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Road Movie
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Award-winning title track of Woodstock Taylor & The Aliens' debut album, Road Movie, produced by UK blues legend Zoot Money.
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Refreshingly different songs from a truly original critically acclaimed talent. ...a fine balance between rock/pop tradition and inventive lunacy! (GarageBand)
Seduced by your dirty blues and cheesy ballads, compulsive songwriter Woodstock Taylor is on a brief visit to Earth. For the past fifteen years or so she has been churning out an eclectic blend of strangely accessible tunes with proper lyrics. During that time she has had the chance to work with some people she really admires. A bit of a musical chameleon, she's been compared in the press to characters as diverse as Tom Waites, Kirsty MacColl, Edith Piaf, Michelle Shocked and Marianne Faithfull. Really she just sounds like Woodstock Taylor. Recent appearances include the CCA, Glasgow, the Borderline Theatre, Ayr, the Trowse Festival, Norfolk, Wickerman Festival, Dumfries & Galloway, Edinburgh People's Festival, Craigmillar and the Arts For Life Festival, Prince's Street Gardens, Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Based in Edinburgh, has a guitar, will travel.
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Genre
Pop • Dance-Pop
Charts
Peak #195
Peak in subgenre #84
Author
Woodstock Taylor
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Woodstock Taylor
Uploaded
September 06, 2004
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MP3 2.5 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
Story behind the song
Road Movie was originally titled Summer Hysteria because that's the hookline. It's partly about men's fear of female sexuality and it's partly about a stiflingly hot day in Wherever, USA. Ronnie Johnson's moody guitar completely captures the feeling I had in my head when I wrote it. This track was voted runner-up Record Of The Year 2003 by listeners to Radio Six International.
Lyrics
ROAD MOVIE (summer hysteria) ©Woodstock Taylor I was in this hotel in my private hell Waiting for the call-up from a rebel yell Or the start of the ultimate adventure Is that why they sent ya? Waiting for something to happen I was standing at the bar when the man said "Hey, Do you realise the outline of the devil's head Is the same shape as the female genitalia?" And I said "Hey, what can I tell ya?" Waiting for something to happen And the sun shone down on the metal cars Melting their plastic interiors One of those high pressure periods A summer hysteria Well, the man at the bar, he quit polishing his gun And he turned and took the shoulders of his teenage son And said "Let me tell you 'bout winning and losing, son - You gotta never let your fear do the choosing." Waiting for something to happen And the sun shone down on the metal cars Melting their plastic interiors One of those high pressure periods A summer hysteria
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