by Fountainhead
[Instrumental]
This song was written the very night before the Century NHS Battle of the Bands 2004 auditions all based off of Mark's bass line heard at the beginning. It features sax and piano solos.
by Nate Warner
[Instrumental]
This is Nate's fantastic drum solo bridge from Justin's Pants to Idioteque.
by Radiohead
Who's in the bunker? Who's in the bunker?
Women and children first and the children first and the children
I laugh until my head comes off
I swallow 'til I burst until I burst until I
Who's in the bunker? Who's in the bunker?
I've seen too much.
You haven't seen enough.
You haven't seen...
Well I laugh until my head comes off.
Women and children first and the children first and the children.
Here I'm allowed everything all the time.
Here I'm allowed everything all the time.
Here I'm allowed everything all the time.
Ice age comin'. Ice age comin'.
Let me hear both sides. Let me hear both sides. Let me hear both ..
Ice age comin'. Ice age comin'.
Throw it on the fire. Throw it on the fire. Throw it on the ..
We're not scaremongering.
This is really happenin' and happenin' and
We're not scaremongering,
This is really happenin' and happenin' and
Mobiles workin'
Mobiles chirpin'
Take the money and run take the money and run take the money.
Here I'm allowed everything all the time.
Here I'm allowed everything all the time.
Here I'm allowed everything all the time.
The song is supposedly about the media and appears on Radiohead's fourth album Kid A. The repeating chords in this song are lifted from a 1970s electronica piece entitled "Milde und Leise" (Paul Lansky). These repeating, dissonant chords and the repeating drum part create a bleak sound typical of Radiohead's masterpiece Kid A.
Fountainhead's rendition of this song includes the addition of trumpet and sax and the subtraction of certain mixing effects as well as the elevation of the second verse to the screamings of Andrew Richner rather than the calmer and more harmonized version performed by Radiohead.
by Electric Six
Girl!
I wanna take you to a gay bar,
I wanna take you to a gay bar,
I wanna take you to a gay bar, gay bar, gay bar.
Let's start a war, start a nuclear war,
At the gay bar, gay bar, gay bar.
Whoa!
At the gay bar.
...
Now tell me do ya, ah do ya have any money?
I wanna spend all your money,
at the gay bar, gay bar, gay bar.
I've got something to [give] you,
I've got something to [give] you,
I've got something to [give] you,
At the gay bar, gay bar, gay bar.
Whoa!
You're a superstar, at the gay bar.
You're a superstar, at the gay bar.
Yeah! you're a superstar, at the gay bar.
You're a superstar, at the gay bar.
Superstar.
Super, super, superstar
This is one of Electric Six's more well-known and well-loved songs from their 2003 album Fire about asking a girl out to a gay bar to avoid the danger of other guys at the bar stealing her. Electric Six hails from Detriot and plays an interesting blend of punk, new wave, disco, and arena rock.
In Fountainhead's version, one line of the original lyrics is changed in order to accomadate for all audiences.
by Radiohead
A heart that's full up like a landfill,
The job that slowly kills you,
Bruises that won't heal,
You look so tired 'n' unhappy,
Bring down the government,
They don't
Theydontspeakforus.
I'll take the quiet life,
A handshake of carbon monoxide with,
No alarms and no surprises,
No alarms and no surprises,
No alarms and no surprises,
Silent.
Silent.
This is my final fit my final bellyache with
No alarms and no surprises,
No alarms and no surprises,
No alarms and no surprises, please.
...
Such a pretty house and such a garden.
No alarms and no surprises,
No alarms and no surprises,
No alarms and no surprises, please.
This Radiohead cover comes from Radiohead's most critcally acclaimed album OK Computer. It has been called a "politcal lullybye", and its lyrics are typical of the words that Thom Yorke produces.
This song is introduced (by us) as a song expressing our "sensitive" side. It features Mike Harms singing beautifully to the twinkly arrpeggios on the keyboard with marvelous bass and guitar parts which compliment the primary elements of the song excellently along with a very well done drum part.
by Fountainhead
En España, hay una casa,
Y en este casa,
Vive una chica,
Ella tiene mi corazón,
España, España, España,
No me quite, España,
Olé, olé
España, España, España,
Quiero ir al España,
Olé, olé, olé,
Pero en España,
Las chicas están,
Bonitísima y no puedo,
Resistar sus encantos exóticos,
España, España, España,
No me quite, España,
Olé, olé
España, España, España,
Quiero ir al España,
Olé, olé, olé,
Encontrade
Una chica salvaje,
Con los ojos
Quemarsaba como el sol
Español,
Me atrapada
Con su pasión animado
Lo siento, mi amor,
Me esperas en tu casa,
Lo siento, mi amor,
Me esperas en tu casa,
En ...
España, España, España,
No me quité, España,
Olé, olé
España, España, España,
Quiero ir al España,
Olé, olé, olé.
...
The piano part of this song (off which the song is built) was written in about 30 seconds at Mike's house one day when Mark expressed an interest in doing something involving the "bull fighting" theme. Originally the words were random Spanish babblings by Mike, who swore he'd write out real lyrics, but Andrew got too impatient and wrote them himself. Consequently, he also ended up singing them. The guitar, bass, and piano parts are relatively similar, however the trumpet and sax parts were one of the last parts of the song to come into the mix. The bass solo at the beginning was added last.
by The Aquabats
Well I remember my first day at public school
I was very scared of getting pummeled
And sure enough I did at first recess
I got pegged in the head by a big red ball
It stung and my head hung
Back to class with a bloody nose
And soon it was lunchtime
Mom said I should ask about how poor kids can get fed
So I got a book of tickets and a schedule and it read:
Monday - Hot Dog, Tuesday - Taco
Wednesday - Hamburgers and Chocolate Milk
Thursday - Sloppy Joes and burritos in a bag
Friday was Pizza Day, the best day of the week
All the kids would line up super early just to eat
Monday - Hot Dog, Tuesday - Taco
Wednesday - Hamburgers and Chocolate Milk
Thursday - Sloppy Joes and burritos in a bag
Friday was Pizza Day, the best day of the week
It always came with salad and a side of cold green beans
Hooray for Pizza Day
Hooray for Pizza Day
I miss Pizza Day
The best day of the week
Well, I remember my first day in Jr. High
I had hairspray in my hair
And my pants were way too tight
And all the breakers and new wavers
And the rockers and the preps
Would all be in their places
On the front lawn or the steps
I hung out with some punker kids
Who used to make me laugh (oy, oy, oy)
I got thrown in the dumpster
By some rich kids near the caf
As time went on we figured out
It was totally uncool
To eat the welfare lunch
Provided by the school
So in poser-punker fashion
We just mooched off all the kids
And lived off eating candy bars
And bags of nacho chips
Monday - Hot Dog, Tuesday - Taco
Wednesday - Hamburgers and Chocolate Milk
Thursday - Sloppy Joes and burritos in a bag
Friday was Pizza Day, the best day of the week
It always came with salad and a side of cold green beans
Hooray for Pizza Day
Hooray for Pizza Day
I miss Pizza Day
The best day of the week
Well now I'm out of school
And I don't have a job
(You're a slob!)
I just sit around all sweaty and lethargic
And I'm just thinking 'bout where it all went wrong
Why I can't concentrate
On anything but reruns
I wish I had some more stability
I wish I had somebody making lunch for me
I guess I miss the seventh grades in life
The thought of Pizza Day
I thought it was stupid then
But I wish I had it now
I miss my
Monday - Hot Dog, Tuesday - Taco
Wednesday - Hamburgers and Chocolate Milk
Thursday - Sloppy Joes and burritos in a bag
Friday was Pizza Day, the best day of the week
It always came with salad and a side of cold green beans
Hooray for Pizza Day
Hooray for Pizza Day
I miss Pizza Day
The best day of the week!
This song, which I'm sure contains some sort of message about welfare or something of the sort, appears on The Aquabats' 2002 album Myths, Legends and Other Amazing Adventures, Vol. 2. This eight-piece ska band hails from California. The group apparently enjoys to use zany pseudonyms on their albums such as Jaime the Robot and the Baron Von Tito. They have gained respect for their energized new wave of ska punk.
Our version is identical to the Aquabats' version, except for the added piano part which mirrors the guitar part almost identically save for a glissando before each chorus.
by Fountainhead
Woke up, looked around, rubbed the sleep out of my eyes,
I was down, but that's really no surprise,
There's this band, they can't play,
And people dig them anyway,
But crap is crap, A is A.
There's this guy that I know,
Who has extraordinary calves,
They're so strong, they'll rip you intwo halves,
One brave day, they would meet in a battle to the end,
Bad music is attacking, good tunes we must defend,
The power of Peter's calves,
In their fantastic might,
Will punch you in the face and drag you off into the night,
Peter's calves, Peter's calves,
What an amazing sight,
Well-toned, muscular, they're so hella tight.
When they met, the titans clashed, only one could survive,
On the stage, they were loved, though they didn't jive,
Pete came out, and with his calves, he smashed their puny heads,
This isn't how he normally acts but he forgot to take his meds.
Peter's Calves is a song about the extraordinarily large calf muscles of Peter Fritz, which are capable of smashing the heads of crappy bands who we like to make fun of. The chords were written by Mark, and the original lyrics were written by Mike and Mark, however they were revised as a collaborative effort of the whole band.
by Fountainhead (credit due to Ozzy Osbourne and David Whittaker)
[Instrumental]
The song begins with the intro to Ozzy Osbourne's Crazy Train
and a repetition of this theme until it morphs into the theme from the NES game Bubble Bobble (theme written by David Whittaker).
by Reel Big Fish
You called me up last night in tears
And said you missed me after
all these years
Well I've been waiting here so long,
I've gotten over it since
you've been gone
You called me late last night again
And said you're finished
with your new boyfriend
Asked if you could come back home
So sorry that you left me all
alone
You say you love me,
You love me again
But if you love me
Where
have you been?
You say you need me more than anyone else well go to hell
Where
have you been?
You showed up at my door today
And said my friend why do you
push me away
Your life with him was just so dull
But what we had was something wonderful
Well
You say you love me
Love me again
But if you love me
Where have you been?
You say you need me more than anyone else well go to hell
Where have you been?
No way!
You wish!
I don't need this!
What makes you think I'd
ever want you again?
Yeah right!
As if!
I don't need this
What makes you think I'd
ever want you again?
Reel Big Fish, based in Huntington Beach California came from the third wave, ska-punk legions from Southern California which enjoyed commercial success during the '90s. Originally a frat party band that played Classic Rock and Top 40. Soon after their formation, Reel Big Fish discovered ska and added horns, recording their first album, Everything Sucks
in 1995. The band enjoyed success from their most famous song, "Sell Out" in 1997 from the 1996 album, Turn the Radio Off
. With their third album, Cheer Up, Reel Big Fish brought us what some have called a "more mature sound", but others have criticized it as being popish. Nonetheless, the album contains "Where Have You Been?", a fairly angsty song about an ex begging to be taken back.