Robot Woman 2
Mother Gong
(1982)
This is a weird one. It has taken me a few listens to start writing – and I’m still confused.
I tried to follow the lyrics – they are printed out like a stage play in a big fold out with a comic book narration about a robot woman.
I think.
It is very confusing – perhaps if I was able to hear and or read the Robot Woman 1 album it would be clearer – but I doubt it.
This backstory is a classic convoluted mess. It is trying to tell me something but I have no idea what it is. I think there are feminist themes in the lyrics and comic book along with world peace, utopia … I`m really not sure.
The music is interesting, except you get a sense that it is trying to tell you something. So you start trying to decipher the meaning and then you get frustrated.
It is a vicious circle.
I`ll put this album away and listen to it some other time.
tonalsurge 