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1978: Saturday Night Pizza
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I was 4 in 1978. This song is a tribute to my favorite place in the world at the time, a pizza joint in my hometown.
electronic music instrumental rock progressive rock experimental music
Room 34 is Scott Anderson's solo, (mostly) instrumental recording project. Electronic/experimental rock.
Room 34 is a solo project by Scott Anderson, exploring the sonic possibilities of rock and electronic music, mostly instrumental, generally eschewing traditional song structures, and heavily reflective of my idiosyncratic array of influences (Beck, Porcupine Tree, The Mars Volta, Miles Davis, Brian Eno, etc.).
Song Info
Genre
Rock • Progressive Rock
Charts
Peak #1,902
Peak in subgenre #236
Author
Scott Anderson
Rights
2008 Scott Anderson
Uploaded
February 06, 2008
Track Files
MP3
MP3 2.6 MB • 128 kbps • 2:47
Story behind the song
This track is tribute to George’s Pizza, my favorite Greek-style pizza place in my small hometown. I still remember vividly the mood of the place when I was a kid. Dimly lit, courtesy of orange stained-glass wall sconces, with a giant stuffed swordfish on the wall above a jukebox. I remember my dad taking me over to that jukebox one time and listing off the songs for me to pick one. I chose “Stayin’ Alive.” I also remember that George’s was my introduction to the concept of a pun. The backs of their checks had a cartoon drawing of George, with the caption “Seven days without pizza makes one weak.” Classic. I’ve since learned that this was actually the slogan of a famous New York pizza place, and it makes sense that Austin, Minnesota was not the birthplace of such a clever and iconic phrase (although we did manage to come up with Spam).
Lyrics
George was the man with the pizza place and That was the place to be back in the '70s Any night of the week, down on Second Street Swordfish on the wall, that place had it all And I was four years old and three feet tall
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