Candy's Going Bad

Album: Moontan (1973)
Charted: 91
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  • While Georg Kajanas romanticized prostitutes with songs like "A Glass Of Champagne," and Linda Lewis produced the laughable "Red Light Ladies," these guys tell it as it is:

    Candy's going bad
    Got a room to let...
    Got a pimp named Ted
  • "Candy's Going Bad" from the 1973 Moontan album may not have been as big a hit as "Radar Love," but if anything it is more powerful.

    Through neon doors
    Across killing floors
    She got sucked into a champagne desert


    Not bad imagery when one considers English is not their first language - they're Dutch.
  • Co-written by lead vocalist Barry Hay and lead guitarist George Kooymans, the album version runs to 6 minutes 13 seconds, while the single, which runs 3:40, was released on Track Records in 1974, backed by "She Flies On Strange Wings." >>>
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    Alexander Baron - London, England, for above 3

Comments: 1

  • Lucyz from California, UsaGolden Earring was a phenomenal band and Moontan is a great album. I think their vast library of music is sorely under appreciated in the USA. FYI...Barry Hay’s first language was English.
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