For the second edition of the ongoing web-published album "F Posterity", I'm dropping one for my Missouri peoples. I came up with the guitar riff for this song in 1996, when I was just learning guitar, found it on a tape in 2003 and wrote some lyrics for it.
As Missouri and its good neighbors in the Midwest have no ocean shores to speak of, our aquatic recreation typically happens in ponds, lakes, and rivers. And when there's a bridge over any of these, the recreation inevitably involves hurling one's self from it into the water below. Down Highway 55 and off Gravois outside St. Louis, there's a great bridge we used to jump off of, pending cops and a rainy season prior. This song covers the experience.
Hollas to all my people who hurl themselves from bridges into the waters below. We don't need no oceans. Here are the lyrics:
Beige vinyl seats in a brown LeMans
Crispy fried heat on the burned out lawns
Asphalt and the open windows sing
'Cause we don't believe in air conditioning
Shorts and shoes without socks or shirts
Old tape cassettes and megahertz
Southbound US 55
'Cause there's always miles to driveAnd we'reBad graffiti tags underneath the bridge
Pretty colors in the flaming sun
Like a polaroid flashback said and done
Washed out and overexposed
Bikini bottoms at the river's edge
Picnic beercan locals
Over muddy water vocals
Thirty-nine feet come free-falling
The water table's low and kick off the bottom
Surface downstream and check your head
And walk back up the muddy bank againAnd we'rePretty colors in the flaming sun
Pretty colors in the flaming sun
Like a polaroid flashback said and done
Washed out and overexposed
Summer crazy, summer dumb
Washed out and overexposed
Download mp3s below by right-clicking on the links.
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
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