song 079 : Hometown (Suburban Legends + Outtakes)

One of the funnier reviews of Suburban Legends contained a swipe at this song for being inelegant in its use of “funk,” too busy was the complaint. Of course that was the point of the song, to capture the threatening claustrophobia of my hometown, Los Angeles.

The meowing at the beginning, one of my more annoying mic habits, quickly segues into a brief tribute to a great all ages club in Baltimore that had recently closed, The Small Intestine; a club so beloved Fugazi came to play the final show.

But the song is all about growing up in a barrio of Los Angeles. My favorite part of the lyrics is:
“Sometimes the heat gets so bad you just stand outside to breathe
dangerous habit
sometimes the heat’s so high sometimes at night you just want to drive
get shot, it happened”


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