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The Man Who Used To Be On TV

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Remastered track, also included on the CD edition of Heavy Weather.

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The Man Who Used To Be On TV I’m the man who used to be on TV You could see my face each day for free Now wherever I go and whatever I say People look at me in a familiar way They say I know who you used to be Meet the man who used to be on TV I’m the man who used to be on TV Everybody wanted to have a piece of me I sat down in a chair with the lights in my eyes The cameras circled around while I spoke my mind Now no-one minds at all I’m off the screen Meet the man who used to be on TV I used to talk about the world in a popular way But after a while I had nothing to say And the only one who was surprised was me Meet the man who used to be on TV I’m the man who used to be on TV...

Copyright © ℗ Greg Williams 1999

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from Splurge, released January 1, 1999
Greg Williams: singing, rhythm guitars, tambourine
Neville Hill: electric guitars, bass, electric sitar
Greg Arnold: harmony singing, bass, electric guitars, piano, hammond
Owen Smythe: drums, percussion

Produced and arranged by Splurge.
Recorded and mixed by David McCluney at Atlantis,
except the basic tracks for I Can’t Live With Anyone But You and Inside This Skin and too-many-to-mention guitar overdubs, which were done by the band up at The Cabin in Hall’s Gap.
Mastered by Michael Hepworth at Atlantis.
Song by Greg Williams, Control, Greg Arnold, Rondor.
Artwork by Splurge Multimedia. Cover pic by Greg. Guitar pic by Owen.

Unauthorised public performance, broadcasting and copying of these recordings is prohibited.
All rights of the record producer and owner of the work reserved © ℗ Greg Williams 1999.

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Splurge Australia

Splurge is to quote MOJO magazine “a song-packing Melbourne four-piece” that has released three albums—Splurge (1999), Heavy Weather (2002) and The Cure For The Cure (2007). MOJO heard the ghost of Lennon in the way “they rock, they play it gentle, they deliver the hooks” and in songwriter Greg Williams’ “expressive and emotionally direct” voice are echoes of Grant McLennon and Steve Kilbey. ... more

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