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ZIPPA DEEDOO WHAT IS​/​WAS THAT​/​THIS?

by Dave Graney and the mistLY

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    Artwork by Tony Mahony. Digipak with booklet.

    Dave Graney, vocals, electric, acoustic guitars, bass, autoharp, occasional keys
    Clare Moore, drums, vibes, marimba, percussion, keys, melodica, backing vocals Stuart Perera, electric guitar, backing vocals
    Stu Thomas, bass, backing vocals.
    Tracks 1-3 and 5-7 and 12-13 recorded over two days in in July 2018 at Soundpark Studios in Melbourne, Australia and
    engineered by Andrew “Idge” Hehir. Track 4 built up from a live track recorded at Smiths in Canberra October 2018. Robin Casinader guests on synth.
    ULTRAKEEF mixed by Andrew “Idge” Hehir and Your Masters mixed by Henry Wagons. All others recorded and mixed by Dave Graney and Clare Moore at the Ponderosa during 2018. Mastered by Greg Wadley December 2018.
    Cover art by Tony Mahony.
    All songs written by Dave Graney. Copyright Control, except for ULTRAKEEF and IS THAT WHAT YOU DID? which have words by Dave Graney and
    music by Clare Moore, Stu Thomas, Stuart Perera and Dave Graney.

    ZIPPA DEEDOO WHAT IS/WAS THAT/THIS? (The title comes from the chorus of “Song Of Life” ) is a classic rock’n’roll album. Classic if you lived through what has become known as ”the classic rock era” as it rolled out new and even broke onto the beachhead and morphed into punk. That’s the direction Dave Graney and Clare Moore have always been coming from. They have spent their lives schooled by and immersed in rock ‘n’ roll culture. Neither attended higher education and they dived in deep and kept swimming. From the Moodists through the Coral Snakes /White Buffaloes to the mistLY
    This is an album with their band, Dave Graney and the mistLY. Stuart Perera has played guitar with them since 1998 and Stu Thomas on bass since 2004.

    Out of Melbourne, Australia. Album number 33 (approx.) from Graney and Moore

    From the homage to the silhouette of the baddest droog that ever threw shade on both Life, Death and breakfast – ULTRAKEEF, to the “sou’westing ballroom jam” that is the eight minute plus “Is That What You Did?” through the soft fusion chordal folding trick that is “Where’s My Buzz?” through the attitude that speaks truth to all on the solo “You’re All Wrong” and the badass female geist of “Gloria Grahame”, it’s an album steeped in lore, myth and musical language as much as lyric power. Graney’s voice is up in the mix and the guitars, drums and bass have real tension, energy and bounce. Plenty of space, too.
    There are eight songs done thirteen ways. Trembling blues, sliding guitar guitars and infinite grooves. Clean sounds and yacht rock nods. There is wise blood flowing through “Song Of Life” and “Your Masters”. (The latter being a re-recording of a song originally realized in 1998 with the Dave Graney Show). There are many alternate takes and versions.
    Eight songs thirteen ways.
    What Is that?
    What Was This?
    The album begins with the post heist-gone-wrong confessional “Baby I Wish I’d Been A Better Pop Star”. A song that’s never been written before.

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1.
baby I wish I’d been a better popstar wish I’d known when it started/I would’ve gone without more/would’ve stayed inside I would’ve stayed in shape I could’ve been even more of a bastard/I could’ve really settled some scores stayed low/kept my head down/picked my moments/kept my powder dry and then BAM! baby I wish I’d been a better popstar cleaner! I was so messy/nothin’ but trouble I should’ve showed up/had my act together/showed some respect for the room baby I wish I’d been a better popstar I could be dead by now/it’d be all over/you could be on your fourth or fifth I blew it baby! I screwed up!when it was time to shine I wasn’t shiny I should’ve stayed on message/I shoulda repeat myself/repeat I shoulda known it was on! baby I wish I’d been a better popstar
2.
Song Of Life 04:29
yeah starin’ out from my cot/back where I started/where it began/where it stops meet everybody by the age of ten/you search for those cats again all your life/ faces in the street/you put ‘em to the lens try everything on in your teens even though so much is down to your jeans never knew such plenty in your twenties/get real sentimental in your thirties get awful mean in your forties/get even better in your fifties then you better find somethin’ else to do song of life ZIPPA DEEDOO what is/was that/this? yeah, chucked all my toys out/here I am then/back where I started song of life
3.
ULTRAKEEF 05:46
Fuck you day /fuck you time of day fuck you breakfast/fuck you food/ fuck you mealtime/fuck you bedtime fuck you Dartford/fuck you London fuck you England/fuck you France hello D-O-P-E hello dope hello B-O-O-Z-E hello booze hello Bentley/hello guns ‘n’ knives ‘n’ kohl kohl for my eyes goodbye Brian/hello Anita/sorry Anita/zzzzzzzzz fuck you old man/fuck you young girl fuck you Mick/kiss me Charlie fuck you Canada (Toronto)/fuck you Australia hello Jamaica/hello Walter Raleigh and Henry Morgan fuck you life/fuck you death
4.
Gloria Grahame/manifest/manifestly/manifesto/ Nicholas Ray/take off your eye patch/give us a spray/Nicholas Ray I got this gun in your eye/I got this gun in your eye/fuck or die hashtag rebel/of course/hashtag me too whatcha gonna do? you put me In A Lonely Place and made me love the killer/fuck or die a jug of boiling coffeee freestyle to the face/fuck or die Gloria Grahame/manifest/manifestly/manifesto Nicholas Ray/take off your eye patch/give us a spray/Nicholas Ray I got this gun in your eye/I got this gun in your eye/fuck or die where’s your son been? where’s your son been?
5.
Your Masters 03:56
Your masters must be pleased with you/your superiors must be happy/ you’ve explained us to them/takin’ care not to identify yourself with us you know they’ll never let you in Your masters must be pleased with you/your superiors must be happy they know you’re not one of them/they know you’re not one of us you know they’ll never let you in
6.
Is that what you did?that thing that you’re doin’?I heard about stuff you did but never seen this thing is that what you did?is that what you did?is that it? the man from the museum was passin’ through town/he said “I ain’t comin’ in unless I get it in print that you’ll be doin’ what you did/is that what you did?Is that what you did? should I know? I just gotta know is that what you did?this thing that you’re doin’?is that it? I just gotta know
7.
Where’s my buzz?where’s my buzz? I walked in here/like I rolled/my head was tight/my tongue was thick/my eyeballs were warm and full my voice was burred/where’s my buzz?/where’s all the talk?it’s worse/where’s the window? the hot window for me/where’s my buzz? everybody else flew outta the blocks/I need my time to come/soon/where’s my buzz? I left it around here/I remember now/where’s my buzz?I paid my dues!?nothings happenin’! I should be feelin’ it by now! where’s my buzz?my signature moment/my viral clip/my theme! where’s my buzz?
8.
You’re all wrong/just you/not everybody/but all of you/you’re all wrong I see a spectrum under you/that’s a nice way of sayin’ you’re on it/you’re all wrong/you’re all wrong you’re all wrong/you’re not right/you don’t feel us feel you/you’re all wrong you’re all wrong/ok/everybody/that’s the way you’re gonna hear this/you’re all wrong you’re all wrong/nah/just you/but all of you/you’re all wrong you’re all wrong/your nose/your smell/your walk/your words/your voice/your vibe/you’re all wrong
9.
baby I wish I’d been a better popstar wish I’d known when it started/I would’ve gone without more/would’ve stayed inside I would’ve stayed in shape I could’ve been even more of a bastard/I could’ve really settled some scores stayed low/kept my head down/picked my moments/kept my powder dry and then BAM! baby I wish I’d been a better popstar cleaner! I was so messy/nothin’ but trouble I should’ve showed up/had my act together/showed some respect for the room baby I wish I’d been a better popstar I could be dead by now/it’d be all over/you could be on your fourth or fifth I blew it baby! I screwed up!when it was time to shine I wasn’t shiny I should’ve stayed on message/I shoulda repeat myself/repeat I shoulda known it was on! baby I wish I’d been a better popsta
10.
yeah starin’ out from my cot/back where I started/where it began/where it stops meet everybody by the age of ten/you search for those cats again all your life/ faces in the street/you put ‘em to the lens try everything on in your teens even though so much is down to your jeans never knew such plenty in your twenties/get real sentimental in your thirties get awful mean in your forties/get even better in your fifties then you better find somethin’ else to do song of life ZIPPA DEEDOO what is/was that/this? yeah, chucked all my toys out/here I am then/back where I started song of life
11.
Gloria Grahame/manifest/manifestly/manifesto/ Nicholas Ray/take off your eye patch/give us a spray/Nicholas Ray I got this gun in your eye/I got this gun in your eye/fuck or die hashtag rebel/of course/hashtag me too whatcha gonna do? you put me In A Lonely Place and made me love the killer/fuck or die a jug of boiling coffeee freestyle to the face/fuck or die Gloria Grahame/manifest/manifestly/manifesto Nicholas Ray/take off your eye patch/give us a spray/Nicholas Ray I got this gun in your eye/I got this gun in your eye/fuck or die where’s your son been? where’s your son been?
12.
Is that what you did?that thing that you’re doin’?I heard about stuff you did but never seen this thing is that what you did?is that what you did?is that it? the man from the museum was passin’ through town/he said “I ain’t comin’ in unless I get it in print that you’ll be doin’ what you did/is that what you did?Is that what you did? should I know? I just gotta know is that what you did?this thing that you’re doin’?is that it? I just gotta know
13.
Where’s my buzz?where’s my buzz? I walked in here/like I rolled/my head was tight/my tongue was thick/my eyeballs were warm and full my voice was burred/where’s my buzz?/where’s all the talk?it’s worse/where’s the window? the hot window for me/where’s my buzz? everybody else flew outta the blocks/I need my time to come/soon/where’s my buzz? I left it around here/I remember now/where’s my buzz?I paid my dues!?nothings happenin’! I should be feelin’ it by now! where’s my buzz?my signature moment/my viral clip/my theme! where’s my buzz?

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ZIPPA DEEDOO WHAT IS/WAS THAT/THIS? (The title comes from the chorus of “Song Of Life” ) is a classic rock’n’roll album. Classic if you lived through what has become known as ”the classic rock era” as it rolled out new and even broke onto the beachhead and morphed into punk. That’s the direction Dave Graney and Clare Moore have always been coming from. They have spent their lives schooled by and immersed in rock ‘n’ roll culture. Neither attended higher education and they dived in deep and kept swimming. From the Moodists through the Coral Snakes /White Buffaloes to the mistLY
This is an album with their band, Dave Graney and the mistLY. Stuart Perera has played guitar with them since 1998 and Stu Thomas on bass since 2004.

Out of Melbourne, Australia. Album number 33 (approx.) from Graney and Moore

From the homage to the silhouette of the baddest droog that ever threw shade on both Life, Death and breakfast – ULTRAKEEF, to the “sou’westing ballroom jam” that is the eight minute plus “Is That What You Did?” through the soft fusion chordal folding trick that is “Where’s My Buzz?” through the attitude that speaks truth to all on the solo “You’re All Wrong” and the badass female geist of “Gloria Grahame”, it’s an album steeped in lore, myth and musical language as much as lyric power. Graney’s voice is up in the mix and the guitars, drums and bass have real tension, energy and bounce. Plenty of space, too.
There are eight songs done thirteen ways. Trembling blues, sliding guitar guitars and infinite grooves. Clean sounds and yacht rock nods. There is wise blood flowing through “Song Of Life” and “Your Masters”. (The latter being a re-recording of a song originally realized in 1998 with the Dave Graney Show). There are many alternate takes and versions.
Eight songs thirteen ways.
What Is that?
What Was This?
The album begins with the post heist-gone-wrong confessional “Baby I Wish I’d Been A Better Pop Star”. A song that’s never been written before.

ZIPPA DEEDOO

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released March 29, 2019

Dave Graney, vocals, electric, acoustic guitars, bass, autoharp, occasional keys
Clare Moore, drums, vibes, marimba, percussion, keys, melodica, backing vocals Stuart Perera, electric guitar, backing vocals
Stu Thomas, bass, backing vocals.
Tracks 1-3 and 5-7 and 12-13 recorded over two days in in July 2018 at Soundpark Studios in Melbourne, Australia and
engineered by Andrew “Idge” Hehir. Track 4 built up from a live track recorded at Smiths in Canberra October 2018. Robin Casinader guests on synth.
ULTRAKEEF mixed by Andrew “Idge” Hehir and Your Masters mixed by Henry Wagons. All others recorded and mixed by Dave Graney and Clare Moore at the Ponderosa during 2018. Mastered by Greg Wadley December 2018.
Cover art by Tony Mahony.
All songs written by Dave Graney. Copyright Control, except for ULTRAKEEF and IS THAT WHAT YOU DID? which have words by Dave Graney and
music by Clare Moore, Stu Thomas, Stuart Perera and Dave Graney.

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From Melbourne, Australia.
Dave Graney and Clare Moore were once in the Moodists, singer and drummer respectively.Then there was the Coral Snakes and and now Dave Graney and the mistLY.
Stu Thomas on bass since 2004 and Stuart Perera on guitar since 1998
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