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Listen to our 2008
CD, Chubbed Up
(click on song title to play):
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"Good
songs, clever, irreverent. Right up my alley. It's really well done,
strong. I hope to hear you live sometime. It's really fun to listen to."
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Bruce Hornsby, about Chubbed Up
"This
record is truly one of the best I have heard in almost twenty years."
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Al Bowman, LA Music Awards,
2009
"The
Bigfellas are a pretty big deal in San Diego and only getting bigger."
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KNSD Morning News, 2007
"I
love how the melodies are so beautiful, but the content is a complete left turn
from what you would expect to hear lyrically (with those particular melodies).
It's like hearing Stevie Wonder playing keys and singing about "slappin' a
bitch"..but it's still amazing!!"
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Abraham Beltran, KPFK, Los Angeles, 2008
"Words
that I would kill to hear on primetime radio."
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The Power Of Pop, 2008-09-20
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"Beloved
San Diegans reflect more wittily and tunefully than most on their normally
displaced lives."
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Robert Christgau Consumer Guide, 2009
"We're
delighted."
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Van Dyke Parks, Jan 5, 2009
"Best
Local Band in San Diego."
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San Diego Union-Tribune Readers Poll, 2006
-and- 2007
"Full
of tongue-in-cheek satire, playful lyrics and melodies, and a sophisticated
sense of music to suit the topic, The Bigfellas are an intellectual pop fan's
dream."
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Bill's Music Forum, Oct
3, 2008 (full
review)
"Zevonesque."
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LA Weekly, 2006
"Great
piano driven music for the mind as well as the soul; type of satire that Randy
Newman used to do so well."
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Powerpopaholic, 2008
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Places
to buy Chubbed Up
whole album or just individual songs:
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iTunes
Get Chubbed Up entire album or individual
songs;
easiest way to get us into your iPod
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CD
Baby
Good people & very good to independent
artists
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Amazon
You know you love it.
Or get it from their
downloads
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The
songs on CHUBBED UP
a little story for
ya:
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1
- California King
We
couldn't be more pleased with everything about how this turned
out. It's THE single for us. A primer on California that
goes beyond Venice Beach, plus a reminder that we recalled a
governor once, we can do it again. |
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- 4:20
A
special time of day for stoners. People still can't figure out
if it's pro-marijuana or anti. Just between us, here's our
opinion: getting high would be great if only you didn't do it with
other stoners.
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2
- Dollar For Every Dime (The Lotto Song)
Do
you wish you had more money? Us too. Yes, it's that
simple. We defy you to not tap your toes if you listen to the
whole song. I mean, don't be a dick about it, just give it a
chance and see if you're tapping. |
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- Adam & Eve & Ted & Alice
Originally
was just an idea for a comic book about two 1970s swingers joining
uptight Adam and looser Eve in the Garden Of Eden. Now it's a
song. If you read Chapter 1 of Genesis, it's surprisingly
accurate.
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3
- Moving Day
Ladies
and gentlemen: The Bigfellas Horns. Really cool groove.
And as far as we know, it's one of the few songs that straight on
tackle the issues of what a pain in the ass it is to pack up your
house and move. |
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10
- Four Minute Mile
Really
pretty and addictive elliptical progression of chords that's hard to
stop playing, believe me. And the words still trip me out a
little: "If you run a four minute mile in my shoes, you could
see yourself smile if I was you." ??? |
4
- I Wish That I Were Gay
We
all can't be Rufus Wainright, but we can try. This isn't the
dance version, this is the REAL one ... you know, cabaret
style. If you're like 90% of the world, think what you're
missing out on by not being gay. |
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- Reinventing The Wheel
We've
heard this described as country-punk (or was is punk-country). A
riff that won't stop ... really, we've tried. Some things in
life are cliches, some things are the objectively best; just sit
back and enjoy it.
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5
- Johnny Get Out Of The Sky
One
of the Bigfellas best guitar songs, you'd be surprised how much you
can sound like Hendrix in a modern studio. I'm just
saying. About how "The Man"
is always
watching us & it just ain't right. |
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12
- Vous Ne Parlez Francais
Makes
you feel like you're wearing a beret and black and white striped
shirt with a baguette sticking out of your grocery bag on the
streets of 1920's Paris. Oh, the accordion. Oh, the
violin. Ooh la la. |
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- Wish You Knew
What's
this ... a moment of tenderness and ennui? The song that Burt
Bacharach never quite wrote. If you're feeling good about
yourself and wish people from your past could see you now. |
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13
- Stuff On The Moon
For
about 20 years the United States put stuff on the moon: lunar
modules, jeeps, golf balls, used rock hammers. Then we just
left and never came back. A spacy musical lesson in picking up
after yourself.
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- On The Green (the golf rap)
Has
always been our most requested song. Apparently we've created
a market for a song that's a tour-de-force of inappropriate language
and bringing the world of rap braggadocio to the staid environs of
golf. |
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14
- HIDDEN TRACK (Mr. Blue Sky)
We're
saving Jeff Lynne from himself. You know what I always thought
about ELO? It needed more bluegrass and banjo. The
trumpet solo so good that it made this throwaway session un-cuttable. |
Also,
you might be interested in Charlie's page of
demo songs. |
