Kwali's Song (Sonnet 55)

by jealous zelig

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eric asked me to recite this sonnet for the beautiful kwali at their
new orleans wedding and i was so honored and moved by his (and shakespeare's) inspiration, that this music devised itself for the occasion....

lyrics

Not marble, nor the gilded monuments
Of princes, shall outlive this powerful rhyme;
But you shall shine more bright in these contents
Than unswept stone, besmear'd with sluttish time.
When wasteful war shall statues overturn,
And broils root out the work of masonry,
Nor Mars his sword nor war's quick fire shall burn
The living record of your memory.
'Gainst death and all-oblivious enmity
Shall you pace forth; your praise shall still find room
Even in the eyes of all posterity
That wear this world out to the ending doom.
So, till the judgment that yourself arise,
You live in this, and dwell in lovers' eyes.

credits

released September 11, 2014
music by ross rubin
words by shakespeare
recorded on an old phone. full-band studio recordings a-comin'...

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jealous zelig Napa, California

Jealous Zelig's approach to writing and performing stews in myriad, much-loved influences. Bowie, Bach, Baker, Bud Powell and the Beatles, bringing the late-night partiers into the kitchen with Nilsson, Wonder, Wilson, Redding, Russell, Mercury, Mitchell, Kaufman and King already raiding the fridge. If, laughing loudly, you spill her beer on the stove, no one cares now or in the morning. ... more