw them scribbling away They all laughed like crazy at my "hoity-toity ladies" "The flag at the castle is half mast high Let's all go down to Mackie's for a wee cup of tea" It's the Laird of Inversnecky here, back to make you greet The Portobello pierrots, they cannae compete At the Aberdeen Beach Pavilion, sixteen bloody years we've run And every single night of it's been fun!
For the third year, the Art Athina prize will be awarded to a young artist in collaboration with the MOMus-Alex Mylona Museum, one of the MetropolitanOrganisation of Museums of Visual Arts of Thessaloniki (MOMus) museums ... 12-Oct. 13).
Miami, FL, Aug. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Momus Analytics has been named a finalist in The 2024 SaaS Awards program in the category Best SaaS Product for Law and Legal Services ... .
(MENAFN - iCrowdNewsWire) International Software-as-a-Service Awards Program Announces its Shortlist Miami, FL – 26 June 2024 – Momus Analytics today announced that it has been shortlisted in The ... .
NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with writer and commentator Momus Najmi to discuss Islamic extremism and its communist origins, Islamist threats to the British way of life, and politicians’ recent focus on Islamophobia ....
The 2024 Knights of Momus Den Party took place on Jan. 27 at the Mardi GrasFloat Barn in Galveston... Members and their families enjoyed a delicious barbecue buffet prepared by the Teichman family. The all-men Knights of Momus ... vC2Dk^Am ... ....
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