"America Drinks" is based on the same subconscious formula that all those pukers use. You know II-IV-I chord progressions, modulating all the way around. They modulate normally in regular songs in a circle of fifths. But this changes key and modulates and it gets weird. There is something happening in all those changes. And the melody, if you were to play the melody as a straight thing, it's an interesting tune. But those stupid, stupid words, and in that setting, with the cash registers, and all that--we spent hours putting that together.
1968
Simply beautiful in all its cheesy splendor. This often ignored classic pops up at least once this year (on 4/10), and apart from the slightly improvised lyrics, essentially appears as on "Absolutely Free". Sandwiched between a healthy dose of energy called "Hungry Freaks Daddy" and the tour-de-force musical monster of "King Kong", this lounge act homage provides the perfect contrast and relief, and highlights one of the most enjoyable tapes from this tour.
1972
An instrumental, busily arranged version of the "Absolutely Free" track, with some random jazz madness thrown in just to be safe. Running at about 4 minutes in length, this upbeat tune basically consists of a series of themes and motifs- heavy on the horn arrangements- interspersed throughout with short horn solos.
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