Paying For It, by Oliver Shaw

Paying For It

by Oliver Shaw

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	1.	Paying For It 04:12
	2.	Hold The Mirror Up 03:51
	3.	Touch Those Stars 03:47
	4.	Surfaces 04:39
	5.	You Do For Me 04:17
	6.	Palm Of My Hand 03:49
	7.	Swagger 04:18
	8.	You Make The News 03:54
	9.	Victory Parade 04:34
	10.	You'll Be OK 04:23
	11.	Real Deal 03:33
	12.	Stake In The World 04:28

about

A second set, “Paying For It”, followed in January 2005, with a more diverse stylistic palette and topics ranging from celebrity and consumerism to the Iraq conflict. The Oxfordbands.com website judged it “chock full of good tunes, clever lyrics and…united by a consistent, if rather misanthropic, musical vision”.

PAYING FOR IT: Paying for favours, for past mistakes, or possibly both.
HOLD THE MIRROR UP: Lenny Bruce, Bill Hicks censored, hounded and cruelly snatched from us. Jim Davidson still in work.
TOUCH THOSE STARS: Why consumerism is a massive con. As featured in a forthcoming TV ad.
SURFACES: Our hero mopes longingly around a nightspot to the strains of Kool & The Gang.
YOU DO FOR ME: Internet filth, lapdancers and other life-affirming pursuits.
PALM OF MY HAND: Inspired by the ITV Soap Babes Calender 2005. Enough said.
SWAGGER: About a woman of ill repute.
YOU MAKE THE NEWS: An electropop twist on old misogynistic themes.
VICTORY PARADE: A digression on the arrogance of empire (Eye-raq).
YOU'LL BE OK: Token plodding piano ballad about the weak and the strong.
REAL DEAL: Our hero the indie songsmith has a Damascene conversion to nightlife, clubbing and related substances.
STAKE IN THE WORLD: Romantic yearning, some reassuring cynicism, and slide guitar.
Recorded March 2003-December 2004.

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released January 1, 2005

Written, recorded and performed by Oliver Shaw.

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Worldview UK

Worldview is the alias of Oliver Shaw, an Oxford UK-based songwriter, performer and producer mingling rock, pop, dance and folk with insightful lyrics and an overarching melodic sensibility.

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