Lost Music: Crabwalk (American Music Club)

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American Music Club - Crabwalk

 

CRABWALK

He reels around the nightclub 
like the hubcaps off of a car 
That just crashed into a sign that said 
"This way to the nightclub." 

He says you ain't worth a dime 
to his life support systems 
They still keep him talking 
on the chance that he'll say something 

Don't you feel the decks rolling 
I think that we're on a stormy sea 
I'm having trouble keeping down the light that I've stolen 
He said, "Come on and do the crabwalk with me." 

He's just trying to breathe some new life into the jukebox 
But it doesn't take his crap it just keeps on staring back 
And the quarters that he pours down its throat 
Well they're just starting to get his goat 
The song plays, "I gave you everything and I never got anything back." 

Don't you feel the decks rolling 
I think that we're on a stormy sea 
I'm having trouble keeping down the light that I've stolen 
He said, "Come on and do the crabwalk with me." 

He went fishing in the ocean 
and all he got was a couple of tires 
And they came up dripping with emotion 
And you know how fisherman are liars 
The five hundred thousand dollar country guitar sits at home sad and lonely 
No one has any pity for the life of the party 

Don't you feel the decks rolling 
I think that we're on a stormy sea 
He's having trouble keeping down the light that he's stolen 
He said, "Come on and do the crabwalk with me."

 

Crabwalk is the 5th song on American Music Club's 1991 album, Everclear whichwas first recorded in 1989 during the aborted Everclear sessions with Tom Mallon.

In 1996 Mark Eitzel's sister Rene told the band's mailing list, 'A long time ago I met up with Mark and AMC in a tiny club in Newport, Kentucky...there was probably six people in the whole place (seven if you count the bartender). One of the listeners was a very drunk older gentleman who had a fascination with Vudi, the American Music Club's guitarist.

During most of the gig, this man crossed the club staggering sideways (doing the 'crabwalk') between Vudi and the jukebox. When he wasn't trying to play Vudi's guitar or talk to him about his own hugely expensive country guitar, he was trying to drown out the music played by AMC by pouring quarters in the jukebox. He never realized that the jukebox was unplugged. Perhaps this caused him to drink more? Another guy at the club stood directly in front of Mark the entire time trying to get the band to play some heavy metal tunes. This tune Crabwalk has its origins in this club in Newport. This evening was not one of AMC's finest but a great time was had talking about it for the next few days with the band."


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