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In 1973 Elton John and Bernie Taupin wrote their perennial classic ‘Candle in the Wind’ about a simple lost girl named Norma Jean.
TTT have taken a diametrically opposite approach and celebrated the legend of the ‘Spanish Dancer’ Lola Montez.
Born of a bankrupted family in Sligo Ireland, by the time Eliza Gilbert lifted her skirts at the Theatre Royal in Castlemain she had been the toast (and subsequent scandal) of London & Paris, had bedded Liszt, Dumas, Ludwig the First and possibly George Sand. been married three times, lost a husband and a manager overboard at sea, was convicted of bigamy, lost another lover to a pistol dual, brought about the collapse of the Bavarian Empire and been dubbed countess of Landsfeld.
Depending on wether you prefer to trust the historian or the story teller she hunted down a newspaper editor in Ballarat and flogged him with a horsewhip due to a bad review.
This is a very naughty song and you should not listen to it if you’re Mum is in the room.
Ertha kit sang “whatever Lola wants Lola gets...” well if Lola wanted a warts and all love song to her bad reputation, then she’s got it in spades.

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I don't care what anybody says
I'm in love with Lola Montez

It was the gold rush in Castlemaine I first saw her dance
Her hips were gyrating like there's spiders in her pants
She danced without her panties with her skirts above her hip
and when the press came at her she took at them with a whip

I don't care what anybody says I'm in love with Lola Montez

A Baverian King asked if her tits were real
she tore open her bodice said "Give 'em a feel"
of the many many men who have stood by her side
at least half a dozen have mysteriously died

Call her the Countess
Call her Queen of France
It don't matter if you're dirt poor and Irish
If you know how to dance

Lola Montez
Lola Montez
and I don't care what my maiden aunt says
Lola Montez
Lola Montez
and I don't care what Franz Listz says
I don't care what anybody says
I'm in love with Lola Montez

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from Reduced to Clear, released June 15, 2019

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Trash & The Treasures Melbourne, Australia

Raucous Blues-Punk with outbreaks of danceable harp-powered groove.

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