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The Making of MWNG

To translate songs is a bastard. That's why we never record English versions of our welsh songs & vice versa. Often when songwriting I will use a word for it's rhyming value over it's poetic logic. In translation these rhymes are usually lost. Replaced by an awkward gaggle of uncomplimentary words. Therefore instead of going for a literal translation I have attempted wherever possible to present the lyrics in a dumb and humble way. Some however will inevitably sound pony! So go ahead, burn all your linguaphone tapes and enjoy the stereo bi lingual experience that is 'MWNG' - Gruff Rhys 2000.

Song/Can 1 - Drygioni (Badness)



"Drygioni is a song about sleaze. Its about good versus evil, and a persons need for both. One verse is about badness and one is about goodness. It's one of the shortest songs we've written, just over a minute long. Musically its coming off our more glam-based rock songs, but I think we've managed to liquefy our previous influences away so it doesn't sound like anybody else."



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