My favorite commie pinko singer ever. There is no such a bad thing as a Robert Wyatt recording. Still, "Old Rottenhat" is my favorite of his later recordings from the 1980s. For one, his lyrics are very political and direct. He also wrote the entire album by himself, so this is very much a personal message (at the time) from artist to listener. There's a moral outrage, but his anger is very much measured and restrained, and that's the art of Wyatt.
I also love the minimalism of the recording. Percussion and various keyboards, it's very much of a man in his studio making art. Songs like "Alliance," "The United States of Amnesia," and my favorite "The Age of Self" cut through the bullshit and gets to the meat near the bone. Wyatt's view is very much worldwide and he sees the political implications all connecting together. It's like playing the game of hitting one gopher in the head, but the other head will pop out somewhere in the game landscape. Sadly that we now live in the age of Trump, one could use Wyatt's voice. The truth is not that much has changed since 1985. Misery is still here, and Wyatt's art and voice will stay with us as long as there is a medium that allows us to play music.
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