A song by Dave Tellam and Phimeon. Guitar and vocals recorded in the 90's on a digital Fostex 8-track. All other parts were added, altered, removed, added back, altered again, and again, over a period of 25 years.
Guitars and vocals: Dave Tellam. Drum samples: Phimeon. Bass and all other instruments: Wietze Krikke. Vocal editing, drum editing, production, and mixing: Wietze Krikke.

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Verrucas is about those nasty warts. Relentless, unavoidable, omnipresent.


LYRICS

An ordinary wart, that happens to grow on the sole of my foot.
It's hard and flat and consists of a core of tough warty tissue.
Buried in the skin of my foot by the pressure of standing.
By the pressure of standing (2x) pa pa pa pada pada (2x) paaaa.

chorus:
It's got slightly bigger, since she left for school.
Sister Joe's verruca has strayed from the pool.
It’s a wart with potential, a fashion essential,
limp with that curious knowing little smile.

Wish it had gone, left me alone, please go away, I love my soles.
Go away.
Wish it had gone, left me alone. Go away. Please go away, oh I wish wish it went.


[chorus / instrumental interlude / chorus]

Wish it had gone, left me alone, please go away, I love my soles.
Go away.
Wish it had gone, left me alone, please go away, oh, I want healthy soles.

[wart transmission event (small scale) / instrumental interlude] 

An ordinary wart, that happens to grow on the sole of my foot.
It's hard and flat and consists of a core of tough warty tissue.
Buried in the skin of my foot by the pressure of standing.

[wart transmission event (large scale)]

[Last wise words (never recorded): They can be picked up from damp floors in bathrooms, changing rooms, showers, and swimming pools]



EPILOGUE

Verrucas is about those nasty warts: relentless, unavoidable, omnipresent. The song was inspired by an article in one of those magazines, living on a side table, only read when procrastinating. A song about this fact of life was simply unavoidable. However, it was hard, incredibly hard: in 1996 writing started, and it took us 25 years to finalize the piece. But there it was, a song about warts, until then missing in our cultural heritage.

Recently we took up the challenge to improve the song. Here, we proudly present the return of the warts: Verrucas (enhanced version).


PERSONNEL

FJ van der Wal, D Tellam, W Krikke, R Wilson, M Kikkert - music
D, FJ - lyrics in part adapted from 'anonymous'
FJ - keyboards, voices, recording
D - guitars, vocals
M - vocal arrangements, vocals
F van der Wal - vocals, bath
W - drum programming, keyboards and overdubs, audio editing, production, mixing, mastering, and anything else HUMANLY possible to improve the sound quality.

Verrucas (enhanced version)

Urban Funk is a funky track with some awesome musicians on Soundcloud:
Bass: Mirko Borach @stringburner
Guitar solo: Stephan "Pinner" Lipinski @pinner
Synth solo: Jamie Rhind @jamie-rhind
Rhodes solo, rhythm guitar, organ: Julien Apelian @jules-keys-1
Horns and drums: samples from a software called "City Funk"
We hope you like it, thank you for listening !

Urban Funk - Mirko Borach, Stephan "Pinner" Lipinski, Jamie Rhind and Julien Apelian

Some things take time, Wish you all A Merry X-mas and a happy New Year! All the best From me and I hope you enjoy this fresh new tune 'The Rush' 

Ry S

The Rush

Jason Rubenstein - Piano and Synthesizers
Tom Hipskind - Drums
Shawn Sommer - Bass and bass synthesizer
Daniel van den Berg - Guitars

EP available at music.jasonrubenstein.com

Unequivocation

Nutmeg Nuisance is inspired by old-fashioned progressive rock. Some of our favourites are Happy the Man, UK, Genesis, Yes, Pink Floyd, Zappa. Nevertheless, all of our music is fictitious and any resemblance to any music you know is more or less purely coincidental. Except when mentioned otherwise.

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