Fuckthelivingfuckthedead

fuckthelivingfuckthedead is a recording of a poetry reading given by Nick Tosches at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, on March 24th, 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