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The Stars Are Out

from 20 Frisky Whiskies by Momus

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When Bowie announced in 2013 that his next single would be called The Stars Are Out Tonight, Momus made a song trying to anticipate what it would sound like.

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Idolatry isn't what it used to be
Not since they miniaturised God, you see
Kid's got talent like my bed's got styrofoam
I know it's true, I've seen it on my telephone
Tommy's talent is the spoken word
He takes a diamond, turns that jewel into a turd
Turns that jewel into a turd

The stars are out tonight
We have been robbed of light

The ordinary isn't where it used to be
Since it became the new extraordinary
Maggie Thatcher, no relation
Does melisma like vibration
She can string a syllable
So far it's criminal

The stars are out tonight
We have been robbed of light

Jackie's face is long
Her ten seconds of fame are gone
And now I hear she is
A scientologist

We have been robbed of light
The stars are out tonight

The stars…

We have been robbed of light
The stars are out tonight
The stars are out tonight
We have been robbed of light

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from 20 Frisky Whiskies, released January 5, 2024
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Momus Berlin, Germany

Momus is "the David Bowie of the art-pop underground" (The Guardian). "Behind all the scoffing defiance there wafts something dark, too" (Die Tageszeitung). "There's a tone all the way through his work of a slightly aloof and superior being smiling cruelly at the foibles of human nature" (Stuart Maconie, BBC Radio). ... more

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