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I Like The Street (Alt​-​Electro VU Mix)

from STREET MUSIC (REMIXES & SPIN​-​OFFS) by Johnny J Blair "Singer at Large"

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I recorded “I Like the Street” in 2005 on the acoustic-oriented TREADMARKS album (produced by Mark Doyon), then made the full band “Electric Velvet” version for the 2011 I LIKE THE STREET album at Mind’s Eye Studio with Scott Francis at the board. The lyrics can work for anyone on any street, but I intended it to be a bike messenger anthem. This is an early mix, but we remixed it for the final album.

lyrics

“I like the street / I like the street

The hustle and the bustle and 
the people that I meet
The grifters and the star-struck
The poets and the drunks

The PhDs and jailbirds
The models and the punks

The barkers and the preachers and the friends that I hold dear

Some will bring you aggravation,
some will bring you cheer (beep beep)”

"I like the street / I like the street
Dancing on the asphalt as it rises to my feet
Cabs burst through the steaming grills as fists shake at the sky
Some people look happy and some look like they wanna die
Some have made a big impression
At the bridge where the vagrants sleep
Now we know why Jesus went up
On the hill to weep...oh yeah..."

"Some like open forests, there room enough to roam
But I like the urban think of it, well, makes me feel at home
People race to knock you down, others stop and yield
That's the pace here in this town, in this mission field
There are people who know many tongues
There are people who always lie
Now we know why Jesus went up
On the hill to cry...oh yeah..."

(Bridge): "Some people trying to find the alabaster
Some people trying to make the world go faster
Babylon skyscraper scraping up the sky
I don't know why I don't know why..."

(repeat verse one and vamp out)

I LIKE THE STREET lyrics & music by Johnny J Blair copyright 2005 Word2Soul Music BMI

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from STREET MUSIC (REMIXES & SPIN​-​OFFS), released February 23, 2017
JJB: bass, guitars, percussion, all vocals, production
Scott Francis: mixing
Keith Kavanaugh: drums

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Johnny J Blair "Singer at Large" San Francisco, California

"Johnny is a virtuoso"--Brian Wilson
"Pop music with a conscience.”--Goldmine
“the Harry Houdini of rock and roll.”-- Spotlight. Listen to Johnny's fast-paced mix of old school soul, psychedelia, punk/new wave, & classic pop/rock. Singer-songwriter in his own right, he was also a sideman for Davy Jones and The Monkees + performed with David Cassidy, Al Stewart, Buddy & Julie Miller, & others. ... more

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