Manhattan Transfers album Extensions in 1979 produced the hit "Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone", a song based on the TV series The Twilight Zone which included an impersonation of Rod Serling's narration from Alan Paul.... Remember the Dance Floors , The Sign Post Ahead Says...... Lets go back To Studio 54 !!!!  ENJOY MY ZONED OUT MIX !!!!  I do not own the rights to this song , I remixed it for listening pleasure only , Enjoy !!!!

Twilight Zone / Twilight Tone - Manhattan Transfer (Summerfevr's Paranormal Illusion Mix)

Soul Eyes (Mal Waldron)

I guess we're all privileged depending on who you are with.

STYLE & CLASS

Why wait?

I got style & I got class
I live in a green Mercedes Benz
I got style & I got cash in my pocket

Now the boys in blue they think I'm cool
I pay them off just to break the rules
'Cause I got style & I got cash in my pocket

Sell me one
I'll take another
Hide this freak where the moon ain't shinin'
Cross the tracks to feed me proper
All my clouds have zircon linings too...

'Cause I got style & I got class
I live in a green Mercedes Benz
Yeah, I got style & I got cash in my pocket

"I can buy my own solo right now."

(solo wig)

WHY WAIT?
WHY TAKE TIME TO HESITATE?
WHY WAIT?

"Yo chooch, this douche is loaded."

Yeah, I got UNDAGGA & I got class
I live in UNDAGGA -sedes Benz
Yeah I got UNDAGGA & I got cash in my pocket

Sell me one
I'll take another
Hide this where the moon ain't shinin'
Cross the tracks to feed me proper...
All my clouds have platinum linings too

'Cause I got style & I got class
I live in a green Mercedes Benz
Yeah, I got style & I got cash in my pocket

Cause I got style & I got class
I live in a green Mercedes Benz
Yeah, I got style & I got cash in my pocket

"One more time."

I got style & I got class
I live in a green Mercedes Benz

"And no fottin' allowed."
Yeah,I got style
MY FOLKS GOT CASH...
In my pocket
In my pocket
In my pocket

Credits:
JT : Vocals, Keyboards
Recorded at Backdoor Recording Studios, Huntington Station, NY


Style & Class

It's just perspective.  When the negative gets too tiresome why not switch it up?

THINGS ARE LOOKING UP

Drop kick a little lower
Sometimes actions can't be mended in your sleep
And you're not the kid you used to be
Get a little older
The reflection on your stain glass is complete
Now dispense those painful memories

I know, this game plan last forever
No more holdin' out
What it's all about
Is to break new ground and sing out loud

Things are looking up
(When I see those comets falling)
Things are looking up
(When I hear those nations stand together)
Things are looking up
(When I feel a past life calling)
Things are looking up
(When I'm touched by moments of connections)

Bite down a little harder
There's a candy coated karma screaming through
All the garbage you've been fed for years
Jump start another lover
For a six pack of affection in your hand
Is the driving force behind your fears

Well, we know this game plan last forever
No more holdin' out -
What it's all about
Is to break new ground and sing out loud

Things are looking up
(When I see those comets falling)
Things are looking up
(When I hear those nations stand together)
Things are looking up
(When I feel a past life calling)
Things are looking up
(When I'm touched by moments of connections)

Things are looking up
Things are looking up
Things are looking up
Things are looking up

Things are looking up
(When I see those comets falling)
Things are looking up
(When I hear those nations stand together)
Things are looking up
(When I feel a past life calling)
Things are looking up
(When I'm touched by moments of connections)

Credits:
John Tabacco : Lead vocal, harmonies, programming
Meryl Mathews : Keyboards, Bass, Background Harmonies
Donna Bach-Heitner : Back up vocal and harmony
Nick DiMauro : Back up harmony
Anthony Pomes : Acoustic guitar

Recorded at Modern Voices Recording Studios, Centerport, NY
Guitar recorded at Sonic Underground Recording Studios, Stony Brook, NY
2016 Re-mix : Suburban Hermit Studios 2, Stony Brook, NY 

Things Are Looking Up

John Tabacco is an American composer, singer songwriter, producer, recording engineer, multi instrumentalist and graphic artist. He has engineered /mixed and mastered music for hundreds of New York recording artists as well as projects released on BMG: The Kemelions, RCA: Faze, Rampage/Rhino: Rhett Forrester, Columbia: Rebbie Jackson, Rykodisc : Bob Marley, Columbia: Chris Jasper, Electra: Sonia Dada and Nickleodeon’s Are You Afraid Of The Dark? He is the CEO of It Iz What It Iz Music Publishing which currently holds over 750 songs in its catalog. He has been an associate producer for IndiMusic TV and hosts a bi-weekly radio program (CLAM RADIO) on college radio WUSB.fm since 1999. He is currently the head of A&R at Modern Voices Digital Distribution.

His musical background consists of extensive study of orchestration with noted 20th century composer John Lessard, harmony with the late electronic music maverick Bulent Arel, and composition with Stony Brook University professor Peter Winkler. He received his BA in Music from Stony Brook University in 1983. 

Like an unfolding musical diary / puzzle, Tabacco’s music and art are constantly being re-worked, juxtaposed and intertwined. His style is a melding of pop - jazz -rock - avant garde / aleatory, classical and comedy.  He has been recording his music non stop since 1979.

Of note: In 1989 the satirical, absurd house song "Go House Yourself" co-written by Tabacco, Pati and DiMauro reached position 39 on Billboard's dance chart. 

In 2014 Tabacco signed a record deal with Texas, indie label, Muffin Records. They released his CD “Unfulfilled Shopping Carts Syndrome” internationally.

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