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The Odd Side of the Street by Mike Merz & the Can o' Worms
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fave it Psychedelic | Folk Rock
10 tracks | 51 minutes
Released Jul 1999
on Archangel Media Empire
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:18 Easy For You To Say lyrics BUY MP3 03:18 Easy For You To Say lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:18 Easy For You To Say
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:07 One More Time lyrics BUY MP3 04:07 One More Time lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:07 One More Time
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:05 Like Riding A Bike lyrics BUY MP3 05:05 Like Riding A Bike lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:05 Like Riding A Bike
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:56 Human Resources lyrics BUY MP3 05:56 Human Resources lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:56 Human Resources
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 06:12 Kites lyrics BUY MP3 06:12 Kites lyrics "GIFT MP3" 06:12 Kites
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 05:05 Higher Beings Command lyrics BUY MP3 05:05 Higher Beings Command lyrics "GIFT MP3" 05:05 Higher Beings Command
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:31 Place in the Sun lyrics BUY MP3 04:31 Place in the Sun lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:31 Place in the Sun
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 07:44 Gates of Hell lyrics BUY MP3 07:44 Gates of Hell lyrics "GIFT MP3" 07:44 Gates of Hell
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:55 More To Life lyrics BUY MP3 04:55 More To Life lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:55 More To Life
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:31 Don't Wanna Go There lyrics BUY MP3 04:31 Don't Wanna Go There lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:31 Don't Wanna Go There
'Merz's stunning skill as a songsmith makes 'The Odd Side of the Street' strangely uplifting.' -Jennifer Undis, sidewalk.com
Bio / Background
A nearly hour-long adventure in songwriting, Merz's third solo CD release and second full-length leads the listener through a few tuneful folk-pop tracks before plunging into some ambitious psychedelic experimentation.
Mature themes of love and loss (Easy for You to Say, One More Time, Like Riding a Bike) give way to sweeping tales of flying saucers, ethereal kites, imperial conquest, and colossal man-eating earthworms (Higher Beings Command, Kites, Place in the Sun, Human Resources), culminating in a multiphase sound-collage instrumental (Gates of Hell). More to Life and Don't Wanna Go There lead the disc back to conclude atop its earthbound origins.
Produced and engineered by Merz over a 14-month period, The Odd Side of the Street features stalwart accompaniment from the Can o' Worms, Merz's live backing combo (Doug Bratland, Ben Connelly, William Mullen, Rich Rue) as well as augmentation by piano, cello, banjo, recorder, violin, theremin, and a grab bag of oddball samples.
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