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Quirkwork / LIVE

by PINKNOISE

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    PINKNOISE: Quirkwork / LIVE
    This is the hi-quality audio from a concert in Calcutta. If you like this, share it with friends. If you don't like it, share it with enemies.
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G-METRIC YOYO / PINKNOISE SING A LINE, CUT ACROSS AND STRETCH IT IF YOU CAN YOU'VE GOT A PLAN, TO PUSH THE SHAPE AROUND HALF STEP UP OR DOWN, SHADES OF BLUES AND BROWN BUT ANGLES ARE WHAT YOU NEED CAUSE IN YOUR MELODY THAT'S WHAT YOU FEEL BUT BEFORE TOO LONG, YOU'VE GOT A SONG G-METRIC YO-YO POINT TO POINT, YOUR EYES ALIGHT LIKE A LASER, NO WONDER YOU AMAZE HER, WITH YOUR SWIVEL HIPS CURVING AROUND THEIR OWN DANGEROUS AXIS AND YOU NEVER MISS WITH YOUR KI-KI-KI-KISS HOW YOUR MOUTH ALWAYS LANDS AT THAT PERFECT ANGLE SPARKING A FRISSON OF DESIRE AND YOUR FLAME IT BURNS HIGHER AND HIGHER SPREADING, SPREADING SPREADING, SPREADING, LIKE WILDFIRE... YOU HOLD HER WITHIN THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF YOUR CHARM AND CHARISMA, O LORDY MAMA, AND SHE CANNOT ESCAPE, SHE WONT WANT TO ESCAPE, THE CIRCLE OF NEED, IT FEEDS THE SEED THAT GROWS INTO A TREE SO TALL, PERPENDICULAR TO THE GROUND SPREADING ROOTS OF TANGLED DESIRE, AND THE FLAME IT BURNS HIGHER AND HIGHER SPREADING, SPREADING SPREADING, SPREADING, LIKE WILDFIRE...
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SWEETER THAN ACID / PINKNOISE SWEETER THAN ACID, BUT SHARPER THAN WINE, NEVER BEEN AN ANGEL, IN SEQUINS AND SHINE, HOPE YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR SOME CLINGING VINE SMOOTHER THAN GRAVEL, ROUGHER THAN SILK, NEVER BEEN MAMA'S BABY, I DRINK BOURBON NOT MILK, SO I HOPE YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR A GIRL OF THAT ILK NO STICKY-LICKY CHICKY-FLICKY, NO TICKY-TACKY, I WANT WACKY, NO PRETTY-PRETTY, GIMME GRITTY, NO STICKY-LICKY CHICKY-FLICKY, FOR ME... SOFTER THAN STEEL, BUT TOUGHER THAN LACE, NEVER BEEN A ROSY-CHEEKED MAID WITH AN INNOCENT FACE HOPE YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR LITTLE MISSY GRACE...
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DREAM DREAM 05:05
DREAM DREAM / PINKNOISE FLYING SAUCERS IN THE KITCHEN A CAT STRUMS A BANJO ON A BARSTOOL BEHIND THE COUNTER AN ALBINO LIZARD IS WEARING AN APRON SAYING "SLIME IS COOL" DREAM DREAM ON A SCREEN THAT'S PLAYING IN MY HEAD IT'S GETTING TO BE SO I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO GO TO BED DREAM DREAM ON A SCREEN THAT'S PLAYING IN MY HEAD IT'S GETTING TO BE SO I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO GO TO BED JUST CAN'T WAIT TO GO TO BED JUST CAN'T WAIT TO GO TO BED PAISLEY PATTERNS ON A FAT YELLOW PENGUIN SMILING AT THE BOY WHO COMES TO DELIVER PIZZA ON FRIDAYS WHILE IN MY PAJAMAS I WATCH RERUNS DREAM DREAM ON A SCREEN THAT'S PLAYING IN MY HEAD IT'S GETTING TO BE SO I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO GO TO BED DREAM DREAM ON A SCREEN THAT'S PLAYING IN MY HEAD IT'S GETTING TO BE SO I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO GO TO BED JUST CAN'T WAIT TO GO TO BED JUST CAN'T WAIT TO GO TO BED JUST CAN'T WAIT TO GO TO BED JUST CAN'T WAIT TO GO TO BED
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BEETROOT 04:12
BEETROOT / PINKNOISE YOU REMIND ME OF A BEETROOT YOUR FACE IS SO RED I HOPE YOU'RE DROWNING IN EMBARASSMENT COS YOU COULDN'T GET OUT OF BED CALLED AND CALLED YOUR NAME OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR BUT YOU SEEM TO HAVE GONE DEAD I HAVE A STRONG SUSPICION THAT YOU WERE PLEASURING YOURSELF LIKE TO THINK YOU WERE A FLY-BOY FLY-BOY WOMEN DANCE TO YOUR EVERY TUNE HERE YOU ARE JUST A SLY-BOY SLY-BOY DOING THINGS IN YOUR LONELY ROOM NOW THERE'S NO DOUBT YOU'VE GOT CAUGHT OUT NOW THERE'S NO DOUBT YOU'VE GOT CAUGHT OUT PUT AWAY YOUR PRETTY SMILE NO NEED TO FLASH YOUR TEETH GOT THE PAUSE FROM THE FASHION FIVE CUTS NO ICE WITH ME AND NOW YOU'RE LOOKING LIKE A BEETROOT RED RED RED I'D LIKE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE THOUGHTS THAT ARE RUNNING THROUGH YOUR HEAD LIKE TO THINK YOU WERE A FLY-BOY FLY-BOY WOMEN DANCE TO YOUR EVERY TUNE HERE YOU ARE JUST A SLY-BOY SLY-BOY DOING THINGS IN YOUR LONELY ROOM NOW THERE'S NO DOUBT YOU'VE GOT CAUGHT OUT NOW THERE'S NO DOUBT YOU'VE GOT CAUGHT OUT WEEP WEEP WEEP CREEP
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BIG PIG 10:26
BIG PIG / PINKNOISE YOU HAVE A KNACK FOR DISAPPEARING WHEN I NEED YOU THE MOST THE MOST AMAZING TRANSFORMATION FROM HUMAN INTO GHOST AND WHEN IT'S DONE, THE WORK AT HAND YOU MORPH INTO MAN AGAIN YOU SHOULD PATENT THAT LITTLE TRICK OF YOURS IT'LL MAKE YOU A MILLIONAIRE WHERE DO YOU GO TO WHEN YOU HEAR ME CALL I COULD ALMOST SWEAR YOU COULD WALK RIGHT THROUGH A WALL YOU BIG PIG YOU BIG PIG YOU BIG PIG YOU BIG PIG YOU BIG PIG YOU BIG PIG YOU BIG PIG YOU BIG PIG AND BUT WHEN FRIENDS ARE AROUND YOU APPEAR TO BE SO HELPFUL I DON'T KNOW WHETHER TO LAUGH OR SCREAM AND THE MINUTE THAT THEY WALK OUT OF OUR FRONT DOOR YOU DO YOUR VANISHING ROUTINE FOR SURE IT'LL BE IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND YOU ANYWHERE I COULD BE YELLING MYSELF HOARSE AS IF YOU CARE HAVE YOU ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THIS?
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JUNK 04:49
JUNK / PINKNOISE YELLOW PAPERS, RUSTY NAILS, CHIPPED CHINA, BROKEN PAILS WARPED RECORDS, VINYL GLUT, VCRS THAT NEVER SHUT, NO! SHEETS OF PLASTIC FOR RAINY DAYS STALLING TACTICS, WEALTH OF WASTE EMPTY BOTTLES IN A BOX, BUNCHES OF KEYS WITH NO LOCKS I'M DROWNING IN, CLUTTER ALL AROUND ME I CAN'T BEGIN TO CLEAN UP MY ACT DUSTY CARTONS WHAT'S INSIDE I OFTEN WONDER WHAT THEY HIDE I AM A JUNK JUNKIE, I LIKE IT, SO FUNKY I AM A JUNK JUNKIE, I LIKE IT, I LIKE JUNK... OLD UMBRELLAS, TWISTED SPOKES, WHY SO MANY CANS OF COKES STACKS OF X-RAYS, CREAKY BONES RIPPED LAMPSHADES, POOR OLD CONES REVELLING IN THIS CORNUCOPIA I CAN'T BEGIN TO CLEAN UP MY ACT LUMPY CUSHIONS IN A PILE, LONG UNUSED OUT OF STYLE I HAVE NO CONTROL HOW IT ACCUMULATES IT ALL JUST ADDS UP AND ADDS UP AND ADDS UP...
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FIGURES OF EIGHT / PINKNOISE KEEP YOUR WINDOWS OPEN WIDE SO THE GHOSTS OF THOSE OF GONE CAN SEE INSIDE AND KNOW THERE WILL BE A WARM WELCOME WITHIN THEY BLESS YOUR SPACE WITH GRACE THEY BLESS YOUR SPACE WITH GRACE THEY'RE FLOATING ON THE BREATH OF NIGHT WEAVING FIGURES OF EIGHT ABOVE YOUR HEAD WHISPERS WORDS OF WISDOM IN YOUR EAR AS YOU LAY THERE IN YOUR BED THEY BLESS YOUR SPACE WITH GRACE THEY BLESS YOUR SPACE WITH GRACE SPIRIT FATHER COME TO ME SPIRIT MOTHER SET ME FREE SPIRIT BROTHER SING A SONG OF THE GHOSTS OF THOSE WHO'VE GONE
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SPACEMAN SPLIFF / PINKNOISE WHY YOU WEARING THAT SPACESUIT SHE SAYS TO HIM AS HE APPEARS AROUND THE CORNER, AROUND THE CORNER HE FLIPS HIS VISOR BACK AND SAYS I I I I AM ONLY TRYING TO WARN YA, TRYING TO WARN YA ABOUT WHAT AN ALIEN INVASION ABOUT WHAT MUTANT INFESTATION ABOUT WHAT TOXIC INFORMATION HE GOES DOWN ON ONE KNEE ON THE PAVEMENT AND HE SAYS CAN I MAKE A PROPOSAL, A PROPOSAL DON'T THROW YOUR TRASH AWAY BECAUSE I GOT A PLAN FOR WASTE DISPOSAL, WASTE DISPOSAL LIKE WHAT SHE ASKS IT'S BACKWARD CHRONOLOGICAL WHAT BACTERIOLOGICAL SAY WHAT IT'S SUB-ATOMICAL SHE SAYS YOU NEED SOME REST DON'T CALL THE DOCTOR DON'T CALL THE SHRINK LET DONALD FAGEN DO THE RINKY-DINK HE GETS UP AND TELLS HER I'VE BEEN WAITING SO LONG TO SALUTE YOU, TO SALUTE YOU I'M SO GLAD I GOT THIS CHANCE AT LONG LAST TO CONGRATULATE YOU, CONGRATULATE YOU LIKE WHAT SHE ASKS FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO WHAT THE FIGHT AGAINST POLLUTION WITH WHAT THE TWO PERCENT SOLUTION SHE SAYS YOU NEED SOME REST
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IDIOT 05:34
IDIOT / PINKNOISE OH MY MY, IT'S POURING DOWN BUT I DON'T HAVE MY UMBRELLA WITH ME OH MY MY, THE LINE'S SO LONG FOR THE BUS, BUT I DON'T HAVE MONEY FOR A TAXI YOU CAN'T IMAGINE ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT I GET CAUGHT UNAWARES WHAT AN IDIOT I CAN BE OH MY MY, I'M AT THE BANK, I'VE GOT CHEQUES TO SIGN BUT MY PEN'S STOPPED WRITING OH MY MY, I'VE GOT A SNEEZING FIT BUT I DON'T HAVE A TISSUE GOTTA WIPE MY NOSE ON MY SLEEVE YOU CAN'T IMAGINE ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT I GET CAUGHT UNAWARES WHAT AN IDIOT I CAN BE... I CAN'T ENUMERATE, JUST CAN'T ENUMERATE EVERY MORTIFYING MOMENT AM I A VICTIM OF CRUEL FICKLE FATE OR JUST INCOMPETENT

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PINKNOISE - Live At The Princeton Club, Calcutta, India (2009)

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released January 1, 2010

Written, performed and produced by PINKNOISE

Jay (Voice)
Amyt (Guitar)
Gyan (Bass)
Jiver (Drums)

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PINKNOISE Kolkata, India

PINKNOISE, formed in 2006, is the mischievous late night alter-ego to indie pioneers Skinny Alley.

Their debut studio full length, The Dance Of The Diaspora, was released in 2014 after a tumultuous two years during which time the band lost its bassist Gyan Singh to illness.

He is survived by Jayashree Singh (voice, stories), Amyt Datta (guitar, synthesizers) and Jivraj Singh (drums, design).
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