Popular Music Vol. 4: The Johnny American Concept Album, Vol. 2, by Goodbye The Band

Popular Music Vol. 4: The Johnny American Concept Album, Vol. 2

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1.	Are You Calling Me Ugly? 01:12		buy track
2.	Robot Child (Kill Your Parents) 02:21	info	buy track
3.	Sexual Frustration Blues 03:15		buy track
4.	Electric Piano Chair 02:18		buy track
5.	Song 25 (Song 23) 01:45		buy track
6.	Shockilicious 02:44		buy track
7.	Catch My 22 02:10		buy track
8.	Plastic Philosopher 01:25		buy track
9.	Jet Lag/Jazz Like Feel 01:56		buy track
10.	Lanky (In 10 Years) 01:15		buy track
11.	Appear To Be On 01:32		buy track
12.	I Ain't Two Ways Around and Back Again 01:46		buy track
13.	Fellow Citizens of Smashica 02:34		buy track
14.	Billy and Hope Elope 01:51		buy track
15.	Now That You're An Acid Freak (I Can Tell You What I Really Think Of You) 02:07		buy track
16.	Prommm Night 02:15		buy track
17.	A Rate 10 Times Less 01:44		buy track
18.	John (Bathroom Floor) 01:57		buy track

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In 2001, I made up a list of 45 song titles and proceeded to write lyrics as quickly as possible for them, dubbing them "intentionally bad songs," due to the forced, easy rhymes in each line and the absurd, puerile or generally questionable subject matter. I made music for 31 of them in about a month's time during summer vacation after junior year, picked 17 songs for The Johnny American Concept Album, and wrote "Snare Drum, Bass Drum, Kid," while riding my bike. In December 2001, I recorded music for most of the remaining songs, and two years later, sequenced many of the outtakes into this album, making The Johnny American Concept Album into a sort of double album after the fact. "Robot Child" was not a JACA song but fit the general theme and was made during the same summer.

Spencer Owen provides the drum loops on "Robot Child."

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released September 15, 2003

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