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MOSQUITOEVILLE REVISITED
Frenchy Burrito's long awaited CD Mosquitoeville (revisited) is finally completed. Please be aware this is not a commercial effort in the normal sense but it's good lo-fi entertainment. Something like a cheap dime-store novel. Stories about foreign wars and foreign countries. A song called THE BALLAD of JOHN DILLINGER chronicling one of Americas most infamous folk heros career. Songs about old hobos longing for their lost loves and lives. A Tom Waits cover and a Fred Neil cover are thrown in for decoration plus a Townes Van Zandt song and it all takes place in the imaginary town of Mosquitoeville. (No, Jimmy Buffett doesn't live there -- nobody wears flip flops in Mosquitoeville) Or you could compare it to a Stephen King novel. Something like Pet Cemetery where the songs are always getting loose and getting hit by cars trying to cross the road and Frenchy has to go get them and bury them in the swamp out in the back of his trailer park. Imagine listening to "Mogadishu Wireless Radio Blues" on WBITE FM out of Mosquitoeville on a warm sultry night and you get the picture....... Its lo-fi entertainment folks. Franky Lamp (Lord of The Mosquitoes) Bamboo Motel Mosquitoeville USA 2003 |
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Mosquitoville (revisited)
Woke up this morning Couldn’t pay the rent Guess I was down to That last dead president Called my girl Packed my clorhes Headed south where it aint so cold So long sweet home Chicago I’m getting older But I remember still When I was back there In Mosquitoville I know I’m dreaming And its not for real But I don’t care it’s the way I feel Playing weird songs on this guitar Barely a blip on music radar And it’s the truth its been up hill All because I spent time back in Mosquitoville Like that stripper I met in old Key West She drank Scope mouthwash in a purple vest She liked Joe Pesci And she always wore a thong And listened to John Lee Hooker Every night and all day long Eating Key Lime pie On United street Shaking coconuts from a tree In the burning heat Tennessee Williams was there Way back when Before you know who Was blowing in the banana wind Panama, Mexico and Sloppy Joes A real good movie with no heroes Madness, mystery and intrigue all the while I feel like Moulder and Scully a real X-File So if your ever lost i n Mosquitoville You took a wrong turn in your Coup de Ville Your ship starts sinking and you aint got no life boat Its not to late don’t you ever give up hope Words & Music: Frenchy Burrito Copyright & 2003 & 2011 Red Banana Music BMI |
