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THE FLOWER HAS CLOSED

from Leslie Medford's Charm Offensive by LESLIE MEDFORD

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Track: 9
Title: The Flower Has Closed
Performed by Leslie Medford’s Charm Offensive
Authorship: Douglass/Medford
Arranged & Produced by Medford & Douglass
Publishing: BrowBeat BMI
Recording date: March 1991
Recording place: Oakland and Concord, CA
Engineered by: Leslie Medford – TEAC 3440 4-track reel-to-reel
Remastered by Carl Salbacka & Leslie Medford
Running Time: 04:33
First appeared on: Leslie Medford’s Charm Offensive
First released 17 August 2021

Wallace “Lace” Douglass : guitar
M. Roderick “Ricky” MacBride : bass
Sean “Stag” O’Lee : drums
Leslie Medford : voices, guitar

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THE FLOWER HAS CLOSED

Rock ‘n’ Roll music sounds so sweet.
Made me think, made me stomp my feet.
It was something that young people had.
And it sure pissed off my mom and dad!
But that was a long time ago.
Seems like there’s another show now,
Because young people today
Don’t seem to need music for freedom.
The flower has closed without me.
Talkin’ ‘bout the Sixties.
The flower has closed without me.
Such a pity.

Rock ‘n’ Roll music sound so rad.
Yeah, it was somethin' young people had.
Weren’t controlled by industry goons.
Hey these words mean something…and they got good tunes!
And women stood up for themselves.
Minorities would not be downtrodden.
Ecology came into its own…
Yeah, we broke the ground but where’s the building?
We recognized we was governed by fools.
But now such mediocrity rules,
Is it true we’re worse off than before?
Certainly the quality of music is lower!
The flower has closed without me.
The Seventies were way better.
The flower has closed without me.
The flower has closed without me.
Oh yeah?!
Tell me again rantin’ and ravin’ is out of fashion!
Fuck this Sixties and Seventies bashin’!

Nineties rock is original...not.
People keep buyin’ what they already bought.
Just goes to show how quickly we forget,
But I guess we just need a new horse on which to bet.
But I think that it’s just a shame
To spend so much on such a bunch of lame-o’s,
Who cut the heart out of what was great Art,
And make a banal fashion accessory out of Rock ‘n’ Roll music.
La la la la la la la la la la
The flower has closed without me.
It’s almost over.
The flower has closed without me.

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from Leslie Medford's Charm Offensive, released August 17, 2021

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LESLIE MEDFORD Oakland, California

Leslie Medford is a dude from a world that no longer exists!The two bands he led 1984-1991 have their own bandcamp pages under The Ophelias and HighHorse. Medford was a busy fellow during his pro period (1982-1992) and this site covers solo things & side projects from as early as 1975 and as recent as 2004.There is tremendous variety here, of a high standard of idea, if not always execution.Enjoy! ... more

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