Fusing the driving force of classic power pop, great melodies and singer songwriter musings, Hello Me To You is delivered with a new wave urgency, a Kinks like classic rock riff, organs and a cheesy late 1970s keyboard. This is a bona fide pop rock record in the same spirit of early Elvis Costello & The Attractions and is a cool glimpse into the retail record business with a mismatched romance thrown into the mix.
“Hello Me To You, it’s great.”
EDWYN COLLINS (U.K. Singer Songwriter who penned the international smash hit, A Girl Like You)
"Hooky chorus!! for so few words... that's really shocking!!"
BRIAN STEEN (Producer - Sony Music Entertainment - New York)
“Hello you to me and me to you and you to hopefully millions of others too!! Love it! Especially the cock-eyed instrumental run up and energy of chorus vocals! How to make a discordant out of tune guitar sound great!”
CHARLES FOSKETT (Veteran U.K. Record Producer for Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Elvis Costello, Cliff Richard, Nik Kershaw, Edwin Starr, Kim Wilde)
“The shovel that Victor holds on the cover of his album is the very one I think he used to dig up an absolute nugget of a tune with Hello Me To You, and boy did he tap into a wonderfully rich vein of instantly contagious garage/pop! If you're not singing the chorus after one spin...you may need the shovel to strike yourself a fatal blow!”
ROB STEWART (Music Director – GOVE FM, Australia)
lyrics
I was walking by the record store
It was by the stairs on the second floor
By chance you were serving a customer
With your gothic dress and your long dark hair
With vinyl well and truly gone
No one could make me sing this song
Just like you did
Just like you did
When you looked my way and you said
Hello me
Hello me
Hello me to you
Well I got a job in the record shop
And the visiting reps became non stop
On Fridays we were rigging the charts
My contribution to modern arts
I was an accomplice I admit
But that music sent me in a fit
Just like you did
Just like you did
When you said
Hello!
I thought you liked The Replacements
But Bon Jovi was what you meant
That’s what you meant
That’s what you meant
Doesn’t make a difference anyway
‘Cause you said
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