Velkommen til Boomtown

10. juni 2007

Et sølle album blev det til for de to Davider, Baerwald og Ricketts, der midt i Reagantiden udsendte det lille mainstreampop-mesterværk Welcome to the Boomtown. Teksterne drejede sig om desperation og bristede drømme og illusioner i den højresnoede konservative amerikanske æra under B-filmskuespilleren. En perfekt pladeproduktion, vellykkede arrangementer af iørefaldende sange – og så de omtalte kommentarer til tidsånden. En bittesød samling af oder til den yuppietid, der var dødfødt. Titelsangen kom på de amerikanske hitlister, og derefter var det slut. Bearwald gik derefter solo og har udsendt en række fine albums, der har alle har haft en høj stjerne hos musikkritikerne.
PS. For eventuelt interesserede: Den kan godt være lidt halvdyr at indkøbe…hvis man ellers kan finde et eksemplar.
Efter lang tids søgen har jeg omsider fundet en video med de to Davider. Et VHS-rip (!) af videoen til titelsangen, men helt tosset er den nu ikke. Skru bare op, sangen kan godt tåle det! :

Ms. Cristina drives a nine four four
Satisfaction oozes from her pores
She keeps rings on her fingers
Marble on her floor
Cocaine on her dresser
Bars on her doors
She keeps her back against the wall
She keeps her back against the wall

So I say
I say welcome, welcome to the boomtown
Pick a habit
We got plenty to go around
Welcome, welcome to the boomtown
All that money makes such a succulent sound
Welcome to the boomtown

Handsome Kevin got a little off track
Took a year off of college
And he never went back
Now he smokes too much
He’s got a permanent hack
Deals dope out of Denny’s
Keeps a table in the back
He always listens to the ground
Always listens to the ground

So I say
I say welcome, welcome to the boomtown
Pick a habit
We got plenty to go around
Welcome, welcome to the boomtown
All that money makes such a succulent sound
Welcome to the boomtown

Well the ambulance arrived too late
I guess she didn’t want to wait

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