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Moulin Rouge' is song written by Lisa Lowell and Neil Thomas and released on Lowell's debut album Beautiful Behavior in September 2010. Bruce contributed to the studio recording of Moulin Rouge, playing electric guitar. The complete line-up on this track includes Lisa Lowell (lead and background vocals), Joel Diamond (piano, Wurlitzer, and Hammond organs), Hugh McCracken (electric guitars and harmonica), Adrian Harpham (drums), Bruce Springsteen (electric guitar), and Larry Campbell (mandolin).
Other cover versions
Bruce on the artist
Lisa Lowell is a long-time Springsteen backup vocalist, and she has sung on several of his albums, including: Lucky Town, The Ghost Of Tom Joad, Devils & Dust, and We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions. She has toured with Springsteen's The Seeger Sessions Band in 2006 and has also been recording with and appearing in videos and live with Springsteen since 1990.
Lisa Lowell contributed as backing vocalist on following songs:
1992
Better Days
Local Hero
Leap Of Faith
1995
Across The Border
1996
High Hopes: Blood Brothers (EP)
2004
Rose: 23rd Street Lullaby (Patti Scialfa)
2005
Jesus Was An Only Son
All I'm Thinkin' About
2006
Jacob's Ladder
Eyes On The Prize
Buffalo Gals
How Can I Keep From Singing?
2006
Bring 'Em Home" (Internet single)
2007
Rainy Day Man: Play It As It Lays (Patti Scialfa)
Play It As It Lays
2010
The Moulin Rouge
2012
We Take Care Of Our Own
Easy Money
Shackled And Drawn
This Depression
Wrecking Ball
Land Of Hope And Dreams
Swallowed Up (In The Belly Of The Whale)
2018
If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song): Appleseed's 25th Anniversary: Roots And Branches
2019
I'll Stand By You: Blinded By The Light (Soundtrack)
Lyrics
Another Friday night
In the Moulin Rouge
A tassled lassie
In her sequin shoes
She threw her drink in a gel
Beheld her youthful ardor
Singin', "Oh mon dieu
I am the midnight feast
Hey girls, don't you wanna
Get up here and dance like me?"
Hey, we could live somewhere in between
In Moulin Rouge, yeah
And now, across the ocean
In the heart of Times Square
We're seein' sex and more fake sex
Runnin' round out there
I see a chinchilla posse
Tryin' to drag you in for better
Wearin' her fishnet face (fishnet face)
She'll smag your little cruise
Tellin' you it ain't no disgrace, boy
If you've been feelin' blue
Hey, sure 'nough, she don't want to marry you
In the Moulin Rouge
High cheek bone (high cheek bone)
And derriere
Her feathers fill
The diamond glare
Hey now, Renee takes (Renee takes)
Ooh, her final bow
And in fascination, all the girls go, "Wow!"
Yeah
Now, all of you ladies
Go on to Chippendale's
You see a man in his smoking jacket
He'll have his torso bare
Yeah!
He'll be going "shake-a-poppa-kini" to the tune of a Billy Idol
Singin', "Oh mon dieu (oh mon dieu)
I am the midnight feast
Hey, now, girls, don't you wanna
Get up here and dance with me?
I can remind you to groove
Oh, oh, oh yea-ah, in the Moulin Rouge (oh, la, la)
In the Moulin Rouge
In the Moulin Rouge (oh, la, la)
Oh, oh, oh, hey, in the Moulin Rouge
Je suis une Femme!