ENVY ![]() Under the artist name Mick Farren and Jack Lancaster, 1995 brought yet another side of Mick with The Deathray Tapes, a live performance consisting mostly of spoken-word material – but this is no 1960’s flower-child poetry reading. Most of the performances go on for 6 or 8 minutes, while “Envy” is just a short verse: I used to envy Elvis, but then he got fat and died. I used to envy Marlon Brando, but then he got fat and his kid died. I used to envy Jim Morrison, but then I got out of the tub. Now I don’t envy anyone, because it causes bloating, and far too many funerals. (March 2014/1) |