Julian Cope presents Head Heritage

Funny when the book came out some many proclaimed it to be the tits. It wasn't and frankly neither was most of the music associated with it, I mean kick?, that was not good..

You're right, it wasn't good, it was fucking hilarious.

I'll have to disagree with the pack on this one, I loved 131, and the music was perfect. I don't ever expect another personal announcement from JC on this site again, but life goes on.

Its definitely a case of "to each his own" But youre going to have a hard time convincing anyone that Aum a Sahara by "mixing concrete" is a perfect song! Rubbish is what it is, sorry

I don't think it was ever supposed to be anything but what it is. And in that it succeeded.

So if he was going for Rubbish he succeeded? ok I can go with that...But why in Gods name would a music artist purposely release rubbish?(and don't even go down the Art path cos I aint buying into that) Metallica Released several Rubbish albums on accident and one on purpose and they were all Rubbish Regardless of the intent so, to release garbage is NOT art its garbage and sorry J.C. but Aum a Sahara is not anything ANYONE would want to listen to under any circumstance that I can think of. It really IS what it is... Probably should have put more thought into writing actual SONGS but hey I'm just the consumer what do I know.

Dunno what your beef is. He's not here to please us, I'm sure it's always been about his own 'trip'. Having said that, surely the point of any artist is to follow their muse, for good or bad. If your making music just for the market, then you end up with the same shit that's been hoggin' the charts for the last 20 years.

Cope has pretty much done his own thing/ followed his own path since the early 90's, and thank god for that. For all his hits and misses, and they're have been plenty of both, I'd still rather he followed his heart/gut than turned out what was expected of him. Down that path lies the likes of Muse or Coldplay or wahtever.

I wasn't a big fan of 131 the novel, but I loved a lot of the music he created for the project, and loved the idea that it became almost an integral part of the book. I'd defend him to the hilt, for the right to do, as an artist, exactly what he fuckin' likes. That's why I love the guy, he'll take chances, not always in directions I appreciate, but at the end of the day, it's his choice. We don't have to buy into everything he creates. I can't think of another recording artist that has created such an identity, and such a varied body of work, be that in his musical choices, his written output, of his historical research. I for one am glad I joined him on his journey. What would you prefer, a recording artist like Bob Dylan, or Neil Young, or The Rolling Stones who have essentially made the same record for the last 30 years?

Well said. And even outside the context of the book and soundtrack, Neon Sardinia is fucking unbelievably good. I've been playing it a lot, and I would love to have it seen a wider release. Works better than QE at times, though the stylistic differences are too vast between the two projects. Holy McGrail deserves a huge heap of praise for his work, which often gets buried in the shadow of JC.

Are you still here Holy? More music please.

Also, go buy Slomo-The Grain if you haven't done so fellow heads.

https://soundsofslomo.bandcamp.com/album/the-grain