Peacock's Tale Musical Storytelling ( @PeacocksTaleFolkIndieDuo ) is the final iteration of an artistic (and teaching) career spent trying to make art as part of a combined arts collective. I was never quite able to square the circle of (a) the thrill of artists from different disciplines working together with (b) their temperamental predisposition against team work. I suspect you don't have to be married for 40 years first but it helps. Anyway, while as PTMS we focus our combined arts mainly on musical storytelling, a part of me still wants to go out as a full blown multi-arts collective called Wasted On You Lot. If we did, Metal, filmed at UEA near the Sainsbury Centre, would be our first performing installation.
Find the text of the poem, an alternative film and a digital download of the audio here - https://peacocks-tale.bandcamp.com/tr...
September 26, 2024
September 20, 2024
Walk on the Wild Side
Holly came from Miami, FLAHitch-hiked her way across the USAPlucked her eyebrows along the wayShaved her legs and then he was a she
They said, "Hey, babeTake a walk on the wild side"I said, "Hey, babeTake a walk on the wild side"Alright
Candy came from out on the IslandIn the back room she was everybody's darlingBut she never once lost her headEven when she was giving head
She said, "Hey, babeTake a walk on the wild side"I said, "Hey, CandyTake a walk on the wild side"And the colored girls go
"Doo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-dooDoo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-dooDoo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-dooDoo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-doo
Doo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-dooDoo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-dooDoo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-dooDoo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-doo"
Little Joe never once gave it awayEverybody had to pay and payA hustle here and a hustle thereNew York City's the place
Where you said, "Hey, JoeTake a walk on the wild side"I said, "Hey, babyTake a walk on the wild side"
Sugar Plum Fairy came down and hit the streetsLooking for soul food and for a place to eatWent to the ApolloYou should've seen them go, go, go
They said, "Hey, sugarTake a walk on the wild side"I said, "Hey, babeTake a walk on the wild side"AlrightHuh
Jackie, she is just speeding awayShe thought she was James Dean for a dayBut then you know that she had to crashValium would have helped that bash
She said, "Hey, JackieTake a walk on the wild side"I said, "Hey, babeTake a walk on the wild side"And the colored girls go
"Doo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-dooDoo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-dooDoo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-dooDoo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-doo
Doo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-dooDoo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-dooDoo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-dooDoo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-doo
Doo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-dooDoo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-dooDoo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-dooDoo, do-doo, do-doo, do-do-doo"
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