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"Dandy's Rule, Ok?" is the debut album by the Dandy Warhols, released by Tim/Kerr on April 6, 1995.
Produced by the leader Courtney Taylor together with Tony Lash (former drummer of Heatmiser), it was almost entirely written by Courtney himself and recorded in the winter spanning '94 and '95.
The album consists of fifteen songs plus a spoken introduction, "Introduction By Young Tom," and moves through alternative rock sounds infused with marked psychedelia.
"The Dandy Warhols' T.V. Theme Song" and "Ride," the two singles extracted and placed in sequence after the introduction, represent the more "accessible" soul of the first work of the Portland band. The first is catchy britpop and extremely melodic, whereas the second is more "substantial" and saturated; however, electric guitars are definitely the protagonists in both, as indeed throughout the entire album.
An album that moves nimbly between moments where psychedelia itself takes center stage, such as in "Just Try," "Dick," or in the endless suite of over sixteen minutes "It's A Fast Driving Rave-Up With The Dandy Warhols Sixteen Minutes" (completed by a fifty-one-second intro and an outro, which also closes the album, of almost five minutes) and tracks consisting of a more straightforward and accessible pop rock ("The Coffee And Tea Wrecks," "Tony, This Song Is Called Lou Weed," "Best Friend"). Notable is the brit "shot" "Nothin' To Do," cute but perhaps too Oasis-like, and the good "Grunge Betty," with blasting guitars and guaranteed fun.
Good vocal performance by Courtney, although far from the many vocal register variations of "Odditorium..." and "Welcome To The Monkey House," and decent overall performance of the entire band: it should be noted that here on the drums we still find Eric Hedford, who will be replaced by the current drummer Brent DeBoer only in 1998.
"Dandy's Rule, Ok?" is a decent debut, not comparable to great works like "Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia" or "Odditorium Or Warlords Of Mars," yet still valid.
The best, however, will surely come later.
Key Tracks: "Ride," "Dick," "It's A Fast Driving Rave-Up With The Dandy Warhols Sixteen Minutes"
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
07 Nothin' to Do (02:23)
I like to hold on my baby.
She likes to hold on me too.
Like something for nothing,
That she can hold onto.
Where we been lately?
Second Avenue,
To call on Brent Mackerel,
Or we can find someone new.
Ah oooooooooooooh, ooooooh, oo-oo-oo-oooh!
Oooooooooooooh, heeey.
Really like it better,
Like it better than you,
And if you got a problem,
Well we had nothing to do.
Here we go, baby,
Yeah with the cats from Swoon,
And if we got a quarter,
We'd call sugarboom, chik-a-chik, boom.
Ah oooooooooooooh, ooooooh, oo-oo-oo-oooh!
Oooooooooooooh, heeey.
Ah oooooooooooooh, ooooooh, oo-oo-oo-oooh!
Oooooooooooooh, heeey.
Laaa!
09 Genius (06:08)
I'll Take The Blame
If I Ever Want To
For What My Little Brain
Has Been Through
I Know I Say
Things I Never Meant To
To Seem A Little More Sane
Cause Thats What It Takes
If I Ever Could Win
If I Ever Could See
If I Just Could Ever
Remember To Think
About Anything
Darling, Give Me A Rope
I'll Hang My Self
It Doesnt Take A Genius
To Figure It Out
Dont Have To Be Fucking Brilliant To See
Im Not As Smart As I Seem To Be
Im Not As Bright As I Used To Be
Im Not As Sharp As I Think I Am
Im Not As Smart As I Seem
Im Not As Bright As I Seem
Darling Darling Darling
Darling, Give Me A Rope
I'll Hang My Self
It Doesnt Take A Genius
To Figure It Out
Dont Have To Be Fucking Brilliant To See
Im Not As Smart As I Seem To Be
Im Not As Bright As I Used To Be
Im Not As Sharp As I Think I Am
Im Not As Smart As I Seem
Im Not As Bright As I Seem
10 Dick (08:07)
They Say Everything I Could Think
Think Every Think I Could Leak
Hear Every Word Without Listening
I'm A Dick
I'm Gonna Know Everything
Know Everything That Was True
Seen Everything I Could See
Been Everything I Could Be
I'm A Dick
Waiting To Be Kicked
Read Everything I Could Read
Have Everything I Could Need
Seen Everything I Could See
Been Everything I Could Be
I'm A Dick
Waiting To Be Kicked
11 Just Try (04:41)
If you just try
Telling me why
Wise and old
Still I know the sun
And built cities
Where the rivers run
Telling me why
If you just try
Just try telling me why
If you just try
Alacazam put a sham down
She was a good hand
Oh now that she died
Well I swear bye-bye
She would have tried
12 Nothing (Lifestyle of a Tortured Artist for Sale) (03:52)
You Want For Nothing
Thats What You Decide
Always On Always Gone
Cause You All Want Nothing
Thats You Inside
Always Good Always On
And You Only Want Nothing
For Yourselves
Always Want The Other Side
You Could Be Trying
Its Enuf To Always Try Thats A Life For You
Any Cause That You Wanna Do
What Thats All Fine
Except For Anything That You Do To Me
And You Want For Nothing
You Want For Nothing
Cause You Want For Nothing
Nothing
13 Grunge Betty (03:32)
Hey!
Hey Well I Rise Today
I Cant Seem To Find What I Want You For
I Open My Eyes And I Wake On The Floor
You Open The Door
Awake On The Floor
Cant Seem To Find What I Want You For
Cause Latley Baby
Oh Yeah Im Wasting
Tons Of Time
Tons Of Time
Tons Of Time
Hey!
Hey Well I Rise Today
I Cant Seem To Find What I Want You For
I Open My Eyes And I Wake On The Floor
You Open The Door
Awake On The Floor
Cant Seem To Find What I Want You For
Cause Latley Baby
Oh Yeah Im Wasting
Tons Of Time
Tons Of Time
Tons Of Time
Two Three Four
Tons Of Time
Tons Of Time
Tons Of Time
Tons Of Time
Tons Of Time
Tons Of Time
Tons Of Time
14 Prelude: It's a Fast-Driving Rave-Up With The Dandy Warhols Sixteen Minutes (00:51)
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