Click on the thumbnail to view a printable cd sleeve.- Title: Super Studs Session
- Artist: Anchovies
- Timespan: January 1994
- Theme: final recordings
- Length: 27:30
- Tracks: 7
- Lyrics: 7
- MP3s: 7 play all locally
- Rating: *** [3] (1 rating) rate this album
Track List
| # | title | lyrics | time | download | listen | started | recorded | rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Super Studs Intro 1 | lyrics | 1:52 | download | listen locally | - | 1994-01-?? | * (1) |
| 2 | Super Studs (1) | lyrics | 12:15 | download | listen locally | - | 1994-01-?? | ** (1) |
| 3 | Super Studs Intro 2 | lyrics | 0:24 | download | listen locally | - | 1994-01-?? | * (1) |
| 4 | Super Studs (2) | lyrics | 4:51 | download | listen locally | - | 1994-01-?? | ** (1) |
| 5 | Super Studs Intro 3 | lyrics | 0:03 | download | listen locally | - | 1994-01-?? | * (1) |
| 6 | Super Studs (3) | lyrics | 4:19 | download | listen locally | - | 1994-01-?? | *** (1) |
| 7 | Super Studs (4) | lyrics | 3:46 | download | listen locally | - | 1994-01-?? | **** (1) |
| Total | 27:30 | play all locally | album rating: | *** (1) | ||||
Notes
The last two Dead Anchovies "practices" were at my house during Christmas Break of 1993-1994. During the first practice, I played for Luke and Anand an unfinished song on my SY55. We then wrote some silly lyrics for it and recorded 3 takes of my pre-programmed music, plus everyone's vocals.
During the second practice, Luke was missing but Anand and Allen were there. We finished writing the lyrics to the song, which we called "Super Studs", and then sang along with my pre-recorded music. I also added a live keyboard solo to give the song some "credibility"; after all, we were supposed to be a "live band".
It's interesting that the last words ever recorded by the Anchovies were me saying "I'm free". We didn't intend to end things that day, but for some reason we never got back together. A couple years later, Anand moved to South Carolina, Luke moved to Australia, and Allen disappeared from my radar.
Songs
Super Studs Intro 1
- Super Studs Session track 1
- Complete Anchovies track 73
- recorded: 1994-01-??
- length: 1:52
- Anand Ajgaonkar - talking
- Travis Emmitt - Yamaha SY55, talking
- Luke Marshall - Yamaha DX21, talking
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This is a semi-boring intro to our first take.
Lyrics to "Super Studs Intro 1":
???: ??? TRAV: yeah you can do that i don't care to rap that much because i'm not very good ok, you guys ready? ???: yeah TRAV: this is the anchovies christmas of '93 we tried playing the hard songs think of this as the genesis this is the genesis of our stardom silence alrighty alrighty here we go LUKE: playing through the whole song ??? TRAV: anand, you can introduce us ANAND: master anchovies live on their parents' floor on keyboard is luke on keyboard is trav on drum is trav's keyboard and i'm singing the next is about a little trip we all took to paris you can start any time now keyboard solo ??? TRAV: anand, how much - how much - yo ANAND: yo TRAV: here we go here we go wooh! is this on? here we go here we go ok here we go 1,2
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Super Studs (1)
- Super Studs Session track 2
- Complete Anchovies track 74
- recorded: 1994-01-??
- length: 12:15
- Anand Ajgaonkar - vocals
- Travis Emmitt - Yamaha SY55, sax, piano, vocals | wrote: music
- Luke Marshall - Yamaha DX21, vocals
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Our first take had some catchy vocals by Anand. I think he had pre-written the first few verses of the vocals.
I think the awful sax playing is me. Anand's rapping was much better than mine or Luke's.
Lyrics to "Super Studs (1)":
ANAND: i was in paris; it was only last week it was a nice day so i went for a walk on the street i looked around and the weather was nice and i said, what a good day for a sacrifice i went to the nearest town square i grabbed a girl down, held her up by the hair i put a knife, cut her open right in the chest and i took her heart and i left the rest heart in one hand, held up in the air everyone around started cheering me there i was enjoying my time until the cops came around and they didn't look happy now i started running with the cops chasing me they wanted to have the heart back now ??? i kept running and i ran around the corner and i hoped that i lost them but i didn't really think so travis -- is not here right now so i was on my own i kept on running didn't have a quarter or i would have called up luke on the telephone here's travis TRAV: yeah, that's what i did uh-huh ANAND: ??? LUKE: ??? and there was nothing i could do 'cause i was living in paris as a matter of fact ??? recently arrested for hate crimes and i'd been in prison ??? ??? on his head so ??? foreign policy ??? minister ??? ANAND: that's right, we were all caught we were all caught allen's not here ??? back to paris, the cops still behind me and the microphone's not working so it didn't matter if i rhymed here we go, let's try it again back to paris, the cops still behind and i was running trying to behind having a good old time and around the corner down the corner on the street ??? TRAV: 1,2,3,4 help here's anand ANAND: i made it to the lobby of tje nearest hotel i jumped behind the counter and i grabbed the phone i called up travis to see if he was there and when he answered he had this to say to me: TRAV: hi, anand ??? ANAND: it was good to hear his voice again i had to admit this microphone sounds like s--- i was still in trouble and so i took off down the lobby down the street on the double i was running as fast as i could 'cause i knew the cops would kill me if i let them; i knew they would i went back to hotel where i stayed and i needed to pack because i had to get out today went down to the hotel lobby and i checked to make sure the cops weren't there i took off, grabbed my car, drove to the airport i bought a new ticket and i got a new drummer too here he comes TRAV: ??? take a solo ANAND: i got myself a ticket and i boarded the plane i said good, the cops aren't here; i was going insane the plane took off; when we were finally in the air i said oh, god, thank god, i'm finally out of there it was about 7 hours before we landed again we were in the charlottesville airport; i was happy now i went down to the ??? to see if i could find luke and he was there waiting for me and he said: LUKE: hey nando what're you doing here in charlottesville airport? you break into another one of these little ??? ??? not rhyme ANAND: i went hey luke, it's good to see you again you should have seen the s--- that i just went through then LUKE: yeah, i bet paris is a b---- at this time of year ANAND: it was hot too LUKE: really? ANAND: i said luke, you know, paris is nice but don't go there if you're going to perform a human sacrifice it makes you mad, madder than h-- and if they had the choice they'd kill you; then you wouldn't feel well LUKE: ??? ??? microphone actually 'cause you ??? ANAND: i know how you feel; i wonder where travis is he's been knocking on his keyboard in that house of his i said we can get in my car and go see him ???: let's go i'm parked right outside the airport hey let's go ANAND: got to travis' house and he was there in the living room he was ??? playing a tune i said hey trav, long time no see here's a microphone; it's your turn TRAV: i am ??? in the bass and i don't know what to do i'm almost through ANAND: it's good to see you trav it's time to go, 'cause you're a real drag i know, luke, we can try to find allen i know it's just about impossible; he's probably at his grandma's LUKE: again? ANAND: that's right LUKE: let's head over there ANAND: and we drove to his house he wasn't there, that m--f-- louse seeing his grandmother again or something like that he's never there, and ??? i got an idea; let's and back to see trav we can start a rap with what we have we had a good time; we've been across the continent TRAV: 1,2,3,4 3,4 now LUKE: we really gotta get another drummer TRAV: ??? all right, someone ??? ??? can play ??? again LUKE: okay TRAV: ??? ANAND: i ??? a little; i'm having fun, though and i think i made it out with a 3.0 now i just have to get a job which looks like fun if i can get one on an island i'll be basking in the sun hanging out with the students again ??? a lot of fun but ??? TRAV: ??? wanna play sax? ANAND: it was christmas time; it was ??? i traveled 'round the campus thinking about a girl who's pretty i had a good time singing; that's all upset about the drummer; he's f---ing up all the songs and i'm singing just singing the song's about over now we had a lot of fun, we sing like s--- now TRAV: you wanna do a --
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Super Studs Intro 2
- Super Studs Session track 3
- Complete Anchovies track 75
- recorded: 1994-01-??
- length: 0:24
- Anand Ajgaonkar - talking
- Travis Emmitt - Yamaha SY55, talking
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This is a short intro to our second take. I thought Anand was doing awesome at rapping, and wanted him to continue. He didn't share my faith in his ability to rap.
Lyrics to "Super Studs Intro 2":
TRAV: we can do a take 2, okay? and just make it a lot shorter? ANAND: i don't know the lyrics TRAV: that's okay ANAND: it's hard to sing about the same thing give me something to think about sing about TRAV: sing about school, okay? but when i ??? okay, this is it this is take 2 this is the one that we'll probably distribute on our best of the oldies stuff
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Super Studs (2)
- Super Studs Session track 4
- Complete Anchovies track 76
- recorded: 1994-01-??
- length: 4:51
- Anand Ajgaonkar - vocals
- Travis Emmitt - Yamaha SY55, cornet, sax, vocals | wrote: music
- Luke Marshall - Yamaha DX21, vocals
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This second take wasn't nearly as long as the first one, but it also wasn't as funny. I think Anand was getting tired.
My cornet solo was pretty pathetic. It was probably the first time that I touched a horn since 1991. Anand called it a mellophone in his lyrics, but it's definitely a cornet, since the mellophone belonged to the high school (and I was in college).
Lyrics to "Super Studs (2)":
ANAND: my name is nando; i go to the uva i have a lot of fun there; i work and play i'm always ??? undergrad, 3rd year, double-e luke goes there too trav's a f--; he doesn't go to the u he goes to william and mary like all the rest of the f-- ??? as long as he doesn't trip and gag it almost rhymed ??? we're gonna have ourselves a good time TRAV: ??? ANAND: here we go now ??? TRAV: well we were looking for inspiration so we turned to something ANAND: ??? the band used to have more member or two his name was jon, but that's now true he used to play the saxophone when he was around but now he's gone, and our band has no sound trav's on the mellophone and he likes to be ??? he can rhyme too ??? do that? ??? luke's on keyboard; he likes to play ??? i'm sure he's not gay it's almost his turn to rap ??? here he goes; your turn TRAV: ??? LUKE: ??? at trav's house ??? the microphone's screaming oh the joys of reverb, reverb, reverb ??? in a bottle i wonder how to spend ??? play it trav we need some more keys in here ??? TRAV: wanna play sax, anand? LUKE: wail on that thing my name is luke and i come from down under i have lots of sisters and i don't have no brothers TRAV: you guys wanna do a take 3? ANAND: huh? TRAV: wanna do a take 3? LUKE: ??? we wondered why, why, why
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Super Studs Intro 3
- Super Studs Session track 5
- Complete Anchovies track 77
- recorded: 1994-01-??
- length: 0:03
- Anand Ajgaonkar - talking
- Travis Emmitt - talking
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As the takes got shorter, so did the intros. The fourth intro doesn't even exist.
Lyrics to "Super Studs Intro 3":
TRAV: i mean, a serious take 3 ANAND: serious
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Super Studs (3)
- Super Studs Session track 6
- Complete Anchovies track 78
- recorded: 1994-01-??
- length: 4:19
- Anand Ajgaonkar - vocals
- Travis Emmitt - Yamaha SY55, vocals | wrote: music
- Luke Marshall - Yamaha DX21
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We wrote out the lyrics this time. We still recorded with mics, with no direct line-ins. The lyrics almost match the final version.
I like Luke's helicopter effect in the beginning. Also, his solo was pretty neat.
Lyrics to "Super Studs (3)":
TRAV:
this is live
VERSE:
it was a saturday (saturday), people walking around
'cause it was christmas time and there was shopping going down
there was one old lady walking really slow
she weaved from side to side trying to keep up with the flow
she walked so slow like she was going in reverse
a guy ran by her and then he took off with her purse
she screamed for help (help) but no one could hear
the guy kept running and figured he was in the clear
CHORUS:
super studs, they call us, heroes of the day
(heroes of the day)
super studs, they call us, but the robber got away
(but the robber got away)
super studs, they call us, and they've never heard us play
(and they haven't heard us play)
super studs, they call us, we made the old lady go away
(go away!)
VERSE:
all of a sudden, caught by surprise
the man was tackled by three extremely good-looking guys
it was the anchovies: anand, trav, and luke
the guy was so scared he gave up the purse and then he puked
CHORUS:
super studs, they call us, heroes of the day
(heroes of the day)
super studs, they call us, but the robber got away
(but the robber got away)
super studs, they call us, and they've never heard us play
(and they haven't heard us play)
super studs, they call us, we made the old lady go away
(go away!)
VERSE:
they walked back up the mall and returned the purse
the lady was so happy that she asked them to sing a verse
nando was the drummer of course he didn't sing
but travis went first with some lyrics that he had to wing
BRIDGE:
oh, it's colder than a popsicle
so pardon me if i don't carry your groceries
but i like your argoyle socks, ma'am
okay, that's enough, gramma, get out of my face!
i gave a little push and her legs gave way
she hit the ground will a yell of pain
anand and luke got their butts out of there
but i ran too slow; the cops put me in jail
CHORUS:
super studs, they call us, heroes of the day
(heroes of the day)
super studs, they call us, but the robber got away
(but the robber got away)
super studs, they call us, and they've never heard us play
(and they've never heard us play)
super studs, they call us, we made the old lady go away
(go luke!)
VERSE (LUKE SOLO):
go luke!
oh yeah
CHORUS:
super studs, they call us, heroes of the day
(heroes of the day)
super studs, they call us, but the robber got away
(the robber got away)
super studs, they call us, and they've never heard us play
(never heard us play)
super studs, they call us, we made the old lady go away
(go anand!)
VERSE:
it was a saturday and now trav's in bail
anand and luke we checked the pockets but couldn't come up with the bail
he was gone, he was out of sight
it must have been, it just didn't seem right
TRAV:
and luke looked around and he was lonely
he didn't know where to find the other anchovies
he wore his hat; very cool
CHORUS:
super studs, they call us, heroes of the day
(heroes of the day)
super studs, they call us, but the robber got away
(the robber got away)
super studs, they call us, and they've never heard us play
(never heard us play)
super studs, they call us, we made the old lady go away
(go away)
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Super Studs (4)
- Super Studs Session track 7
- Complete Anchovies track 79
- Anchovy Picks track 17
- recorded: 1994-01-??
- other names: Super Studs
- length: 3:46
- Anand Ajgaonkar - vocals
- Travis Emmitt - Yamaha SY55, vocals | wrote: music
- Allen Foster - vocals
- mp3: download listen locally (flash player)(HTML5 player)
This is the final version, which I included on the tape version of The Hermit (my 1994 Tripecac album). Luke wasn't there, but Allen was. We changed the lyrics to include Allen in the story.
We recorded direct line-ins this time. The difference in sound quality is enormous. I also added more sounds to the backing music.
This was the last thing we ever recorded together, and probably the last time more than two of us were in the same room together; after that we scattered to different states and countries.
It's interesting how the last words are "I'm free". I guess I was, for better or worse.
Lyrics to "Super Studs (4)":
TRAV:
??? speakers
VERSE: [Anand]
it was a saturday, people walking around
'cause it was christmas time and there was shopping going down
there was one old lady who was walking really slow
dressed in a scarf that covered her from head to toe
she walked so slow like she was going in reverse
a guy ran by her and then he took off with her purse
she screamed for help but no one could hear
the guy kept running and figured he was in the clear
CHORUS: [Anand, and then Allen+Travis]
super studs, they call us, heroes of the day
(heroes of the day)
super studs, they call us, but the robber got away
(but the robber got away)
super studs, they call us, and they've never heard us play
(and they've never heard us play)
super studs, they call us, we made the old lady go away
(go away!)
VERSE: [Anand]
all of a sudden, caught by surprise
the guy was tackled by four extremely good-looking guys
it was the anchovies: allen, anand, travis, and luke
the guy was so scared he gave up the purse and then he puked
CHORUS: [Anand, and then Allen+Travis]
super studs, they call us, heroes of the day
(heroes of the day)
super studs, they call us, but the robber got away
(but the robber got away)
super studs, they call us, and they've never heard us play
(and they've never heard us play)
super studs, they call us, we made the old lady go away
(go away!)
VERSE: [Allen]
they walked back up the mall and returned the purse
the lady was so happy that she asked them to sing a verse
nando was the drummer, luke and allen couldn't sing
but travis went first with some lyrics that he had to wing
BRIDGE: [Trav]
oh, it's colder than a popsicle
so pardon me if i don't carry your groceries
but i like your checkered socks, ma'am
okay, that's enough, gramma, get out of my face!
i gave a little push and her legs gave way
she hit the ground will a yell of pain
anand and luke got their butts out of there
but i ran too slow; the cops put me in jail
CHORUS: [Anand, and then Allen+Travis]
super studs, they call us, heroes of the day
(heroes of the day)
super studs, they call us, but the robber got away
(but the robber got away)
super studs, they call us, and they've never heard us play
(and they've never heard us play)
super studs, they call us, we made the old lady go away
(go away!)
VERSE: [solo]
solo
good solo!
take it all on!
we're out of lyrics
ad lib
CHORUS: [Anand, and then Allen+Travis]
super studs, they call us, heroes of the day
(heroes of the day)
super studs, they call us, but the robber got away
(but the robber got away)
super studs, they call us, and they've never heard us play
(and they've never heard us play)
super studs, they call us, we made the old lady go away
(go away!)
VERSE: [Anand]
sunday, travis was still sitting in jail
we checked our pockets but couldn't come up with the bail
we tried to plan a way to get travis home
we sent out allen to bust travis on his own
TRAV:
and what to my wondering eyes should appear
but allen in his honda
ALLEN:
blue honda
TRAV:
blue honda
i said "allen, my pal, whatcha doin' here?"
and he said
ALLEN:
trav, i set the t-n-t
in 30 seconds you'll be free
CHORUS: [Anand, and then Allen+Travis]
super studs, they call us, heroes of the day
(heroes of the day)
super studs, they call us, but the robber got away
(but the robber got away)
super studs, they call us, and they've never heard us play
(and they've never heard us play)
super studs, they call us we made the old lady go away
TRAV:
i'm free!
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