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The Crab Nebula

from ORFEAS by JUDGE SMITH

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ORFEAS: (Judge)

I see a table a hundred miles long
A feast for thousands
And they are all musicians,
Of every time and place.
And some I can recognise
That must be Beethoven,
But he seems to be wearing
Jeans and a biker jacket
And there’s Frank Zappa
Swapping groupie stories with Mozart,
Stravinsky arguing with Charlie Parker,
And Freddy Mercury drinking champagne with Schubert,
And Howling Wolf looks like he’s getting off
With Hildegard of Bingen.
And figures in robes from who knows where or when,
All the Great Forgotten Maestros.
And there, at the head of the table,
Old Man Bach, who seems to like his beer,
Beams at us through the bottom of a stein
As big as the Crab Nebula.

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from ORFEAS, released May 23, 2020

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JUDGE SMITH Glastonbury, UK

Judge Smith co-founded the band Van der Graaf Generator in 1967 with Peter Hammill, & has since been involved in many music projects as writer, composer or performer. He has written stage musicals, classical & rock libretti, songs for television & a book on Life after Death; directed a prize-winning short film, & released fourteen CDs & two DVDs. He was born in 1948 & lives near Glastonbury, UK. ... more

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