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''The Moth Confesses'' is the 1969 debut album by The Neon Philharmonic. Described as "A Phonograph Opera," it was inspired, according to the liner notes, by a production of Samuel Barber's ''Antony and Cleopatra'', which Saussy attended after ''The New York Times'' claimed that it was a terrible opera, and wanted to see what a terrible opera looked like, which he surmised was its deliberate attempt to appeal to a one-time audience. In response, he conceived this album as a condensed opera, with a moth-like protagonist, focused on the "literary theme" of desperation. Saussy did not imagine it could be staged like ''Tommy'', but offered it up as a challenge.〔Andy Zax. "A Conversation with Tupper Saussy." Liner notes, ''Brilliant Colors: The Complete Warner Recordings,'' p. 10.〕 "Brilliant Colors" and "Morning, Girl" were both released as singles, while "The New Life Out There" was used to promote the record as a contemporary opera in radio advertisements. "Morning, Girl" hit #17 and was later covered by The Lettermen, which slowed and made rubato the tempo and was backed mostly by strings. Shaun Cassidy covered "Morning Girl, Later" with a few tweaked lyrics (omitting the reference to "Catherine" that complicates the song implying that the protagonist now has a wife or daughter) and titled it "Morning, Girl." The songs primarily cover the topic of striking out towards a new life when relationships fail for various reasons. ==Track listing== All songs written by Tupper Saussy. # "Brilliant Colors" – 4:18 # "Cowboy" – 2:18 # "The New Life Out There" – 5:32 # "Morning Girl" – 2:12 # "Midsummer Night" – 5:44 # "Little Sparrow" – 3:16 # "The Last Time I Saw Jacqueline" – 3:42 # "Morning Girl, Later" – 2:31 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Moth Confesses」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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