Smokey Robinson & the Miracles/The English Beat-inspired 'Tears of a Clown' Art Print Size:8x12" / 24x29.7cm A4 and library references in the

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it's a disturbing anthem about obsession and borderline psychosis

I was only going to do one cover for it

The farmer's daughter lyric made it an obvious choice to dip into the vintage retro pulp paperback subgenre of cheatin' farm girls

or perhaps I'm describing you directly

Smokey Robinson & the Miracles/The English Beat-inspired 'Tears of a Clown' Art Print Size:8x12" / 24x29.7cm A4 and library references in theAs a proud New Wave loving Gen Xer, I first heard 'Tears of a Clown' as a cover version by The Beat (aka The English Beat here in North America), but quickly learnt it was originally Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (co written by Stevie Wonder, too). Smokey clearly felt an affinity to the classical opera antihero clown Pagliacci, as an entertainer who hides his pain, rage, and sadness behind a mask of laughter and smiles this song is not the first