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(281)

by Arthur Yoria

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No Messin' With My Rectum If You Like My Erection 02:53
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you're not smart/that's a start you smell clean/lets get obscene don't got a disease and i don't got shaky knees i don't like lot's of noise but i'm not opposed to toys and no messin' with my rectum if you like my erection i should mention that i give more than receive healthy legs/real nice breasts i know your ex/he says you like sex don't got a disease and i don't got shaky knees i don't like lot's of noise but i'm not opposed to toys and no messin' with my rectum if you like my erection i should mention that i give more than receive slow and easy but let's stay busy set the pace/i'll follow you it's not a race/there's time for two don't got a disease and i don't got shaky knees i don't like lot's of noise but i'm not opposed to toys and no messin' with my rectum if you like my erection i should mention that i give more than receive
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He Can, She Can, We Can 04:14
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Fake a wink at the camera Lip shits all over the mic Take your medicine and don't forget to call in sick I know, I know, I know what you want Get down, look up There is a phony He sing a song that isn't holy Make ends meet down in the valley He can, she can, we can I get down around the sound that brought me to you i know i can't but i'm trying to please you so the sound goes round and round and round I know, I know, I know what you want Get down, look up There is a phony He sing a song that isn't holy Make ends meet down in the valley He can, she can, we can
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I Don't Wear Red 03:38
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Daddy isn't funny and i don't wear red/money never really been a friend. And sunny isn't something that i'd call myself but i ain't never going to leave a mess on your wall Mommy gets afraid when there is no stress but the medicine won't let me get depressed. And i'm afraid of having too much confidence when i'm choking on the meaning of success and no stress if you knew how many times i have flown into your room just above your bed, maybe you would like me more or less/ i just don't want you lookin in my head now brother is embarrassed by all of us so the more we try, the more he moves away. but what if he's right and i'm ridiculous? would the old vacation pictures look the same? if you knew how many times i have flown into your room just above your bed, maybe you would like me more or less/ i just don't want you lookin in my head Daddy isn't funny and i don't wear red/money never really been a friend. And sunny isn't something that i'd call myself but i ain't never going to leave a mess on your wall if you knew how many times i have flown into your room just above your bed, maybe you would like me more or less/ i just don't want you lookin in my head
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Drunk Piss 02:13
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You Should See Me 05:04
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Gonna measure my currency Gonna make friends with he whole damn scene Gonna cut my dreams in half I want to make you laugh Gonna stop trying to do the math I want to make you laugh You should see me when i play with cats You should see me in a bubble bath You should see me when it's comfortable You should see me when you're miserable Gonna fake my own last breath I want to make you laugh You should see me with my other lover You should see me when we soak the covers You should see me with your fucking father You should see me when i hit it farther You should see me 'cause you haven't got a clue You should see me 'cause i can do what you do
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The Libyans 03:27
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Alligator Cut creator My libido Where do we go? Alawishes You can do it Juice and pitches Nothing to it I don’t want to go in too deep I just want to swing my rhythm stick I don’t want to know what you think I just want to play my golden fiddle In my room On the ceiling Bedside table Sex and healing What you got to give except your prerogative? Gimme fictional More educational I don’t want to go in too deep I just want to swing my rhythm stick I don’t want to know what you think I just want to play my golden fiddle Alligator My libido Where do we go?
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Tell Me I'm Wrong 04:57
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lovers swoon to just one tune lovers fade/first one then two skin must break before it bleeds lover fakes then bleeds on me all the coins and souvenirs and all the cracks that they conceal california or these pills nothing comes near tell me i'm wrong tell me i'm wrong tell me i'm the only one you ever really wanted aww come on now i'm at peace with being a soldier but if lover leaves/i guess it's over tell me i'm wrong tell me i'm wrong tell me i'm the only one you ever really wanted
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Blue 03:03
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Blue But I'm feeling fine Like a rainbow tryin' to make you look Blue How about you? 'Cause I'm feeling strong and my heart is good A mi me dicen que no se gosar Levante la mano si a usted si le gusta culiar Levante la mano si a usted si le gusta tomar Levante la mano si a usted si le gusta fumar Levante la mano si a usted si le gusta viajar Levante la mano si a usted si le gusta los deportes Levante la mano si a usted si le gusta los animalitos Levante la mano si a usted si le gusta los pasteles Levante la mano si a usted si le gusta leer revistas Levante la mano si a usted si le gusta hacer absolutamente nada
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Something In My Stomach 03:30
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feel weird can't sleep something in my stomach ain't dizzy ain't sweaty something in my stomach oh shit, i'm falling in love again i keep imagining us on an island i usually don't think about islands but when i think about this island, i feel something in my stomach oh shit, i'm falling in love again all alone i just use the facts i meet you, everything's so abstract (sabes que? yo amo a los animales pero si usted no guarda ese perro desovediente, le voy a dar una patada) oh shit, i'm falling in love again
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I'm The Cold One 02:56
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i wasn't listening but i was lip reading i take a sedative so i can make her think that i'm the cold one hey hey has something changed? i don't feel the same i need to get through so you better move i take a sedative so i can make you think that i'm the cold one. hey hey has something changed? i don't feel the same don't say what you're gonna say i can read your brain i take a medicine to ease the suffering i take a sedative so i can make you think that i'm the cold one

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Whoa. What the hell? I knew quirky/cool singer-songwriter guy Arthur Yoria was mixing things up a bit on his latest release, (281), but honestly, when lead-in track "No Messin' With My Rectum If You Like My Erection" hit the chorus (and yes, that is the song title, not to mention most of the chorus lyrics), I nearly drove into the concrete barricade on the side of the freeway. It's just such a ridiculously, over-the-top, um, explicitly frank come-on/caveat of a song that I still have a little trouble believing that I'm hearing what I'm hearing.
The truly weird part, though, is that in spite of the huge level of uncomfortableness, well...it ain't bad. Throughout (281), in fact, Yoria manages to veer wildly away from a lot of what he's been known for in the past, diving headlong into weirdness and half-assed experimentation, all while keeping things insanely catchy. See "He Can, She Can, We Can," which features a deep, screwed-down vocal that sounds like it stepped off a Gorillaz album (it's a little busy for the Swishahouse crowd, I'm thinking) over a funky, rumbling track; it's utterly bizarre and totally unlike Yoria's past work, but it really, truly works, all on its own.
And that's Yoria's genius, really: he's such a supremely talented songwriter that songs that really, really shouldn't work (and probably wouldn't work, in the hands of somebody else) actually come off as clever and strange. Like, say, the dark, murky, New Romantic-esque electronicism of "You Should See Me," or the weirdly bluesy "The Libyans" (which, as near as I can tell, has zero to do with Libya), where Yoria declares he doesn't care what anybody thinks but just wants to "play [his] golden fiddle." Then there's "Drunk Piss," which is an instrumental that sounds remarkably like, well, a late-night stumble down to a dingy bathroom to take a piss.
Things get a bit more down-to-earth two-thirds of the way through the disc, with the resigned, gorgeously layered "Tell Me I'm Wrong" grounded in more familiar melancholy power-pop territory and the swooning "Blue" more dreampop-y and sweet than anything else. The latter of which incorporates a little snippet of what sounds like a totally separate song in Spanish, tacking it on at the end. "Something In My Stomach" is a little goofier, with its spoken vocals and stop-start rhythm, but it works amazingly effectively at conveying the self-doubt and confusion that sets in when somebody really gets under your skin for the first time.
It's funny, but (281) almost seems like a B-sides collection or something, partly because it's so far removed from his older stuff and partly because of the general slapdash feel of it (the album was originally only available at shows, but now it's available online in MP3 form, too). Of course, it could also be because this time out Yoria attempted to crowdsource his songwriting somewhat, throwing early mixes out to fans for critique and comment.
Or, most likely of all, Yoria's just decided he's tired of being That Suave/Sensitive Pop-Rock Guy and wants to throw the rulebook out the window. Hats off to him for doing it; it doesn't work for everybody, no, but against the odds, it works for him.
jeremy hart - space city rock (Dec 6, 2009)

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released May 1, 2009

all songs by Arthur Yoria

recorded, performed and mixed by Arthur Yoria
mastered by Allen Corneau

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Arthur Yoria Houston, Texas

Arthur Yoria is a Colombian/American singer/songwriter/producer that has toured extensively in the U.S, Europe and South America. His Bedroom Pop songs have been used in commercials for Domino's Pizza, Arizona Jeans and been featured in the major motion pictures, National Lampoon's Adam & Eve and Breaking Dawn and the network hit television shows The O.C. and Felicity. ... more

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