Art Brut Lyrics Part Of German University Curriculum

NME is reporting that Art Brut's tongue-heavily-in-cheek lyrics are now a focal point for one particular course at a university in Berlin. AB frontman, Eddie Argos explains:

*'In one of the main universities in Berlin yesterday, they had a lecture about my lyrics, which is funny... It was called 'The Depressive Dandy - the Lyrics of Eddie Argos'. It's amazing I'm on the curriculum. In Germany, they think I'm an intellectual, which is ridiculous...

They say things like 'As an intellectual Eddie, what do you think about this?' and I say 'But I'm NOT an intellectual, I'm an idiot'... I tell them 'you think I'm much more intelligent than I am' and they think I'm being modest!' Yesterday though I did an interview with a lads mag and they were asking me about Pauly Shore and sex tapes and I thought 'Brilliant, they definitely know I'm an idiot'.*

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