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START THINKING
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Our government is putting forward the proposed plan for Australian and in deed South Australia to become the dumping ground for the worlds spent uranium. This is a decision that once made is irrevocable and any adverse consequence of such a project
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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.
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Genre
Rock Rock General
Charts
Peak #141
Peak in subgenre #41
Author
Susan Craig, Mark Simpkin, Clive Pollard
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Susan Craig, Mark Simpkin, Clive Pollard
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July 06, 2018
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MP3 4.9 MB 160 kbps 4:15
Story behind the song
Our government is putting forward the proposed plan for Australian and in deed South Australia to become the dumping ground for the worlds spent uranium. This is a decision that once made is irrevocable and any adverse consequence of such a project would be catastrophic and literally with us to the end of time. Start thinking is designed to create the awareness in our community, start discussion and make the point that we can change our future, today. The song has been written from “a person in the future”, looking back at us asking us what were you thinking, giving us the opportunity to change the course of events, now. When considering how to communicate this, our national anthem came into mind. ‘Advance Australia Fair.” My take on this is that whatever plans we make as a nation, must advance our country in the best way possible. So, I’ve manipulated the words in the first verse of the anthem, in the bridge of the song: “You had golden soil and natures gifts not to spoil. With beauty so rich and life so rare. In history’s stag, did you blot the page. Or did you advance Australia fair?” “Click your ruby slippers now, take me home and I’ll show you how to start thinking, start thinking of me.” Refers to Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, where she clicks here ruby slippers and wants to go home. In doing this it helps us to identify that people in the future are real. We have seen Dorothy on the screen, we can visualize her. We speak of future generations, but we really need to see somebody in the flesh, someone like Dorothy - who just wanted to go back, go home and lucky for her she could. Australia has so much to offer the world. We are fast becoming the ‘food bowl of the world”. Wouldn’t we rather make our living from our rural industry with clean, healthy food, using clean energy resources, rather than become a uranium dumping ground, making Australia “a dirty and dangerous place.”
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