The Typical Box 11 Colombia

The Typical Box
1977

Believe it or not, this received regular airplay on WBRU back when they had a freeform format

Vinnie Iannuquatrecelli aka John Hunter Housley - Guitar
Mike Raphone aka Joseph Duncan Housley - Vocals
Dino Beefe aka Bob Malcolm - Bass
The Mahavishnu Farah Fawcett Fentonstein aka Bob Fenton - guitar
Iben Used aka Dick Malcolm - percussion
Ginger Bread aka Rodney Maturi - drums
Della Kattessen aka Valerie Rasmussen - vocals

Recorded at Normandy Sound, Warren, RI, by Bob Windsor
Remixed by John Hunter Housley at Unmitigated Audacity in East Providence, RI

Our first foray into the studio
I tried to improve the overall sound quality with little success
We recorded 4 songs:

Colombia
The Mummy
Tacos For Two
Slippery When Wet

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Well, folks
Much as we don't wanna do it
This next song we just have to play
Because, you see, when you play in a rock & roll band
There are just certain types of songs you have to play
In Texas you gotta boogie
In Florida you gotta do a little reggae
Bluegrass in Maine
And of course everybody knows what you've gotta play in Philadelphia
But there's one other type of song that's universally played here in America
And that's the song about drugs
Now we would never take any drugs ourselves
'Cause we wouldn't be able to remember any of this garbage that we're playing up here tonight
Where was I?
Oh, and since we play in the best rock & roll band
We, of course, picked the best subject to sing about

Colombia
Colombia
Your eyes start to dry up when you're travelin' in the mountains high up in
Colombia

I just bought a lid today
It cost me fifty bucks!
But I would spend a whole weeks pay
To keep me constantly wasted away

Just smoke and eat
And eat and smoke
I'm so wiped out
Life is such a joke
But I need the stuff
I can't resist
I just gotta do downs
And be constantly pissed

Colombia
Colombia
Your heart starts a-poundin'
When the feds are surroundin' down in
Colombia

Colombia
Colombia
Smoke till you're chicken
And your eyelids are a-stickin' down in
Colombia

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