F Posterity, issue 35: "Ask Somebody"

Here's another old song from around 2003 that needed some editing. As Regina Spektor sings, berating the songwriter in her,

You don't have no doctor Robert
You don't have no uncle Albert
You don't even have good credit
You can write but you can't edit

This is one I played with the band I rolled with in DC before Analog Jetpack. The song was a little long and smug but fun to play. It needed some editing, and I hadn't bothered until I had nothing to record today. And once I got recording, it couldn't be just acoustic. I'd have liked to throw some harmonies and whatnot over it all, some shouts and what have you, but the day's prospects for productivity are looking bleak as is. I did manage to get some roommates on the soul claps. And who needs more than some soul claps in your life?

Ask Somebody

If I could tell you, brother man you know that I would
Hi-fives, holla, it's all good
But it would fail you, mackin' on a cell phone
Mock-important, slop top 40 ringtone
Spank elastic stonewashed jeans
Crankin' radio with extra MSG
But there's a big-legged woman at the back of the draw
Fixin' up a quarter million tons of slaw and singin'

I'm fightin' with a typewriter ribbon
Bleedin' cut-rate ink on the sun
While everybody in the business bleeds these tales by the tons
To grow tired like the old ones

Congratulations! I heard the haps
Pimpin' ground effects on a fanny pack
Pacin' out the lotto to finally pay
Rocking white British Knights after labor day
Bumping that Alpine at the intersection
Sideways glance just to see who's checkin' you out
And all the heads shake eyes rolled backs turned
Voices low, tradin' third-degree burns and

I am fightin' with a typewriter ribbon
Bleedin' cut-rate ink on the sun
And this has just gone on too long
And here comes the gong

If you don't know, then you just had better ask somebody
'Cause there are lo, so many more long gone, long before you now
And if you don't know, then you had better ask somebody
Statistics show and the studies and the nine out of ten
Shake their heads about the other one

Hellified triumph hydrochloride
Stereotypes in a checkout line
Shake your head and you're just the same
And just maybe, baby, the cryin' shame is
If it ain't somebody who just don't know
It's probably some trendsetter who ought to know better
But depending on where you have found to stand
The sky is already touching the ground and

chorus...

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F Posterity, 2006
52. F Posterity (Getzschman) - May 16, 2007
51. Crazy (Burton/Callaway/Reverberi/Reverberi) - May 9, 2007
50. Persistence of Regret (Getzschman/Ryan/Sahm) - May 2, 2007
49. Breakin' Plates (Getzschman/Ruthsatz) - April 26, 2007
48. Trio for Vocal, Metronome, Wurlitzer (Getzschman) - April 18, 2007
47. She Hates It When I'm Right (Getzschman) - April 11, 2007
46. Beat It (Jackson) - April 4, 2007
45. Mass Ave Strut (Getzschman) - March 28, 2007
44. Let's Fall Asleep Like This (Getzschman) - March 21, 2007
43. 2010 Ain't What They Said It Would Be (Getzschman) - March 14, 2007
42. Three Red Stars (Getzschman) - March 7, 2007
41. Birdhouse In Your Soul (Flansburgh/Linnell) - February 28, 2007
40. Everybody Thinks They're Self-Aware (Getzschman) - February 21, 2007
39. Hysterical Woman (Getzschman) - February 14, 2007
38. Hollaback Savior (Getzschman) - February 7, 2007
37. White Collar (old Philly dollar) (Getzschman) - January 31, 2007
36. Bottle of Blues (B. Hansen) - January 24, 2007
35. Ask Somebody (Getzschman) - January 17, 2007
34. All Time High Score (Getzschman) - January 10, 2007
33. Bury Me In My Jetpack (Getzschman) - January 3, 2007
32. Eggnogg Is The Liquor Of This Household (Getzschman) - December 27, 2006
31. Like Spinning Plates (T.Yorke/J.Greenwood) - December 20, 2006
30. Jack or Jesus (Getzschman/Peterson) - December 13, 2006
29. Runes (Getzschman) - December 6, 2006
28. We Leave Just Like We Come (Getzschman) - November 29, 2006
27. Shampoo! (Getzschman) - November 22, 2006
26. Tomorrow Is A Long Time (Dylan) - November 15, 2006
25. Was That Seriously Your Plan? (Getzschman) - November 8, 2006
24. Understated Explosions (Getzschman) - November 1, 2006
23. Everything Sounds Better On Vinyl (Getzschman) - October 25, 2006
22. Take Heart (Getzschman) - October 18, 2006
21. Pigs (L. Freese, S. Reyes, L. Muggerud) - October 11, 2006
20. Upstart Casualties (Getzschman) - October 4, 2006
19. Troubling (Getzschman) - Sept 27, 2006
18. Tales of Woe (Getzschman/Getzschman/Booth) - Sept 20, 2006
17. Manual Labor Pains (Getzschman) - Sept 13, 2006
16. The District Sleeps Alone Tonight (Gibbard/Tamborello) - September 6, 2006
15. Postmodern Burlesque Review (Getzschman) - August 30, 2006
14. Neverending Love Affair (Getzschman) - August 23, 2006
13. Living On Credit (Getzschman) - August 16, 2006
12. Broke As A Muhfuh (Getzschman) - August 9, 20006
11. Josie (Becker/Fagan) - August 2, 2006
10. Cold Day at the Races (Getzschman) - July 26, 2006
9. Calaveras (Getzschman) - July 19, 2006
8. Narcissist Blues (Getzschman) - July 12, 2006
7. Advice to a Young Jedi (Getzschman) - July 5, 2006
6. God Only Knows (Wilson/Asher) - June 28, 2006
5. Miracle Hubcap (Getzschman) - June 21, 2006
4. A Paycheck Is All I Ask (Getzschman) - June 14, 2006
3. Halfway (Getzschman) - June 7, 2006
2. Summer Crazy (Getzschman) - May 31, 2006
1. Sunday Street (Van Ronk) - May 26, 2006