"Ship of Fools" by World Party, from 1987's Private Revolution.
I like this video, it has so many Lynchian elements in it.
RIP Karl.
Prior to creating (the incredibly under-rated) World Party, Karl performed with The Waterboys, if you recall "Fisherman's Blues". He also collaborated with everyone from David Bowie to Bob Geldof and Peter Gabriel
Meaning behind the Lyrics? Heh, you're on your own. Scroll to the comments at THIS LINK for ideas of what others think the lyrics mean.
by meg; 17y ago
i think this song is painfully underrated.
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by finepearl 16y ago
I agree, now look at how weird it is that they leave the mention of sodom out of the lyrics [ True. The lyrics page negated that word for some reason. - DD ] written above. Line 5 after the verse that starts with avarice and greed. It really goes, "but I'm sure you'll fill your sodom like I knew you would."
There's also this interpretation of the lyrics at American Songwriter.
More on World Party after the PageBreak. ⏬
From Wiki:
World Party was a musical group, predominantly the solo project of its sole consistent member, the songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Karl Wallinger. Wallinger started the band in 1986 in London after leaving the Waterboys. At various times, World Party also featured Guy Chambers, David Catlin-Birch, future Oasis drummer Chris Sharrock, Jeff Trott, Amanda Kramer and John Turnbull.
World Party produced several hit singles during the late 1980s and early 1990s including "Ship of Fools", "Way Down Now", "Put the Message in the Box" and "Is It Like Today?". The band also released the original version of "She's the One", written (like virtually all World Party material) by Karl Wallinger but best known due to the 1999 cover version by Robbie Williams, a UK number one hit single.
Wiki:
In an interview with Chicago Tribune freelancer Jay Hedblade, Wallinger revealed that he suffered a brain aneurysm in February 2001. After several months of writing for the band, he felt unwell, and asked his friends to call an ambulance to take him to a hospital, where he was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm. He subsequently required surgery wherein the doctors had to block fibers near the optic nerve. Despite what would appear to be a full recovery, he lost his peripheral vision on the right side of both eyes. Although the aneurysm meant that he had to suspend all work for nearly five years, he eventually resumed touring in 2006.
Wallinger died from a stroke at his home in Hastings on 10 March 2024, at the age of 66.
Karl Wallinger. A perhaps unrecognizd name but an icon of music.
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