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Celebrate the Leaf

from West of the East by Church of Betty

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I was grooving heavily on The Fall when I made this. Can you tell? Sacred cacophony, made with 2 great improvisational sound-scapers, Elliott Sharp & Jan Kotik, projecting the power I craved to propel my idea. None of us could have predicted what this would sound like; those guys made it up on the spot. I made sure it was loud, but beyond that, everything happened in the moment.

lyrics

Celebrate the dead things lying all around the ground. Celebrate the dead things decaying all around. The leaf! The leaf is floating on a stagnant surface. The leaf is sitting on the water table. Just a dead appendage fallen from the body. Just a story finished, or is it? Check out the veins, look at the veins running in circle patterns. Look at the green, see the color throbbing like breath. Feel the veins. Touch the veins, inside them is sweet sticky juice. And underneath? Surprise! Water roots and tubes, the leaf is alive! Hit the sand running, rolling in on a big wave. Banged around like matchsticks in heavy whirlpool. Feel the life! The hawk swooping, the boatman rowing. See the walnuts dropping to be picked up from the ground. See the merchants hustling, magic dancing cash, the merchants lying. Feel the life beating in the temples of your mind. The leaf! That leaf sure enough be looking dead, but the leaf is alive!

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from West of the East, released March 1, 1989
Elliott Sharp on treated bass, Jan Kotik on drums. Insane!

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Church of Betty Brooklyn, New York

New York City's long running progressive world chamber rock ensemble performs innovative pop with rock band, sitar, bassoon, string orchestra and a chorus of soaring voices. "Brilliant" - Billboard "Irresistible" - New York Times

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