Merde! Mon Dieu! (Absinthe! Sacrebleu!)

from WhaDitIz by Steampunk Funk Bizarre/Lord MontyJacques III

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Absinthe was protested by European conservatives as early as the late 1800s. (For years its consumption exceeded wine consumption in France.) It was oft cited as the cause of any number of societies ills and as "proof" studies were done by "learned experts". Of course, there were no "control groups" and the only persons utilized in the studies were (already convicted) murderers, the insane, child molesters, wife beaters and my Great Great Uncle Maurice Finklepott. Many notable people ("Bohemians") drank absinthe (I name many of them in the lyrics) but I don't think "the learned experts" ever interviewed them...it may have skewed the end results... except for Uncle Maurice....he was the poster child for their cause... the shame of it all.

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Merde! Mon Dieu! Absinthe! Sacrebleu! (X 4)

Diamond dogs! Lecherous men!
Crime rates spiral up without controls
Physical ills, social blights rock us to the bottom of our souls
There is a cause as we all know, soaking into image ridden brains
Psychotic visions, bursts of light~we've GOT to know, I ask you
Who's to blame?

what is this curse that is so foul, causing minds to wither and decay
She looks so pretty... innocent... Its that evil vicious bitch
That little green fée

Merde! Mon Dieu! Absinthe! Sacrebleu! (X 4)

Luminaries of the day inside the Moulin Rouge
Dripping water, sugar cubes, looking for the louche
Brilliant men their minds obsessed with creative thought
Here's the names and you'll see
That absinthe's not for naught

Oscar Wilde and Van Gogh, Manet, Edgar Allen Poe
Arthur Rimbaud, Hemmingway
Bohemia is on display
Jules Verne, LaTrec Talouse
Picture that!! No thoughts obtuse
Paul Gauguin, Edgar Degas
Artists painting near and far
They had style, no disgrace
Creative minds all in their place
Pablo, Charles, n'est pas c'est tout?
Eric Satie, nous aimons vous

Gentlemen with wormwood minds
Brilliant in their thought designs
What shall we do? Fée verte's no rogue
LETS GO FOR DRINKS! Absinthe is VOGUE!

Merde! Mon Dieu! Absinthe! Sacrebleu! (X 4)

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from WhaDitIz, released May 4, 2012
vocals/rap: Lord MontyJacques III
lyrics: ars
music/production: Michael Perrotta

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Steampunk Funk Bizarre/Lord MontyJacques III

International purveyor of Victorian Funk, Rap and assorted lyrical conundrums, Monty mixes Victorian subject matter with danceable funk backbeat. He has created an entirely new Steampunk sound that offers a delicious confection of funk, soul and just plain fun! American based, Steampunk Chronicles' "Person to Watch/2013" has toured the UK, DE, Holland, Luxemburg, NZ with lots more to come! ... more

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