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Long Goodbye
Track 1 from the 2021 album “My Bananas”Listen on Bandcamp Long Goodbye Words & Music Mark Hilton © Copyright 2019Catalogue #719 Every Christmas I go back to LondonAnd buy myself an ounce of cokeTry to tell myself I’m young at heartBut all my kids think I’m a joke Sad but it’s trueI lost my homeSeven…
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Track 3 from the 2017 album “Barefoot”LISTEN on Spotify and Apple Music Sweet Monique Words & Music Mark Hilton © Copyright 2016Catalogue #661 Won’t somebody stop meFrom bangin’ my head against the wall?Pickin’ and a strummin’‘Til the both of my hands get sore Pushin’ ’round the difficult wordsBut they don’t sound rightThinkin’ ’bout my babyWhen…
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Track 2 from the 2021 album “My Bananas”Listen on Bandcamp Can’t Take It Words & Music Mark Hilton © Copyright 2019Catalogue #740 Gonna stick my enchilada in the microwaveI ain’t thinkin’ about the money but all the time I’d saveCome on over in my kitchen honeyLittle Bobby Johnson got the blues Well the bonny little…
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Title track from the 2012 album “Lookin’ At You”by Mark Hilton & the Two Few Shot in Darwin, 28 August 2013 by Nicholas ParryIt would have been great to get Netanela in there too, but it was one of the rare occasions when Toby and Dan were both in town, so it was all a…
Read MoreBarefoot in the Dark
Track 1 from the 2017 album “Barefoot” Many thanks to all the friends and musicians who helped with the making of this.You’re in the credits 🙂 LISTEN on Spotify and Apple Music Barefoot in the Dark Words & Music Mark Hilton © Copyright 2012Catalogue #595 You know you always get what you deserveSteppin’ ‘round the…
Read MoreMy Mule Won’t Obey Me
Track 8 from the 2021 album “My Bananas”Listen on Bandcamp My Mule Won’t Obey Me Words & Music Mark Hilton © Copyright 2019Catalogue #737 My mule won’t obey me, the children they hate meMy wife ran away with ManuelThe car’s repossessed, I can’t handle the stressMy paradise turned into hell Somebody broke the TV, I…
Read MoreLanding On Your Feet
Track 4 from the 2009 album “A Good Man”by Mark Hilton & the Lavender Girls. Clip directed by Megan Spencer.Features Jess Ribeiro & Karen Cieri of Darwin, Australia. LISTEN on Spotify and Apple Music Landing On Your Feet Words & Music Mark Hilton Copyright © 2007Catalogue #435 There she stands with her milk white handsSome…
Read MoreCome On Cal
Track 3 from the 2003 album “Here Come the Indians” RockStar gone wrong – great performance from Victor Griss here.LISTEN on Spotify and Apple Music Come On Cal Words & Music Mark Hilton Copyright © 2000Catalogue #370 Come on CalYou missed your aeroplaneA bottleneckLet me guessYou meant to do it all the sameIt’s not an…
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Track 2 from the 2012 album “A Good Man”by Mark Hilton & the Lavender Girls Miss Su Li from sambo on Vimeo. Video animation by SamboCreated as back projection for Mark Hilton & the Lavender Girls with the Retro Bordello Strings at the Darwin Festival 2009Hand made graphic elements are from a video of Marlene Kranz creating…
Read MoreMax’s Suitcase
A children’s song that will remind adults of a time when their world was a kaleidoscope of wonderful discoveries. I wrote the tune for my nephew, recorded it quickly and tinkered on the video clip over the xmas holidays adding photos and video footage as I went. He posed for the shots not realizing it…
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