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 EDDIE
THE RAT
Food For The Moon Too Soon
CD
2001
Eketra
50:54
An open letter to Eddie The Rat
"Hey there Rat man, how you doin' out there in California?
How them orange groves lookin' now? How 'bout the ocean? Look now
guys I'm real sorry it's taken me so long to get round to reviewing
your disc. Like, I've been so wasted recently, y'know what I'm sayin'?
Well, your stuff is far out man, like real groovy, and it sure made
me wish I could come to live in California too. You know, my girlfriend's
cousin lives right outside San Jose in a log cabin out there in
the redwoods man, and her brother and his family work an organic
farm, and they're all real cool about it, they're all real nice
people. Seems like a great idea to me man, like all I ever do is
work in the city and it just makes me sick, and it makes my girlfriend
sick too, and that's such a shame, because she truly is a beautiful
person. My girlfriend's cousin come over to England one time and
she saw me coming back from work wearing my suit and just stood
there laughing at me. And she was right, you know what I mean? Your
record kinda reminds me of Steve Hillage's Fish
Rising LP, and that's a record I really rate, because it's
just so neat. You guys, anybody who's prepared to run a lyric like
"I got an itch that I gotta scratch. I got an egg that's ready
to hatch. I'm sending up a signal that's long overdue, to the Cosmic
Bellhop who's got a room with a view" is OK by me. You keep
on doin' it. Can I tell my joke now? OK. This hippy goes into a
café in California and says to the girl there: "Hey
hi. I'll have a beer and a cake". The girl says - "Oh
man, don't you know, all the cakes are gone!". The hippy thinks
about it for a second, then comes back with this great big goofy
smile. "Hey girl that's far out. In that case I do believe
I'll take two".
Essential listening for beatniks everywhere.
STEWART GOTT - 4 July 2003
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