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R. Stevie Moore
PIANO LESSONS


NT20 1977 CD/C60


  • 01. Beautiful Kid (2:45) 12-28
  • 02. I Need A Girl (4:50) 1-11
  • 03. Funny Child (2:10) 12-30
  • 04. Broke Up (3:18) 12-30
  • 05. Silent Afterthought (1:42) 1-4
  • 06. EQ-IQ (2:30) 1-1
  • 07. Indian Giver (2:45) 12-28
  • 08. Man Without A Gland (3:10) 1-2
  • 09. I Wish I Had A Cigarette (1:34) 1-2
  • 10. Records (1:29) 1-2
  • 11. In 2001 (2:48) ?
  • 12. Piano Lessons (2:51) 1-3
  • 13. Dow Vs. Mathers (6:36) 12-26
  • 14. Gilligan Match Game (6:56) 12-26
  • 15. Commentary (1:25)
  • 16. Negligence (15:04) 12-26
  • 17. Commentary (1:37)
Total Time = 63:14


Taped late 1976 to early Jan. 1977 at Victor Lovera's red house at 227 Harrington Ave, Madison TN; on his friend Mark Rutter's (Smashers keyboardist) electric spinet piano ALONE. Otherwise, brother Gary sings along on 7; Joe Haywood sings along & Mike Hopper plays flute on 2 (which was recorded at Billy Anderson's 2219 Pennington Bend); Fagan Arouh plays guitar & Vic plays bass on 11; 14-18 is a Xmasday76 THC Jam with RSM on guitar, Vic on bass, Mark on synth & unknown drummer. RSM portrays Gingerbaker in closing (16).




AMG REVIEW: 1977's Piano Lessons is a unique experiment in R. Stevie Moore's oeuvre. Recorded at his friend Victor Lovera's house on a borrowed electric spinet, the album is built entirely on the peculiarly '70s sound of that instrument. (Think Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder, or Paul Simon's "Still Crazy After All These Years.") Most of the tracks are entirely solo performances, like the lilting "Funny Child" (which later showed up on the 1979 album Delicate Tension), the Philip Glass-goes-pop "Broke Up," or the lovely, shimmering instrumental "Silent Afterthought." A handful of tracks feature other players, and for once, Moore doesn't do his trademark one-man-band overdubbing. The first ten songs are typically good-to-great Moore pop, highlighted by the perky nic fit "I Wish I Had a Cigarette." The second half of the CD, starting with "In 2001," is entirely instrumental, including the energetic jam session "Dow vs. Mathers" and the pretty title track, which features a melody similar in parts to the soon-to-be-written "Delicate Tension." Although Piano Lessons isn't quite up to the major leap forward Moore would take on his next two albums, Swing and a Miss and Sheetrock, it continues his restlessly experimental streak.

–Stewart Mason, All Music Guide






LYRICS

BEAUTIFUL KID

Beautiful kid
There's a lot you shall see
All your life
You'll be thinking of things you can be

Beautiful kid
Don't you worry no more
All your life
I'll be helping you walk thru the door

Going down the alleyway
In the blinding white snow
Shouting out your name, fella
Any place you wanna go?

Shopping at the mall uptown
Buy mine, I'll buy yours
Lemonade and pizza pie
And relish on hors d'oevres

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I NEED A GIRL

I need a girl
to love me on a rainy day
I need a girl
she should look any ole way
I need a girl
to help me throuth the lonely night
I need a girl
she really should look alright

I need a girl, I need a girl

I need a girl
to kiss me with her pouting lips
I need a girl
to let me touch her moving hips
I need a girl
to rescue me from the south
I need a girl
to take my thing into her mouth

I need a girl
she should be 'bout 5 feet tall
I need a girl
to show me love and that is all
I need a girl
to comfort me when times are bad
I need a girl
she should not make me get mad

I need a girl
I need a girl
I need a girl
I need a girl

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FUNNY CHILD

i met a bony little boy today
his skin was blistered and his face was gray
he had a tuba and he tried to play taps

he went away and then he ran right back
and when he smiled at me his teeth were black
he kept his horn inside a navy knapsack

funny child you're the one
who keeps me from having fun
just because you're my son

there was a time when i was always scared
i had to take my brain to be repaired
and you were checking to see how i fared, yes

i saw the skinny little boy again
he wants to join the ku klux klan
i told him if he was a real man, wait

he tried to fly away but fell to ground
you shoulda heard how the band sounds
the little kid's in the dog pound
indefinitely

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BROKE UP

I don't think it matters
One way or another
You and me are broke up

Tender past is nothing
Time to be a bachelor
Me and you are broke up

I am going crazy
But I'm still so lazy You and me are broke up

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EQ-IQ

Trops la conelle pipeer EQ-IQ
Cattsa Leen U Laundeer Hamecka Bleu
Mita Dey Wookate S

Jula Nitch An Dama AM-FM
Cattsa Leen Ik Plama Taka Je'Taime

Scrok Geeondil E Sukle
Van Veet Ook Alor Binbrae
Treple Tuesday

Trops La Lingo Dutchkin AC-DC
Cattsa Leen Tre Flingo Daya O Me

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INDIAN GIVER

Indian giver touched my soul
Never gonna grow old
Never gonna grow old

Going to high school
Gonna be a fool
Gonna fall in love with you
Gonna feel so cool

Indian giver touched my soul
Never gonna grow old
Never gonna grow old

Going to really try
Gonna be so high
Gonna fall in love with you
Gonna stay young too

Indian giver touched my soul
Never gonna grow old
Never gonna grow old

Going to really live
Gonna take and give
Gonna fall in love with you
Gonna get what's due

Indian giver touched my soul
Never gonna grow old
Never gonna grow old
Never gonna grow old
Never gonna grow old
Never gonna grow old

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MAN WITHOUT A GLAND

here i sit inside a trap
of ugly girls who kiss
i could use a plain escape
to rid myself of this
please forget what's happening and
wind your watch and burn your calendar

it would not appear so bad
if i were sound asleep
maybe what i need is an
affair with horny sheep
all these girls they smell so bad
i'd like to cut my nose off just today

wish i was a man without a gland
just an organ player in a band
me and misery they must go hand in hand

if i choose to scissor off
my precious bag of wealth
will i be alright or will i
die for mental health
i don't want to urinate
without a way to guide it to the bowl

i just used a razor blade
to sever off a thumb
throw it to that awful girl
who thought she wanted some
everything is red and dim
where is the thread and needle when i need it?

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I WISH I HAD A CIGARETTE

i wish i had a cigarette
i sure could use a smoke
but i'm stuck alone, the car is dead
and i'm already broke

i wish i had a carton
or even just a pack
or even just a single one
so i could hit the sack

cause tomorrow i'm gonna quit
just get rid of it
i don't need something that does this

i wish i had a cigarette
i'd tear the filter off
light a match, enjoy myself
prelude to a cough

i wish i had a cigarette
of fresh tobacco leaves
but instead i guess i'll go to bed
to have a chance to breathe

cause tomorrow i'm gonna quit
just get rid of it
i don't need something that does this

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RECORDS

records are so much fun
records are second to none
records are so much fun
records are second to none

records are the way i choose
to entertain myself
records are neat
sounding unbeatable

records look so good and yet
they take so little space
records are here
nothing there to erase

records make a man into
a world celebrity
records are good
records are right for me

hey, why's everybody watchin tv?
i got some records, people

records are so much fun
records are second to none
records are so much fun
records are second to none





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