fuckthelivingfuckthedead

fuckthelivingfuckthedead
Live album by Nick Tosches
Genre	spoken word
Length	44:47
Label	France Culture
Nick Tosches chronology
Nick & Homer (1998) fuckthelivingfuckthedead (2001) For the taking: Vol. I from CHALDEA (2006)

fuckthelivingfuckthedead is a recording of a poetry reading given by Nick Tosches at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, on March 24, 2001. The reading was part of the exhibition "Les Années Pop". For a large part of the performance he is backed by a small ensemble of musicians. The album title comes from a line in "Wild Leaves/Passing".

Track listing

1. "Introduction [Instrumental]" - 2:06
2. "A Feast for the Eyes" - 4:12
3. "My Kind of Loving" - 1:01
4. "From the Dream-book of Artemidorus" - 1:53
5. "Contrapasso" - 2:14
6. "Youth" - 3:07
7. "May the Gods Without Names Redeem Me" - 1:15
8. "L'Uccisore e la Farfalla" - 2:13
9. "Ptolemy II" - 1:25
10. "A Cigarette With God" - 10:33
11. "Sigh" - 2:07
12. "What the Coptic Guy Said" - 0:45
13. "In the Hand of Dante" - 0:52
14. "Erebos" - 5:13
15. "Wild Leaves/Passing" with Patti Smith - 6:00

"Wild Leaves/Passing" is a performance of Patti Smith's song "Wild Leaves" combined with a poem written by Tosches. All other texts are by Tosches and all other music is by Funaro and McRae

Personnel

• Nick Tosches – vocals, texts
• Frank Funaro – percussion
• Catherine McRae – violin
• Oliver Ray – guitar on Wild Leaves
• Patti Smith – vocals on Wild Leaves

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