Pastoral Angst-John Cale/Bob Neuwirth

[00:00.00] 作词 : John Cale/Bob Neuwirth [00:01.00] 作曲 : John Cale/Bob Neuwirth [00:16.59]Welcome to the goldrush, ladies and gentlemen, where california begins and maybe ends. [00:24.39]California is the last stop on the great hitchhike west and now it's getting a little full. too many thumbs. well, when you get too many people in one place, you get intolerance and contempt and [00:47.94]Dity and tension and sarcasm, distrust, anxiety, envy, hate, cynicism, discontent, self-pity, malice, suspicion, jealousy and snobbishness. and this leads right into poetry, painting, sculpture, [01:00.87]E, music and literature, photography. these are known as the arts. and art will break your heart. so what? so will a good meal. art is not the spiritual side of business-as-usual. [01:14.67]And art is not for everyone. never has been and it never will be. now me, i don't know much about art, but i do like what i know. you know in these days when everybody is mistaking celebrity for [01:37.65]Nt, ambition for genius, self-pity for humility, style for content and loathing for love, they spend a lot of time getting in touch with themself. and then they find self-justification, self-rig [01:50.88]Sness, self-obsession, self-pity, self-loathing, self-concern, self-centredness, self-reliance, and self-serving gratification.