Momus- Pygmalism

[@KatyGroves]

As an Mk Ultra survivor who had a programmer father, this song means everything to me. I can't help but suspect Momus went through something similar. He couldn't have encapsulated the bizarre, twisted and tortured, hypnotic and dreamlike horror of that trauma and relationship better.

[@malavichaudhari8771]

Knowing so much from you this song is sort of scary to me. Brings about a creepy feeling and just by a snap miracle want to save all the children of the world. God bless them all. Universe save them all!

[@TURK_182]

💜

[@etherealsekrets182]

I listened to this under your link to better understand what victims get exposed to. I know it just brushes the surface of the horrors but it's very eye opening.

[@SinFlavia]

Katy, the man that made this song IS mr. Pig. He wrote it for a young artist named Kahimi Karie who I think he programmed. She even has a song (written by him) called I am a kitten.

[@etherealsekrets182]

@@SinFlavia ugh vile

[@pedrorenato6831]

It's strange to think that 2001 was just a few years ago(feels like yesterday),which was the year this album was released.But if you think harder about that,Momus(Nick) was just a 38 or 39(maximum) year old kid,and now he's a 61 year old man!!!(Time flies...aeroplanes crash!)😉🤣👍(but i stil love him and his work though)❤

[@gammaray0989]

And thus a batman villain was created.

[@sistercarrieofyahuah8601]

This is a sad song. Makes me think of all those being abused at the moment and those of the past.

[@nicolelewis5237]

Why is this song not more recognized?..But do I want it to be?

[@Ccs1989]

This is an unsettling song.

[@TotallyRadicalShow]

Morrison is truly a mad genius.

[@ponurykapec2673]

Lyrics: Sometimes when it rains I get pictures in my brain My programming fails I go off the rails I see asteroids flare between the moons Of Uranus: Momus and Vangelis And when I go wrong Herr Professor Pyg Comes to train my brain with a song Singing 'Daisy Daisy give me your answer do' 'How much is that doggy in the window?' 'She was only a greengrocer's daughter ' 'The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain' You are my lover You are my author You are my father I am your daughter I'm your disaster I'm your viagra I'm going to beat you at chess Then plant my dagger in your breast You filled me with your breath and your jism Now I've come to bring you death, Pyg Pygmalism I only exist for Herr Professor Pyg As a figment of his huge imagination Mirror, mirror on the wall Who is the villain of them all? The mirror will answer back 'Narcissus' I'm your blessing but not your possession Even what you make can drag you down Sometimes in the night I sing the songs Professor Pyg has taught me Cutting up with scissors All the stupid sexy clothes he's bought me Though my eyes are haunted Though my memories have been implanted No ancestors you can trace An accent from no place invented Sometimes in the night I sing the songs Professor Pyg has taught me Cutting up with scissors All the stupid sexy clothes he's bought me You're my creator You're my employer My violator You're my destroyer But remember that the ones we whip can whip us The ones we strip outstrip us And the things we make can break us You filled me with your breath and your jism You gave me life, I give you death, Pyg Pygmalism Sometimes in the night I sing the songs Professor Pyg has taught me Cutting up with scissors All the stupid sexy clothes he's bought me

[@jonakbarua]

This song creeps me out but I still come back to listen to it

[@markm1138]

reminds me of LPD

[@KaiZX]

This would be good with a fucked up animated video.

[@OliviaLesueur]

this melody makes me weep

[@gimmedataids]

It's incredible

[@buckweevil]

I wAnt to Be SiCk in frOnT of eVerYoNe...

[@lleo11]

is it weird that this song freaks me out? and isnt this the song where the Pyg batman villain came from?

[@chariskainx5447]

It is supposed to

[@Remoniq]

This song kind of scares me.

[@thoushallbefree5387]

Remoniq it should.. it’s about incest and mind control!

[@Pstephen]

@@thoushallbefree5387 - It's Pygmalion from the point of view of the statue.

[@thoushallbefree5387]

Stephen Parkin no it isn’t. Don’t try hiding sh!+

[@Pstephen]

@@thoushallbefree5387 - Professor Pyg is a mixture of the Pygmalion character (as retold by Ovid) and Professor Higgins from the Shaw play of the same name. The story bears all kinds of interpretations, and Momus is playing with and building upon the ideas in it. My Fair Lady is another version. The Professor in the play and film is arrogant and manipulative, and the story is always about control. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmalion_(mythology)

[@thoushallbefree5387]

Stephen Parkin yes control... mind control and raping kids!

[@randomlbandbd]

This song is very eerie yet catchy, I’m confused

[@dylangroves6527]

Creepcore

[@TheIrishjim]

...I just shit myself ARE YOU HAPPY SONG?!?!

[@AntiYourFacePhD]

And you meet this guy. Well read. Good looks, except...

[@johnjackson917]

recommended listening for all Bings becoming beings do not let them unperson you

[@nicolelewis5237]

Every time I feel ive found my favorite Momus song (I learned about him through an Amanda Palmer cover a couple years back) I hear something else that drives me nuts. Love love love.

[@thoushallbefree5387]

Nicole LEWIS this is about incest.. what is there to love about it?! It’s disgusting!

[@etherealsekrets182]

Someone has issues

[@Pstephen]

@@thoushallbefree5387 - Maybe; but it might just as easily be about the Greek myth of Pygmalion, seen from the statue's point of view.

[@nicolelewis5237]

@@thoushallbefree5387 I love my daddy

[@thoushallbefree5387]

Nicole LEWIS you love your dad sexually?😳

[@Ashes_Unto_Roses]

Muse should cover this

[@ahlammustafa3550]

لا اله الا الله

[@Benjamin-mj9pd]

So what does everybody think of when they hear this song? Me I think of a woman getting mind controlled for sex with pyg being the controller. She doesn’t feel like a real person or apart of the world at all.

[@sunray3179]

Fukin hell this is so creepy and scary 🤭

[@Shruggernauts]

Its pretty creepy, except for the hackneyed kids' song segments.

[@bunrecords]

The Shruggernaut the "Daisy, Daisy" part is actually one of the creepier parts as it's a Space Odyssey reference to Hal

[@Ashes_Unto_Roses]

Childhood trauma

[@Ithidet]

pygs crept in

[@kingtut8339]

Batman brought me here

[@thegovtdoesntcareaboutyou]

mk ultra

[@jeffreymoffitt4070]

Grant Morrison sent me here

[@altzeimers3896]

I could totally enjoy this song if i wasn't concerned about the whole enjoying a disturbing ass song thing.

[@666AMC666]

this song is actually really good but its creepy because it...really...like....sounds like Professor Pyg in words... ugh...im scared

[@thoushallbefree5387]

TheLastLaugh did you read the lyrics?!

[@nicolelewis5237]

I read that this was actually the inspiration for Professor Pyg in the first place. And I love that it is in reference to My Fair Lady.

[@pagapollo5601]

Fantastic song, too bad for the cringy comment section...

[@WhyTheHorseface]

Wwg1wga

[@InTheMisoLoop]

With all the comments about MK Ultra and incest, I find it pertinent to quote Momus' own notes on this song from the booklet provided with his anthology release. "Commercially, my climax came in the mid-90s, when I wrote a string of Japanese hits for Kahimi Karie. Our last record together, Journey to the Centre of Me, wasn't a hit, but was an amazing record to make... Pygmalism is my favourite song from the session: a summary of my songwriting career with Kahimi... Or rather, a projection of my feelings of guilt about putting my words into her mouth. Appropriately, it was the last time I did; she wrote her own lyrics from then on." Additionally, you can find the original version of this song with vocals by Kahimi Karie here on KZbin. Do your research people.

[@Ashes_Unto_Roses]

Lol

[@yangxiaolong7779]

Nothing pleases mother goat

[@thoushallbefree5387]

Yang Xiao Long there must be a lot of victims running to this song.

[@DylanGroves-to6ju]

Genetic engineering applications by people with the title Dr. before their names.

[@blueberrypoptart2424]

Yo I really like this vibe

[@pesosgouda8223]

This song would fit pretty well in Celeste, minus the very serious lyrics

[@TheAerieShow]

loved it :D great work

[@Talloweed]

More Professor Pyg references. MORE. Imagine you're a girl. At a DANCE.

[@Pstephen]

It's the same story as My Fair Lady.

[@Pstephen]

Kahimi Karie's version: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIbJqYqijNyMoM0

[@Ashes_Unto_Roses]

Monarch Mind Control

[@etherealsekrets182]

So is this about incest or mkultra or both?

[@Pstephen]

It's based on Pygmailion, the George Bernard Shaw play based on the Greek myth of Pygmalion; later made into the film My Fair Lady. The other stuff might be there - and some of it probably is, knowing Momus - but it doesn't need to be.

[@pagapollo5601]

none of them

[@thegovtdoesntcareaboutyou]

both

[@Ashes_Unto_Roses]

Yes

[@leonardticsay8046]

@@thegovtdoesntcareaboutyoubased.

[@hcm4211]

This song is poignant :(

[@esischuber4335]

Got really bad headache and couldn't listen to it. My dog started barking and i cringed.