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The You I Knew is
the fifth self-released CD from wild and crazy guy,
Rod Webber: a wanna-be Bob Dylan, DIY maverick with
a staggeringly ambitious work ethic. In the
one-man-band mold of trail blazers like Trent
Reznor, Prince and everybody's new favorite
golden-haired boy, Beck, Webber is a visionary who
handles "all instruments, vocals and loops" on this
sublimely eclectic disc, with the occasional guest
artist contribution. With his off-beat, acoustic
folk style being cohesive over the album's dozen
tracks, Rod's songs of relationships and revenge
bring the influence of many and varied artists into
the mix. Take the lead track, "Blue Hour," a pseudo
slacker anthem highly reminiscent of Beck's
breakthrough hit, "Loser"; while "Crush My Skull"
is "I am the Walrus" with a serious Residents vibe.
Elsewhere, College Radio and underground favorites
like Ween, They Might Be Giants and even The Fugs
rear their messy little heads. The borderline
retarded "Love to Kick You" and the super oddball
"Cocaine & Hookers" (sample lyric: "I've got
Bob Dylan's looks/and Mariah's brains/Where's my
happy tomorrow/Where's my cocaine?") are delivered
with humorous verve, and Rod's never so much of a
smart ass that loses focus. A very entertaining
album for those who like their pop slightly off the
beaten path.-- - Gail Worley- Ink 19 Magazine
LYRICS:
01./// Blue
Hour.
The bastard moaned with girlish glee- Wondering how
he would crush me
Wandering round in NYC-Muttering my eulogy
Man-whore child of money hag-Cursing while the
evening sags
Confident he'll make the tag,the double Cs are in
the bag.
Its been a blue
hour, a long blue hour, But soon the lights will
fade
Its been a blue hour, a long blue hour, But soon
the lights will fade
Cocaine Sue gives
her regards, she's building a new house of
cards
On Tuesday night if you're around, she'd be pleased
if you go knock her down
She says she's feeling life's a strain, its easier
all down the drain
So do your thing and stoke her pain, I'll be
drowning in the rain
Its been a blue
hour, a long blue hour, But soon the lights will
fade
Its been a blue hour, a long blue hour, But soon
the lights will fade
Amidst the fray
and mass confusion, Ambling Ann came to the
conclusion
Her libido needed an infusion, and thus indulged
her strange delusions
Urgent Abe he jumped on his bike, and bashed her
skull in, that's just the way he's like.
Now the angel of death is riding stag, he's keeping
Ambling's pretty head in a bag
I've given up, that's all I've got, my sheets are
stained, my brain is shot
Urgent Abe he still walks the streets, there's
plenty more of that fresh meat.
Like a dead-end widow on Halloween, I doused myself
in gasoline.
The walking dead are wistful, but still beguiling;
I wish that once I'd wake up smiling.
Its been a blue
hour, a long blue hour, But soon the lights will
fade
Its been a blue hour, a long blue hour, But soon
the lights will fade
02.// crush my
skull
My sweetheart, she's a honey- She makes rainy days
seem sunny,
Yeah, I'll love my baby till the end of time
I met her pickin daisies, In the summer feelin
lazy
She like my eyes, she liked my tan I liked her
style
I love you baby,
so don't tell me maybe,
I love you baby, so crush my skull
On the weekend,
we'd go swimming,But I don't look ar other
women
Cuz if I did, I know that she would kick my ass
You could say we're two peas in a pod, Yeah, I love
her, and she loves rod,
Yeah, I'll rock that booty Till the end of
time
I love you baby,
so don't tell me maybe,
I love you baby, so crush my skull
No time to sleep
in late, no time to masturbate,
No time to try on high heels shoes
No time to smoke a bowl, not time to play with your
hole,
No time to say that I love you.
I love you baby,
so don't tell me maybe,
I love you baby, so crush my skull
03.///
Whatever Gets You Off
the hedons yep, there surely breeding, always
someone got just what they're needin
push a button, leg of mutton, feed your face, you
fuckin glutton
the feelings yep they're just feeling fine, rum and
coke, or a glass of wine
turn on your tits, turn off your mind, tomorrow you
could end up blind
oh yeah- if that
gets you off well alright- if that gets you off
whatever- ya you know that if tomorrow don't come,
at least you had fun
ok, yeah, I'm
getting preachy-read some neitzche- all is
peachy
truth be told- wish I was you-- blindly do just
what you do
buy some perfume- check J. Crew; Burning pink, or
powder blue?
worries they are precious few goddam i wish that I
was you
plastic tits,
newly fit, bad brown acid- took four hits
spastic cream, day-glo dream- hooked you with their
magazine
swedish curl, barbie girl- its me and you against
the world
gettin by, by gettin high- feed me seymour- I am
dry
oh yeah- if that
gets you off well alright- if that gets you off
whatever- ya you know that if tomorrow don't come,
at least you had fun
it feels good, it tastes good. I like it a
lot.
oh yeah- if that
gets you off well alright- if that gets you off
whatever- ya you know that if tomorrow don't come,
at least you had fun
04./// cocaine
and hookers
its the little things in life that make me afraid,i
sware to you my friend, i cant get laid
i'm like steve bushemi prancing in a sunday
dress,not even my girlfriend of 3 years won't touch
this mess
and even if she did,i'd still pop my lid, she'd
leave me for some money making straight laced
squid.
certified, pedigreed, to be the man she needs
indeed
did all i could
to be like you, got punk hair and dope tatoos,
drove my car into a pool...where are my cocaine and
hookers?
thinking hard gives me a rash, grew out my teenage
moustashe,
sware i'm gods gift to you all,where are my cocaine
and hookers?
its the little
things that make me want to live--i've given all i
could of what i've got to give
but Steve Bushemi's ripped beause i pissed his
skirt--and i'm always waking with my face in
dirt
but even if i didn't, the dirt'd find me--or i'd
wake up when you kicked me in the knee
to tell me that, you think you're fat,while
knocking out my teeth with a baseball bat
did all i could
to be like you, got punk hair and dope tatoos,
drove my car into a pool...where are my cocaine and
hookers?
thinking hard gives me a rash, grew out my teenage
moustashe,
sware i'm gods gift to you all,where are my cocaine
and hookers?
i've got bob
dylan's good looks--and mariah's brains\
where's my happy tomorrow,where's my
cocaine?
did all i could
to be like you, got punk hair and dope tatoos,
drove my car into a pool...where are my cocaine and
hookers?
thinking hard gives me a rash, grew out my teenage
moustashe,
sware i'm gods gift to you all,where are my cocaine
and hookers?
05./// In Her
Hand
Around my bubble in eighty days,I was out of luck,
it was getting late
Passed my time counting good intentions,Lobotomized
at the intervention
Can't count the times that I've been beat--Nowhere
to go, I always took the back seat
Tweaking like a monkey who's smoked too much
crack-On the brink of checking out, and not coming
back-
I was at my lowest when&emdash;
There in her
hand, held out my heart,
True came my dream, it made me scream
whoohoo
Up against the
wall, the world grown bleak, I was tired of just
being a side show freak
I was hunted like a dog with credit card debt,Put
my eggs in one, then lost the bet
Normal's out, and I was too low on feeling, I'd
never rise above the ever dropping ceiling
I only wish I'd remember to smile, No use in being
something stored on a file.
I was at my lowest when&emdash;
There in her
hand, held out my heart,
True came my dream, it made me scream
whoohoooo
06.///
Jealous.
I took a walk in Cambridge- I was feeling minor
league.
My life was like a freight train, casey jones he
was fatigued
When I heard the blue news, I found a bridge to
climb
I was feeling like I would jump, but you were not
worth my time.
I've got a
jealous, jealous, jealous heart, But I guess you
coulda guessed that from the start.
I got a jealous, jealous, jealous mind. He did you
a kind favor, and you repayed him in time.
She was watching
an old movie, which spoke of a regret,
which might not come tomorrow, But would find me
one day yet.
I stepped off of that freight train, it was going
eighty five,
But it weren't enough to kill me, as it seems I'm
still alive.
I've got a
jealous, jealous, jealous heart, But I guess you
coulda guessed that from the start.
I got a jealous, jealous, jealous mind. He did you
a kind favor, and you repayed him in time.
In a sober
moment, I said enough's enough.
I packed up all my things in the car, then burned
all of your stuff.
May be drunk again, but drunks not bad, when you
can't close your eyes.
I hope to god that one day soon, that motherfucker
fries.
I've got a
jealous, jealous, jealous heart, But I guess you
coulda guessed that from the start.
I got a jealous, jealous, jealous mind. He did you
a kind favor, and you repayed him in time.
07./// Shit.
everybody hates me/ I'm a stinkbomb,--I'm a
stinkbomb/ and its me they wanna kill
I'm the scapegoat/ and its me they're gunna
kill--So waste your time on this fodder for
land-fill
'cuz like every single day, I feel so down
today,--like they've dropped the noose, and I gotta
walk that way.
I'm a worthless piece of shit, please pop me like a
zit,--Or drop your pants and be done with
it.
I'm shit, don't
step in it.
I'm shit, don't step in it.
I'm shit I'm shit I'm shit
On my way to
class, I'm a dog's ass.--I'm a dog's ass and Fido
got a whiff of me.
I'm the ass-hole, and they're coming after me,--So
don't get involved unless you wanna stink like
me.
'cuz like every single day, I feel so down
today,--like they've dropped the noose, and I gotta
walk that way.
I'm a worthless piece of shit, please pop me like a
zit,--Or drop your pants and be done with
it.
I'm shit, don't
step in it.
I'm shit, don't step in it.
I'm shit I'm shit I'm shit
Shit sticks to me
like a drumloop--Playing over and over in my
head
Pass me a scoop of the shit please--I need
something for breakfast that's not dead.
I'm shit, don't
step in it.
I'm shit, don't step in it.
I'm shit I'm shit I'm shit
08./// The You
I knew.
God bless the good old days, thought they seldom
stay,
Blink my eyes and the earth had given way,
To the ship-wrecked actors with the poison
minds
Packed in the streets, like dead birds in a
mine.
Shamrock Sam, was a sweet-talkin man,
he wowed the white-washed women with his velvet
tan
How he got to you baby, that's a mystery,
but its time you opened your eyes, cuz it kills me
you can't see.
What happened to
the you I knew?
What happened to you?
God bless the
time we had, though gone like a fad,
I'm an eight hundred pound gorilla, and I'm fightin
mad.
Like a refugee from some forgotten era,
you've woke a sleeping giant, unleashed unholy
terror.
Uptown Annie had a taste for men's souls,
Like a spider in a web, waiting to suck you
cold.
How she got to you baby, that's a mystery,
But its time you opened your eyes- cuz it kills me
you can't see.
What happened to
the you I knew?
What happened to you?
God bless the
blessed saints who speak the truth,
Innocent beyond their youth.
The manic A.D.D. balladeers,
spouting pleasant nonsense in our ears
but for every heart that shines bright,
theres a desperate man who lurks somewhere in the
night.
How she got to you baby, that's a mystery,
But its time you opened your eyes- cuz it kills me
you can't see.
What happened to
the you I knew?
What happened to you?
09./// How
Much I Love You.
When I feel blue,When I feel down,
I think of you, And I can't frown.
love me good like you should
we'll grow old as we hold
each other, in our arms
I can't describe the way you make me feel
I wish you knew
how much that I love you
i wish you knew how much that i care.
I wish that you knew how much I love you
i wish you knew how much that i care.
when I'm alone
and you're not there
i think of you and have no cares
love me right, hold me tight
i'll hold you through the night
we'll grow old if we're bold
together, we'll make it if we can
I wish you knew
how much that I love you
i wish you knew how much that i care.
I wish that you knew how much I love you
i wish you knew how much that i care.
no it really
doesn't matter if we are rich or poor
it doesn't really matter at all
it doesn't really matter if we're balder and
fatter
I'll only love you that much more
I wish you knew
how much that I love you
i wish you knew how much that i care.
I wish that you knew how much I love you
i wish you knew how much that i care.
cuz I love
you
cuz I love you
cuz I love you
cuz I love you
10.///. When
You're Down
Michael hailed from harlem nyc
let him get way way too close to me
michael michael motorcycle
don't you come round here dear michael
cant you see, I'm feelin down
he sang
boom dikka dikka dikka, boom dikka dikka dikka,
love to kick you when you're down
boom dikka dikka dikka, boom dikka dikka dikka,
kick you round the whole damn town
Lucy hangs in all
the hippest dives
kills herself so she can feel alive
lucy, lucy, wet and juicy
don't you come round here sweet lucy
cant you see, I'm feelin down
she sang
boom dikka dikka dikka, boom dikka dikka dikka,
love to kick you when you're down
boom dikka dikka dikka, boom dikka dikka dikka,
kick you round the whole damn town
People stood and
watched in disbeleif
stayed in bed to try to mask their greif
in the church, up in the steeple
sobbed the broken-hearted people
cant you see, they're feelin down
they sang
boom dikka dikka dikka, boom dikka dikka dikka,
come and kick us, while we're down
boom dikka dikka dikka, boom dikka dikka dikka,
kick us round the whole damn town
11.///
Scones/
Naked in the country, the breeze was on my
nuts,
I'd've tried it in the city, but I never had the
guts
My friend Piggy Wiggy, she was into dental
floss,
We would get all rolly-polly, rolling naked on the
moss.
But time's passed, and time has passed quickly from
tea to tea
and now that I've grown , they say that's not for
me
I want the
scones
I want the scones
I want the scones
I want the scones
In the distance
one day, Piggy glimpsed the city's glow,
She had heard that there was bacon there, and
decided he would go
Up came Squidly Diddley, and they hopped aboard a
boogie train,
I just stood there crying, confused and naked in
the rain.
But time's passed, and time has passed slowly since
I'm out of tea,
and now that I've grown , they say that's not for
me I want the scones
I want the
scones
I want the scones
I want the scones
I want the scones
12. ///Who
Needs Love?
had hoped it was love, but i guess it was sex,
how she loved me still has me vexed
Kenny Rogers always knew when to fold his hand
but I'm a four time loser, you shouldn't love that
kind of man
if things did turn around- which woulda been
disarming-
we'da still been doomed, cuz i aint no prince
charming
it wasn't s'posed to be this way -just wish she'd
hold my hand
but I'm a four time loser, you shouldn't love that
kind of man
WHO NEEDS LOVE,
when you've got rock n roll -yeah
turn it up, and numb your worthless soul- well
I need love, like i need air to breathe -but
I'm a dud, so I just spin CDs yeah
forget it Rod,
don't you wanna be loved
you seem happy to sweep your woes under the rug
If I got a rug, maybe that'd give me the balls
to pick up the phone and give her a call
i wish i wasn't a coward, i wish i had class
i wish i wasn't home just pickin my ass
i'm so confused, i just wish she'd hold my hand
but I'm a four time loser, you shouldn't love that
kind of man
WHO NEEDS LOVE,
when you've got rock n roll -yeah
turn it up, and numb your worthless soul- well
I need love, like i need air to breathe -but
I'm a dud, so I just spin CDs yeah
had hoped it was
love, but i guess it was sex,
how she loved me still has me vexed
Kenny Rogers always knew when to fold his hand
but I'm a four time loser, you shouldn't love that
kind of man
WHO NEEDS LOVE,
when you've got rock n roll -yeah
turn it up, and numb your worthless soul- well
I need love, like i need air to breathe -but
I'm a dud, so I just spin CDs yeah
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