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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    This debut solo double album features one album of ten original songs and another album, comprising ten covers of Bruce's favourite folk songs.

    Includes unlimited streaming of The Word is the Music the People are the Song via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    A double CD with one CD of original songs and one CD of Bruce's interpretation of the folk songs which inspired him in his youth.

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My take on the superficial 'wokeness' of many inner city folk, around the world, but particularly in my home town of Melbourne.

lyrics

Your inner city cool leaves me freezing
Your well-informed opinions leave me cold
Your passion for Tibet is amusing
And you worry for the planet so I’m told

You enjoy the very best of education
Rising middle incomes are your norm
You travel overseas when takes your fancy
Back packing through favelas is your form

Inner city cool, Inner city fool
Inner city cool, Inner city fool

You proudly boast the best of green credentials
A solar panel sits atop your roof
You ride a bike and avoid popular culture
Football’s so beneath you, that’s the proof

You’ll never know real pain that comes from working
Yet tradies cop the brunt of your disdain
Reality TV is for the masses
Your ipad news and such is your domain

Inner city cool, Inner city fool
Inner city cool, Inner city fool

Violence on the streets you find so shocking
In the inner city lanes you call your own
You despise all the weekend bogan touros
While the factories they once worked is now your home

As for me, I’m a latte sipping lefty
Who agrees at heart with much of what you said
‘cept my heart lies with those banished to the suburbs
A touch green, but my blood flows dripping red

Inner city cool
Inner city fool

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from The Word is the Music the People are the Song, track released August 26, 2020
Words and music by Bruce Hearn

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Bruce Hearn Melbourne, Australia

Bruce Hearn has fronted the iconic Melbourne ska band, Strange Tenants, since 1981, with a back catalogue of 8 albums.
At heart however, he is a masterful singer/song writer, guitarist, banjo and harmonica player, and 2020 sees him releasing not one, but 2 double albums of original and iconic folk songs. His motto has always been 'if you don't stand for something, you stand for nothing'! ... more

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