Not many people – even Suburbs fans – know that much about Surplus and Dearth, produced by Martin Cilia with songs by Martin, Greg Macainsh and me.
This is one of the songs from it – frankly, I think one of my best hard rock songs right up there with Joey Black and Old Stock Rd. It’s hard, sexual, visceral.
Here is a video of it in a rare 90s Suburbs performance at Annandale Hotel, Sydney 1996. Recorded on my (then) brand new Panasonic video camera. A great gig which also launched the book of Australian short stories I edited – GREAT AUSTRALIAN BITES with stories by such diverse luminaries as Bruce Beresford, Ric Kane and Paul Dempsey. The band for the night included the late great Johnny Leopard, Tony Durant, Martin Cilia, Lloyd Gyi, Mark Merton with special guest appearances by Kevin Borich and Nicole Warner.
BIG BAD SEXUAL DRIVE – CILIA/WARNER
I’ve got this big bad sexual drive
It might be wrong but I feel alive
And it’s a big bad sexual drive
Now I don’t know if it’s politically right
But I have these thoughts in the middle of the night
Naked girls some are black
And that’s a big bad actual fact
I got this big bad sexual drive
Lead break 8 bars
My oh my what ecstasy
Melt the walls and come with me
Floating where there is no pain
All my demons have been slain
Well I had a visit from the thought police
And they showed me what was wrong with this
Now I no longer feel alive
I got this nice clean asexual drive
I had this big bad sexual drive
Made me glad just being alive
And now I’d feel I’d rather die
If I can’t have my big bad sexual drive
I got this big bad sexual drive
I got this … (Big Bad) … sexual drive
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