I’ve been off the internet so I’m a couple of days late hearing of Scott Walker’s death. I loved his avant garde albums, especially Tilt and The Drift, and I want to do some small honor to his passing. Tilt and The Drift are difficult albums in a way I can’t really describe. The first time I heard “Farmer in the City” I was more stunned than impressed. The song stayed with me and opened my mind to a whole new set of sounds and feelings.

As a small remembrance, I’m sharing two of my favorites pieces. “Clara” is about the death of Mussolini and his girlfriend (I read an interesting interview where he discussed this song, but I can’t find it right now among the sea of Walker memorial articles). “Farmer in the City” is an adaptation of a Pier Paolo Pasolini poem and the first song of his I ever heard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zh2YpcaRlPA