Artistically, "Ellison" was a stretch for Kludge since we usually relied on high-energy rock and roll to cover our rough edges. But thanks to the masterful styling (and hours of vocals coaching) from our musical director Ralph Azzara, "Ellison" comes off pretty good, even 10 years removed and hacked from cassette-to-PC via the invaluable shareware tool Audible.
Anyway, enjoy. Working on some more downloads from the unearthed tape of our 1997 Atlanta Fall Networld+Interop gig, and also have in pocket Vegas N+I 1997, which includes an extremely esoteric "dance" set and some entertaining on-stage dialogue. If anyone out there knows how to cool down a "hot" cassette recording into Audible, leave tips or contact info in the comments.
(lyrics after the player)
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Ellison (Alison)
Oh it's so funny to be seein' you after so long dude
After what you did with set-top boxes left me unimpressed
But I see you got that little NC now
A PC that's undressed
I'm not gonna sign new purchase orders
For some hardware that you can't define
'cuz I don't know if this will make you any money
I only know you won't get mine
(chorus)
Ellison, I know Bill Gates is killing you
Ohhh Ellison -- at least you're cool
Well I see you won a yacht race now
I guess a sailboat's always cheaper than to buy a wedding cake
Made so much money selling big databases,
Are you spending more than you can make?
Sometimes I wish that I could stop you from talking
When I hear the silly things that you say
I think you just better stop fighting Microsoft
'cuz man, Windows is here to stay
(chorus)
Ellison, I know Bill Gates is killing you
Ohhh Ellison -- at least you're cool
Your boat is cool
Your beard is cool
Your house is cool
And you're no fool
NCs will rule
NCs will rule
NCs will rule
