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
Consider supporting the artist by ordering the Athenian album from Darla: https://darla.com/products/momus-athenian
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.
________________________________________________________
(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.
MOMUS - Sadness Of Things
Nicholas Currie (born 11 February 1960 in Paisley, Scotland), more popularly known under the artist name Momus (after the Greek god of mockery), is a songwriter, blogger and former journalist for Wired. Many of his songs are literary and could be classified as postmodern.[citation needed]
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, ...
published: 24 Jan 2014
Momus: I Was a Maoist Intellectual
A live performance recorded by French TV in 1988.
published: 12 Feb 2013
Momus - Rhetoric (Official Video)
This video is from Momus: Man Of Letters DVD.
The first ever DVD to feature one the true enigmatic figures of alternative music's last twenty years, Momus.
Throughout his recording career for Cherry Red Records and Creation Records, now stretching over twenty years, Momus has always excited and confounded in equal measure -- his work always contains something different and challenging, and "Man Of Letters" is no exception.
"Man Of Letters" was produced by Finnish director Hannu Puttonen (who has also worked with Billy Bragg and Bill Drummond), and has been described as "not so much a documentary, but a stream of consciousness, visualizations of songs, moral discussions by Momus and companions...of whom some have a high profile in British pop culture..."
The guest appearances referred ...
published: 31 Aug 2007
Momus - Rhetoric (original video)
Momus won the Golden Muuvi for the best Finnish music video in 1993 with this video. To date he is the only foreign artist to do so.
published: 28 Jul 2008
Momus - The Hairstyle Of The Devil - (A Man Of Letters, UK, 1992)
MOMUS a man of letters
02 the hairstyle of the devil
technically speaking, man of letters is not
so much a documentary on Momus, but in the words
of Gilles Deleuze - a rhizome of narratives:
stream of consciousness, visualisations of songs,
lyrics & moral discussions by Momus and his
companions... of whom some have a high profile
in British pop culture... and some who join Momus
in his love for words, those great confusers...
nicholas currie
Order the DVD now at http://www.cherryred.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=2713
published: 20 May 2013
Momus - Trust Me I'm A Doctor - (A Man Of Letters, UK, 1992)
MOMUS a man of letters
09 trust me im a doctor
technically speaking, man of letters is not
so much a documentary on Momus, but in the words
of Gilles Deleuze - a rhizome of narratives:
stream of consciousness, visualisations of songs,
lyrics & moral discussions by Momus and his
companions... of whom some have a high profile
in British pop culture... and some who join Momus
in his love for words, those great confusers...
nicholas currie
Order the DVD now at http://www.cherryred.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=2713
published: 20 May 2013
Momus - I Was a Maoist Intellectual (Stereo)
A live performance recorded by French TV in 1988.
published: 21 Jul 2013
Momus: My Corona
To support the artist, consider buying this album from Momus at Darla: https://darla.com/products/momus-vivid
published: 09 Apr 2020
Momus: Reshape
The twelfth song made for Ballyhoo. https://momus3.bandcamp.com/album/ballyhoo
published: 17 Aug 2024
Momus: The Art Creep is Dead
Momus revisits his 2015 song The Art Creep. Not the final mix.
MOMUS - Sadness Of Things
Nicholas Currie (born 11 February 1960 in Paisley, Scotland), more popularly known under the artist name Momus (after the Greek god o...
MOMUS - Sadness Of Things
Nicholas Currie (born 11 February 1960 in Paisley, Scotland), more popularly known under the artist name Momus (after the Greek god of mockery), is a songwriter, blogger and former journalist for Wired. Many of his songs are literary and could be classified as postmodern.[citation needed]
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.
http://www.cherryred.co.uk/
MOMUS - Sadness Of Things
Nicholas Currie (born 11 February 1960 in Paisley, Scotland), more popularly known under the artist name Momus (after the Greek god of mockery), is a songwriter, blogger and former journalist for Wired. Many of his songs are literary and could be classified as postmodern.[citation needed]
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.
http://www.cherryred.co.uk/
This video is from Momus: Man Of Letters DVD.
The first ever DVD to feature one the true enigmatic figures of alternative music's last twenty years, Momus.
T...
This video is from Momus: Man Of Letters DVD.
The first ever DVD to feature one the true enigmatic figures of alternative music's last twenty years, Momus.
Throughout his recording career for Cherry Red Records and Creation Records, now stretching over twenty years, Momus has always excited and confounded in equal measure -- his work always contains something different and challenging, and "Man Of Letters" is no exception.
"Man Of Letters" was produced by Finnish director Hannu Puttonen (who has also worked with Billy Bragg and Bill Drummond), and has been described as "not so much a documentary, but a stream of consciousness, visualizations of songs, moral discussions by Momus and companions...of whom some have a high profile in British pop culture..."
The guest appearances referred to in that description include Jarvis Cocker, Saint Etienne singer Sarah Cracknell, Ed Ball and Simon Turner.
The "Man Of Letters" DVD contains the full length version of the programme, with nearly twenty minutes of unseen footage from the original video release.
http://www.cherryred.co.uk
This video is from Momus: Man Of Letters DVD.
The first ever DVD to feature one the true enigmatic figures of alternative music's last twenty years, Momus.
Throughout his recording career for Cherry Red Records and Creation Records, now stretching over twenty years, Momus has always excited and confounded in equal measure -- his work always contains something different and challenging, and "Man Of Letters" is no exception.
"Man Of Letters" was produced by Finnish director Hannu Puttonen (who has also worked with Billy Bragg and Bill Drummond), and has been described as "not so much a documentary, but a stream of consciousness, visualizations of songs, moral discussions by Momus and companions...of whom some have a high profile in British pop culture..."
The guest appearances referred to in that description include Jarvis Cocker, Saint Etienne singer Sarah Cracknell, Ed Ball and Simon Turner.
The "Man Of Letters" DVD contains the full length version of the programme, with nearly twenty minutes of unseen footage from the original video release.
http://www.cherryred.co.uk
MOMUS a man of letters
02 the hairstyle of the devil
technically speaking, man of letters is not
so much a documentary on Momus, but in the words
of Gilles De...
MOMUS a man of letters
02 the hairstyle of the devil
technically speaking, man of letters is not
so much a documentary on Momus, but in the words
of Gilles Deleuze - a rhizome of narratives:
stream of consciousness, visualisations of songs,
lyrics & moral discussions by Momus and his
companions... of whom some have a high profile
in British pop culture... and some who join Momus
in his love for words, those great confusers...
nicholas currie
Order the DVD now at http://www.cherryred.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=2713
MOMUS a man of letters
02 the hairstyle of the devil
technically speaking, man of letters is not
so much a documentary on Momus, but in the words
of Gilles Deleuze - a rhizome of narratives:
stream of consciousness, visualisations of songs,
lyrics & moral discussions by Momus and his
companions... of whom some have a high profile
in British pop culture... and some who join Momus
in his love for words, those great confusers...
nicholas currie
Order the DVD now at http://www.cherryred.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=2713
MOMUS a man of letters
09 trust me im a doctor
technically speaking, man of letters is not
so much a documentary on Momus, but in the words
of Gilles Deleuze...
MOMUS a man of letters
09 trust me im a doctor
technically speaking, man of letters is not
so much a documentary on Momus, but in the words
of Gilles Deleuze - a rhizome of narratives:
stream of consciousness, visualisations of songs,
lyrics & moral discussions by Momus and his
companions... of whom some have a high profile
in British pop culture... and some who join Momus
in his love for words, those great confusers...
nicholas currie
Order the DVD now at http://www.cherryred.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=2713
MOMUS a man of letters
09 trust me im a doctor
technically speaking, man of letters is not
so much a documentary on Momus, but in the words
of Gilles Deleuze - a rhizome of narratives:
stream of consciousness, visualisations of songs,
lyrics & moral discussions by Momus and his
companions... of whom some have a high profile
in British pop culture... and some who join Momus
in his love for words, those great confusers...
nicholas currie
Order the DVD now at http://www.cherryred.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=2713
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.
MOMUS - Sadness Of Things
Nicholas Currie (born 11 February 1960 in Paisley, Scotland), more popularly known under the artist name Momus (after the Greek god of mockery), is a songwriter, blogger and former journalist for Wired. Many of his songs are literary and could be classified as postmodern.[citation needed]
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.
http://www.cherryred.co.uk/
This video is from Momus: Man Of Letters DVD.
The first ever DVD to feature one the true enigmatic figures of alternative music's last twenty years, Momus.
Throughout his recording career for Cherry Red Records and Creation Records, now stretching over twenty years, Momus has always excited and confounded in equal measure -- his work always contains something different and challenging, and "Man Of Letters" is no exception.
"Man Of Letters" was produced by Finnish director Hannu Puttonen (who has also worked with Billy Bragg and Bill Drummond), and has been described as "not so much a documentary, but a stream of consciousness, visualizations of songs, moral discussions by Momus and companions...of whom some have a high profile in British pop culture..."
The guest appearances referred to in that description include Jarvis Cocker, Saint Etienne singer Sarah Cracknell, Ed Ball and Simon Turner.
The "Man Of Letters" DVD contains the full length version of the programme, with nearly twenty minutes of unseen footage from the original video release.
http://www.cherryred.co.uk
MOMUS a man of letters
02 the hairstyle of the devil
technically speaking, man of letters is not
so much a documentary on Momus, but in the words
of Gilles Deleuze - a rhizome of narratives:
stream of consciousness, visualisations of songs,
lyrics & moral discussions by Momus and his
companions... of whom some have a high profile
in British pop culture... and some who join Momus
in his love for words, those great confusers...
nicholas currie
Order the DVD now at http://www.cherryred.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=2713
MOMUS a man of letters
09 trust me im a doctor
technically speaking, man of letters is not
so much a documentary on Momus, but in the words
of Gilles Deleuze - a rhizome of narratives:
stream of consciousness, visualisations of songs,
lyrics & moral discussions by Momus and his
companions... of whom some have a high profile
in British pop culture... and some who join Momus
in his love for words, those great confusers...
nicholas currie
Order the DVD now at http://www.cherryred.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=2713
I try to be normal, really I do I try not to chew on my hat I sit on the table, eat soup from the ladle I really would like to be fat If it paid to be straight God knows I'd be straight God knows I'd be straight as a die If I could get it on with a sweet little blonde I swear I would give it a try I'm an ultraconformist, I walk through the week With my tongue in my pocket, my hand in my cheek But I'd let out a cry as loud as the sky If you could as an ordinary guy If you could as an ordinary guy Singing boo ralla ralla Boo ralla ree Bang dilla mulla too ray Singing boo tirra lirra Moo ralla ralla Filla gorilla today If it paid to be sane, God knows I'd be sane God knows I could live out a lie If I could get a thrill popping little blue pills I swear I would give it a try I'm an ultraconformist I sit at my desk With a gun in my pocket, a pain in my chest But I'd let out a cry as loud as the sky If you could as an ordinary guy If you could as an ordinary guy Singing boo ralla ralla Boo ralla ree Bang dilla mulla too ray Singing boo tirra lirra Moo ralla ralla Filla gorilla today I'd be an ultraconformist, an orderly man If these dustbin lids didn't just beg to be banged And I'd let out a cry as loud as the sky If you could as an ordinary guy If you could as an ordinary guy Singing boo ralla ralla Boo ralla ree Bang dilla mulla too ray Singing boo tirra lirra Moo ralla ralla Filla gorilla today Singing boo ralla ralla Boo ralla ree Bang dilla mulla too ray Singing boo tirra lirra Moo ralla ralla Filla gorilla today Singing boo ralla ralla Boo ralla ree Bang dilla mulla too ray Singing boo tirra lirra Moo ralla ralla Filla gorilla today I'm the ultraconformist I walk through the week With my tongue in my wallet, my wad in my cheek But I'd let out a cry as loud as the sky If you could as an ordinary guy