bard boy in the space age

Why is my verse so barren of new pride,
So far from variation or quick change?
Why with the time do I not glance aside
To new-found methods and to compounds strange?
Why write I still all one, ever the same,
And keep invention in a noted weed,
That every word doth almost tell my name,
Showing their birth and where they did proceed?
O, know, sweet love, I always write of you,
And you and love are still my argument;
So all my best is dressing old words new,
Spending again what is already spent:
For as the sun is daily new and old,
So is my love still telling what is told.
-- William Shakespeare, "Sonnet 76"; with a side helping of Metal Men v1 #1 (by Kanigher, Andru, and Esposito)

Sing-Sing - Far Away from Love (from The Joy of Sing-Sing, 2001) - Some indie-pop wistfulness from Emma Anderson's post-Lush outfit.

Inspiral Carpets - This Is How It Feels (from Life, 1990) - It's good, but Carter USM's cover (from the 1993 "Lean on Me, I Won't Fall Over" single) is outstanding.