Biography:
There have been at least two bands named The Avalanches:
1. An Australian electronic music collective
2. A defunct American surf rock group
NOTE: The former band actually got their name from the latter, as The Avalanches' " Ski Surfin''" album was known to be their favorite album.
1. The Avalanches are an electronic music collective from Melbourne, Australia. They are well known for their use of eclectic sampling, having created their debut album
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Four years of hard work!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
Bm F#
[Verse]
Bm F#
That boy needs therapy, Psychosomatic, that boy needs therapy
Bm F#
Purely psychosomatic, that boy needs therapy, lie down on the couch
Bm
What does that mean? You're a nut! You're crazy in the coconut!
F# Bm
What does that maen? That boy needs therapy, I'm gonna kill you
F#
That boy needs therapy, Ranakazoo, let's have a tune
Bm F#
Now when I count three, That (scratch) boy needs therapy
Bm F#
(scratch) He was white as a sheet, and he also made false teeth
[Chorus]
Bm F#
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'Avalanches above, business continues below..'
[Verse]
Bb
Did I ever tell you a story about cowboys and midgets and the Indians and
Ab
Front Frontier Psychiatrist, I feel, I feel, I feel strangely hypnotised
Bb
(scratch) I was in another world, a world of 20, 20,000 girls
Ab
and Milk! and rectangles, to an optometrist! a man with a golden gun eyeball
Bb
and tighten your buttocks, pour juice on your chin! promise my girlfriend
with the violin...
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[Verse]
Bm F#
That boy needs therapy, Psychosomatic, that boy needs therapy
Bm F#
Purely psychosomatic, that boy needs therapy, lie down on the couch
Bm
What does that mean? You're a nut! You're crazy in the coconut!
F# Bm
What does that mean? That boy needs therapy, I'm gonna kill you
F#
That boy needs therapy, Ranakazoo, let's have a tune
Bm F#
Now when I count three, That (scratch) boy needs therapy
Bm F#
(scratch) He was white as a sheet, and he also made false teeth
[Chorus]
Bm F#
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'Frontier psychiatrist!'
[Verse]
Bb
Can you think of anything that talks... other than a person?
Ab
Um (scratch) a bird? Yeah!
[Bird scratch solo #1]
Bb Ab
Sometimes a parrot talks!
[Bird scratch solo #2]
Bm F#
'Yes, some birds are funny when they talk.'
'Can you think of anything else?'
'Um...
[Outro]
A record?'
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Bm F#
[Verse]
Bm F#
That boy needs therapy, Psychosomatic, that boy needs therapy
Bm F#
Purely psychosomatic, that boy needs therapy, lie down on the couch
Bm
What does that mean? You're a nut! You're crazy in the coconut!
F# Bm
What does that maen? That boy needs therapy, I'm gonna kill you
F#
That boy needs therapy, Ranakazoo, let's have a tune
Bm F#
Now when I count three, That (scratch) boy needs therapy
Bm F#
(scratch) He was white as a sheet, and he also made false teeth
[Chorus]
Bm F#
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'Avalanches above, business continues below..'
[Verse]
Bb
Did I ever tell you a story about cowboys and midgets and the Indians and
Ab
Front Frontier Psychiatrist, I feel, I feel, I feel strangely hypnotised
Bb
(scratch) I was in another world, a world of 20, 20,000 girls
Ab
and Milk! and rectangles, to an optometrist! a man with a golden gun eyeball
Bb
and tighten your buttocks, pour juice on your chin! promise my girlfriend
with the violin...
-----------------7--9-7-5--7-5-|
--9--9-9-10-9-6----------------|
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[Verse]
Bm F#
That boy needs therapy, Psychosomatic, that boy needs therapy
Bm F#
Purely psychosomatic, that boy needs therapy, lie down on the couch
Bm
What does that mean? You're a nut! You're crazy in the coconut!
F# Bm
What does that mean? That boy needs therapy, I'm gonna kill you
F#
That boy needs therapy, Ranakazoo, let's have a tune
Bm F#
Now when I count three, That (scratch) boy needs therapy
Bm F#
(scratch) He was white as a sheet, and he also made false teeth
[Chorus]
Bm F#
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--2------------------------------|
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'Frontier psychiatrist!'
[Verse]
Bb
Can you think of anything that talks... other than a person?
Ab
Um (scratch) a bird? Yeah!
[Bird scratch solo #1]
Bb Ab
Sometimes a parrot talks!
[Bird scratch solo #2]
Bm F#
'Yes, some birds are funny when they talk.'
'Can you think of anything else?'
'Um...
[Outro]
A record?'
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