Mozart Estate - Relative Poverty [Official Video]

A brand-new studio recording of ‘Relative Poverty,’ a fan favourite and highlight of Mozart Estate's live set.
Directed by Douglas Hart and Valerie Phillips.
Also available as a limited edition 10” vinyl record.

[@elfitzedwards]

Can we all just give each Lawrence video a thumbs up? We have to fight his cause. Felt are gonna be massive in 2050 x

[@lucava777]

Amo FELT VIVA FELT LAWRENCE Y MAURICE DEEBANK SOY DE BUENOS AIRES ARGENTINA ESTE TEMA ME ENCAJA PERFECTO EN 11/2023 LAWRENCE MERECE TODO EL RECONOCIMIENTO DEL.UNIVERSO❤❤❤❤

[@davemcmillan4099]

F .ing brilliant. Piece of British sarcasm at it’s best.well done all concerned 😀😀👍👍

[@archiet2205]

The music hall of the kinks, the voice of Marc Bolan, and the English eccentricity of Syd barret… Brilliant!

[@sandrastimpson8412]

Sid Barrett V.S Chaz N Dave Brilliant!!

[@dixgun]

👍

[@benedictearlson9044]

This sounds more 80's than any Retro-wave I've ever heard! It's the Minder theme tune meets Grange Hill meets Only Fools and Horses plus more. 'Relative Poverty': the never-made lost 1980's BBC sitcom.

[@Druphus]

The singer Lawrence has been doing stuff like this since 79! I suggest you check out the compilation album Novelty Rock by Denim (one of Lawrence's former groups). It's here in it's entireity on KZbin, but it's hard to find elsewhere.

[@losttango]

I noticed a Wombles riff in there as well 😉

[@nobbynoris]

@@Druphus No he hasn't! Felt - the band he formed and fronted 1979 - 90 was far superior to this. Their music was sombre and majestic and trickled into your soul and just made it better. Felt are still remembered as a highly influential band whose music most definitely punched above its weight, especially given that hardly anybody actually heard them at the time. For the last 30 years Lawrence has devoted himself to bubblegum pop. Which is fine, it's very catchy but it's ephemeral. You hear it and then you forget it. This song sounds like Pam Ayres wrote the lyrics, Olly Murrs sang it, and Barbara Streisand endorsed it. Lawrence has persistently refused to reform Felt - which would surely give him the platform he has spent his entire adult life pining for. Which forces me to wonder: is the real reason he won't reform Felt because that band was really a group effort? That Felt were really that good because Maurice Deebank's and Gary Ainge's and Martin Duffy's input were equal to his?

[@benedictearlson9044]

@@Druphus Indeed, I was listening to Denim when they were current, saw the Middle of the Road video on the Chart Show and previous to that my big brother was into Felt after being introduced to them at Uni.

[@benedictearlson9044]

​@@nobbynoris Felt were very very good but there are 6 or 7 Denim tracks that outclass anything they did on a musical and emotive lyrical level. Primitive Painters for example is a wonderful soundscape with a simple repeated chord progression but with little development. The execution is also amateurish. Everyone has their own musical preferences but Don't bite too much out of the Apple, Osmonds, Glitter on your Face, have intensely personal and moving lyrics alongside epic soundscapes with well considered chordal and musical progression. Admittedly top-level producers were involved for sure but on almost every level it's many steps up artistically from Felt. Tbf I'm not familiar with all the Felt albums but There's a lot more to Lawrence than bubblegum. He's always written about life as he finds it be that from genocide in Rwanda to poverty in the UK. The difference between then and now is he's grown up and seen the absurdity of the World which explains his 'you have to laugh or you'd cry' philosophy. As to reforming Felt he's a purist and an artist and those sorts of people are always looking forward - which is why he also refuses to reform or even play Denim.

[@elodnagy]

Relative Poverty Lyrics I'm living in relative poverty I'm living on a tenner a day Goodness gracious, a tenner a day I'm living in relative poverty I'm living on a tenner a day Goodness gracious, a tenner a day I'm living in relative poverty A-wop-bop-a-loo-la A tenner a day Take a look at shop doorways, curled up on the floor You'll see men with no future, they were wiped out in the war The British top brass won't do bugger all I don't know what's going on any more I'm living in relative poverty A-wop-bop-a-loo-la A tenner a day He's living in relative poverty He's living on a tenner a day Goodness gracious, a tenner a day He's living in relative poverty Goodness gracious, a tenner A-wop-bop-a-loo-la, a tenner Please don't take my tenner away Don't take my tenner away

[@nobbynoris]

It's a good song. I've always liked tower blocks. I could see myself in an alternative life where I lived in some soviet breezeblock monstrosity with that lissom young lady from the video, and Lawrence is our neighbour, who drops in every so often because he wants us to be the first to hear his new composition (which never goes anywhere) and we're always nice to him and give him plenty of hot, sweet tea.

[@philiprawlins4302]

I never ever thought I would see my flat in a Lawrence video - when I used to listen to Felt back in the day - strange world…

[@DrMadv1be]

lol - which one? How long into the video?

[@philiprawlins4302]

2mins

[@DrMadv1be]

Nice. @@philiprawlins4302

[@losttango]

But didn’t council architects come up with some beautiful designs back in the day? Hats off to whoever made the video.

[@johanneugiltpaulsen6629]

It is very good🙌🏻

[@trashedcannedgoods]

Lawrence Forever.

[@Laura-ep1cr]

Lawrence Forever

[@craig_template]

GENIUS!

[@craigharrison1274]

Love Lawrence. Living legend.

[@russellmilton7278]

Great mix 👍🏻

[@exterdexter]

Beautiful ❤ Temazo

[@nicmcv6925]

I bloody love Lawrence.

[@starletmusicvideo]

Lawrence, another genius pop song!

[@frankiemccarthy4817]

oh my god this is everything

[@stephenericwalsh]

Great video. Love the architecture.

[@tiziano7601]

Stupendo! Somebody could post the lyrics for "relatively english speaker" such as me and many others

[@crawmo]

Paint it again Sam ! Lawrence and combo Superb at the Albert in Brighton last week .....

[@discodave6153]

A tenner!

[@lucava777]

TEMAZO DE LAWRENCE TE AMO..LAW....

[@ShaunGaffney-op7og]

Lawrence is a superstar

[@dixgun]

👍

[@blahblahoink]

A tenner don't buy much these days!

[@nobbynoris]

Lawrence has definitely come up in the world if he's living on a tenner a day these days.

[@briaredpath9386]

Quantum financial system incoming Lawrence your gonna be a lot better off,apocalypse/revelations o’clock,the best is yet to come 🥳

[@JustinCase-ld4ih]

Lawrence is eternity cool

[@Umbrey_Dunctum]

Lawrence inventing ChasnDaveWave.

[@nobbynoris]

A tenner a day is what Lawrence gets from the new album deal. Boom boom!!!

[@robertlawson682]

Still able to make and record music and videos.gets featured in national newspapers and still whines about not being famous.Lawrence truely is the pop Gollum.

[@Hhhjhjjjjjkvddckgdszbbnmk]

Heard this on 6 music last night and bloody love it, so fitting for my life right now (except I’m on less than a tenner a day!). The upbeat happy tune juxtaposition… top marks. Wish I could afford to pay the artist. Come round for a cheap cuppa and fag if you’re passing my way mate.