Simple Kid: 2

Status of copy at Case Memorial Library
Contents: Lil' King Kong — Self-help book — The twentysomething — Old domestic cat — Serotonin — A song of stone — The ballad of Elton John — You — Oh heart, don't be bitter — Mommy n daddy — Love's an enigma (pt II). All songs written and produced by Simple Kid.
Notable lyrics: "I watchin the tv/ 24 stations/ see all the usual/ celebrity wankers/ I swear they've got phonier/ or am I just older? … celebrities go home we/ no longer want you/ imagine Elton John/ got stuck on the underground/ saw ordinary faces/ and wrote his best song in ages/ … there ain't nothin better/ than drinkin with my friends … it's so sad/ I don't know/ what's all this celebrity for? … celebrities go home/ go home to yo mama …" (from "The Ballad of Elton John").
Nancy Miller wrote in Wired: "In 2004, Ciaran McFeely released an extra ordinary [i.e., extraordinary] debut — then fled the stress of the music business. Thankfully, the Irish one-man band is back with electronic folk-rock that proves he's no one-hit wonder" ("Play: Music," 8/07, p. 76).