General opinion regarding one Pete Doherty runs along the lines of 'fuck-up' and 'junkie scum' most of the time, but of course, general opinion is generally shaped by the manipulative entity that is the media. Gossip columnist, tabloids and swill mongers of similar nature will do anything to paint a picture with shades of pessimism to get copies off the racks, or to get their web advertising rate to appreciate.
Of course, there's the opposing camp insisting Doherty is a lyrical genius, arguing that the current pedestal he's set upon by conventional wisdom is angled incorrectly. Intoxication, after all, synonymous sometimes with certain schools of creative thought. Take Lester Bangs, Kurt Cobain, Hunter S Thompson, Jack Kerouac, and even Richey Edwards as examples.
Charles Bouledaire, whom often mused under the influence of Absinth and hashishe, once wrote, "in order to escape from the slavish martyrdom of time, intoxicate yourself; unceasingly intoxicate yourself; with wine, or poetry, or art - as you will."
In my personal opinion, Pete assures the latter group that their opinion holds more worth than that of Camp Swill with The Lost Art of Murder (soon to be released on the full-length "Shotter's Nation", to be released on the 1st of October for UK; 23rd for US).
He muses introspectively,
"
Don't look at me like that She won't take you back You said to much You been to unkind Get up off your back Stop smoking.... that You could change your life Do you think you'll change your mind"
Ah, that's the Pete we all know.
download it here:
The Lost Art Of Murder - Babyshambles (via an unnamed LJ community)
Labels: mr electric blue, sweetmusic of the week
