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--from the Walter Ehresman album "Blue-Eyed Devils" (2014).

Download whole album here: walterehresman.bandcamp.com/album/blue-eyed-devils

See video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN2qnIw4tBs

This track has a latter-day industrial Bowie vibe, with lyrics shining a piercing light on the cultural devastation overseas when US foreign policy is used as a mere vehicle to further the commercial interests of giant corporations. The music illustrates the theme by alternating a myriad of world music instrumental vignettes with pulverizing electric guitar.

Aside from the wildest guitar yet heard from him, Ehresman shows tremendous versatility on instruments from all over the world.......from Middle Eastern oud to Turkish saz to Uzbecki rawap. The didgeridoo, tabla, and Tibetan singing bowl parts also work really well to create a musical reflection of the lyrics. Austinite Nigel Jacobs guests for small segments of throat-singing. It has to be said that this song is a 2X4 upside the head, and it will wear you out.

Oh, and it ends with a recording of the H-Bomb.

lyrics

Blue-Eyed Devils
(© 2014 Walter Ehresman)

My eyes, they multiply across the firmament
--the better to see you, again;
My ways, they permeate the color of your skin
--you'll no longer be "you," my friend.
Constant exposure across the aether waves
brings saturation to a culture you can't save;
Your friction just delays you doing things our way (with a flash of light).

[chorus]
Blue-eyed devils proudly kicking down the door;
Blue-eyed devils with a force you can't ignore;
Your family cowers as you wait for the encore (with a flash of light).

My hands, they slip beneath the blouse of privacy
--the better to feel you, again;
My greed, it eats away every wall of sovereignty
--the better to use you, my friend.
You've seen the way we treat the masses of our own—
that should tell you something 'bout the hand that holds the stone;
Your needs are swallowed by the reach of the blast zone (with a flash of light).

[chorus]

[chorus#2]
Blue-eyed devils sing their hymns pitched at a roar;
Blue-eyed devils calculate the final score;
Your family cowers as you wait for the encore (with a flash of light).

credits

from The Best of​.​.​.​.​.​.​.​Electronic Rockers, track released November 1, 2014
--Walter Ehresman: vocals, vocoder vocals, guitars, 5-string electric bass, keyboards & key percussion, electronic percussion pads, saz, steel-string fretted multi-oud, rawap, sampling, sequencing, drum machine programming.

Special guest: Nigel Jacobs—throat-singing.

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Walter Ehresman San Miguel De Allende, Mexico

Called "the quintessential Austin DIY artist" by famed local disc jockey Charlie Martin , Walter Ehresman was an eccentric presence in the Austin music scene from the '80s until his 2015 move to Mexico. A prolific songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and recording artist...and a restless musical spirit, always looking for something new, expressed with fearlessly honest, socially-conscious lyrics. ... more

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