From The Hip
by Con Brio
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Everything Considered
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Jimi's Song
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Black Hole Blues
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Gibberish
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20 Miles
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Idiot Parade
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Not At All
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Rampage
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You Fuckers
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Wake Me Up
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Ghostrider
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about
Con Brio's debut record, From The Hip is twelve tracks of simmering soul, freaky funk, and brooding blues.
credits
released 20 July 2010
Produced by Jonathan Kirchner & Cliff Tune
Recorded by Con Brio & Cliff Tune
Rhodes and Piano Recorded by Scott McDowell
Mixed by Damien Rasmussen
Mastered by Michael Romanowski
Cover Design by Logan Walters
Cover Photographs by Volker Neumann
Lyrics by Xandra Corpora (ASCAP)
Music by Xandra Corpora and Con Brio
Big Payback Publishing (ASCAP)
Produced by Jonathan Kirchner & Cliff Tune
Recorded by Con Brio & Cliff Tune
Rhodes and Piano Recorded by Scott McDowell
Mixed by Damien Rasmussen
Mastered by Michael Romanowski
Cover Design by Logan Walters
Cover Photographs by Volker Neumann
Lyrics by Xandra Corpora (ASCAP)
Music by Xandra Corpora and Con Brio
Big Payback Publishing (ASCAP)
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"an explosion of pure vocal bliss"
-SFGate
"Xandra Corpora's vocals are
stunning....The band, tight as a bungee cord.... What's more, they kill it live."
-bamm.tv
"...sophisticated and mature sounding music, fusing jazz, blues, soul and folk all together into one fantastic live experience"
-Remezcla
... more
discography
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Feb 2012 -
Jul 2010
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- Track Name: Everything Considered
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Everything considered, I think I’m lucky to be here
Why do my gut reactions always seem to interfere with the butt of my life?
Someone call the doctor, I think I’m sick beyond repair
I don’t need no medicine, I just need a little care
All these silly feelings got me wrapped around the throat
Cutting off my airwaves, all I can do is emote
This is no kinda life that I wanna lead now, I want some logic to this pain
No control, I’m helpless
Like a moth to the flame - Track Name: Cadillac
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Cadillac, Cadillac broke down in front of my house again
It’s a problem too because it blocks my view and I’m a selfish person
Old man lookin’ for a young one to help him push it
But didn’t no one see except little ol’ me and I’m full of bullshit
I think that he knows that I’m home ‘cause he came and he knocked on mydoor
It’s a cryin’ shame, but I have to say
I’m a grown-ass woman, I don’t think so
Rat-a-tat-tat boom bat up side of my head again
I take no offense, it’s a consequence of a desperate person
Hate like a hand grenade in my face and I show no fear
My enemy isn’t temporary, I gotta deal with her
If I open up then I’m stuck and I’ll never get out of here
It’s a cryin shame, but I have to say
I’m a grown-ass woman, I don’t think so - Track Name: Jimi's Song
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This is a gypsy’s tale
Written out inside the wail of my voice
Many moons, all with different hues
Lit the way as he came and went
Too soon
Cosmic combat took him back
Before the sound and voodoo fade to black
Still the echo insulates my mind
‘Til he comes up from behind
Pigeon-toed someone
Talk like an onion
Nothin but one young hell of a gun gun
I can’t complain ‘cause I don’t know anything
But the flame still burns
Hands that dance across the light
Now I feel you with my eyes
Still the echo insulates my mind
And he comes up from behind
I’m glad that I have something to remember him by
A violet violence
And his little wing goes flapping into the sky
I came to a point last night where nothing was black and white
Just a spectrum of colors
And the sand beneath my feet just opened up and swallowed me
And I knew that my time was nigh
Now it’s time to head on back
Before the sound and voodoo fade to black
Still the echo insulates my mind
And he comes up from behind - Track Name: Black Hole Blues
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Lord there’s nothing left of me
I done seen all I can see
Guess I’ll just sit back and decay
‘Til my center splits and I fall right into a blinding ball of energy
I could just stay here all my life
Tell my beating heart it’s just never quite right
But this message in this moment is much to clear
There is nothing more than the open air I’ve been longing for, my dear
Black Hole Blues
Baby I’ll see you in another life
Maybe we’ll meet in the summertime
I think you’ll be a nickel, I’m pretty sure I’ll be a dime
We’ll rub for a moment in a brief exchange
And then I’ll glimmer a goodbye
I dream clearly every night
I dream I’m drifting out of sight
When I reach the horizon I just fall
Off the edge of this scattered planet I’ve been part of for so long
Black Hole Blues - Track Name: Gibberish
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Confused and reckless, I shimmied out of the window
Despite my restlessness I had no notion of where to go
I just started walking down a street that I never take
It wasn’t seconds before I lost my way
I have to say that I like to lose my direction
Every now and again, it’s like an endless deception
I always think I know what’s coming up down the road
But a detour frees my routine before redundancy will make me overload
I’ve got no goals in mind, just got these moments transitory
I can’t be ready for an end ‘cause I’m still building the story
I jump through these alleyways that navigate my mind
I just hope that I’m open enough to interpret the signs - Track Name: 20 Miles
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I saw a tow-truck pass me by that day on the highway
It must have been 90 in the shade and I was stranded again
Heard the rattle under the hood from the moment I left town
Should have taken it as an omen, but instead I just kept on going
When the sun is beating down so hard on the back of your neck
The epiphanies float on in and you think to yourself
“What the heck was I thinking? Going out all alone! What are you trying to prove to no one?”
‘Cause there’s no one out here, I’m all alone, but I keep on going
20 miles
I walked for 20 miles without a stop
20 miles breathing the dust
20 miles, it’s nowhere or bust
I swam for what seemed like a lifetime, through the endless dunes
I wandered despondent, until I found my roots
It was a cold winter on a hot day
And I mean what I say when I say I’ve been walking all day
I wish I could take the dust out of the sky
And bring it back here now so I wouldn’t have to try
To explain what I’ve seen, or where I’ve been
All I got right now is the song I sing and the fading voices of my old memory - Track Name: Idiot Parade
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Fifty thousand people running crazy in the streets
And I’m up in my room with the blinds drawn just listening
Chaos all around, cacophonous sound
There’s nowhere to go but around
Oh where you gonna run?
I dunno, can I come too?
Maybe we could be best friends!!!
Until the end! Or ‘til we find something else to do…
Next time I’ll be prepared
With a soft bomb in each hand
All will feel the splash of my wrath
With a cool blue water fall attack - Track Name: Not At All
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Special request to: Love
Can I get 180 degrees?
Nobody talks to me
I got a special request this week
Listless body and soul
You know I waiver on the edge of control
And I stick like Icarus sticks, which is to say Not At All
And on my ocean grave, I am dead upon the waves
I just hope that some soul will guide me (home)
Pacing around alone
You know I shake when I pick up the phone
Not that it rings too much
God I feel so out of touch - Track Name: Rampage
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There’s a big black dog just barking away at the ground
From the look of his jaw he’s half devil half bloodhound
I try to walk on by, don’t mean no disrespect
But the beast don’t like my scent and I’m spent
I had to shoot him down
Bitty-eyed Betty come lately to my door
I told her 25 times “I don’t want your love no more”
But as we all know
You can’t tell the bitch that the bitch don’t listen cause the bitch don’t listen*
No lost and found, I don’t make no sound I just oh, oh baby
Had to shoot her down
Down by the wayside
You know I was already gone
If you go down by the wayside
I’ll be gone
There’s a stone-face killer been stalking me all of my life
I feel his eyes on my side yeah they cut me like a jack knife
And when I’m home and all alone and I know no one’s gonna come
I hope I feel his breath on my neck so I can grab my gun
And just shoot him down
*This line written by Carson Lepre and used with his permission - Track Name: You Fuckers
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I can’t relate to all you fuckers
Walking around in your clean clothes, sipping away the day
I’ll take this wind and this cool malt liquor
I’ll start my own trends out of the night time
I find it weird how much we look alike
The way your posture compliments your life
You avoid my gaze like I’m some strange disease
Oh please, you fucker
I am gonna get you tonight
You won’t even hear me coming
I am as quiet as a mouse
You come stomping through my neighborhood, watch out
Some day your hand will graze me as you pass
You’ll shudder slightly, just for a moment
The sun will shine graceless on your back
I fear you’ll never make up for the things you lack
I am gonna get you tonight
You won’t even hear me coming
I am as quiet as a mouse
You come stomping through my neighborhood
Boom, watch out - Track Name: Wake Me Up
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Wake me up in the morning now
Don’t go leaving notes around my room
I just wanna see your face when you’re leavin’
Do you like the things we do?
Please excuse my paranoia boy
I just get a little insecure
Plus I want more
I said Ahhhhhhh
Wake me up when you’re leavin’ now
Plant a little kiss upon my head
Or better yet, better yet baby, just c’mon back to bed
I don’t care about no sunrise
I don’t wanna see this nighttime end
Oh where are you goin when I need a friend? - Track Name: Ghostrider
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So long, bye-bye
I’ll see you some other time
When things look better than they do now
I’ll see your face
In a different time and place
I will
I know I will
Two days ago
Oh the minutes moved by so slow
I thought I’d see you before you left
I won’t
Now that you’re gone
I just hope it won’t be too long
Before
I see…you know
I’m no conversation starter
Not even on my own
With no one keeping track of me
I have to keep my own
I found your records in my closet last night
It was the kind of finding that is bound to cause a fight
I feel entitled to the ones that move me most
But oh, they all move me
And there’s no choosing
I went walking in the rain for you
I said I went walking in the rain for you
I did
You won’t never find nobody half as true baby
I hope
