Kurt Baagø liner notes 'Pariah' 2009
“It’s a funny thing. I can’t even remember how
long I’ve known MC. Feels like I’ve known him
forever, but that can’t be the case because I’m
from Aarhus and MC is from Præstø. Also, I’m
several years older than MC.
Never mind that.
I think MC’s soul is at least as old as mine.
Perhaps even a year or two older. I can tell by
listening to MC’s songs. In a funny, wry way
they contain great wisdom – no, not in any
precocious sense, but a wisdom my own young soul
is deeply fascinated by and just beginning to
comprehend.
Just the other day I asked MC if he could give me
three themes – three cues – for the songs on this
album. The reply came promptly: ”Noahs Ark, Animal
Farm and Train Stations”. I’m pondering on those
three words while listening to MC’new songs:
”Noahs Ark, Animal Farm and Train Stations."
Something else I’m pondering on is what kind of a
dude MC is. Some time ago, MC described himself
as a ”this long-nosed dude with the hat”, and I
think that describtion suits him pretty well –
apart from the fact we often ascribe something
peculiar, funny or even strange to the word dude.
MC is an extraordinary friendly dude. I think
you’ll hear that when you listen to the songs on
this album. Once, after a conversation with MC,
I couln’t recall exactly how the strangest of all
dudes, Bob Dylan, had described himself. I spent
the whole day trying to remember and had the old
Allman Brothers song in my head: ”Lord I was born a
rambling Man, trying to make a living doing the
best I can” Then all of a sudden there it was,
the Dylan word: Minstrel!
“I’m just a minstrel, travelin’ from town to town,
singing my songs for people”. His Bob-ness supposedly
once described himself in that particular way.
Other words may be bard or troubadour, but if it’s
okay with you, MC, can I call you a Danish
minstrel??...
A friendly long-nosed dude travelin’ from town to
town singing his songs…with a hat!”