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Photon Band - Imaginary Band

from How Do You Spell GBV by A Fan's Guided By Voices Podcast

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It’s a creation myth about Bob being ‘guided by voices,’ an imaginary band in his head, to form a real band that went from the basement, to the rock show, to the ‘spaceship’ of a long prolific career. Eternal thanks to Bob and Toby for the tunes, to Jeff Tanner and Pat Berkery for their co-photonics and to Jeff Gomez for inviting me to take this ride.

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In the beginning was a frequency
An unceasing singing eye dog guided by his master’s voice

His master had no choice
But to follow the imaginary band down to the basement
Where Marshall stacks on all four tracks revealed

It was a time of low fidelity
The yearbook pic began to stick the voices to a tune

His master’s voiced was doomed
But to follow the imaginary band down to the rock show
with scissor kicks and broken sticks concealed

And as the voice in mind became revealed
The imaginary band got real

Long before they signed the record deal
The imaginary band was real

Then did the high and mid fidelity
The sunfish under compound in
My airforce devil’s drills

Whatever did the voices will
Was to follow his imaginary band
Out to the spaceship
With every tune a hit that too few knew

And when the voices were the guides revealed
The imaginary band got real

With all the songs inside his head concealed
The imaginary band got real

Long before the voices songs revealed
The imaginary band was real

Long before became a record deal
The imaginary band was real

Long before the songs that we all feel
The imaginary band got real

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from How Do You Spell GBV, released December 14, 2018
Written, performed, and produced by Art DiFuria
Recorded at Frizz Mobile South

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A Fan's Guided By Voices Podcast Dayton, Ohio

Self-Inflicted Aural Nostalgia: A Fan's Guided By Voices Podcast spent all of 2018 taking an in-depth look at every GBV record, starting with their 1987 debut.

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