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The Power Of Negative Prayer (1998)

by Marq DeSouza

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Cheap Words Like Happiness 02:57
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So you went to private school Memorized the protocal Gave some nickels to the poor Until they tore the Berlin Wall Then your chips were all cashed in On the bible that you read At the Vegas Holiday Inn The blackjack dealer said Cheap words like happiness Will let you down There was nothing left to say In the revenge of Kalamazoo All the alligators proved to you That all I said was true And that's why I'm still the king I bring a sense of attitude/deja vu to all I do... Who's gonna sing you songs When you get the V-chip blues? Just like Nixon at the Alamo You'll be forced to use
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Satellite Technology 03:11
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Louder you're fading A voice on a tin-can wire of love I'm dedicating A poem on the sonar waves above Is it so bad you never want to come back to me? I will find you through satellite technology I know remorses They send me bad karma in the mail For shooting the horses When the pony express was thrown in jail Do you feel safe? Did someone make your dreams so self-assured? I'm writing you a song I'll send it with a singing bird
3.
Amaretto 02:32
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Back in Amarillo I keep a picture by the seashells Name is Amaretto Smart enough to win the Nobel Where to find the magic healing touch? When you're skipping double-dutch Amaretto phone me when you land Whether you're in Belfast or Japan Every telegram you send to me I'll go in the yard and plant a tree Working in a steel mill Memory is off from five to two Scarfing down the diet pills Less I have to feel the way I do Do you believe in fairy tails?
4.
Losing Time 03:37
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It's time to break this spell and figure out why I ain't feeling well The psychics on the phone they can't really tell I dumped my gal last night I blamed it on voodoo and kryptonite The sex it was OK, but I'm used to dynamite I guess I can't forget your lips wrapped tight around that cigarette But I still got my pictures and videocassettes It's never quite the same, and in the end I always kindafeel ashamed But I can taste you on my tongue every time I breathe your name And I'm all into you But it's losing time I'm stopping this charade before I get the notebook and the razor blade 'Cause I can't hide my misery with parties and parades You're silent in your charms like the statue in the Louvre that ain't got no arms The mistress of your era, a goddess from the stars I take cabs to watch you dance with the money I was gonna use to move to France I got bruises on my neck from the dog chains of romance I'm on your trail like a private eye, buzzing round town like a Spanish fly I'm the twin that makes you whole, your sexy Gemini This ship is sinking fast We'll save the women and children last Take a spaceship to the sun first class
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Venus de Milo Clocks 02:40
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Little darling don't cry All your seasons will fly I will declassify All the documents you need I will take you places Show you funny faces Under the steeplechases Where the horses all run free Venus De Milo Clocks in a Mona Lisa Lounge No wonder I'm so confused Waiting for the sky to fall down I was so mistaken Numbed my heart from breaking And all the money-raking could not buy me a clue Underneath the streetlights I've been in the streetfights Those were scary nights But the sun is breaking through Venus De Milo Clocks in a Mona Lisa Lounge No wonder you're so confused Waiting for the sky to fall down

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Nominated best local debut in the prestigious Georgia Straight Music Awards. This album was a critical and college radio smash that took the Vancouver scene by storm in the summer of 1998. This probably due to the fact that it was released after only a handful of live gigs had been performed. It is an indie lo-fi tour de force, often described by Marq as "cubist power pop." Short, jagged songs crashing into more lush, rounder visions. Arena ready anthems spat out by a garage-y trio with a punk attitude. Most reviews focused on the lyrics. A schizophrenic collage of puns inversed, sexual innuendo, and caustic wit walking the fine line between comedy and tragedy. Also had a shade of the country texture that would come out more in future releases. Most often compared with Cheap Trick, Elvis Costello, The Replacements, Guided By Voices, Smashing Pumpkins, "Some Girls," era Stones.

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released January 1, 1998

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Marq DeSouza Vancouver, British Columbia

-A very personal rock album. He also writes from a very moral perspective, which gives his record a strong POV. These songs are not filled with empty thoughts but actually try to say something. (Vancouver Province)

-Inspiration drips from every distorted and bent guitar note, down-but-not-out vocal phrasing, and sneered lyric. (Georgia Straight) ... more

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