ANOTHER LOVER

Still on the As and this week you get a little pearler ‘Another Lover’ which was written around 1985 for my rock musical Planet Pres' that played at Perth's Playhouse Theatre. The conceit of the play was, I still believe, ripper: sometime far into the future an intergalactic war breaks out. The good planet Zexon is fighting a losing battle against the bad Caponites. Their one chance of saving the world is to convince the neutral Planet Pres to help guide their supply ships through the galaxy. Nobody knows the backroads like the Presnoids. The Presnoids are all teens or early twenties and their social mores are based around “The Visions” which were found inside the “sacred relic”. This turns out to be Elvis’ gold cadillac. The visions are old Elvis movies.

So the idea of the play is classic musical. Hero, head of the Presnoids falls in love with Yolindra the Zexon anthro-officer. The head of the Zexon delegation, Ambassador Hordstrum, demands Yolindra use her love as a weapon to get Hero to help their cause. Hero, confused and in love agrees, but then he finds out Yolindra has been using him. Actually, she tried to tell him but was too late. Now remember, Hero has based his persona on Elvis so when he finds out and is heartbroken he performs a country number ‘Another Lover.’

This track comes from a demo tape I did with some musician friends (including some of the cast of the play and others who had been in the Sensational 60s like the singer here Frank Genovese). I had Frank playing Elvis in the Sensational 60s pub revue and his voice is perfect. I never got another professional performance out of the play which is one of the most disappointing stanzas of my career. More on that in other posts. Lyrics below

ANOTHER LOVER (Warner)

I have another, another lover

She looks exactly like you

She walks the same has the same name

The only difference is she’s true.

This other lover wouldn’t hurt me

I knew that from the moment we kissed

My only worry is I got a feeling

My other lover don’t exist.

So I can’t love you

Though I might want to

For another has captured my heart