Wednesday, 15 December 2010

Nurse With Wound - The Six Buttons of Sex Appeal

A 13 minute masterpiece or just a bloody racket?

 










From Nurse With Wound's debut album A Chance Meeting on a Dissecting Table of a Sewing Machine and an Umbrella, Some may describe The Six Buttons of Sex Appeal as one of the greatest, obscurest avant-garde works ever to be created. While others have been known to shun the piece as a purely unstructured noise.

The controversy arises as the songs tends to push, and effectively destroy, any sign of musical boundaries, with a seemingly unfocused view on anything. Though this is where the balance comes into play. I believe that it is this very unpredictability that uncovers a theme of disarray.

Considered a pure genius, Nurse with Wound leader Steve Stapleton has gone on to develop tonnes of avant-garde work, but none can come anywhere close to sounding as menacing as this. (here's the first three minutes):




But personally, I do love the song. It has influenced me greatly when creating my own music, helping me discover that there are no rules or boundaries within music, music is a form of art.

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