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Original song: from the album, When I Was Your Age (which started off life as our RPM album for 2009). When I Was Your Age features songs that take a look back at when we were kids. If you're anything like us, Saturday mornings were about two…
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Original song: from the album, TheSongOfTheDay.com - June. Featuring our friend, Qadree Holmes on vocals, this song goes out to all Notary Publics everywhere. The song came about when Jason was asked to notarize a few immigration documents for…
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Original song: from the album, TheSongOfTheDay.com - February. This song refers to February 29th, or Leap Day. It also refers to heartbreak and loss, but that's not nearly as important as Leap Day. The observant listener will notice that back…
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Original song: from the album, TheSongOfTheDay.com - January. This song began it's life back in 1999 on an 8-track cassette recorder. In 2007, for TheSongOfTheDay.com project, we were able to overlay drums, re-do vocals, and replace some hummed…
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Original song: from the album, TheSongOfTheDay.com - December. This was one of the last songs recorded for TheSongOfTheDay.com project. The original version was completely a sixties-inspired orchestra ballad a la something off The Beatles album…
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Original song: from the album, When I Was Your Age (which started off life as our RPM album for 2009). When I Was Your Age features songs that take a look back at when we were kids. If you're anything like us, Saturday mornings were about two…
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Original song: from the album, TheSongOfTheDay.com - September. This song got its start as an instrumental, but ended up with the record for the most vocal tracks of all. The title "Just Go Back" referred to one of Ryan's comments when recording…
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Original song: from the album, TheSongOfTheDay.com - October. Ah, the great mysteries in life: Why are we here? Is there a God? How much do you tip a bartender for a beer? Back when we were recording the songs for TheSongOfTheDay.com, inspiration…
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Original song: from the album, TheSongOfTheDay.com - December. Written from a kid's perspective, this song challenges his parents to come clean about the truth behind Santa, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy. After all, lies make the Baby…
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Original song: from the album, All In A Day's Work (which started out life as our RPM album for 2007). The views expressed in this song solely represent Beatnik Turtle, the band, and do not reflect the views of any individual member. The band…
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New age and upbeat.
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I could not turn off certain synthesizers while I was programing this one, so I kept it as it was. Desperate sounding, I thought.
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Little Guy Demo Ep Self-Released http://www.erikino.com
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This is a collaboration between Endicott Road and Sister Savage. Hope you enjoy it. ER
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Original song: from the album, TheSongOfTheDay.com - October. Ah, the great mysteries in life: Why are we here? Is there a God? How much do you tip a bartender for a beer? Back when we were recording the songs for TheSongOfTheDay.com, inspiration…
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Guest said

You cheap bastard.

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Another ol' Irish song about drinkin' and smokin'. Who knew?
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zx85 said

Excellent drinking song!

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"Pizza: The Rock Opera" is Beatnik Turtle's 10-minute opus chronicling one man's struggle to order pizza. From TheSongOfTheDay.com and their album, November available on CD Baby, "the iTunes" and other fine digital retailers.
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another cultural landslide said

Epic track! Always makes me laugh. Awesome! w;-)

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"Tell Me Ma", was featured on National Public Radio's Second Stage. As NPR put it: "Beatnik Turtle is a remarkably prolific and fiercely independent rock group based in Chicago. The eight-piece band includes a full horn section and has been making…
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another cultural landslide said

Still one of my favorite tunes on alonetone EVER! Miss you guys. Someday soon? w;-)

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"There's a dude from Indiana rockin' real hard to Carlos Santana!" If you've ever been to Indiana, you'll know where this came from.
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lgh said

Very enjoyable song....fantastic production! Piepod LG

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we write songs good.

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