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Gasoline Blue

from Blang! by Lach

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SONG NOTES: One night while walking with a girl down Ludlow Street we passed a blue neon sign for a piano store. She had recently dyed her hair a similar color and she exclaimed, "Hey, that's the same color as my hair, 'Gasoline Blue.'"
"Song title," I thought.
The title floated around my head until one day I ended up at The Museum of Modern Art and sat staring at Monet's "Waterlilies." Ever since "Coffee Black" I was intrigued with the use of abstract imagery within the context of an otherwise "normal" song. I let my thoughts wander through the beautiful colors of the paint¬ing and they returned as this song. A week later I was in concert and the blue-haired girl was there. I slyly dedicated the song to her "The girl with the Gasoline Blue hair." After the show she came up and coldly told me "It's called "Gaslight Blue."
Oh well, lost the girl and gained a song, a major theme of my life!

(Post-Comment for Bandcampers - The line “Martinis were served up by science fiction magazines” stems from many nights in the Eighties spent in the wondrous afterhours joint ‘The Milk Bar’ where the staff and the late-night crew would often resemble such.

STUDIO NOTES: These tracks were done at night in studio B which has a fantastic view of the Empire State Building.lt was lit up pale blue, perfect for the song. We darkened the room except for a strand of small Christmas lights. The stu¬dio seemed to turn into a spaceship/cocktail lounge circling Manhattan as Leif played his solo. A perfect end to a busy session that saw us adding tracks of violin, cello, and harmonica throughout the day.

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Gasoline Blue

She says, “Colors are numbers.”
So, I gave her mine
I told her, " My number's blue.
Call me anytime. "

She says, “Colors are letters
and your name is red.
I'm an eidetic artist.
Let me paint some poems in your head.”

And so we took out our eyes
And we licked them clean
And then we gave them to each other
To see what we had seen

Saxophones blew smoke rings
Of blue gasoline
And martinis were served up
By science-fiction magazines

©1998 Lach

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from Blang!, released November 11, 2013
Lach - Guitars, Vocals, Keyboards
Geoff Notkin - Bass
Billy Ficca - Drums
Leif Arntzen - Trumpet
Anu and Ami - Additional Dialogue

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Lach Edinburgh, UK

Lach, founder of the Antifolk movement and star of BBC Radio 4's The Lach Chronicles.

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‘Best punk guitarist since Johnny Ramone.’-Billy Ficca of Televis
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