What Is Life love song – perhaps a "lovingly crafted paen" to Harrison's wife Pattie, as Alan Clayson puts it – or a devotional song like many of Harrison's compositions. Ian Inglis writes that the song title suggests a "philosophical debate about the meaning of life", yet its rendering as ""what is my life"" in the choruses "reshapes [the meaning] completely". Theologian Dale Allison finds no religious content in "What Is Life" but notes the "failure of words to express feelings" implied in the opening line (""What I feel, I can't say""), a recurring theme of Harrison's spiritual songs such as "That Is
Temporary Music include the "Detached"/"Ciquiri" single, recorded with Robert Quine. Note: Some CD versions omit the "Detached"/"Ciquiri" single; others have a different track order. The compilation has also been released on CD as "Secret Life". Temporary Music Temporary Music is the 1979 debut EP and 1981 debut album by the New York based No Wave music group Material. The band had previously worked with Daevid Allen on New York Gong's 1979 "About Time" album. The "Temporary Music 1" EP was recorded in 1979 and the "Temporary Music 2" EP in 1980. The two EPs were compiled together for Material's debut album, two