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the third woman

by clare moore

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richard still my fave 2000s record Favorite track: the secondhand man.
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life is cruel a cruel and wicked joke lost in space it’s a monochrome scene looks like I’m here to stay and that lucky old earth is rollin away that lucky old earth just keeps rollin away look into that space study that space and see what is there there will be no sleep you will remain awake
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all of me 02:59
She then tells a story of a man who proved to be made of smoke,someone she had projected an image onto. She protests that she was all there, "ALL OF ME"!Of course, she doesn’t hang around to see if things pick up in the second show (in her world, there is no second show), " I drive away the road slips by the dog can sing your lullaby You’ll find what you are lookin for it’s made of coir on aisle four of the hardware store"
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They move around the crowd gauging the audience bouncing the deadbeats as I play taking over my controls when the G force defeats me landing her safely as the cymbal decays Their songs hang in the air they serve to remind me the great are not always heard and sometimes not even seen guarding my right to play and wishing they could do it too I’ll play for them righteously That’s the least I could do They move around the crowd gauging the audience bouncing the deadbeats as I play the world was out of time when these dames were in their prime the deadbeats won that quarter but the sirens yet to sound Their songs hang in the air they serve to remind me the great are not always heard and sometimes not even seen guarding my right to play and wishing they could do it too I’ll play for them righteously That’s the least I could do
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Oh god,he’s coming straight for me! like i have just come into view becoming visible only when he needed an ear to piss in balancing on the footpath resplendent in a shell suit All of a sudden I’m interesting there’s no going back,I’m finished No God No!What did I do? my private space has been invaded gravity is kicking his ass he repels it’s insistent pull I’m getting off the tram he’s singing help me if you can It’s like he’s Amish,he’ll never know that I’m thinking he’s a weirdo User friendly I’m in his stare User friendly he ain’t goin nowhere User friendly Old spice and headlice you can photograph My lifes in crisis since I crossed his path I’m getting off the tram he’s singing help me if you can It’s like he’s Amish,he’ll never know that I’m thinking he’s a weirdo Like Nureyev,he don’t fall over he gracefully bows and resumes his pose User friendly I’m in his stare User friendly he ain’t goin nowhere
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lollipops 03:16
you're a lollypop man I'm a lollypop dame we've got lollypop needs give me lollypop love red light...green light amber!!!!!!!! lets do the pop before they walk all over us give me a sign I've got a sweet tooth you look good enough to eat red light...green light amber!!!!!!!!
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starin out the windscreen like its the blitz some people look so lonely you know , like "lonely" out of "Callan" if he knew then what he knows if he knew now what he knew then the secondhand man might know he how got here sitting at an old school desk suckin on an icy pole "this carpets made in Egypt.Came off the boat from Cairo.I'll go there soon, when I shift this gear. Dunes filled with gold, or so I hear". "ello darlin', yeah its all good stuff, yeah....geezer died up the road....cleared out a whole house.....couldn't lift it all by myself...nah...not with this back...nah....this?this is the rolls royce of carpets this one....yeah...." if he knew then what he knows if he knew now what he knew then the secondhand man might know he how got here
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who’s that guy walkin down the street meetin the gaze of all he sees seekin the spark of recognition seein if he lives in there as well he ain't up himself he's up everybody else he ain’t gloomy, that’s for sure he ain’t interior he hates to be by himself he hates to be alone he ain’t up himself,nah, he’s up everybody else nah,he ain’t no snob nah,he ain’t precious just a regular,super regular guy one of the boys,yeah he ain’t up himself,nah, he’s up everybody else he ain’t against a bit o grippin 'n' grinnin' he don’t need no learnin he don’t like his own company "how the fuck are ya?" he hears voices ("hi!") everywhere he goes the roar of the crowd the ringin in his ears the applause except his grips too hard an' his grins too wide his teeth are too straight' n' he never breaks his stride he ain’t up himself,nah, he’s up everybody else
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(Over Intro)......V8 engine at the lights,rumbling. Fat chicks,”over here sonny,what’s with the bumper sticker?” P Platers,”Why,who’s askin?” Fat chicks,”Only your worst nightmare,boys!YES!FAT CHICKS!!!!!!”(laughter) Cars speed off,the fat chicks are heard,yelling at the P Plater. FC1 “Hey,Dolores,this ones not so bad!” FC2: “Quite rootable,really”. Both:”How about your number,Leonardo,we might like to strap you on sometime!” On the road,there’s no place you can hide when you are so young,but yet,you’re so square freewheelin hipsters are what you will be when you surrender to my ample chassis V8 roars up... P Plater:”Oh god!I thought we'd lost them!” FC2:Tryin to escape eh,kiddos?Tell ‘em Lydia.” FC1:”There is no escape,boys!” (In southern accent)”Us broads are gonna have us some P plater ass!” On the road, there’s no place you can hide when you are so young ,but yet,you’re so square freewheelin hipsters,you will be when you surrender to my ample chassis Cop sirens wail..... Bike Cop:”Do you realise you were doing 150 in an 80 zone?Your licence is going straight back to the Weeties packet.” P Plater:”But,didn't you see those chicks?They were full on bulk comin on to us ,man!We wouldn’t have had a chance!” Bike cop:”Yeah,and I bet they were stacked like Monroe,too!” P Platers:”Yes!Fat chicks!” On the road, there’s no place you can hide when you are so young ,but yet,you’re so square freewheelin hipsters,you will be when you surrender to my ample chassis Sound of Fat Chicks ,laughing maniacally, FC1:”Dolores,did you see the look on their faces!” FC2:”I do hope we didn’t scare them too much!”(both laugh maniacally) FC1:”Hey,there goes another one,shall we?” FC2:”Oh yes,lets do!”

about

Originally released in 2001.

Clare Moore is the drummer for the mistLY, and has played with Dave Graney in their bands The Coral Snakes, The RDGS and Moodists since 1978.
She also has her own band (with Kaye Patterson) called the DAMES and plays drums in Harry Howard and the NDE.

Clare started playing music in the early 70’s as a drummer at Rock Masses in Adelaide, which were organised by Australia’s singing nun, Sister JanetMead. Sister Janet hit the top of the charts with her version of the Lord’s Prayer. Clare remembers suited, sunglassed A&R men coming to the school trying to entice Janet to go on the road. Clare then spent time playing in avant-garde rock bands around Adelaide before teaming up with Dave Graney and Steve Miller at the age of 16 to form The Moodists. This band, contemporaries of The Go-Betweens, The Birthday Party and The Triffids, spent most of their career in London and Europe.

In 1988, Clare returned to Australia and spent the next decade as the driving force behind Dave Graney And The Coral Snakes, and then the Dave Graney Show, playing, writing, arranging, tour managing and eventually co-producing the music.
Now Clare is branching out on her own with her own stories to tell. The Third Woman is Clare’s debut solo album. Her songs are stories too, from the homely tale of two crosswalk attendants falling in love on opposite sides of the road ("Lollypop Man"), to the fantastic vision of Clare playing in a bar on a distant asteroid ("Sirens Call To Arms"). Hers is a voice that is sometimes exotic, sometimes prosaic, but always truly distinctive.
Musically the record provides nods of appreciation in many different directions, from the sounds of 80’s synth-pop, to the grumpy romanticism of Serge Gainsbourg, to the gritty country of Bobby Gentry (whose version of Mose Allison’s “Parchman Farm” is covered here), to the sweeping soundtracks of John Barry. All eleven tracks were produced and played almost entirely by Clare (the only other players being Bill Miller and Dave Graney, who each
contribute a little guitar).
Special attention should be drawn to the album’s closing track, “Yes! Fat Chicks”, although really it draws attention to itself. If Mad Max had been written by Germaine Greer, John Waters and Valerie Solanas and produced for ABC Radio, it might have gone a little like this. “Yes! Fat Chicks” is the tale of two lusty women on the open road, preying on unsuspecting suburban P-Platers. There has been nothing like it before, and there will be nothing like it again, for “Yes! Fat Chicks” will go down in history as the most bizarre and compelling song ever recorded!

credits

released August 14, 2014

clare moore- drums, keyboards, sequencing.
acoustic guitar and ebow by bill miller
acoustic and electric guitar - dave graney

cover art by tony mahony
guest vocals on "yes fat chicks" by Val Levkowicz and Adam Rhodes.

All songs written by Clare Moore , (C) Mushroom Music, excepting “Parchman Farm” which is by Mose Allison
Engineered by Adam Rhodes and Clare Moore at The Ponderosa
Mixed by Bill Miller ,Leanne Ibell and Clare Moore at Pink Noise Audio
Mastered by Bill Miller at Duffield Kenihan
Cover Art Tony Mahony
Produced arranged, written and played by Clare Moore

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clare moore Melbourne, Australia

Clare Moore played with the Moodists from 1978 to 1986. Then played with the Dave Graney and White Buffaloes/Coral Snakes from 1987-1997.

She currently in THE DAMES and with dave graney and the mistLY.

She also plays in Harry Howard and the NDEand the Ukeladies.

In 2013 she released THE DAMES The album was mixed by legendary UK musician Barry Adamson.
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