DESCRIPTION:
Daniel Morgan written by Konrad Lenz (written 2002, recorded and filmed 28 - Aug - 11)
Konrad Lenz - vocals, guitars (a 1962 Hofner Congress and an Ashbury Traveller), production and engineering. Video direction, camera and editing. Sound recorded with a Zoom H4n. Video shot with an el cheapo Pro More camera from Hong Kong.
Archival footage courtesy of www.archive.org
When I was ten years old I saw Philippe Mora's incredible film Mad Dog Morgan which was based on the life of Daniel Morgan the bushranger (or outlaw for all of you who are unfamiliar with Australian vernacular). Being a violent and horrific account of a man's brutalization by police, prison and society in general and his own rebellion by becoming as violent in return, it probably wasn't something that a 10 year old should have been viewing. It haunted me for years. I was fascinated at how such a great movie had ever been made. It is perhaps THE great Australian film of the 1970s, no mean feat given the competition. It has recently been saddled with the unfortunate commercial label of "Ozploitation" but it deserves better than that. It is a fine film. It was, along with Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, one of the two most important influences in my develpment as an artist. It shook me out of my comfort zone and made me realize what film could be. Anyway, this song is not about the bushranger nor the film. It is rather about a man who identifies strongly with Morgan. Enough said.

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