Click on the thumbnail to view a printable cd sleeve.- Title: Kim 12
- Artist: Trex
- Timespan: 1988
- Theme: tape 22 for Kim
- Length: 78:35
- Tracks: 12
- Lyrics: 12
- MP3s: 12 play all locally
- Rating: *½ [1.5] (1 rating) rate this album
Track List
| # | title | lyrics | time | download | listen | started | recorded | rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Am Your Boat | lyrics | 16:28 | download | listen locally | - | 1988-05-08 | ** (1) |
| 2 | Honors Band Chatter | lyrics | 1:23 | download | listen locally | - | 1988-05-08 | * (1) |
| 3 | I Want to See You | lyrics | 9:44 | download | listen locally | - | 1988-05-08 | ** (1) |
| 4 | Have You Ever Seen the Girl | lyrics | 8:44 | download | listen locally | - | 1988-05-08 | ** (1) |
| 5 | Chimes of Liberty | lyrics | 1:46 | download | listen locally | - | 1988-05-08 | * (1) |
| 6 | Genie | lyrics | 3:35 | download | listen locally | - | 1988-05-08 | ** (1) |
| 7 | Proper Perspective | lyrics | 0:28 | download | listen locally | - | 1988-05-08 | * (1) |
| 8 | Vampire Rock | lyrics | 6:19 | download | listen locally | - | 1988-05-08 | *** (1) |
| 9 | Clearly Not Clarinet | lyrics | 2:15 | download | listen locally | - | 1988-05-08 | * (1) |
| 10 | Next Year | lyrics | 10:25 | download | listen locally | - | 1988-05-08 | ** (1) |
| 11 | Critical Chatter | lyrics | 7:06 | download | listen locally | - | 1988-05-08 | * (1) |
| 12 | Squish | lyrics | 10:22 | download | listen locally | - | 1988-05-08 | *½ (1) |
| Total | 78:35 | play all locally | album rating: | *½ (1) | ||||
Notes
This batch of songs for my cousin Kim was recorded on a single day. It was packaged with five other tapes (covered by Kim 10 and Kim 11). My instructions were to listen to this tape first because the others were so bad. Is this any better? You decide!
Songs
I Am Your Boat
- Kim 12 track 1
- recorded: 1988-05-08
- location: Charlottesville
- other names: The Boat
- length: 16:28
- Travis Emmitt - Casio CT-310, vocals
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I'm pretty sure this song was inspired by a guy from my dad's work (Sam) who got me into UB40. I was probably trying to mimic that light reggae style.
Everything was recording in one attempt, no overdubs. I guess I was serious about being tired of using the dictaphone (see "Adios Amiga"). Unfortunately, I also seem to be out of ideas. This is very repetitive, and the music is lame.
The lyrics are about some sort of neglect. I think the idea was that I felt like I was having to rescue people, but then would get ignored by those people once the rescue was over... until the next crisis. No specific incidents spring to mind.
Lyrics to "I Am Your Boat":
i'm gonna write a song for you and it's something i wrote in school well first of all sam is coming back tonight so let me write this song, ok all right, ready, i'm trusting my luck with this one and i hope it's good, and it's called the boat all right, here it goes hey hey hey 1 2 3 hit-it hey up the rhythm that's better tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock... oh tie your boat to the dock step on out, feel it rock see the street, it's time to walk look around, up the block reach the door, give a knock put your key in the lock go on in, check the clock get the phone, start to talk hey hey hey sam's back in town 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 hey hey hey one more time 1 2 3 4 oh tie your boat to the dock step on out, feel it rock see the street, it's time to walk look around, up the block reach the door, give a knock put your key in the lock go on in, check the clock get the phone, start to talk there is a rushing of waves the dying screams of the brave panic covers the town all the people they drown the water is rising the ending is coming it's time to stop fighting we all need some loving hey 1 2 3 mama we're rapping wooh all right tie your boat to the dock step on out, feel it rock see the street, time to walk look around, up the block reach the door, give a knock put your key in the lock go on in, check the clock get the phone, start to talk there is a rushing of waves dying screams of the brave panic it covers the town, hey all the people they drown, hey hey the water is rising the ending is coming it's time we start fighting we all need some loving i am your boat that you left in the shallows petty up to now now you're losing your battle 1 2 hit it meow meow, really stinks one more time tick tock tick tock tick tock tick tock... oh tie your boat to the dock step on out, feel it rock see the street, it's time to walk look around, up the block reach the door, give a knock put your key in the lock go on in, check the clock get the phone, start to talk there is a rushing of waves i hear the dying screams of the brave the water is rising the ending is coming it's time we start fighting we all need some loving panic it covers the town as the people drown panic it covers the town i am your boat that you left in the shallows petty up to now now you're losing your battle 2 3 4 i am your boat that you left in the shadows petty up to now when you're losing your battles i am your boat that you left in the shadows petty up to now when you're losing your battles i am your boat that you left in the shadows you turn to me for your support i'll lend a hand and taste the sport guilty thoughts they fill your head 'cause without me you would be dead i am your boat so long forgotten so long ignored and my timbers are rotten i am your boat, i'm so long forgotten long ignored, my timbers are rotten maybe i won't hold ya, won't that chill ya maybe i won't save ya, maybe i will kill ya maybe i can't hold ya, maybe maybe maybe i won't save ya, maybe i will kill ya maybe i won't hold ya, does that chill ya maybe i can't save ya, maybe i will kill ya i am your boat so long forgotten long ignored and my timbers are rotten i am your boat, so long forgotten long ignored, my timbers are rotten i have no beauty, a dying boat [scat] i have no beauty, i'm a dying boat but you are happy for i can float i find you use me for your pleasure you never helped me, i'm no treasure you say you'll use me in due time that's when you need me down the line and thus you keep me rocking here i am so lonely at the pier eh eh eh eh i am your boat your wonderful boat i am your boat so long forgotten so long ignored and my timbers are rotten i have no beauty, as a dying boat but but but you are happy for i can float eh eh eh i find your use me for your pleasure you never take care of me, i'm no treasure you say you'll use me in due time that's when you need me down the line and thus you keep me rocking here i am so lonely at the i am your boat so so so i am your boat so so so maybe i can't save ya, maybe does that chill ya maybe i can't hold ya, maybe i will kill ya i i i maybe maybe i will turn around and bit your butt wooh i'm your boat i'm your boat tie your boat to the dock step on out, feel it rock see the street, it's time to walk look around, up the block reach the door, give a knock put your key in the lock go on in, check the clock get the phone, start to talk there is a rushing of waves dying screams of the brave again rushing of waves dying screams of the brave panic is covers the down all the people are drowning the water is rising and the ending is coming it's time we start fighting 'cause we all need some love i am your boat that you left in the shallows petty up to now, now you're losing your battles i am your boat that you left in the shallows i'm petty up to now, now you're losing your battles you turn to me for your support i'll lend a hand and taste the sport guilty thoughts they fill your head 'cause without me you would be dead maybe i won't save ya, does that chill ya maybe i can't hold ya, oh maybe i can't save ya, does that ill ya maybe i can't hold ya, maybe i will have to kill ya i am your boat, i'm long forgotten i'm long ignored, my timbers are rotten i am your boat, so long forgotten i am long ignored and my timbers are rotten i have no beauty, i'm a dying boat but you are happy for i can float i find you use me for your pleasure you never helped me, i'm no ??? you say you'll use me in due time that's when you need me down the line and thus you keep me rocking here i am so lonely at the pier i am your boat, so long forgotten ha ha ha ha ha ha i am so so so long ignored and my timbers are rotten [scat] i am your boat, so long forgotten long ignored and my, my timbers are rotten i have no beauty, i'm a dying boat, hey hey hey but you are happy for i can float i find you use me for your pleasure you never helped me, i'm no treasure you say you'll use me in due time, yeah yeah and thus you keep me rocking here keep me rocking rocking here keep me rocking rocking here i am your boat
(c) 1988 Trex
Honors Band Chatter
- Kim 12 track 2
- recorded: 1988-05-08
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 1:23
- Travis Emmitt - percussion, talking
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I was babbling about honors band. This reminds me of the "band camp" references in that teen movie a while ago.
I don't remember which dates honors band was back in 1988. This chatter, and the next song(s) were recorded on the next, day, a Sunday. Several songs later, I say that I'm recording on "Sunday the 8th" which I'm guessing is May 8. Since the songs sound the same and there's no evident break in recording, I think it's safe to assume that this was recorded the same day.
Lyrics to "Honors Band Chatter":
oh god my voice is hoarse i've written quite a few stories but stories you have to read, you can't listen to you learned that from markus the rabbit, all right ok we had honors band high school honors band and that was awesome, we were totally awesome it was albemarle and western albemarle and we played some awesome songs we played five songs in our concert and one was really good and the composer himself came to conduct us it's called wolfpit mountain incantations and it's really neat we have parts where we have to sing, go [scat] and at the very end it's like [scat] i mean the bass drum and timpani are just like [scat] like [scat] we even have lighting everyone on stage is blue for a while, then we turn red it is the wildest song,it's actually fun this is honors band and you know the only reason i got in it i probably told you before is 'cause they didn't have any other french horn players in the county you know so i was like the last choice honors band was friday and saturday today's sunday, you know, the day after sounds like a movie i'm gonna write a song and i'll play it for you
(c) 1988 Trex
I Want to See You
- Kim 12 track 3
- recorded: 1988-05-08
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 9:44
- Travis Emmitt - Casio CT-310, cornet, french horn, vocals
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This long improve is very tedious. It didn't help that most of my playing was on the wind instruments, at which I suck. I guess I was inspired by honors band (the day before).
Lyrics to "I Want to See You":
ok this baby's a little bit short and it's just instrumental and i just call it um um [scat] how old are you i want to see you right now i want to see you right now one more time a little different wooh i want to see you, today please i want to see you, oh maybe i want to see you, that's all i want to see you, to see you i want i want to see you, oh maybe i want to see you, hold you baby i want to see you, right now i want to see you, so bad i want to see you, so badly i want to see you, make me mad i want to see you, oh baby i want to see you, oh baby i want to see you, right now, right now, right now i want to see you i want to see you you i wanna wanna see you i wanna wanna see you i wanna wanna wanna wanna see you i wanna wanna wanna see you i wanna see you so badly so very badly so madly i wanna see you i wanna see you, see you, see you i wanna wanna
(c) 1988 Trex
Have You Ever Seen the Girl
- Kim 12 track 4
- recorded: 1988-05-08
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 8:44
- Travis Emmitt - Casio CT-310, vocals
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This long song has boring music and bad singing. The lyrics are almost funny (in a mean-spirited sort of way) but not quite.
Lyrics to "Have You Ever Seen the Girl":
all right, these are really loser so far and this side is almost so far so i'm gonna have to have a good one next, all right the next one i promise is gonna be good i have to find some way to have the microphone clipped to me so i can actually, you know, sing into it and play things at the same time that's what i had upstairs i had it tied to a shirt on a coat hanger but right now i'm gonna ??? so i'm gonna have to sing like this have you [scat] have you ever seen the girl who looks like she's been to the world and back and again have you ever seen the girl who walks like an angel incapable of sin have you ever seen the girl who looks like an angel incapable of sin no, i know you didn't no, i know you couldn't i tell you something ??? but ??? every girl has an attitude none of them are angels, again every girl has an attitude they're more like the devil have you ever seen the girl who looks like she's been to the world and back and again oh have you ever seen the girl who walks like an angel incapable of sin i know you didn't and i knew you couldn't i knew you didn't and i know you shouldn't i know you didn't and i know you something but you gotta give it a ??? every girl has an attitude none of them are quite what they seem, again every girl has an attitude none of them are what they mean ??? every girl has an attitude none of them is quite and angelic 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 little angels and ??? 14 lives, they've got a few every girl's got an attitude 14 lives, yes they've got a few every girl's got an attitude have you ever seen the girl who looks like she's been to the world and back and again have you ever seen the girl who walks like an angel incapable of sin i know you didn't 'cause i knew you couldn't i know you something but i know what i shouldn't, shouldn't, shouldn't every girl has an attitude none of them are quite angelic every girl has an attitude they are so much like devils 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ??? 9 10 11 13 14 angels every angel has what she likes 14 times to day all the dies they wish they were but hardly, now go ahead and cry every girl has an attitude problem wooh none of them are angels, i'm telling you not one single little girl one one one one [scat] wooh ??? the girls they carry along have you ever seen the girl who looks like she's been to the world and back and again have you ever seen the girl who walks like an angel incapable of sin i knew you didn't and i knew you couldn't i told you something and i know i shouldn't every girl has an attitude every girl has an attitude problem every girl has an attitude problem none of them are angels every girl has an attitude problem every little one is a devil every girl has an attitude problem not talking about boys here every girl has an attitude problem not one of them, not one of them angels where are the halos ??? halos, you tell me they're not quite the angels they appear to be have you have you ever seen the girl who looks like she's been to the world and back and again have you ever seen the girl who walks like an angel incapable of sin have you ever seen the girl who looks like she's been through the world and back and again oh yes you shouldn't and i didn't think that you [scat] every girl has an attitude, an attitude problem every girl tells you every girl tells you every girl, every girl, every girl, every girl have you ever seen the girl who looks like she's been through the world and back and again no you haven't i didn't think you could now i tell you something that i know i i shouldn't really really really really
(c) 1988 Trex
Chimes of Liberty
- Kim 12 track 5
- recorded: 1988-05-08
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 1:46
- Travis Emmitt - Casio CT-310, talking
- Edwin Franko Goldman | wrote: music
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This was my horrible attempt at recreating one of the songs we played in honors band. It's painfully plodding. I butchered it. This is why I don't play many cover songs!
On a positive note (no pun intended), I don't think the composer's relatives will be coming after royalties any time soon! :)
Lyrics to "Chimes of Liberty":
ok here's a song that you probably know it's called chimes of liberty i haven't written any lyrics i just played for maybe 5 seconds and then i turned the tape recorder off and it's back on all right chimes of liberty and i know you've heard it it's a march that was played in honors band and this is very, very rough oh i got it listen listen i got it
(c) 1988 Trex
Genie
- Kim 12 track 6
- recorded: 1988-05-08
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 3:35
- Travis Emmitt - Casio CT-310, vocals
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This song was actually the ending for "Chimes of Liberty", sharing the same chord progressions, but developed a "life" of its own. Not much of a life, though, since the music is repetitive and canned. I guess you can call it an "Artificial Life". Heh heh.
Anyway, the lyrics aren't too horrible. They don't sound made up, though, even though I said they were. They're about a genie. A mean genie. I don't know where this idea came from. Maybe the genie wants freedom/liberty and the only way to get it is to wish for music/chimes? I dunno.
Lyrics to "Genie":
this is my unexpected twist, all right just tell me what do you want what's on your mind right now just get it out of your system girls don't have a cow just tell me what you wish for what is on your mind tell me and i'll really i'll try and get this thing fine just tell me what do you want oh just tell me right now just get it out of your system and girls please don't have a cow just tell me what you wish for what is in your head just tell me now, girl, tell me know if you're anxious then have me killed if you're anxious then have me killed and get someone else to do your work just get someone else to do your work just tell me what's on your mind and how you would like it done i can grant ??? any wish that is under the sun just tell me what's on your mind and how you would like it done i can grant though any wish any wish that is under the sun so like tell me boy just tell me boy just tell me and i'll grant your wish just tell me boy or a girl for that matter just tell me and i'll try to grant your wish oh is it for silence or is it for music what is your wish i'm a genie of the people what is your wish tell me what is your wish what is your wish for silence or music is it your wish which is your wish tell me your wish i am viscious tell me your wish this ??? cut cuts in half just tell me your wish tell me your wish just tell me your wish tell me your wish tell me your wish just tell me your wish tell me your wish and and and i'll grand your wish if you tell me your wish and i'll get your wish and you'll be satisfied ha ha ha that one was really dumb, really dumb i made that up as i went along and that's why it was so dumb
(c) 1988 Trex
Proper Perspective
- Kim 12 track 7
- recorded: 1988-05-08
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 0:28
- Travis Emmitt - Casio CT-310, vocals
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This ends the side of the tape. At least I wasn't deluding myself about the songs' quality!
Lyrics to "Proper Perspective":
these are real losers you know this is a such waste of tape this is 45 minutes of nothing absolultely i mean, i'm serious i'm not just saying that to be, um, negative i'm just saying that to have a proper look on things proper perspective i'm gonna try to get something good going and if it's not good then gimme a break and if it's not good then don't hit me with that stake
(c) 1988 Trex
Vampire Rock
- Casio Picks track 11
- Kim 12 track 8
- recorded: 1988-05-08
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 6:19
- Travis Emmitt - Casio CT-310, vocals
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This is a silly song about a vampire. I think the idea came from the "stake" reference in the previous song ("Proper Perspective"). First genies, then vampires... I guess I was geeking out that day!
The music is repetitive, but so is the "bite into your neck" theme which keeps going through the vampire's head. Not too bad.
Lyrics to "Vampire Rock":
i was walking down the corner of a moonlight street and all these silly people came out and started to mingle and made my teeth thingle and i started to get thirsty for some blood [scat] it's a vampire rock it's a vampire rock it's a vampire rock this is a vampire rock rock it all night rock it all night sucking all night sucking all night i bite into your neck bite into your neck bite bite bite bite bite bite bite bite bite into your neck bite into your neck bite into your neck bite into your neck i'm a vampire uh it's a vampire rock i'm a vampire and i want to suck bite into your neck bite into your neck bite into your neck bite into your neck i'm a vampire ??? vampire rock i'm a vampire and this is a rock bite into your neck hey bite into your neck hey bite into your neck hey bite into your neck want to bite into your neck hey bite into your neck hey bite bite into your neck hey bite into your neck want to bite into your neck want to bite into your neck want to bite into your neck want to bite into your neck want to bite into your neck want to bite into your neck bite into your neck want to bite into your neck want to bite into your neck want to ahhhhhhhh hey girl, what you doing out here in the middle of the night while you're at it, just tell me your blood type bite into your neck want to bite into your neck want to bite into your neck want to bite into your neck hey girl, what you doing on the street what kind of people do you expect to meet want to bite into your neck, ooh want to bite into your neck don't run from me, don't run from me you shouldn't be scared of me want to bite into your neck want to bite into your neck just come back here girl i want to see something what kind of necklace do you have on bite into your neck what do you want exactly walking around in the street at night bite into your neck bite into your neck i'm sorry bite into your neck what kind of necklace is that bite into your neck oh just tell me bite into your neck hey lemme undo that for you don't run come here now give me a kiss bite into your neck bite into your neck bite into your neck bite into your neck i'm a vampire this is vampire rock i'm a vampire and i want to suck vampire, oh vampire bite into your neck bite into your neck want to bite into your neck bite your neck bite your bite your neck where did you get that little cross you evil double-crosser, i'm a big city boss where did you get where did you get please i'm asking for mercy i'm sorry i tried to make an attempt to bite into your neck bite into your neck bite into your neck bite into your neck bite into your bite into your neck bite into your neck bite into your neck i want bite into your neck bite into your little tender juicy bloody neck
(c) 1988 Trex
Clearly Not Clarinet
- Kim 12 track 9
- recorded: 1988-05-08
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 2:15
- Travis Emmitt - Casio CT-310, percussion, vocals
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I was pretending to play clarinet (on the clarinet). There's a cheesy melody in the middle. Not much else of interest here. What a lame way to end the CD!
Lyrics to "Clearly Not Clarinet":
ok this next one again, i'm writing it up on the spot this is me playing clarinet do you know i play clarinet
(c) 1988 Trex
Next Year
- Kim 12 track 10
- recorded: 1988-05-08
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 10:25
- Travis Emmitt - Casio CT-310, vocals
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This immediately followed "Clearly not Clarinet"; I don't think I even stopped the tape.
For some reason, I decided to make a "sequel" to "This Year", though the backing rhythms are similar to "Vampire Rock". There's also a bit of "Waiting for a Call" near the middle. I guess I was running out of ideas.
I seemed to know it, because that's what I talked about in the middle. My talking was kinda funny. The solos are sloppy but have some tuneful bits.
Lyrics to "Next Year":
i've made up my mind this is an encore of the, the music part of the the girl oh what's it call it's sort of like i know this girl she was beautiful to see and we used to be friends just her and me friends, that's all; no more could we be now we're less than that, you see now we're less than that, you see see that is, that's part of the lyrics to it what's the called the girl last year or this year, something like that i knew this girls with blonde her to waist really good looking, not a beast i think she was really really hot but as for me i don't think she thought so i think that she was really really really hot and now i regret what i thought my actions spoke louder than my thoughts and that ruined it so blaa blaa blaa, i really messed this up well, I'm gonna play the music part to that song wherever it went this year or next year it's called this year again i know this girl she was beautiful to see and we used to be friends just her her her her her and me wooh wooh so beautiful she was so beautiful she was she was so beautiful to see we used to be friends just her her her her her and me just friends, that's all; no more could we be and now we're less than that, can you see this year i proposed we proposed to i hope i must i think that i must have written this in january because that was the beginning of my creative streak and this is still a very dormant song i like the music part of it thought it has potentional but as you see by me by my my my blaa blaa blaa by my very encoring of this song that means i've run out of ideas not but this was a great song i think the last great song i every wrote i think was the whole scat-trav collection was good but the last seriously great song i have no idea um let me think um i don't know i'm not doing very well in terms of a perfect song but i think you seem to like you seem to like you seem to like um waiting for a call [scat] that was like [scat] i can't sing it with this music on it was like i even forget it well let's just continue the song yeah [scat] i know this girl she was beautiful to see and we used to be friends just her and me just friends, that's all; no more could we be listen to the lyrics of this song they are full of hidden meanings [scat] yeah what do you think of the lyrics of the song what do you think, you better not tell me they're wrong this is an original song it cannot possibly be wrong oh god
(c) 1988 Trex
Critical Chatter
- Kim 12 track 11
- recorded: 1988-05-08
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 7:06
- Travis Emmitt - Casio CT-310, talking
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This is a long ramble about the tapes I was preparing to send to Kim. The only critical part is the date, which applies to the previous and following songs as well. Aside from that, it's really just lots of gabbing, sometimes funny but mostly dumb. Feel free to skip. I think I was hyper. I kept playing the keyboard in the middle of talking too.
I was being very critical of my cousin's tape-making skills. What a little self-centered, hypocritical snob I was! :) Still, it's kinda funny.
Lyrics to "Critical Chatter":
today is sunday, 8th i think and school's awful i hate school all right ok i hate school, you know that and um i would do anything to get out of school, anything well, i mean i'm gonna end up going to the next grade, of course if health catches up of course and health is down in the gutter seriously the other 5 tapes they are really dumb they are really dumb but i want you to listen to then because i think there might be some good stuff on there anyways this has very little talking on it i mean it has a normal amount of talking on it but compared to the other ones yeah i would really like to get a little you know that would cheer me up or a tape i would love to get a tape from you but you probably don't have any blank tapes you have some tapes that you can record over, i'm sure and guess who sent those to you, ha ha ha all right so, just work on it put your pencil to the paper here's some tips number 1 do not let anybody else hear them unless you go over the part several times and you find there's nothing wrong with it because most of it is very bad, very bad it's because i was in a bad mood the whole time and i was writing dumb stories and i still am but my stories i hope are getting better i wrote one about the good earth again my stories you have to read them not hear 'em, all right anyways, i write stories as easily as i write songs sometimes i luck out and sometimes i give up half way and most of the time they're awful all right so anyways, back to the music about the next 5 tapes they're very long 5 tapes, i know it and a lot of it is not background it was stuff that i rather you did pay attention to the first tape is really funny i think there's a lot of joke telling in the 5 and the first one is like side 1 works, side 2 is just totally torn up it's like [noise] ok side 1 is bad enough [scat] this is gonna go on forever [sigh] ok that can go on forever and ever and ever but i'm not gonna let it all right, so anyways this is very depressing tape ok the 5 tapes, i'm talking about them yeah, listen to them like 1 at a time like spend, an hour average, an hour and a half for each one just listen to it and listen to the words i don't say stuff i don't blab like right now i classify this as definitely blabbing all right, i don't blab on those tapes i don't think, i don't think i mean i'm sure in parts of it i get away with a little bit of it i listen to your tape and you're like: oh, paul came over today and i'm like: ok that's great ok another half an hour of this ok this is very supra-critical but i'm just portraying this as i see it and then you go on your keyboard and [scat] and that's good, that's good, great to see you trying but i either write a song out so that it sounds good or i luck out, and i luck out a lot when i say luck out, that means it becomes decent enjoyable to listen, right almost every song that i write is enjoyable to listen except this one right here, listen to this one that's the one exception on the tape all right the others enjoyable but then you come along [scat] with your little rhythms and then you start singing and it's like pretty horrendous it's a lot better than i can do but first of all you're singing other people's songs and then you try to make it, really, really, all right i mean i played i played that, but that's not a singing part but anyways sorry you're great, you're great you talk well, you tell good jokes and um you just need to loosen up i'd say and you can't be like this and this happened today and tomorrow i'm gonna do this and this and you know what, this and this and this as if you're talking on the phone to one of your friends because i don't know what in the world is going on up there and i'm sure you don't know what's going on down here but i don't say, ok, tomorrow i have a test in blaa blaa blaa which i did, though and then i have marching band, oh great, marching band's fun i can incorporate my feelings into it but i'm not gonna say: tomorrow at 3:30 i will be out of school i will go to the cafeteria and there i will see my friends and i'll smile at them and they'll through food at me and i'll try to catch it in my mouth and most of the time it goes up my nose so i sneeze it, it comes out and it sticks all over the floor and then the janitor has to kick me out mr. card gets mad and makes me sit out for most of practice but i don't mind, because i don't like practice anyway no, i don't do that i make it funny and i'll lie, i lie a lot most of the stuff i'll tell you in those 5 are lies i don't like making a big deal about every day life because it it so morbid and you know ok i got that out of my system ok, here's recommendations for your next tape or letter number 1 put a little more of your emotions into it, not the details he came over he said hi he said are you afraid of me i said no he said are you really i lied, i said yes and he said ok, fine, let's go into my car i said fine i went to his car i closed the door i went outside no, you just have to put your emotions into it i am papa smurf i like to eat get the whole family in they're gonna hear this next song, all right, it's great everybody huddled around here now of course you're just sitting there going [sigh] and you're thinking: well if i get them in then, uh... but right now you're thinking: oh, he knows what i'm thinking and right now: he knows he knows what i'm thinking all right but right now: he knows what he knows, he knows what i'm thinking and even know: he knows what he knows he knows what he knows i'm thinking all right, now i'm sorry to disturb your thinking, but listen, please no, you don't have to do this because i know you're not gonna as if you're really rebelling against me but i know it feels good that's what i did when you said: invite jessica into your room travis and i said: ha ha ha no but anyways, i'm tell you now please get the whole family in here and get ready to listen to a great song we've got a great performance ready and i call it squish and it's about my friend squish and he is a squish because he is and he just is man and no debating that man this song is ready all right is everybody in
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Squish
- Kim 12 track 12
- recorded: 1988-05-08
- location: Charlottesville
- length: 10:22
- Travis Emmitt - Casio CT-310, vocals
- mp3: download listen locally (flash player)(HTML5 player)
This song was supposed to be heard by the entire family. It's pretty pathetic. I had nothing to say, and was kinda confrontational and self-obsessed. Oh well; what's new?
The music starts slow, empty, and boring. At some point the keyboard started dying and speeding up (I don't remember why that happened). I ended up leaving the room at the end. After a while I came back and made the comment about rolly-pollies, which I think were the inspiration for the title.
Lyrics to "Squish":
ok ready are you listening are you psyched get ready get on your dancing shoes and feel the beat hear the beat on your feet down the street yeehaw in the hall yeehaw in the hall can you feel the subtle rhythm can you feel the dancing from within can you feel, can you feel the mental rhythm and it all caves in can you feel, can you feel the beat can you feel, can you feel the style now i see you all sitting in circle and on your faces you wear smiles, smiles, smiles can you feel, can you feel the rhythm can you feel, can you feel the drum do you think of me as a foreigner do you criticize me as a bum do you think about iran contra affairs do you really give a hoot about what is going on do you care about who we have for president do you care, do you care, i sure don't i don't care what happens to the world because i'm not the world, yeah, again i don't care what happens to the world 'cause i'm not the world no i'm not no way out of it ok now the parents may leave yes, that's right go on, thank you jimmy what did you do in school today get in a fight, oh boy who was the other bully who did you pick on in school today was it your younger brother oh no, he goes to a different school what kind of person do you think i am do you think i'm mentally incompenent no, no boy what kind of person do you think you are do you think you'll be a movie star like me no way only if you try if you don't you'll die you'll die lonely so so lonely now tony may leave the room please tony this is your cousin travis speaking i would like you to leave the room now jimmy what did you do in school today get in a fight, you say no way is this true kimberly you sit on your bed listening to me and holding your head holding your phone with your other hand yes i know, kim, i understand you, you can ignore me don't care what does on the keyboard's dying it really's getting faster i don't know what does that but it's gonna die hey, you're witness to a keyboard dying everybody back in the room it's dying i'm not touching the keyboard doing the bass with my left hand and i'm holding the microphone with my right it's speeding up it's gonna so fast that it dies takes a while though tony tony nice to see you back in here maybe maybe i'll fix the keyboard this year maybe today maybe no way maybe i will maybe all right the parents may leave the room again tony and jimmy too now that they're gone kim that just leaves 2 people that is me and you please put the phone down now i'm not asking too much i really hope that i'm not i'm not trying to be a butt but when you finish your conversation i would like you to heed what i have to say i must tell you about something that happens to me everyday i go to sleep i sleep 'til down i don't get up at dawn either but i do at 7 but who really cares because it's outside your world i don't care about the world today i don't care if russia takes the usa i don't care, i don't care about the world today i don't care if afghanistan kills the ra ira, ira i don't give a hoot about politics i think that we're run by a bunch of [beeps] i said no cussing i said no cussing i don't break a promise at least in this tape maybe in others but not in this tape the keyboard is dying the hamburger's frying and the mixer getting so hot getting so hot kim you and me alone everybody else has left the home is the phone down i really frown when you pick up the phone to call somebody who are you calling is is paul or matt or ted or whoever who it be who it be yes i care that you should see 'cause i'm trav on the mic and a rhythm cool rhythm cooking up the keyboard 'til it gets real hot get the mixer going get the plastic going someone's trying to get in the room what, what is it time for dinner sam's here we gotta go eat dinner i hope it'll be fun but i don't want to get thinner so i guess i gotta go eat guess i gotta take my seat guess i gotta go eat guess i gotta take my seat sam's here for dinner i've got to eat i don't want to be any thinner guess i gotta go eat guess i gotta take my seat guess i gotta go we're gonna listen to this tape during our meal dinner as you call it, you up there hmm gotta go eat gotta go eat gotta go gotta gotta gotta go gotta go gotta go gotta go gotta go gotta go i'll let you listen to the keyboard die i'll let you listen to the mixer fry but as for now i've got to fly gotta eat dinner 'cause i don't feel so high i'll let you listen to the keyboard die i'll let you listen to the mixer fry but as of now i've got to fly i don't really feel so high i've gotta go, gotta go and eat gotta go, afraid i've got to take my seat this has been fun but i don't feel like number 1 an embarassing feat goodbye i'll save you some ??? goodbye as for now don't worry, i'm not gonna be gone long please don't cry ??? we got a million rolly-pollies and then they're all curled up
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