The Little Red Songbook
The album The Little Red Songbook (Le Grand Magistery 61665-60006) was released by Momus in 1998. This CD features a number of karaoke versions of the songs that were used for a singing contest. The winners of the contest appear on the CD Stars Forever.
The original release of this CD contained a controversial song entitled "Walter Carlos". In 1998, the subject persona of the song, Wendy Carlos, a transgender artist who had first come to fame releasing albums under her birth name Walter Carlos, sued Momus for $22 million.[1] The case was settled out of court, with Momus agreeing to remove it from the CD and owing $30,000 in legal fees.[2] Subsequent releases of the CD do not include the song.
The title was inspired by the controversial Danish book The Little Red Schoolbook.[3]
Track listing
Current tracks
- Old Friend, New Flame
- MC Escher
- Who Is Mr. Jones?
- Harry K-Tel
- Lucretia Borgia
- How To Spot An Invert
- Everyone I Have Ever Slept With
- Born To Be Adored
- Coming In A Girl's Mouth
- What Are You Wearing?
- The New Decameron
- The Symphonies Of Beethoven
- Tragedy And Farce
- Mrs. X, An Ex-Lover
- A White Oriental Flower
- Some Mistranslations
- The Ugly Sister
- Welcome To My Show Trial
- Old Friend, New Flame (Karaoke)
- Tragedy And Farce (Karaoke)
- The New Decameron (Karaoke)
- Coming In A Girl's Mouth (Karaoke)
- Mrs. X, An Ex-Lover (Karaoke)
- Harry K-Tell (Karaoke)
- Who Is Mr. Jones? (Karaoke)
- How To Spot An Invert (Karaoke)
- The Symphonies Of Beethoven (Karaoke)
Deleted track
- Walter Carlos
References
- ↑ Shepherd, Fiona (1999-09-10). "The World Can Change in a Matter of Momus". The Scotsman. The Scotsman Publications Ltd. p. 23.
- ↑ Selvin, Joel; Vaziri, Aidin; Heller, Greg (1999-11-07). "$1,000 Bought a Custom Song on Momus' Latest Album". The San Francisco Chronicle. The Chronicle Publishing Co.
- ↑ Click Opera - Fuck your way to the revolution