The Berlin Girl

from Audience With Myself by Steve Hovington

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B-movie have played in Germany many times although funnily enough never Berlin. Thanks to Nowhere Girl, we are considered dark wave over there and part of a particular era in music, the alienation expressed in the lyric chiming with that outsider spirit. This song was inspired by a photo of US new wave singer Joy Ryder. She’s one of those people whom I wish I’d met. We’d have hit it off I’m sure. The photo is by the acclaimed photographer Ilse Ruppert whose photography captured the spirit of West Berlin in the mid 80s. The track has a new wave feel with touches of early-eighties electro-pop in there. I wanted it to capture the zeitgeist of an era when music, love and art ruled the world

lyrics

Sunday morning the light is creeping
Through the curtains, she’s wide awake
On the death strip, someone’s shooting
She lights a cigarette plays Roxy Music

These days will never end
She is an exile in this land

Sha-la-la-la She surfed the scene
Sha-la-la-la She rode the wave
Sha-la-la-la All the drinks were free
Sha-la-la-la Tomorrow never came
She was the queen of the world
The Berlin Girl

Sunday evening, the night is waiting
For beautiful losers to take the stage
Sipping vodka and coca cola
She haunts the party like a pretty ghost
These days will never end
She is a stranger in this land

Sha-la-la-la She surfed the scene
Sha-la-la-la she rode the wave
Sha-la-la-la All the drinks were free
Sha-la-la-la tomorrow never came
She was the queen of the world
The Berlin Girl

Those days they had to end
She is forever in this land

Sha-la-la-la She surfed the scene
Sha-la-la-la she rode the wave
Sha-la-la-la All the drinks were free
Sha-la-la-la tomorrow never came
She was the queen of the world
The Berlin Girl

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from Audience With Myself, released March 25, 2022
Steve Hovington - vocals, electric & bass guitars
Keith Phillips - keyboards
Graham Boffey - drums
Bugs - Additional percussion

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Steve Hovington Cambridge, UK

Lead vocalist of the band B-Movie, whose singles are regarded as post-punk classics; his rich baritone being called ‘the quintessential English voice'
In early 2020 before the start of the Covid pandemic, he began recording Audience with Myself. Think Scott Walker, Lou Reed, Leonard Cohen, Lloyd Cole, Richard Hawley & even Serge Gainsbourg. Rich in soaring melodies and evocative lyrics ... more

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