9 tracks by The Ginger Twins

1.   Yet Again
2.   Derivative
3.   The Model Citizen
4.   True Regret
5.   The Lesson 
6.   Something Amiss
7.   Obsoletion
8.   Shattering Me
9.   A Shimmer in the Darkness

Vacancy

Song by The Ginger Twins
vocals/synths - Brian Beethoven

Lyrics:
A hard, hard lesson to learn
A crossroads for you and me
What a hard, hard lesson to learn
Facing down reality
Don’t stop, don’t look back
Wait for it, brace for it
Don’t stop, don’t look back
Wait for it, brace for it
A hard, hard lesson to learn
A crossroads for you and me
What a hard, hard lesson to learn
Facing down adversity
Don’t stop, don’t look back
Wait for it, brace for it
Don’t stop, don’t look back
Wait for it, brace for it
A hard, hard lesson to learn
A crossroads for you and me
What a hard, hard lesson to learn
Facing down reality
Don’t stop, don’t look back
Wait for it, brace for it
Don’t stop, don’t look back
Wait for it, brace for it

The Lesson

Song by The Ginger Twins….
vocals/synths - Brian Beethoven….

Lyrics:
Free from independent thought
Loved only by the things you’ve bought
Trained since my life began
To be the model citizen
To be the model citizen
The model citizen
Gone is any choice to make
Free from any risk to take
Programmed and retrained again
To be the model citizen
To be the model citizen
The model citizen

The Model Citizen

Song by The Ginger Twins…
vocals/synths - Brian Beethoven…

Lyrics:
Brand new initiative
Somewhat prohibitive
Vulgar and primitive
Yet still derivative
Like a dog fears thunder
The thumb I’m under
Brand new initiative
Somewhat prohibitive
Vulgar and primitive
Yet still derivative
I once knew what I wanted
I pursued what I wanted
Vulgar and primitive
Yet still derivative
Like endless hunger
The spell I’m under
I once knew what I wanted
I pursued what I wanted
Vulgar and primitive
Yet still derivative

Derivative

Song by The Ginger Twins
vocals/synths - Brian Beethoven

Lyrics:
True regret
In this life
True regret
In this…
She lies awake at night
Haunted by that day
The price forever pay
Alive but dead inside
True regret
In this life
True regret
In this…
Greeted by the face of truth
Can’t deny mistakes we’ve made
Defined by careless youth
Now until the grave
True regret
In this life
True regret
In this…

True Regret

Over the Rainbow [instrumental] Trumpet and piano

I did this trumpet and piano version in early 2021.

Two favourite covers come to mind for this famous classic. One is by Israel Kaʻanoʻi Kamakawiwoʻole from Hawaii who is no longer with us and Eva Cassidy who has also departed this earthly plain. Both are on youtube. Eva has some other great songs there as well. 

Somewhere over the rainbow way up high
There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby
Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true

Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far
Behind me
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me

Somewhere over the rainbow bluebirds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh, why can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh, why can't I?

Piano arrangement and performance by jazz pianist Doug McKenzie. Trumpet arrangement and performance by yours truly.

Over the rainbow

Song by the Ginger Twins
vocals/synths - Brian Beethoven

Lyrics:
Standing, facing the firing line
Cold hearts without a care I find
Climbing, racing a ticking clock
Path blocked – can’t reach the mountaintop 
Yet again
Yet again
Yet again
Yet again and again and the sky grows dim
I am defeated again
I have retreated again
I am mistreated again
I have retreated again
Mind racing with endless thoughts
Distant memories of love and loss
Staring down at the firing line
No resolution and a truce declined
Yet again
Yet again
Yet again
Yet again and again and the sky grows dim
I am defeated again
I have retreated again
I am mistreated again
I have retreated again
I am defeated again
I have retreated again
Yet again


Yet Again

Single Use And Recycled: Guitars, Songwriter
Rob Olsson: Bass, Lyrics/Vocals

You only love me when I
Do what you want me to 
Got this weight on my shoulder
Don’t want to be a martyr

Blooms in full flourish
Fold away at night
Out in summer air
Out in summer air

Can we talk about the fact that
You want to be free
You’re capable at any time
Break your bonds and run away

What you’re giving, only some of
What I want to take
Take it all for myself
Life turns on a dime

Blooms in full flourish
Fold away at night
Out in summer air
Out in summer air

Can we talk about the fact that
You want to be free
You’re capable at any time
Break your bonds and run away

You out in summer air
Prowling in my garden
Turn my back, you run away
Don’t know what you’ll encounter

You only love me when I
Do what you want me to 
Got this weight on my shoulder
Don’t want to be a martyr

Blooms in full flourish
Fold away at night
Out in summer air
Out in summer air

Life can turn on a dime
Turn on a dime
Life can turn on a dime

Blooms In Full Flourish w/Single Use And Recycled

All instruments by Peter Hofland
Artwork: unknown

Wind

L-Collective Farming

The Earth Love II

Moon Energies

Sunday Meditation_03

I was thinking how much I love the moon, its always been there, consistently throughout my life, to inspire me, comfort me and no doubt its been there for all of you too, like some kind of miracle really!
so I wrote this song with those thoughts in mind and knowing there is a beautiful full moon tomorrow night 💜🎶🌑

Sometimes you're blue

MMXXIIVXXVIIHNNHGZ

Composed on a Pocket Operator Speak, this short electronic track loops the unresolvable — a sentence, a sound, a sensation. > It doesn’t offer closure. It doesn’t soothe. It holds. > The cure isn’t elsewhere. It’s in the wound. In the glitch. In the signal, breaking apart and coming home.

The Cure for the Pain Is in the Pain

broken laptop song 1.wav

Authentic soundscapes of melody and noise....The Ginger Twins is an alternative music project by Philadelphia based musician Brian Beethoven.  Formed in 2023, The Ginger Twins produce songs with a varying blend of unique post-punk, dark wave and experimental electronic sounds. 


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Yet Again

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