Yer Sunday Musical Interlude: B.O.B.A. and Nada

Another odd musical interlude follows.  You have been forewarned.  (smile)

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Maybe it’s a “bit of the strange” in my musical tastes, but I love this tune. It’s originally from the Refreshment’s two first releases: their self-released independent CD “Wheelie”, and was repeated on their first major-label release, “Fizzy Fuzzy Big and Buzzy”.

The song is more well-known by its title from the latter CD – it was retitled “Mexico”. The original title was an acronym. It stood for “Buffet On Bad Acid”. I’ve never tried that form of “better living through chemistry”, but from all accounts I’ve heard of same I think the original title of the song was pretty close to the mark. (smile)

I’m also pretty sure the song was also written tongue-in-cheek, given the rather satirical nature of much of the band’s work. It didn’t get much airplay, for reasons that should be obvious on first listen.  Might want to use headphones if you listen when prudes or small children are within earshot.

Without further ado, here are both versions.

  
The other tune is the last tune from their second release; it wasn’t repeated from “Wheelie”. A bit somber, but I think we can all relate to the theme sometimes. I’m sure there are times all of us want to say “The world sucks; screw it all” and just go far, far away. And IMO this one captures that state of mind pretty damn well.

Fair warning: might not be a good idea to listen to this one if you’re having a truly bad day along those lines.  It’s kinda morose.

But the images accompanying this track are truly also gorgeous, if perhaps a bit overdone. 

 

The band broke up after their 3rd CD – “The Bottle and Fresh Horses”. That’s a pity; they showed promise. IMO they really did capture that time (late 1990s) in the US Southwest pretty damn well.  But maybe you just had to be there to appreciate just how well.

Damn, I really miss that part of the country.

If you’re curious, here’s a live set from the band from not too long before they called it quits (1998); it’s about 50 min. Enjoy.

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That’s all for today. Back to the normal TAH subjects.

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