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Excess
Date: 9/10/2015, Categories: Lesbian, Author: BradleyStoke, Rating: 4, Source: LushStories
people would twig where I get my inspiration from.” Tabitha nodded. She had guessed long ago that just as a techno or house DJ might build up a composition by sampling vinyl records, Sunbeam did much the same with her own song writing. And the more obscure the record, the less likely that anyone would figure out where it came from. So, Sunbeam’s father’s old records, by the likes of Bad Company, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Pink Fairies, Budgie and Vanilla Fudge were taking on a new life in the copyrighted songbook of Excess Baggage. Although Sunbeam joked about her systematic theft of the heavy metal legacy to deflect the criticism she so wholly deserved, Tabitha wasn’t even so sure that her friend drew the line at just lifting the guitar chords. Her song lyrics on demons, fast cars, hobbits, guns and sex bore ever such a similarity to those of the selfsame rock groups. Although the sex of which she sang did not generally involve the participation of men. “And Tabby, sweetest, I’ve had a thought…” remarked Sunbeam, blowing smoke out through her nostrils. “Yeah?” wondered Tabitha, sitting down on the sofa and crossing her long black legs. She twiddled a plaited hair extension in her ring-festooned fingers. “ Excess Baggage is just too long a name. We ought to drop the ‘ Baggage ’ bit. Just call the band ‘ Excess ’.” “‘ Excess ’? Wasn’t there a group in the eighties or nineties called that?” “It was called ‘ InXS ’. Bunch of ozzies. Anyway, they only ever did one decent song. I ...