Fret not guys, it's "old fart music". You'd probably hate it.
Fret not guys, it's "old fart music". You'd probably hate it.
Fret not guys, it's "old fart music". You'd probably hate it.
lyrics from Tin Man"And 'cause never was the reason for the evening
Or the tropic of Sir Galahad"
WTF is that?
America lyrics are littered with nonsense like this. "Alligator lizards in the air," anyone?"And 'cause never was the reason for the evening
Or the tropic of Sir Galahad"
WTF is that?
From Wikipedia:America lyrics are littered with nonsense like this. "Alligator lizards in the air," anyone?
Dewey Bunnell, the song's vocalist and writer, has said that the lyric "alligator lizards in the air" in the song is a reference to the shapes of clouds in the sky he saw in 1963 while his family was driving down the coast from Vandenberg Air Force Base near Lompoc, California, where they had a flat tire. While his father changed the tire, he and his brother stood by the side of the road, watched the clouds, and saw a road sign for Ventura.
America lyrics are littered with nonsense like this. "Alligator lizards in the air," anyone?
Weird lyrics are simply part of the America brand. I wouldn't want them without it.Oh yeah, well there were plants and birds and rocks and THINGS...so there!
i remember auditioning a set of speakers in the 90's, the salesman was playing some demo tracks which were eliciting suitably head-nodding and chin-stroking responses from me and my buddy that i'd dragged along for the ride."And 'cause never was the reason for the evening
Or the tropic of Sir Galahad"
WTF is that?
Weird lyrics are simply part of the America brand. I wouldn't want them without it.
BTW, the quad mix of Tin Man is a bit wanting. I enhanced it by taking the fronts, adding a bit of reverb, lowering the volume appropriately, and then mixing that back into the rear channels.
You and JediJoker refer to weird/nonsense lyrics that America and other bands sing. One of my favorite bands of all time is (vintage lineup) Yes, but man, did they have some "out there" lyrics. I've read that Jon Anderson was influenced by science fiction and fantasy novels (if you believe Wikipedia) and that sounds right on the money concerning their often head scratching lyrics. However to me, that's part of their charm - I don't have to necessarily understand (make sense) of a band's lyrics. That would certainly eliminate many bands...both very good and "bad"! I view such music like movie directors who don't "wrap up everything neatly" and where you may be left pondering what certain things meant. Hey, if David Lynch was a singer also maybe he should've been a vocalist in a prog rock band!Weird lyrics are simply part of the America brand. I wouldn't want them without it.
BTW, the quad mix of Tin Man is a bit wanting. I enhanced it by taking the fronts, adding a bit of reverb, lowering the volume appropriately, and then mixing that back into the rear channels.