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Vishnu (Vitchoo)
06:37
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2. |
Old School (New Fool)
04:37
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Back in those days
so many fine musicians on the stage
truly a golden age
for those who hear the music more than the words
I know you've been told
disco bimbos were the rage
but we were on another page
not content to run with the herd
Once upon a time a war-weary nation
struggling with racial integration
assemble for the music of improvisation
echoes of an earlier emancipation
this carried into the next generation
augmented with electronic amplification
but now we're livin' in the age of the pop sensation
Used to be musicians ruled
now they're gone and called Old School
(we ain't no fools...we just throw some samples in Pro Toooooooools)
Tattooed chumps and little girls
Advertising rules this world
Spoken: It's a great way to teach the kids that being a obnoxious poser is OK, and it doesn't matter if they're talent-free!
Now we have Autotune
to polish the turds
'cause these divas sing
like flightless birds
Up in Wisconsin they're trying to save
Clyde Stubblefield from an early grave
Look him up on your little TV phone and see what he done
back bone slips and breakin' hips and playin' on the 1
Don't it seem the slightest bit mean
that this icon can't get access to a dialysis machine?
where are all the dudes who stole
from the man who put the rhythm to J.B.s soul?
Plastic pop big bucks
fashion show too much
pop hip hop so what?
Corporate pop still sucks
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Hey...
I've got somethin' to say
Been sittin' in the car all day
Feel like I'm drivin' my whole life away
If that's true
Somethin' I had to do
now when I'm waitin' at the drive-thru
it's like I'm chillin' in my livin' room
I'm workin' hard to pay off the credit card
Ain't enough hours in the day
(had to cut the budget to the bone, 'cept for talkin' on the telephone)
but I'll be comfy in my ride
Eating fast food all the way
And so....
Every morning it's giddy-up and go
thru the rain and the sleet and the snow
if ya wanna be a playa in the big show
beware...there's a lot of pressure out there
it'll have ya pullin' on your hair
you'll end up with the Thousand Yard Stare
It's so damn hard to pay off the credit card
and I get no time to play!
(had to cut the budget to the bone, 'cept for talkin' on the telephone)
but I'll be comfy in my ride
Eating a whole lotta fast food on the way
That's why...
I've got the
SUV Physique
Burnin' that gas just to get your fat ass around town
You've got the
SUV Physique
Nothin' says class like a rollin' rec room with tinted glass.
It ain't good to make assumptions
about conspicuous consumption
everybody wants to be a king
no one tries to be a chump, son
Livin' large is the new fashion
and all the burger joints can cash in
In Cali there's a light truck passion
until there comes a time to drop a dime or two and fill the tank up
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5. |
Stik Dio (D'oh) Rant
03:48
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6. |
Walking the Plank (R)
04:24
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I walked The Plank (R) so many years
and in the end it was a waste of my time
I tried to make it sound like this
and for my troubles I was told that I was wrong (but I don't mind)
You and your boys have tried to bury me
in a true definition of
(CONSPIRACY!)...
Everything you say was done to you
I've seen you to to someone just like me
You'll never change
And I think you left your mind somewhere in 1977
Are you deranged from all the carpal-tunnel pain?
both hands grasping right hand perpendicular left wrist strained
you'll never change
I saw the super duper hollow plastic Megaplank(R)
a lovely color photograph
It's just the same, nothing ever changes
in your world
I wanna thank you for a much needed laugh
Don't ever change
and i think you left your mind (ooh yeah)
somewhere in 1977
are you deranged from epididymitis pain?
Both hands grasping right hand perpendicular left wrist strained
you'll never change
(wash, rinse, repeat)
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7. |
Blues for (Ed and) Heidi
03:41
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8. |
Electric Couple
05:10
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9. |
Dissemble
00:29
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10. |
Thank You
02:34
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For many years now I have worked upon this strange collection
of wayward songs with wayward melody and time
I've been underground
Don't tend to socialize
and when our lives so often take us into new directions
and when good fortune fails and friendships fall to petty crimes
I don't hang around
most often I've found this to be unwise
Yet in these complicated times
I see no reason we should be unkind
or even so inclined
and I would hate to spoil the mood
while I am feeling so much gratitude
Thank you for the gifts you gave me and for all your love that saved me memories of sunsets golden and for all the moments stolen
Thank you for the fondest wishes and for all the tasty dishes kisses when I first awaken all the ventures undertaken
in this life
the best that we can do
is help each other through
and that's why I am thanking all of you
those of you who life abuses thank you for the cuffs and bruises
all receive and all get taken if I am not too mistaken
if we do not learn the lesson ready for another session?
Throw the dice and then we choose
sometimes we win sometimes we lose
here's what I learned singing the blues...
Life just ain't fair
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11. |
(Frank)ly (J)reaming
04:44
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12. |
Summerland (Again)
02:36
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Now I lay me down to sleep
content my soul is mine to keep
should I die before I wake
Meet me at that clear blue lake
'cause that's where I'll be
I just cannot buy that story
(visit every night)
It's only an allegory
Walking on the western shore
I'm sorry but you're mistaken
(hidden in plain sight)
and hope one day you'll awaken
Knocking on an oaken door
We'll see the forest through the trees
The writing's on the wall, just read between the lines
We'll strike a pose and shoot the breeze
and reacquaint ourselves with being in that place outside of time
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13. |
Dis(-)Assemble
05:22
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Now we live in this plastic world
made from half forgotten dreams
never sure...nothing's as it seems
Dis(-)Assemble
we come and go and justify our lives
with philosophy so frail
and blind faith guaranteed to fail
that's life
it's easy come and go
compared to most I'm just a lucky so and so
and death
no need to fret and moan
just think of it as going
home
has always lost and found you
proof of this is all around you
Now.
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Jim Wright Arcadia, California
JIm has played touch-guitars for nearly 40 years, performing with many bands of various styles from popular music to alternative rock and jazz, with an emphasis on constantly pushing the edge of musical innovation. He is adept at performing and composing in both improvisational and highly structured musical genres. His newest release, Dis(-)Assemble utilizes, all of these talents. ... more
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