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Hidden Frequency (for Hedy Lamarr)
new song by
Pietra Wexstun and Hecate's Angels / A440 Records

Pietra Wexstun and Hecate’s Angels release a new song about actress/inventor Hedy Lamarr. Beneath the glamour and sensual mystique of the iconic Hollywood actress, there was a brilliant mind devoted to technological innovation. Her patented form of " frequency hopping " is used today in Wi-Fi and cell phone technology.

Quotes: "Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid." - "A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires." - “All creative people want to do the unexpected.” - Hedy Lamarr

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Song by Pietra Wexstun
C & P queenie pie music bmi

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Hidden Frequency (for Hedy Lamarr)
~ words & music by Pietra Wexstun ~

Hedy was a queen
Who graced the silver screen
Never would have guessed
The knowledge she possessed

Gliding into rooms
Trailing rare perfumes
All would stop and stare
Her words would fill the air

But who cared what was said
Or what was in her head
Marveling at the shapes
Those lovely lips would make
This woman with a past
Lonely and miscast

Locked in a castle gray
Where generals came to stay
In another life
A rich man's teenage wife

She smiled and sipped champagne
But a steel-trap brain
Captured every word
Of secret plans she heard

And to Hollywood she came
To studios and fame
Beautiful and bored
Worshipped and ignored
While others drank and swam
She drew diagrams

Spectrum-hopping plans
To foil torpedo jams
A scheme to win the war
Like a player piano score

Hidden frequencies
New Technologies
TV, radio,
Cell phone signal flow
From this work would grow
But few would ever know

Hedy was a queen
Who graced the silver screen
Never would have guessed
The knowledge she possessed

words and music by Pietra Wexstun
c & P 2017
Queenie Pie Music BMI
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credits

from Music For Film Vol. 1 + new songs "Rebel King" & "Hidden Frequency", released July 13, 2017
Pietra Wexstun: VCs, Keyboards, Electronics
Stan Ridgway: Guitar
Bruce Zelesnik: Drums, Percussion
Bill Blatt: Bass
Jeffrey Grennan: Flute
Lazlo Vickers: Cello

Song by Pietra Wexstun
C & P queenie pie music bmi

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