Archetype of rhythmic and powerful rock song, Paper Doll is an allegory of the relationship between muse and creator carried by the heady guitars of Geoffrey Burton (Arno, Alain Bashung, etc). Instant classic, the chorus runs through your head all day long. With Paper Doll, James Eleganz returns to his first love, rock, accompanied by musicians from his mentor, Iggy Pop
PAPER DOLL is the first single from James Eleganz’s new album «Hotel Augusta». It brings together a dream cast: Toby Dammit ( Stooges, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds), Bertrand Burgalat, Geoffrey Burton (Iggy Pop, Bashung) and Mike Watt (Stooges, Minutemen).
Release october 2022
lyrics
Bunny, Bunny Lee
You’re getting high, high and low
All down the line on fiction row
Bunny, Bunny Lee
Stuck inside a world of fantasy
You’re losing touch with reality, (Oh Bunny)
Open your heart!
Be my next paper doll
Open your heart!
Be my next paper doll
Mary, Mary Lou
Walking down the streets of desire,
You come and fuel my hidden fire
Open your heart!
Be my next paper doll
Open your heart!
Be my next paper doll
You are my little paper doll
You are my little paper doll
You are my little paper doll
You are my little paper doll
Open your heart!
Tell me your life
Open your heart!
Tell me your life
Open your heart!
Be my next paper doll
Open your heart!
Be my next paper doll
credits
from Hotel Augusta,
track released April 22, 2022
James Eleganz: Vocals
Mika Bajinsky, Larry Mullins: Backing Vocals
Larry Mullins: Drums, Percussion, Organ
Bertrand Burgalat: Electric Bass Guitar, Piano
Geoffrey Burton: Electric Guitars
Lyrics: James Eleganz
Music: James Eleganz & Larry Mullins
What’s left of the Berlin of David Bowie and Iggy Pop? With this question in mind, James Eleganz imagined his second
collaboration, with Larry Mullins alias Toby Dammit (Iggy Pop, Swans, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) as artistic director. Together, they created James Eleganz’s new album “Hotel Augusta”. It establishes James Eleganz as an artist to be reckoned with for many years to come....more
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