Name: I'm Set Free (VU cover) by Chris Burns
Duration: 3 min 17 s
Description: Chris Burns covering the Velvet Underground tune "I'm Set Free" live at Vices&Versa, Sunday April 13th, 2025

A couple, trapped in nuclear fallout shelter, attempts to entertain each other with sex games and the like. But mostly, time has worn them down. They hate each other, and forever will, but are trapped. Together. Forever. 

Words:

Is that a sheet you're wearing?
Or are you a ghost?
Is that a blanket on your face
Or, are you protected from
The mosquitos?

Is that a pendant on your chest
Or coming up?
From inside your shirt
I'd heard that you'd been hurt
And now
You've got God's own bullet-proof-vest
On your chest

You'd better not put
Lamp oil on that
You'd better not put
No fucking lamp oil on that
You'd better not smoke with lamp oil on your chest
'Cause you know it's gonna' be
"MISSISSIPPI BURNING"
Again!

You've got lamps
You've got stockpiles of cans
You are protected from
You're safe from
The end
Man. 

You've got lamps
You've got shotguns on stands
You're in a nuclear
Fallout
Shelter.

Is that a cape
'round your neck
Or are you covering your scars?
It's so dark and you're so stark 
I confused you for a
Monument.

Now the pigeons shit on you I'm waiting to be taken
I'm waiting for this bust
To make us trust
This rule 
You have imposed. 

You've got candle-wax, paraffin, S&M, cock-ring
Don't cut it off
I think that it would hurt
Although for a second
You might feel alive
Until the heart attack will
claim your life

You're so phallocentic. So phallocentic. 

You've got dick, dick, dick, you're so phallocentic. 

You've got dick all, dick all, dick all. dick all, dick all, dick all,

1,2,3,4,
1,2,3,4!







Words & Music by Ali Rahman
Keyboards: Seb Speier
Bass: Martin Horn
Lead Guitar: Rick Collucio
Drums: Andie Haltrich

Engineered by Martin Horn at Digital Bird Studios. 

So Phallocentric

Track 2

Chris Burns covering the Velvet Underground tune "I'm Set Free" live at Vices&Versa, Sunday April 13th, 2025

I'm Set Free (VU cover)

Crackpot recording of Chris Burns' tune. Taken from the self-titled album. Recorded by Thierry Amar in the original Hotel2Tango studio.

Chris Burns: vocals, guitars
Michael Burns: bass
Simon Fazakerley: guitar
Will Glass: drums


Yikes!

“UXB” (instrumental version) by The American Devices. Written/recorded circa 1982. Rob Labelle guitar, Rick Trembles bass, Cups Von Helm drums.

“UXB” (instrumental version)

"Steer Me Wrong" by The American Devices recorded & written in 1980. Rob Labelle vocals & guitar, Rick Trembles guitar, Cups Von Helm drums, Suzy Joseph keyboards.

Steer Me Wrong

"Womb Service" by The American Devices recorded 1996. Rob Labelle vocals & guitar, Rick Trembles guitar, Chris Burns guitar, Andre Asselin bass, Jackie Gallant drums.

Womb Service

Recorded in June 2016, with Eric Sandmark on drums, Phil Nolin on bass, and Keith Strange on vocal and guitars. Written by Keith Strange. Recorded by Kevin Komoda at Plunt Planet. Thank you to Plunt for the loan of your gear! Mixed and mastered by Lain2097.

"I Don't Know Why" by The Ulterior Motive

"Need A Change" by The Ulterior Motive

Sam Shalabi original recorded for Nutsak album, Failed Musician with (un-used) piano overdub.

André Asselin: bass
Chris Burns: guitar, piano
Howard Chackowicz: drums
Sam Shalabi: guitar

I'm Set Free (VU cover)

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