Bing, the unstoppable text machine, with another cult hit on his hands. Lots of proper songs properly played, nicely arranged and full of ideas - but infused with a self-reflexivity and generic complexity that makes any coherent assessment difficult; there’s an infinite regress of referentiality, as I’m sure Mr. Bing won’t mind me saying, that throws the sharpest critic into a tizzy fugue. When asked near the end of his life what he considered his greatest achievement, Andy Warhol is supposed to have said ‘Keeping a straight face’. For example, The Unbearable Lightness of Bing would have been a hit in 1967, except it couldn’t have been written in 1967 because then it would have been what is and not about what it is… you’d need a time machine and then…see what I mean? I hope that’s clear. Engineered by Bob Drake, who also plays drums throughout.

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