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Pippi's Song
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ABOUT THE SONG Pippi Longstocking is a fictitious young girl in a series of books from the 1940’s by the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Pippi is red haired, freckled, unconventional and superhumanly strong. She is eloquently potent with her wo
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ORIGINAL ROCK, POP & BLUES......PEACE & LOVE ...... SIMPLE
WHAT DO WE DO? MOSS is a five-piece rock band that pumps it out with songs of social and political conscience. “Modern day griots” with a sound that gives a “hat tip to the seventies”. With decades of experience, you’ll hear the road in their music delivering something very unique in today’s contemporary music scene. Unapologetically a square peg in a round hole. Imagine; “Midnight Oil meets the Aztecs at Sunbury” WHO ARE WE? Suzie Craig: Lead singer Mark Simpkin: Guitar / Backing Vocals Ian (NED) Kelly: Guitar, Keyboards / Backing Vocals Justin Wynn: Bass Guitar Dave Anthony: Drums / Backing Vocals WHAT DO THEY SAY ABOUT US? “Their performance interwove inspired lyrics with visuals and performance.The excellent songwriting of MOSS goes straight to core of what is happening in our times. They are the modern day griots of the Western world .. They epitomise the creative act of hope.. I would highly recommend supporting this band. They are highly creative, collaborative, and what they are saying is worth listening to.” Ref; Naomi Ebert Smith, Co-Chair, Graham F Smith Peace Foundation “Moss writes and performs songs that have a little more to them than the steady diet of regurgitated emotional claptrap” Ref: John Schumann; Composer, Performer & Writer “MOSS’s forte is in writing songs that attract our attention then resonate with us every time we hear them familiar, effective styles coupled with uniquely presented sentiments of consequence inspiring us to contemplate as we’re tapping our feet. This is how a band stands out in this industry.” Jac Dalton “. Modern music as art with a message has a place in our nation and Moss may be at the forefront of this movement” Ref: Peter Withy; Marketing consultant and co-founder of KWP! “.Projected images behind the band illustrate the subject matter of most of the songs and guide you through their journey. The music has an unapologetic hat tip to the 70’s. No bad thing and their sound and show are big enough for any arena.” Ref: Pete McLaughlin; Owner of Distillery Studios, Adelaide and veteran of the London music scene.
Song Info
Genre
Rock Rock General
Charts
Peak #171
Peak in subgenre #47
Author
Susan Craig / Mark Simpkin / Ian Kelly
Rights
Copyright 2019 Craig/Simpkin/Kelly
Uploaded
November 30, 2023
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MP3 11.0 MB 320 kbps 4:34
Story behind the song
ABOUT THE SONG Pippi Longstocking is a fictitious young girl in a series of books from the 1940’s by the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Pippi is red haired, freckled, unconventional and superhumanly strong. She is eloquently potent with her words, especially to adults who are unreasonable, pompous and condescending. Warm hearted, compassionate, generous, clever and witty to the point of besting grown-ups in conversation; which threatened the village men’ who stooped so low to be abusive about her looks, the way she dressed and her character. Pippi refuses to conform as to what a child should be and is passionate about animals and the environment and will defend those less fortunate and when encountered by bullies, she’ll put them in the trees! Sound like someone we have come to know? Greta Thunberg. The humanity, benevolence and unconventional character of both Pippi and Greta are astonishing similar.
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VERSE Pippi’s come to town A suitcase full of gold The strongest girl in the world. Made friends with the kids next door Then found a million more. You superpowers now unfurled VERSE And they attack your freckles, They attack your tattered clothes The village men see you disturbed But they’re the bullies And you are warm and wise Besting grown ups with your words CHORUS Your liberty force, it won’t stop now You started a fire and it’s burning wild Tommy and Annika are proud of you You said hello to the world with your child SOLO VERSE Look out here they come To make you cry and run But you put the bullies in the trees You tell your stories They’ll tell you tales and lies You stare them down with ease CHORUS Your liberty force, it won’t stop now You started a fire and it’s burning wild Tommy and Annika are proud of you You captured the world with your child You captured the world with your child You captured the world with your child
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