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Bohemian Suburb Rhapsody

by New Waver

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1.
Hey Dude (free) 03:56
Hey dude, don’t make it bad Take a sad suburb, and make it better Remember to let it into your heart We need your art to make it better Hey dude, don’t be afraid Move into this low-status neighbourhood The minute you walk around looking hip Then you begin to make it better And every time we raise the rent, hey dude, relent You carry investments on your shoulders Enthusiastically organize events And decorate retail strips with posters Hey dudes, don’t let us down We allowed you to rent our suburb The minute you open up a cafe You start to drive our house prices upwards We let it out so you move in, hey dudes, begin Exhibit your work in this old warehouse Don’t forget to spread the vibe among your tribe Then we can convert it to a sharehouse Hey dude, don’t you delay Get creative in this old neighbourhood The minute the area’s looking hip We’ll throw you out, and rent it to bankers Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha …
2.
My memory-stick weighs a ton Unfinished papers, a novel, an idea for a film A budget spreadsheet from work, I'll finish tonight in bed A PhD that will be written but not read Yeah my memory-stick weighs a ton Conference proceedings I hope to read before too long Season four of the Wire, I'm still working my way through Experimental improv downloaded but not listened to My memory-stick weighs a ton I need a big one We're churning out files faster than they're consumed I wonder if anybody's still making buildings and food? My memory-stick weighs a ton Song lyrics that ain't quite finished ... Art magazine back issues in pdf format Compilation of fifty obscure indie tracks That's why my memory-stick weighs a ton I've got a big one Doing my duty, it's getting hard to keep up White-collar culture is overflowing my cup Every dude in zone one has become a media star Not many getting paid - supply exceeds demand
3.
Inner City Drug Use (free) 02:50
Ooh you make me live Whatever this world can do to me It's you, you're all that I need Ooh you're making me live now coffee Ooh you make me live You're the best friend that I ever had Been with me such a long time You're my sunshine I do the same things every day of my life I know you will too You're my best friend Ooh you make me live When I've been running around I come right back to you In rain or shine, you're there on the sink, ready You're my best friend Ooh you make me live Whenever this world is cruel to me I got you to help me forgive Ooo you make me live now junk food Ooo you make me live You're the first one When I'm feeling down I know I'll never be lonely You're my only one And I love the thing I really love the thing that you do You're my best friend Ooh you make me live Ooh you're my best friend
4.
I dug the Birthday Party, idolized Nick Cave Evangelized their music, converted all my mates The revolution fizzled, working is my fate They've sold us Bad Seeds records ever since on Triple-J Media I gave you all the best years of my life Facebook, MySpace, Mess and Noise for several hours a night I spend my time convincing folk to pay rock stars attention I can't afford to rent a room for my record collection I go to arthouse cinemas several nights a week I blog about the classics and buy the DVDs Directors don't know who I am, or care that I exist But I defend their work for hours at parties when I'm pissed Media I gave you all the best years of my life I tell the world about you on social network sites When I'm not consuming you, I'm telling others to And wishing I could hang around the people who make you
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We rocked for anarchy, to stick it to the man We'd bring down the upper classes - that was our plan We all moved to Fitzroy when it was a dump Our creative energy reversed a real estate slump Now it's cool to live round here - everyone is copying us Don't you remember? We built this suburb on indie rock! We stopped the wrecking ball, campaigned to save the trees Transformed unused store fronts into galleries Ran cafes and venues, opened funky shops Made it cool for guys in suits to live near our tram stops Landlord's putting up the ramp - the revolution seems to have flopped Don't the remember? We built this suburb on indie pop! We moved out to Brunswick - now it's value grows Northcote's worth a billion - onto Broadmeadows You'd hope that by now, we'd have learned our lesson Please come to the opening of my micro-gallery in Preston Now I'm 45 and broke - my young landlord is into techno Don't he remember? We built this suburb on indie rock

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New Waver's concept EP about the Australian inner city.

Videos:

"Hey Dude" at youtu.be/ev5abK63DGE

"We Built This Suburb on Indie Rock" at youtu.be/FbUsz296ovg

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released March 1, 2010

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