The Auteurs
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Biography
Unfairly dismissed as the egotrip of acclaimed songwriter Luke Haines, The Auteurs were one of the unsung bands of the mid-nineties britpop movement. Releasing their first record, New Wave, in 1993, the Auteurs were compared to Suede, and the resurgent glam-rock movement, and began to amass a reasonable cult following. 1994's second album, and commercial highlight, Now I'm A Cowboy, saw the band embracing at times a more contemporary sound, notably on the single Lenny Valentino, which probably remains Haines' best-known song.
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Lenny Valentino - (2:18) - 4,516 playsLyricsThere were mourners on the street of every shape and size
The motorcade came down from Redondo
Assassins on the corner tried to throw you a line
You dirty-mouth comic Rodolfo
Lenny Valentino reside
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Show Girl - (4:05) - 3,460 playsLyricsFor my bride
Thought my life
would be right
Took her bowling
got her high
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Unsolved Child Murder - (2:08) - 2,015 playsLyricsPeople 'round here
Don't like to talk about it
Presumed dead, unsolved child murder
Since they dragged the lake
You know they seemed au-fait
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Junk Shop Clothes - (2:42) - 2,214 playsLyricsJunk shop clothes will get you nowhere
They're out of season, betrayal without treason
Junk shop clothes will get you nowhere
There is one reason why your mother was a seamstress
Chaime Soutine never spent a thrift shop dime in his life
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Bailed Out - (3:43) - 1,782 playsLyricsYour star is descending
'Round here blindly
Tell your dancing daughter
That there's no room on the wing
We can bitch
- How Could I Be Wrong - (3:52) - 1,743 plays
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- American Guitars - (3:30) - 1,540 plays
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- Starstruck - (2:59) - 1,419 plays
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- Don't Trust The Stars - (2:24) - 1,332 plays
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- Early Years - (2:40) - 1,277 plays
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