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  1. Has anyone heard State Songs by John Linnell? I found an advance copy at a yard sale. He wrote a song for a bunch of states, but they weren't THE state songs, just weird little ditties with a state name in them. There are 16 tracks on this CD, but I read that he completed all of the states.

    Woman says, "I thought he was with you."

    Woman says, "I thought he was with you."

    They slowly back away from him

    At best he's very interesting

    His brushes with success were just an accident

    No one likes New Hampshire Man

    Broken-hearted old man of New Hampshire

    Flower-sniffing poet of New Hampshire

    Charming witty drunk

    Gate-crashing parasite

    Self-pitying, embittered, morose New Hampshire Man

    Woman wonders, "Who's your itchy friend?"

    Woman says, "I thought he was with you."

    Woman says, "I thought he was with you."

    They slowly back away from him

    At best he's very interesting

    His brushes with success were just an accident

    No one likes New Hampshire Man

    No one likes New Hampshire Man.

    Maine

    ------They Might Be Giants

    Relaxing on my* hands and knees

    Relaxing on my* face

    Reclining in the bear-trap of its tender warm embrace

    Glazed with coniferous green

    Glazed with excitement and dread

    Exhausted from oversleep

    Awake but still in bed

    The shaving razor's rusty but the sting brings you exactly back to

    Maine

    Is** the world that went south

    Maine

    Is** a punch in the mouth

    Maine

    At the top of the chart

    Has crushed my evil heart

    Maine

    Is the devil you know

    Maine

    Is the heaven below

    Maine

    At the top of the chart

    Has crushed my evil heart

    I love you anyway (I love you anyway)

    I promise there's no other state (there's no other state)

    But only if you stay away (but only if you leave)

    And leave me to my ugly state*** (me to my ugly state)

    And give me back my evil heart so I can see you as you are in

    Maine

    Is the world that went south

    Maine

    Is a punch in the mouth

    Maine

    At the top of the chart

    Has crushed my evil heart

    Maine

    Is the poison you love

    Maine

    Is the hell from above

    Maine

    At the top of the chart

    Has crushed my evil heart

    South Carolina

    ------They Might Be Giants

    The other day my neighbor has a dented bike

    Second day he called me from intensive care

    Says he needs a picture of the dented bike

    For the evidence of what a wreck he had

    Accident

    Accident

    Lift that fork, eat that snail

    Garcon summoned, have a new cocktail

    Lift that fork, eat that snail

    Garcon summoned, have a new cocktail

    Crash my bicycle

    Crash my bicycle

    In a big South Carolina wreck

    I crash my bicyle

    Crash my bicycle

    Crash my bicycle

    In a big South Carolina wreck

    I crash my bicyle

    And I won some damages and they were punitive

    By which I mean the punishment was damaging

    It crushed my head

    It crushed my head

    Garcon, where's my drink?

    Wreck!

    Observe the front wheel spinning upside down

    Wreck!

    The red reflector fragments strewn around

    Wreck!

    The back wheel's 'O' is now a letter 'D'

    Wreck!

    I was an 'I' and now I am a 'V'

    Lift that fork, eat that snail

    Garcon summoned, have a new cocktail

    Lift that fork, eat that snail

    Garcon summoned, have a new cocktail

    Crash my bicycle

    Crash my bicycle

    In a big South Carolina wreck

    I crash my bicyle

    Crash my bicycle

    Crash my bicycle

    In a big South Carolina wreck

    I crash my bicyle

    If I had to do it all again, buy* bicycle

    If I had to do it, I would crash my bicycle

    I'd crush my head

    Collect the bread

    Crash my bicycle

    Move around folks

    Push her back there, move along

    Show's over, folks

    Let him breathe, step lively

    Move around folks

    Push her back there, move along

    Show's over, folks

    Let him breathe, step lively

    Fork (fork)

    Snail (snail)

    Garcon (garcon)

    Cocktail (cocktail)

    Fork (fork)

    Snail (snail)

    Garcon (garcon)

    Cocktail (cocktail)

    Move around folks

    Push her back there, move along

    Show's over, folks

    Let him breathe, step lively

    Move around folks

    Push her back there, move along

    Show's over, folks

    Let him breathe, step lively

    Move around folks

    Push her back there, move along

    Show's over, folks

    Let him breathe, step lively

    Move around folks

    Push her back there, move along

    Show's over, folks

    Let him breathe, step lively

    Move around folks

    Push her back there, move along

    Show's over, folks

    Let him breathe, step lively

    Move around folks

    Push her back there, move along

    Show's over, folks

    Let him breathe, step lively

    Move around folks

    Push her back there, move along

    Show's over, folks

    Let him breathe, step lively

    Move around folks

    Push her back there, move along

    Show's over, folks

    Let him breathe, step lively

    Oregon

    ------They Might Be Giants

    Oregon is bad

    Stop it if you can

    Here it comes

    Here it comes

    Now it's after you

    Flee to someplace new

    Run away

    Run away

    From the penthouse to the prison

    to the humble piedáterre

    Are they taking up the cry

    In the brothel

    In the castle

    On the crowded boulevard

    Do they sing the dreadful words

    Oregon is bad

    Stop it if you can

    Here it comes

    Here it comes

    Oregon is bad

    Stop it if you can

    Run away

    Run away

    Nevada

    ------They Might Be Giants

    Nevada, Nevada

    The dream of every girl

    Nevada, Nevada

    The acorn of the squirrel

    Ladies falling from the treetops

    Calling out in heaven's name

    Parachutes of dresses

    Saving every dame

    Nevada, Nevada

    The dream of every gal

    Nevada, Nevada

    The helper and the pal

    Arkansas

    ------They Might Be Giants

    The designers of the Arkansas

    Were inspired to choose a form that was

    The exact dimensions and the shape

    Of the state whose name she bore

    Yes, the ship was shaped like Arkansas

    And the hull was formed without a flaw

    Every detail had been reproduced

    On a scale of 1:1

    I was on the coast of Arkansas

    When I saw her colors from the shore

    And I sadly waved my hankerchief

    As the ship began to sing:

    "I'm the ship that's shaped like Arkansas

    And my hull was formed without a flaw

    Every detail has been reproduced

    On a scale of 1:1

    Avast me hearties!

    A blimey state!

    Ahoy there!

    Avast there!

    Ahoy there me hearties!"

    When the rising tide engulfs the shore

    And the waves roll over Arkansas

    Will the ship return to anchor there

    And replace the sunken state?

    For the ship was shaped like Arkansas

    And the hull was formed without a flaw

    Every detail had been reproduced

    On a scale of 1:1

  2. I would agree that Zappa is my favorite, followed in no particular order by

    Adrian Belew

    David Hidalgo

    Jeff Beck

    Dave Davies

    Steve Hillage

    Steve Cropper

    Neil Young

    Steve Stills

    Tom Verlaine

    Richard Lloyd

    the guy in Talk Talk

    Hendrix/Page/Clapton

    Albert King

    Albert Lee

    Andy Partridge/ David Gregory

    Richard Thompson

    Roy Buchanon

    John Fogerty

    Sonny Sharrock

    John McLaughlin

    Robert Quine

    Don Rich

    Eddie Hazel

    Ernie Isley

    Teeny Hodges

    Smoky Hormel

    Nels Cline

    Too many more to get them all. The lists in the Guitar Player and Rolling Stone are ridiculous, Adrian Belew wasn't ranked in either one. Gimme a break.

    th

  3. Buffalo Springfield/ Iron Butterfly (When I was 9)

    Styx

    Blue Oyster Cult

    Rush/Uriah Heep

    Van Halen

    Doobie Bros.

    Journey/Montrose

    Cheap Trick/Sweet

    Randy Newman

    Mellencamp/Heart

    Fleetwood Mac (Tusk Tour)

    R.E.M./Dream Syndicate

    Pat Metheny

    Joan Baez

    Stevie Ray Vaughn

    Leon Russell/ Edgar Winter

    Robin Trower

    David Lindley (at least 5 times)

    Lynyrd Skynyrd

    B-52's

    Tori Amos

    Sam Phillips

    Michelle Shocked

    Zero (many times)

    Grisman/Fleck/O'Connor

    Pentangle/John Renbourn

    Neil Young/Sonic Youth

    Grateful Dead (10 times)

    Phish (8 times)

    Robyn Hitchcock (4-5 times)

    David Byrne solo

    Bela Fleck & Flecktones (5 times)

    Tom Petty

    Meat Puppets

    Bjork

    King Crimson

    Tool

    Cracker

    Little Feat

    Indigo Girls

    Camper Van Beethoven

    Los Lobos (6 times)

    Jonathan Richman

    Pavement

    Jambay

    John Prine

    Sheryl Crow

    Furthur Fest '96

    Bill Frisell

    Richard Thompson (4 times)

    Maceo Parker

    Built To Spill 5-6 times

    Tom Waits

    Modest Mouse 2 times

    Love

    Gong

    Trey Gunn

    H.O.R.D.E:Neil Young/Primus/Big Head Todd/Sky Cries Mary/I forget what else

    Chuck Berry

    Stevie Wonder

    They Might Be Giants

    Ween

    War

    Holmes Brothers

    Parliament

    King Missile

  4. You never know exactly what Neil means, and maybe he didn't always either.

    "Mr. Soul"

    Having the momentum of a song on the charts, the Buffalo Springfield went into a studio in New York on January 9, 1967. They cut their first version of Neil's new song, "Mr Soul." Having a riff very similar to the Stone's "I Can't Get no Satisfaction," it was a hard-driving rock song. In the lyrics, Young excoriated the music business that he was now deeply in the vortex of, using the metaphoric "Mr. Soul" to represent it. The theme is similar to the just-released Byrds' hit, "So You Want to be a Rock and Roll Star," only much darker and so very personal. He couldn't believe that, due to a hit record, people would assume that they knew him personally:

    "Well, hello Mr. Soul, I dropped by to pick up a reason

    For the thought that I caught that my head was the event of the season

    Why in crowds just a trace of my face could seem to pleasin'

    I'll cop out to the change but a stranger is putting the tease on

    I was down on the frown when a messenger brought me the letter

    I was raised by the praise of a fan who said I upset her

    Any girl in the world could have easily known me better

    She said, You're strange, but don't change, and I let her

    In a while will the smile on my face turn to plaster?

    Stick around while the clown who is sick does the trick of disaster

    For the race of my head and my face is moving much faster

    Is it strange I should change" I don't know, why don't you ask her?"

    (1967 Cotillion, Ten East, Springalo Tunes, BMI)

    Interestingly, Otis Redding was interested in the recording the song, but Neil refused to allow it.

  5. Is this it?

    Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast

    ( Wayne Newton )

    The love between the two of us was dying

    And it got so bad I knew I had to leave

    But halfway down that highway when I turned around I saw

    My little daughter running after me

    Crying

    Daddy, don't you walk so fast

    Daddy, don't you walk so fast

    Daddy, slow down some 'cause you're makin' me run

    Daddy, don't you walk so fast

    Now, it broke my heart to tell my little daughter

    That her daddy had to run to catch a train

    She had no way of knowin' I was leavin' home for good

    I turned around and there she was again

    As she said to me

    Daddy, don't you walk so fast

    Daddy, don't you walk so fast

    Daddy, slow down some 'cause you're makin' me run

    Daddy, don't you walk so fast

    If only for the sake of my sweet daughter

    I just had to turn back home right there and then

    And try to start a new life with the mother of my child

    I couldn't bear to hear those words again

    She cried and said

    Daddy, don't you walk so fast

    (My daughter cried)

    Daddy, don't you walk so fast

    Daddy, slow down some 'cause you're makin' me run

    Daddy, don't you walk so fast

    Daddy, slow down some 'cause you're makin' me run

    Oh, daddy, don't you walk so fast

  6. I pulled out the Sgt Pepper movie soundtrack (Bee Gees/Frampton) for the first time in a while the other day. I hated it when it first came out, but now it sounds great. Steve Martin on Maxwell's Silver Hammer is hi-larious. And most of the other tracks have the Jeff Beck Group of that era. Oh, yeah songs that are hard not to like; MMMMBop, read the lyrics some time.

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