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Boredom Aphrodesiac

from all this you shall have by The Spreewells

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A song inspired by waiting for Pete Doherty to show up to a gig once.

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Boredom Aphrodesiac

Will our hero show or will he get a better invitation
The press are here and poised between contempt and celebration
A bookie'd win himself a house in the country taking bets on our fine friend
There's a stir from the room at the back of the club but then it dies back down and then
We fill our glasses
And settle in again

And everybody is feeling the urge to take someone up to their bed
The boredom aphrodisiac plays havoc with
Your alcoholic head

This one says she knew him in another incarnation
That one knew his sister back at university station
The Byron of our era isn't bound by normal ties
The spirit of the artist manifests itself in the eyes
Pecking at your phone
As the battery begins to die

And all the crowd are feeling the urge to take someone up to their bed
The boredom aphrodisiac plays havoc with
Their alcoholic heads

The Byron of our era isn't bound by normal ties
The spirit of the artist manifests itself in the eyes
Refill your glasses
Don't believe the lies

All the crowd are feeling the urge to take someone up to their bed
The boredom aphrodisiac plays havoc with their heads
Then all at once our hero lumbers out onto the boards
We bellow our affection
As he strums a chord, grinning like a lord

[Lyrics copyright Richard Wittman 2018]

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from all this you shall have, released October 26, 2018
Richard Wittman: vocals, rhythm guitar
Jeff Gross: lead guitar
Mike Ball: bass
Milo Todesco: drums

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The Spreewells Los Angeles, California

The Spreewells make angular energetic music about the modern world. Their name evokes the savage beauty of a certain 1990s NBA star and the noble river that flows through a delicious foreign city. We are: Richard Wittman (voice, rhythm guitar), Jeff Gross (lead guitar; sometimes bass), & Mike Ball (bass; sometimes lead guitar). Drums were played by Milo Todesco and, on Marginalia, by Joel Joseph. ... more

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