::Names Week:: Brian Eno - Cindy Tells Me

This is the second track I've taken from this album on this blog. It's a bit of a surprise to me that Brian Eno would be the first to accomplish such a feat, because lets face it, some of Brian Eno's stuff is just a little too weird. However, he is a ground-breaking musician, and can write some dern tootin good songs.

"Cindy Tells Me" has so much going on in the verses. The fuzzy guitars, reggae upstroked guitars, chopsticky piano and "Woooo's" then give way to a stripped down chorus until a static-y Brian Eno noise once again breaks the simplicity of it. Great lyrics too!

Cindy Tells Me, the Rich Girls Are Weeping
Cindy Tells Me, They've Given Up Sleeping Alone
And Now They're So Confused By Their New Freedoms
And She Tells Me They're Selling Up Their Maisonettes
Left the Hotpoints to Rust in the Kitchenettes
And They're Saving Their Labour For Insane Reading.

Some of Them Lose - and Some of Them Lose
But That's What They Want - and That's What They Choose
It's a Burden - Such a Burden
Oh What a Burden to Be So Relied On.

Cindy Tell Me, What Will They Do With Their Lives
Living Quietly Like Labourer's Wives
Perhaps They'll Re-acquire Those Things They've All Disposed Of