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Why am I so beautiful?
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A hilarious song written by my friend Max Born
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Hi folks. I have added a lot of videos recently. Please take a look!
Hi folks, This site acts as a personal archive of my work. So you'll find my best recordings here as well as some pretty crappy ones. The earliest recordings here were made on simple cassette decks, others were made on mobile phones, some are live recordings made at various gigs over the years, a handful were made in small recording studios, but most of the more recent ones were made at home on a Zoom portable studio, which itself is now rather ancient! If you like a song and want to download it, click on 'Full song info' for that song and you will see the download link. You can also read the lyrics and any background information on the songs that I may have added. All my music is available for free - enjoy :) cheers, Charles
Song Info
Charts
Peak #181
Peak in subgenre #44
Author
Max Born
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Max Born
Uploaded
August 22, 2008
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MP3 4.0 MB 128 kbps 4:23
Story behind the song
Max became a movie star for a while when he was chosen to play the part of Gitone in Federico Fellini's film 'Fellini - Satyricon' that came out in 1969. We lived near each other in London for a few years and spent a fair amount of time together hanging out and jamming. Holland Park was one of our favourite haunts. Max wrote a number of classic songs around that time including this one - a favourite of mine. Max was indeed very beautiful in his film role. This recording was made in my Shepherd's Bush flat one stoned night in 1973. Max, our mutual friend Mark, and myself all play guitar. Max sings the lead vocal and I'm on the harmonica. The picture shows Max as Gitone. Max now lives in Mallorca and is still writing excellent songs.
Lyrics
Why am I so beautiful? Can it be these lovely legs of mine? Why am I so beautiful? Why am I so divine? Why am I so beautiful? Can it be the way that I shine? Oh I'm so beautiful I send shivers up and down my spine! (repeat as often as necessary :)
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