ALIOTTA, HAYNES & JEREMIAH "LSD II (MY JOB GETS OF THE BLUES)" Lyrics

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LSD II (MY JOB GETS RID OF THE BLUES)
Written by: Skip Haynes
Produced by: Mitch Aliotta, Skip Haynes, John Jeremiah, Bill Bradley,
Marty Feldman & Barry Mraz
Engineered by: Bill Bradley, Marty Feldman & Barry Mraz
Performed by: Aliotta, Haynes & Jeremiah 5
First released: 6
Single: None
Album: 1977

1 The name of the club was actually Ratso's Restaurant & Lounge, located at
3415 North Broadway, Chicago, Illinois. In the song, they call the
restaurant, "Rat's" as a shortened version of the name and to make a play on
words: As you drove south on Lake Shore Drive the neighborhoods change and
go from a low- to middle-income bracket to a very wealthy demographic. Thus
"rat's to riches." Ratso's started out as a restaurant/tavern on Chicago's
near-north side in the early '70s. There was an open mic almost every night,
and after performing, artists passed the hat through the audience. That's
when I first saw Aliotta, Haynes & Jeremiah. Eventually, Ratzo's got all
ritzy, and began serving dinner with linen tablecloths, higher prices and
paid entertainment. It was never the same.

2 "Pretty blue lights" refers to the mercury vapor, street lamps that were
used in Chicago in the 1970s. Heated mercury vapor inside the lamp was used
to produce light in a relatively efficient way. When they are first turned
on, the mercry vapor lamps produce a dark blue glow because only a small
amount of the mercury is ionized and the gas pressure in the arc tube is
very low, so much of the light is produced in the ultraviolet band. As the
gas heats up and increases in pressure, the light shifts into the visible
range and the high gas pressure causes the mercury emission bands to
broaden somewhat, producing a light that appears more-white to the human
eye, although it is still not a continuous spectrum. Even at full intensity,
the light from a mercury vapor lamp is distinctly bluish in color, hence
the lyrics about pretty blue lights.

3 Up until the mid 1980's there was a spot on Lake Shore drive that was a
big S-shaped curve. During rush hours, traffic would slow and it was always
a problem area for commuters. In the late '90s the S-Curve got straightened
out to alleviate the traffic jams, but back in 1970, when this song was
written, the curve was still there, and this reference to "snakin' on by,"
is a nod at the love/hate relationship Chicagoans had/have with the S-Curve.

4 The double entendre refers to both the physicality of driving on Lake
Shore Drive, often called LSD by Chicagoans, which winds along the Lake
Michigan waterfront on the North Side of Chicago and the drug
culture-influenced slippin' (or trippin') on the drug LSD.

5 Personnel performing on this recording:
* Mitch Aliotta (lead vocals, guitar)
* Skip Haynes (vocals, guitar)
* John Jeremiah (vocals, keyboard)
* Bob Parisio, "The Acme Thunder" (vocals, drums, percussion)
* Joe Golan (lead violin)
* Tom Radtke (drums)

6 Appears on: *
ALBUM(s):
(A) Aliotta, Haynes & Jeremiah: Slippin' Away
(1) Little Foot, 9-Track, Stereo LP, #LF-711, US-1977 7 .

(B) Aliotta, Haynes & Jeremiah: Lake Shore Drive at Twenty-Five
(1) Quicksilver, Anniversary Edition, 33-Track, 2-CD Set, #QSCD-1033,
US-1996.

* The album(s) and record(s) listed here may have different versions
of the song than the one that was transcribed. Also, this list is not
intended to be the complete discography on which this song appears.

7 Transcribed from the track on this album.

You can hear the original version of Lake Shore Drive by Aliotta, Haynes
& Jeremiah, on mp3lyrics.org at:
http://www.mp3lyrics.org/a/aliotta-haynes-jeremiah/lake/

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