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The Beat Wants To Move You
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Lots of beat and percussion with a slithery synth bass and me talking over it.
just john prepostpostmodern
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One guy, a pre-post-postmodern composer / artist / geek. (Note: All tracks are licensed so that you can play them anywhere free, even commercially!)
Hi, call me just john. I started as a "home taper," back in high school, and I've been doing odd things with music and noise ever since.
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Genre
Alternative • Experimental
Charts
Peak #68
Peak in subgenre #16
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just john
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just john
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April 07, 2009
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MP3 5.6 MB • 128 kbps • 6:04
Story behind the song
These lyrics have been building in my head for years! I imagine The Beat as a character, and this is what's he's been up to.
Lyrics
The Beat wants to move you And I should know The Beat told me so The Beat wants to put you in motion After that, the Beat's plans are less specific You can move rhythmically in one location Or you can go out and do stuff -- the Beat is okay with that The Beat came over to my house We hung out for a bit I showed the Beat my commemorative plate collection The Beat was unimpressed Asked, "How many of those things Can you keep in the air at one time?" I asked, "Can I glue them together first? Then all of them." The Beat snorted derisively Tho rhythmically and with style And those blue DeLorean sneakers Squeaked on my floor The Beat said "Anyway, let's go somewhere and do something Let's put the people in motion Make 'em twitch and gallop Shimmer and shake Let's get in their skin, Up their spines And down into the arches of their feet Before they have any idea what's happening to them." That's what the Beat said And from that follows My previous assertion that The Beat wants to move you If you can move, you must exist If you exist, then The Beat wants to move you If not, the Beat has no policy toward you And no stated opinion But I say go! We've got people to move Places to shake So to the rest of you: The Beat wants to move you The Beat is trying to ricochet off the floor and into your spine, without your mind having to have any say in it. Hey, don't look at me for a way out, The Beat's got me under its thumb And many of its toenails The Beat and I go back, a long, long time The Beat wants to move you The Beat is kinda simple, sometimes But sometimes simple is enough
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