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It’s easy to dwell. To be angry and upset about situations that have conspired against you. To feel cheated. It’s even easier when this has happened more than once. Then paranoia kicks in. There are those that will massage the paranoia and try and blame anyone but the culprits - i.e., themselves. The reality is it’s hard to shake off that feeling. Inevitably time is a healer but it still feels that justice was never served. Clowns was written from the perspective of The Company Man for most of the song…The Clown! Lyrically I took inspiration from the people that hurt me most in the last decade or so. People who I thought I could trust. But it was just the same old story, just like many of you who have suffered under the corporate kings, rogues, rats, fools, the pretenders, the charlatans, the clowns. Call them what you like, they deliver the same outcome, a stab in the back, and quite often you’re thrown out to the wolves. You could even apply the same principle to our government but it would be easy to call it a song about Boris, it’s not. Some defiance is shown on the chorus, this time from the victim and in this case my perspective - “I’ll kick you down with the corner of my big shoe, upset the clowns.” As if to say I’ll have my say one day… and that day is Friday April 22nd.
Musically I wanted something dirty, catchy and with a huge riff. The tremolo effect at the start is a recurring theme throughout. Partly inspired by the REM song “What’s The Frequency Kenneth.” I wanted the listener to be engaged as the song reaches its final guitar solo and crescendo. “The camera clicks as I take the stage with my make up running dry, the contracts null, the jokes on me, I never read the warning signs…” Those Clowns have had several days in the sun and their time is now up. Upset the Clowns? This song may just do that.

Clowns is Performed, Produced, Mixed & Mastered by Maz Loizou. A full-length HD video will also be available on YouTube.

lyrics

Roll Up, Roll Up, Alright
Company man, I’m the best in the land
I will sharpen up my claws
I’ll take your job when I break your fall
Show you to the door

I’ll kick you down
With the corner of my big shoe
Upset the clowns

The talk of the town, a rogue, a rat
I’ll take you to the show
I mean business and I’ll bury you deep
Six feet underground.

He asked me for a pick me up
But I threw him out to drown
Corporate king with a potent sting
You will never take my crown

I caught you well
With the corner of my big shoe
I shut you down.

I’m on a roll
Roll up, roll up
This story has only just begun

Well, it all tastes bittersweet
We’re up for sale
They ask me how do I sleep
When the punchline has failed

Roll Up, roll up
Let It Roll

Upset The Clowns

The camera clicks I’ll take to the stage
With my makeup running dry
The contract’s null and the joke’s on me
I never read the warning signs
Yeah
Clowns

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released April 22, 2022
(c) 2021/2022 Mariosboss Records

Marios Loizou - Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Drums, Percussion & Programming

"Clowns" composed by Marios Loizou
Arranged by Marios Loizou
Thanks to Phoebe Loizou for the idea around the "Big Shoe" reference
Recorded at Rembrandt Rooms December 2020 - February 2021
Recorded by Marios Loizou
Mixed & Mastered by Marios Loizou
Design by Marios Loizou
Cover Photo by Marios Loizou - Somewhere in Feltham

Recording is owned by Marios Loizou

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Just like on Foo Fighters' debut album there is only 1 mastermind behind The Elegant Chasers, Maz Loizou. Having been made redundant Maz retrained as a fire alarm engineer in '20. Feeling cheated & exhausted he'd write songs around a derelict London. First 4 singles received over 10000 streams on Spotify. Debut Album Sentimental Dust released 8/7/22. But The Chasers are back with a bang in 2024! ... more

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