Global warming, it’s too hot for school.
So on N’s favorite new station, we recently heard a song by the Monterey-based sister-singer-songwriter duo Vermillion Lies, which advertises itself as a found-object musical extravaganza (including, of course, musical typewriter, though in fewer numbers than the quintessentially Cantabrigian BTO). Their songs (from a quick perusal in Itunes) have that knowing fourth-wall bending style I’m a sucker for. By way of advertisement, a selection from the song we heard, “Global Warming” (this is, admittedly, from my hearing so it’s probably inaccurate in many respects):
…But what about the polar bears? They can’t go naked, they’re already naked.
We’ll build a freezer for the polar bears,
We’ll build a freezer and put all the penguins in there,
We’ll build a freezer for the elephants–
But that’s too cold for elephants.
Ok, ok…
We’ll build a fridge for the elephants,
We’ll build a fridge for…people who want to wear pants!
We’ll build a fridge for assorted miscreants.
Global Warming.
Global Warming.
Gloo-baal warming:
It’s too hot for school.
It’s of course a bit hard to convey the music here. Suffice to say, two guitarists, a lot of harmony, and a fair bit of dropping into voice.
