RIPE from RIDGEMONT ST by Rick Berlin (now playing w/ THE NICKEL & DIME BAND)
Years back, as my first band, ORCHESTRA LUNA, was getting off the ground, I recorded a bunch of songs into a reel-to-reel. I had an upright piano with tacks in the hammers and I banged these tunes out so I wouldn't forget them (a condition that has lasted with me to this day). They embarrass me. My voice sounds so operatic, and the playing is awkward. I show them to practically no one. But there's something vaguely endearing about them. They also have an innocence that belies my later, albeit intermittent obsession with hit songs and a 'career'.
This one, like many at that time is recorded at Ridgemont St in Allston - big yellow house at the end of the street which one night we closed off, dropped acid and had a square dance - and we could actually walk to Jeremiah's on Harvard Ave - the place where OL got signed onto EPIC from.
Tracklist
| 19. | RIPE | 3:23 |
Lyrics
RIPE
once
in silver meadows
chimed
in clover colors
perfect tiny smiles
on the run
on the run
on the run
oh
la la la
will ya be
my brother
like the sight
of the
watermelon
ripe
in the sun
in the sun
in the sun
oh
la la la
dance
above your fears
and let
it rain
where
the tiny space
for feeling
is undone
is undone
is undone
oh
la la la
once
in silver meadows
chimed
in clover colors
perfect tiny children
on the run
on the run
on the run
oh
la la la
Credits
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A giant on the Boston music scene. His colorful songwriting + strong stage presence have influenced countless other artists since the early 1970s. He continues to make music w/ intelligence + integrity, building an international reputation around his knotty, singular piano playing, straight-from-the-heart singing and a style of character-based songwriting that's drawn comparisons to Waits + Cohen