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Insomnia on Mars
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Joe DeCristopher plays electric guitar, keyboards, percussion & back-up vocal George Potor plays acoustic guitar and does lead vocal Fred Strickland plays electric 5-string bass
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George Potor and Joe DeCristopher both were raised in New Jersey in the 1950's and 60's, and schooled and settled in Pennsylvania, but they didn't meet until late 1979. Though they played occasionally as a duo, their first excursion as a band was with the ppits, a motley crew of seven (and sometimes more), full of political irreverence and fun. The ppits morphed into a quintet, Veto and the Hitmen, which like the ppits, performed twice on WVIA's Homegrown Music with a bundle of original tunes, mostly by George, by George. Over the last few years, George and Joe, with Rick Totten, formed Good Without One, the drummerless rock trio fueled by the retrograde administration of Cheney and W, spawning such gems as "Less Scratch, More Itch", "The Ballad of W, M.D. (Ducking Like a Quack)", "Above the Law", "Things Could Get Worse", and "The Gitmo Swing." The winds of change continue to blow, and George and Joe continue to collaborate, sometimes as a duo, sometimes with the help of others. Happily, Fred Strickland has come onboard with his 5-string bass, vocals & songwriting. They look forward to introducing new tunes, some political (George's "Low Infaux Voter", Joe's "Subprime Blues" and Fred's "Fox U"), some not, like the rocking "Inis Mor", named for the island off the coast of Ireland that George visited in the summer of 2008.
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Genre
Rock • Garage Rock
Charts
#5,618 today Peak #27
#257 in subgenre Peak #2
Author
George Potor
Rights
2004
Uploaded
July 18, 2013
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MP3
MP3 4.3 MB • 128 kbps • 4:44
Story behind the song
In 2004, the Spirit Rover landed on Mars. Initially, it attempted to send and receive data constantly, even during hours of darkness. This drained its solar-powered batteries to dangerously low levels. Once this confusion was corrected, Spirit operated successfully until 2010. This song is Spirit's hypothetical communications to the Jet Propulsion Lab back on Earth during those early, frustrating days in 2004.
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1 Jet, come in, Jet; listen, JPL. Gotta keep, gotta keep this short ‘cause it’s minutes on my cell. Tellin’ you, it’s cold an’ I been up all night. My energy’s drainin’; I’m nervous an’ I’m frightened. You think you got big problems livin’ where you are? What about me? I got insomnia on Mars. What about me? CHORUS: Hweghhhhhhet keghhhhhhhhhhhhh Zero-One, Zero-One Hweghhhhhhet keghhhhhhhhhhhhh Zero-One, Zero-One Reboooooooot Safe Mode Safe Mode Safe Mode Safe Mode 2 Feelin’ overloaded, I’m headin’ for a fall; Need some time to myself so I’m screening my calls. My days and my nights are all mixed up; ‘Tween the rocks an’ th’ sand, I had about enough. You think you got big problems livin’ where you are? What about me? I got insomnia on Mars. What about me? CHORUS CODA: OM My anomaly was serious, but now I’m doin’ fine; A couple hours’ sleep, it helped me clear my mind. Snapped a lot o’ pictures, then I took a walk. Found a little water; I’m ready now to talk. ‘S outa this world, a marvelous view; ‘S a hundred million miles & I hope this gets to you. ‘S outa this world, a marvelous view; ‘S a hundred million miles & I hope this gets to you. I hope this gets to you. I hope this gets to you.
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