The son and daughter of the milk
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Track:Populi
COS
Album: Postaeolian Train Robbery
Track: Populi
Perhaps Strange
by Kurt Schwitters
The world is full of goods trains
The passengers are cows
And milk and butter.
And cheese and lovely marmelade
And bulls and horses,
And cocks and hens.
The cow is mother to the milk,
And grandma both to cheese and butter.
The cheese is cousin to the marmelade.
The horse is cousin to the cock
The hen lays eggs.
The egg is cousin to the cheese and butter,
The son and daughter of the milk.
Isn't it strange?
It is.
Comments (3)
This is thoroughly charming. What's the history of this band?
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Thanks for the nudge, ivy. I had links ready to go when I posted this, and of course was distracted and forgot to paste them. Glad you like it.
COS (1) released their debut album, Postaeolian Train Robbery in 1974. Their music was a mixture or rock, jazz, chamber music, and avant garde. The band continued to play and record throughout Europe in the rest of the 70s and 80s.
This band's career spends over five albums released between 1974 and 1983. Often referred to as the Belgian answer to ZAO, they offer a mixture of prog rock, jazz and Canterbury styles, drawing their influences mainly from MAGMA, KING CRIMSON, HATFIELD AND THE NORTH, and of course, ZAO.
They are led by flautist/guitarist Daniel Schell and feature the unique vocals of his wife, Pascale Son, who uses nonsense syllables to suggest a semblance of language; she also plays the oboe. The rest of the regular cast include Robert Dartsch on drums, Alain Goutier on bass and Charles Loos on keyboards.
Each of their albums has its own sound: "Babel", emphasizes Pascale's vocals; "Swiss Chalet" has a particular African feel; as for "Pasiones", it is a strange mixture of styles (SOFT MACHINE, Canterbury, operatic and Latin American). However, their strongest are their first two releases, "Postaeolian Train Robbery" (1974) and "Viva Boma" (1976). They are a mixture of jazzy and surrealistic sounds with some off-beat, humorous twists.
Prog Sub-Genre: Canterbury Scene
Origin: Belgium
via Prog Archives