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plus Video: "No One Knows"

1. No One Knows: A song featuring the Vaudevilean extravagances of the Billy Rubin Trio, tastefully rounded by Meloni's Hawaiian electric steel guitar and Meloni's (the other one's) carefully placed whistles. The bassolo is a genuine invention of Mr. Billy Rubin himself.
2. Closer: Lady S. and Mr. Billy Rubin himself will sing us a charming lovesong about hopes and desires, happily accelerated to a fast swing tune, showcasing Meloni's (the other one) virtuosity and intuition on drums. Meloni (not the other one) again on Hawaiian guitar, is quotating a marvellous melody from the early Twenties, and also contributing some rapid banjo runs.
3. Fuck Forever: Just a slow cakewalk with a beat, featuring an extraordinary fabulous Lady S. taking us to the deepest secrets of her soul. Remarkable is the carefully assembled melody executed by Meloni on the for this occasion constructed melonium - for the first time and supposedly last time ever in recordings history.
4. Love Will Tear Us Apart:Lady S.'s wonderful singing and sighing will take us through this beautiful ballad, clearly underlined by Meloni's dry and fluid electric jazz guitar statements. Mr. Rubin himself and Meloni (the other one) stay remarkably quiet throughout this song.
5. Are You Gonna Be My Man: Another brilliant arrangement by the Billy Rubin Trio, permanently switching from bi-zarre harmonical oddities to Ellingtonian elegance and vice versa, resting only for a few bluesy moments of contem-plation. Meloni takes one of his legendary double solos on the grand piano and the baritone ukulele at the same time.

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Billy Rubin is constantly asked about bands, whose name he has never heard before...

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