Tart Tart

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"Tart Tart" is a 1987 single by the Madchester band Happy Mondays. It was the first single to be released from their album Squirrel and G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out) in March 1987. According to a commentary accompanying the film 24 Hour Party People, the first verse of "Tart Tart" is about Martin Hannett, who later produced the band's second album Bummed. The second verse is explained in Bez's Freaky Dancin' (p. 198–200): I had a special affinity for the tune because of the references to one of the very first people we had met in the early Haçienda days. Her name was Tart Tart. She was a strange type of woman, an old groupie from the 60s, something she wasn't adverse to admitting. (...) One weekend we'd called by as usual to pick up a bag of goodies, promising to pay up on the following Monday. (...) On returning with the dough a few days later, there was no reply at the door. We went back a few times over the next couple of days but again there was no response. Eventually, another friend of ours went round and forced the door. He found her dead at the bottom of the stairs. She'd died of a brain tumour an was black an blue from throwing herself around, smashing her head on the walls an ultimately down the stair in a desperate attempt to stop the pain an agony. (...) more »

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1987

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When he came out to the lock-up
He said I'm looking for something better
He made his shock announcement
And backed off, backed down, backed off

And then he got up off the floor
He said I'm wealthy enough, not to do this no more
And he made it all known with his hands held up, palm out

And she said don't know if i should
'Cause i worry too much about the tests on the blood
And at first it was a 'yes', and then a 'no', then a 'yes'.

A maggot sleeps on her desk
H wears a sleeping bag as his vest
And he's getting too too bothered
About the spots on his chest, chest, chest

Now she's (BLANK)...She laid it on
And a few days later she's gone
So its back to the womb
To get drowned, drowned, drowned, drowned warm (???)

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Happy Mondays

Happy Mondays are an English alternative rock band from Salford, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1980, the band's original line-up was Shaun Ryder on lead vocals, his brother Paul Ryder on bass, lead guitarist Mark Day, keyboardist Paul Davis, and drummer Gary Whelan. Mark "Bez" Berry later joined the band onstage during a live performance after befriending Shaun Ryder and served as a dancer/percussionist. Rowetta Satchell joined the band to provide backing vocals in the early 1990s. more »

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