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The Moon

by Padraig O'Connor

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The Moon is a simple song, inspired initially by a drunk who had smoked too many cigarettes playing a guitar badly, and aggressively shouting at punters outside Ojala in Malasaña where Yass and I were having coffee. "Hay un gato, hay un gato, hay un gato!" (there's a cat). When one girl gave him change he flung it back at her screaming "no quiero tu puto dinero!' (I don't want your f***ing money!)

Somehow this spawned the idea to create a very relaxing childlike song with images in the style of old cinema, where frames would repeat and repeat to form a rudimentary moving picture. What's missing is almost as important as what you hear.

Thanks to inmotion0 for the video, and your patience with all the changes I suggested.

Thanks to Morgan Thunder for your on-point advice.

Thanks to Montse for noticing the skeletons.

Thanks to Victoria for your dulcet tones.

And to Kester Jones for your mixing, producing, mastering and piano and bass-playing expertise.

Thank you all for listening.

And to all the musicians who played on this recording:

The Band of Cloud

Padraig O'Connor: vocals, guitars + glockenspiel
Victoria Bolorinos: vocals
Kester Jones: bass + piano
Jen MacDonald: flute
Paul Hench: drums

Words & Music by Padraig O'Connor
Produced by Kester Jones & Padraig O'Connor

lyrics

There is a house, a house on the hill
There is a cat, a cat sat on the wall

The moon...

There is a boat, the moon is full, the tide is out
There is a bridge, there is a bridge that links the two sides of the town

The moon...

There is a road, the streetlights stretch on down the road
There is a girl, she walks home in the dark

The moon...

There is a tree, the wind blows through the leaves
There is a man, he stands with his head in his hands

The moon...

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released July 3, 2023

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Padraig O'Connor is an Irish singer-songwriter based in Madrid, Spain.

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