

Hearty Drinking Men

We are hearty drinking men
We party hard and we don't “say when”
In fellowship we’re gatherin’
Let the partyin’  begin
We’re happy high retardians

We are hearty drinking men
We party hard and we don't “say when”
Let the revelry begin
Devotees Dionysian
Titty Bars were enterin'

“Givio!” and ‘Bottoms Up!”
Hail ,Bacchus! Raise your cup!
Here's to you!
Here's to Luck!
Moonshine, white wine, Peppermint Schnapps
Fuck that Saki give me whiskey on the rocks.
Out we go and off we trot
Gonna take the party to the donut shop.

‘Hola! Hows a about an eclair!
Hows about a eclair, por favor!
E-clair! Aincha got an eclair, anywhere an eclair
In this store?
Okay...hows about a Long John?
Howsabouta a Long John, pro favor?
Long-John, you know, Ju-an Grande?
Why you no comprende, por favor?

We are hearty drinking men!
We don't say “no” and we never ‘say when”
We don't ‘let God” or make amends
Moonshine, white wine, peppermint schnapps
Fuck that saki, give me whiskey on the rocks
Shit faced, fucked up lubricated jocks
Taking that party to the donut shop.
Donuts! Donuts! There en masse!
On the racks and behind the glass.
Drunk on our ass we now harass
Guatemalan woman in a uniform dress
Guatemalan woman looks very distressed;
Shes the sole proprietress-

‘Hola! Hows a about an eclair!
Hows about a eclair, por favor!
E-clair! Aincha got an eclair, anywhere an eclair
In this store?
Okay...hows about a Long John?
Howsabouta a Long John, pro favor?
Long-John, you know, Ju-an Grande?
Why you no comprende, por favor?
We are hearty men!
We are  hearty drinking men!
We are Dionysian!
Moonshine, white wine, peppermint schnapps
Donuts from a bag , donuts from a box
Bear Claws, Honey Buns, Coconut topped
Toss em back and vomit em up.

In fellowship were gathering
Let the revelry begin!
Ice n coke Baccardians!
Happy high retardians!
Asleep-on-our-front-yard-i-ans!
Dead-on-the-guard-rail-i-ans!
We don't say no and we never “say when”
We are hearty drinkin men

‘Hola! Hows a about an eclair !?

Hearty Drinking Men

A rough wall of voodoo-eseque tribute to celebrate my birthday. This song, from Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore, is to my ears the seminal ghosts-in-the-sky anthem . 

The song features the background vocals of friends I made on Facebook- :Peter Oden, Elliot Reeves,Devon Scott,Andi Lennon, Jamie McPherson,Jessie Winch and Stuart, Rach Sol Bosch, Ben Radford, Dan Ledbetter, Tony Wong, Dawn Cosgrove , and Geoff Benson(who I have known forever)  sent in their performances from all over the world . I am very, very grateful for their efforts.

I give this rough mix as token of thanks to all who have supported my music the many, many years. 

With all my love,

Andy Prieboy

THE GHOST'S HIGH NOON - by Gilbert and Sullivan, performed by Mr. Andy Prieboy

In the late 1990s, Patton Oswalt presented a secret  one-time-only reading of Jerry Lewis's The Day the Clown Cried at the legendary Los Angeles club, Largo .   Mr. Lewis' bizarre long-hidden film about one clown's tragic encounter with the Holocaust,  now re-imagined by an incredible cast of comedians, became a memorable evening for all. ( except maybe Jerry Lewis.)

Until a few days ago, the theme song I wrote for for the show  was lost among my countless CDs.  I offer it now with great thanks to  Patton . A wonderful memory . A "night of nights !"


(Tonights the Night )
The Day The Clown Cried


​It's been  slammed
It's been boo'd​
It's been panned
And P.U.'ed
It's a script thats really rotten 
That be better off verboten
That Patton's puttin' on with pride
Tonight's the night 
The Day the Clown Cried

At it's best
It's perverse
What a mess
Nothing worse
It's Lewis at his screwy-est
Sentimental gooey-est
But lord, how the poor man tried
Tonight's the night 
The Day the Clown Cried

So,spread the news around
Around the underground
We're gonna do The Clown
They'll never shut us down !*
Without further ado  we
Do the Jerry Loo-ee
Homage to genocide
Tonight's the night 
The Day the Clown Cried



(*The show had to be presented in secret  as it was rumored the script's creators would take action and have the show closed.)


(Tonights the night) 
The Day the Clown Cried

Words and Music
Andy Prieboy

BMI/Prieboy Music 

Produced by Ebban Schletter

Narrator: Mark Rivers

Vocalists, And Prieboy , Mark Rivers,  Ebban Schletter, Rita D'Albert,  Chrissy Guerrero 

The Day The Clown Cried

1991? An early unfinished  version of When the Dream is Over . Recorded  at  the Wire Train recording studio on Vine Street , Hollywood, where they cutting  their final album . 

Andy Prieboy on piano/vocals
Jeff Trott on guitars/vocals
Anders Rundblad-bass
Brian McLeod-drums
Jebben Bruni-keyboards.

When This Dream Is Over - (Rough   Lyric- With Wire Train)

1991- This took a while.  There are about three or four loops that make the  foundation. It took a few weeks of work to find the form.

On this night,  I at last put down vocals and guitars.  There are far more vocals than the final version and my "guitar work"-if you can call it that- plays through the entire threnody.

Send In The Drugs( Rough Mix #1 - 1991)

While digitizing hundreds of cassettes, I found this  vocal-only 1993  version of Psycho Ex .  Technically, this is snot a true A cappella performance.These are all my vocals minus the music. 

 The headphone bleed can be clearly heard while 25 Andy Prieboys sing loud and listen louder



Psycho Ex (A Cappella/ all vocal tracks)

Song of the Sardine Boy 
1992

Continuing to digitize old cassettes. 

I made this up while driving to the recording studio  . During a lull that evening ,  I recorded it and forgot all about it  until now.

SONG OF THE SARDINE BOY
Hooray! Hooray!
We're off to  join the circus
When mom and dad desert us
Hurt us,shirk us, over work us,
Say hooray
We're going to Big Top
To the limelight and the big bucks
To the circus you will go!

No more will you be abused
As the fool in school!
Theres room for you-
Syas hooray!
Say hooray!
It's a holiday with pay!

You can swallow swords
Be half of a Siamese Baby
And if you're lucky maybe
You can be the bearded lady!

Say hooray
We're going to Big Top
To the limelight and the big bucks
To the circus you will go!






Song of the Sardine Boy

Un-relased Track 
1993 
Wire Train with Johnette Napolitano and Andy Prieboy 

By Napoliltano , Trott, Rundeblad, Hunter, Bruni, McLeod,Prieboy 

For more information see Slog: Song Log

These Times Are CRAZY CRAZY

It's Not A Negative No

(The Song of Music Business Executives Who Reject an Artistic Endeavor by Applying Positive Reinforcement.)


"I rolled my eyes and   imagined an operetta where an army of music business executives merrily reject the works of  desperate, deserving artists. "

Buy it here!
http://andyprieboy.com/music-store

Read about it here! 

http://andyprieboy.com/slog-song-log

IT'S NOT A NEGATIVE NO 1

Virtue Triumphs was to be the follow-up  to 1991's Upon My Wicked Son. Recorded in the basement studio of his then publisher, this body of work was shelved when Matshusita bought MCA. 
 
Some of these tracks are masters, some just demos. Until recently, these songs sat forgotten in old cassettes.

Virtue Triumphs 

VIRTUE TRIUMPHS

Written in 1978, I revived this song twelve years later. Scott Thunes  of Frank Zappa's band did the beautiful bass work.Cassie Webb, my friend an fellow songwriter at MCA Music Publishing, created the haunting vocals. 

Virtue Triumphs was to be the follow-up to 1991's Upon My Wicked Son. Recorded in the basement studio of his then publisher, this body of work was shelved when Matshusita bought MCA.

Some of these tracks are masters, some just demos. Until recently, these songs sat forgotten in old cassettes.

HONEY DONT BE GOOD TO ME

Written in 1978, I revived this song twelve years later. Scott Thunes  of Frank Zappa's band did the beautiful bass work.Cassie Webb, my friend an fellow songwriter at MCA Music Publishing, created the haunting vocals. 
in 1991, I asked my friend and fellow MCA songwriter,David Skeet to produce this song. Cassie Webb provides the additional vocals.

From "Virtue Triumphs"

Virtue Triumphs was to be the follow-up to 1991's Upon My Wicked Son. Recorded in the basement studio of his then publisher, this body of work was shelved when Matshusita bought MCA.

Some of these tracks are masters, some just demos. Until recently, these songs sat forgotten in old cassettes.

CANNOT NOT

Frank Zappa band members, Scott Thunes and Mike Keneally,  play bass and piano respectively.

From "Virtue Triumphs"

Virtue Triumphs was to be the follow-up to 1991's Upon My Wicked Son. Recorded in the basement studio of his then publisher, this body of work was shelved when Matshusita bought MCA.

Some of these tracks are masters, some just demos. Until recently, these songs sat forgotten in old cassettes.

GOT TO GO UP

From "Virtue Triumphs"

Virtue Triumphs was to be the follow-up to 1991's Upon My Wicked Son. Recorded in the basement studio of his then publisher, this body of work was shelved when Matshusita bought MCA.

Some of these tracks are masters, some just demos. Until recently, these songs sat forgotten in old cassettes.

LOVE WONT BE HERE TONIGHT

In 1991, I asked my friend and fellow MCA Publishing songwriter, Cassie Webb, to create a choir for this song.She agreed under one condition: that I let her do it as she heard it.
Period!
No suggestions.
No interference.
No"Hey,Cassie! Why doncha trying adding..."

I said yes!

Wih Scott Thunes on bass, I laid down a basic piano and vocal track for her. I then settled in for two eight hour sessions witnessing Cassie weave the vocals together. She was careful. She kept detailed notes on each track. With her partner, David Skeet at the board, they constructed  the beautiful chorus found here.
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From "Virtue Triumphs"

Virtue Triumphs was to be the follow-up to 1991's Upon My Wicked Son. Recorded in the basement studio of his then publisher, this body of work was shelved when Matshusita bought MCA.

Some of these tracks are masters, some just demos. Until recently, these songs sat forgotten in old cassettes.

WHEN THE HEART AWAKES

2014
During rehearsal, I grew frustrated with the way Somebody Somewhere sounded. Like the recording, I wanted it fast, orchestral, and jagged. All we had was bass, piano, and drums. With my limited abilities on piano,  it wasn't working.

"Maybe I'm trying to make the song something it doesn't want to be"I said.
"After all, I originally wrote it as a ballad."

"So, play it as a ballad!" said Tony .

I did. He and David fell right in, improvising around the slower tempo. It sounded lovely. The moment we were done, we smiled.  I pressed record and said "let's do once more " capturing the second run-through. That is what you have here.

An imperfect track and recording, but so much the better. I hope you enjoy it.

Andy Prieboy

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