Zara Nelsova

Advantages: A sadly neglected Savoyard gem
Disadvantages: You'll be hard pressed to find it

..., an absolute but kindly monarch whose powers are held in check by two Wise Men (Scaphio and Phantis). One ruse is that Paramount continues to write exposés of the excesses of the Monarchy under a pseudonym which are then published in a scurrilous newspaper (the “Palace Peeper”). Any breach of protocol would lead Paramount to be denounced to Tarara (the Public Exploder who carries out executions with dynamite). Phantis secretly idolises Zara and seeks Scaphio’s help in demanding her hand from Paramount. Paramount is an enthusiastic devotee of the Great British way of life. Everyone must now speak English and Utopian has been banned. He sent his eldest daughter (Zara) away to be taught at Girton and Cambridge. He intends to replace his despotic regime with one based on the British Constitution. His younger 15 year old twin daughters (Nekaya... Read review

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Advantages: It's real music
Disadvantages: It doesn't last long

...Norah’s band) with the sound of the hi-hat going hissss the singing of Amos begins with the line “Go ahead baby run away again, grown tired of chasing you, I know you only have time to love me, when you got nothing better to do, who’s bold enough to believe in either love or war” a track about the things that love makes us all do from making a fool of ourselves and having our trust abused and used and the emotional blackmail sometimes we put up with because we love the person, the background vocals are provided by Zara Bodé on the chorus of “I aint gonna be your fool baby” and are a highlight of the track towards the end. “The Arms of a Woman” (4.11) is a song that is the exact opposite to the previous track and opens with the telling line “I am at ease in arms of a woman although most... Read review

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