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Walk Like a Poem

by B Pictures

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Walk Like a Poem 03:53
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I ripped this from a postcard A postcard from a friend He's quite on the other side of the fence Somewhat different than me But we will walk like a poem Mind in hand and sex in glove Walk like a poem no matter who you love Walk like a poem no matter who you love I stole this from a postcard Postmarked New York City He's quite on the other side of the fence But he's a dear friend indeed And we will walk like a poem Mind in hand and sex in glove Walk like a poem no matter who you love Walk like a poem no matter who you love And we will walk like a poem Mind in hand and sex in glove Walk like a poem no matter who you love Walk like a poem no matter who you love
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Porcelain Fool / What a Sad Affair 03:40
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A broken nose in a blood-stained duel — I was a fool I crawled slap-drunk by the hotel pool Oh, I was a fool A porcelain fool Foreign smiles will often invade They come with the promise of forever days Oh, I was a fool A porcelain fool A porcelain fool A porcelain fool With him I see you again And the solemn air hugs your pretty face But there are some things I'll never concede So give me my dream And give it to me now Those un-leaving nights of beds unmade Are digging, digging, digging a young man's grave And I'll not ever forget, you'll see I've changed and I've changed a lot For the resentment in me Oh, I was a fool A porcelain fool A porcelain fool A porcelain fool Hey, oh, what a sad affair Hey, oh, what a sad affair Hey, oh...

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In the latter part of 1984, B Pictures sprang noisily to life on the suburban, eastern fringe of Dayton, Ohio. Assembling in drummer Kevin Fennell's basement, guitarist Jim Harper, bassist Paul Payiatas, fledgling singer and lyricist Jeffrey Bright and Fennell hammered out a series of raucous original songs that would propel them into 1985 and culminate in a number of memorable performances at Dayton's Canal Street Tavern. Midway through the year, Payiatas relocated to Florida and Paul Comstock took over on bass.

The band's approach followed the ethos of late 70's punk and new wave, but their sound grew from the post-punk and neo-psychedelic movements of the era, bearing sonic similarities to such acts as Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen, Dream Syndicate and cow punk practitioners Rank and File. Eventually, on the back of Bright's rust belt romanticism and eccentric stage mannerisms, the band stretched into territories pioneered by literary song stylists such as the Smiths. The two tracks here are representative of this later phase.

Buoyed by an infectious beat and expressive bass line, "Walk Like a Poem" unwinds in a soulful stroll with Bright's delicate vocal approach affirming alliance to a newly "out" friend, sensitively crossing the period's identity divides. Squint your eyes at history and it's not beyond the pale to see the song rising to anthem status for a movement still gathering momentum today — had the dominoes only fallen differently. Perhaps the song's time has yet to arrive?

"Porcelain / What a Sad Affair" inhabits the b-side with a jangly, electric folk spin on self recrimination and youthful melodrama. All of us make youthful mistakes; some are fortunate to have a solid, steady groove on which to lay their regret.

B Pictures's stake in the long rush of 20th Century American pop culture, minor at it was, was to create a compelling, dramatic, existential musical poetry. Their's was a brief but poignant splash on the Dayton alt rock scene, a scene that would within the two decades following produce a handful of noteworthy bands and artists, among them, Kevin Fennell, as drummer for Guided by Voices. Jeffrey Bright would go on to front influential Dayton indie group The Pleasures Pale before leaving for San Francisco in 1988 where he would write and perform in Darke County, Myself a Living Torch and Jeff Bright & the Sunshine Boys, a retro act popular in late 1990s California.

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released September 15, 2018

voice, keyboards – jeffrey bright
guitars – jim harper
bass guitar – paul comstock
drums – kevin fennell
additional sounds – jeffrey bright

words – bright
music – harper, comstock, fennell

initial recording:
various basements
dayton, ohio
1985

additional recording:
san francisco, california
2018

cover art & design – jeffrey bright

c) 1985 B Pictures
p) 2018 JABMA
Fugitive Music Publishing / BMI

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Featuring future members of The Pleasures Pale and Guided by Voices, B Pictures made a brief but vibrant mark on the mid 1980s Dayton OH indie music scene. BP's sound grew from post-punk and neo-psychedelic movements of the period — a la Joy Division, Echo and the Bunnymen and Dream Syndicate — and eventually stretched into territories inhabited by literate song stylists such as The Smiths. ... more

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