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Blue Veil

from Motel by Julia Kasdorf

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    Julia's most recent and most killer album. 11 solid tracks that stomp, slide, and purr. All original tracks and/or arrangements. Julia's band kicks a*s, and her voice is like midnight velvet Original artwork by legendary Dick Bangham.

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"Outside there's a thin blue veil / Between us and the dark of space / These systems are starting to fail / we're losing the human race" cheery stuff! But you don't have to scatch me too hard to find the rabid environmentalist underneath. I've always felt very strongly about protecting the earth, and this song was coming sooner or later. Funny story - this was recorded over 10 years ago when I went over to my friend Bob Holmcrans' house to just lay the thing down for my own edification. The next thing you know, we're calling up drummers and guitar players and teaching me how to sing the thing and now folks from Cape Cod to Jacksonville are on this record and I've never even met them! End result - the thing STOMPS. Thank you, Bob.

lyrics

Blue Veil (Julia Kasdorf, 2007)
I’m gonna say some things you ain’t gonna wanna hear
But its something that we can’t ignore
We’re burning through this earth like we could just pick up another
The next time we go to the store
Everything we buy costs more than what we pay
If you follow all the chemicals through
Landfills fillin’ up, pcbs turning up
Because of stupid things we do

We never give a thought when we’re jumping in our cars
To the drilling that’s killing the ground
Don’t blame the president for wrecking the environment
When we’re the ones sucking it down
When it gets too cold we run Arizona
And turn our air conditioner high
When it rains too much we head to California
And drink the Colorado dry.

chorus
Outside there’s a thin blue veil
Between us and the dark of space
These systems are starting to fail
We’re losing the human race.



Buying junk from asia cause we think we’re saving money
But how much does it really cost
To exploit the kids of china and wreck their land and rivers
You know it’s everybody’s loss
We blow the tops off the mountains Cause we’ve got to get the coal
To get the power pumpin right to our door
But we could find a better way if we took a bit today
Of all that money that we blow on war

bridge
If not now, when, if not us, who
You now it’s really up to me and it’s up to you
How much house, how much stuff
How will we know when we have enough?
(We have enough)

Pull yourself back way up in the sky
High above the atmosphere
You can’t see the guns, you can’t hear the crying
Earth sure looks good from here
Its lonely out in space you can’t even breathe
No other life as far as we know
Looking down from up above the little planet that we love
Our fragile blue-green home



All the stuff we gotta buy
New stuff we just gotta try
When its old don’t throw it out
Make it do or do without
Take a walk don’t drive the car
Find out who your neighbors are
Teach your kids to play guitar
Sit outside and watch the stars

Melting snow, hurricanes
No more Olympic winter games
Coral reef, ocean zoo
When they go then we go, too
Arctic glaciers need the frost
All the fish are getting lost
What about the polar bears
Come on man, I know you care

I’d love to change the world...

credits

from Motel, released July 14, 2017
Julia Kasdorf - rhythm guitar, bass, vox, backing vox
Russ Lawton - drums
Dave Tegelaar - guitars
Ron McGuire - organ, backing vox
Jon Carroll - piano, organ, percussion

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Julia Kasdorf Waterford, Virginia

Julia's songwriting has been called "wickedly catchy" & "top-notch" by reviewers. Fans just say "Julia's songs really connect with people."
After playing in "a million bands", including One Horse Town, Julia plays solo these days or as a duo with her pedal-steel playing husband, Lynn Kasdorf, who is featured on both albums. ... more

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