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Rock And Roll Part Three

by Ozma

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karmawheel For a fix of Weezer-tinged 2000s power pop bops, this album is the *one* to listen to. Favorite track: Domino Effect.
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somedumbgoblingirl There are few albums I can listen to over and over and them still give me chills and this is certainly one of those albums. The intense bite of nostalgia never fails to clamp down hard when listening to this. It's simply incredible. Favorite track: Battlescars.
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Lunarvania Ok so imagine you're looking for more albums in the style of a certain funny American rock band and you stumble across this. It turns out to be an absolute gem and you've listened to it more times you can count by now. It's really good. Highly recommended. Favorite track: Apple Trees.
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1.
Chances last a finite time, In the warm july nighttime. Every care that keeps you from your feet, is a care that carries your defeat. You better let 'er rip tonight, With a pocket full of kryptonite. Every care that keeps you in your seat, is a care that carries your defeat. Sing that song you sang long ago. A heartbeat, so sure and slow. Hold me, and don't let go. The fourteenth domino. Twenty thousand points of light. Sun by day, disco ball by night. Every care that keeps you from the beat, is a care that carries your defeat. Sing that song that i used to know. The fourteenth black domino. Hold me, like long ago. A heartbeat, sure and slow. Chances last a finite time, In the warm july nighttime. Every care that keeps you from your feet, is a care that carries your defeat. Chances last a finite time, and you're running out of time
2.
Apple Trees 03:21
Deep inside my eye There is part of you You still look the same Except you're grown up now So much time has passed Since i saw you last ohhh An apple pie The number pi I studied you in math class ohhh And did all my work But never got your digits Take a number like five times ten times ten again! Five hundred miles of apple orchards to defend Deep inside my core There is part of you You still look the same Except you're upside down Why are you still in my eye Will your memory ever die ohhh An apple tree a family tree We'll plant ours together And the roots will hold Forever and forever So what can i say I won't delay I'm leaving today Five hundred miles of apple orchards in my way A macintosh a macintosh You messaged me all winter ohhh And i wrote replies But still felt like a loser Pack an apple to eat Go with the street With God on your feet Five hundred miles of apple orchards 'til we meet So i'm taking a stand With apple in hand I pull up my sleeve It's time that i make like an apple tree and leave
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i'm telling you a story now of something that's wrong this has been developing since nineteen eighty-one maybe she's alone maybe she's alone what can i do? what can i do? there's nothing there's nothing there's nothing i can do there's nothing there's nothing there's nothing i can do if i'm a proper jewish boy will her family love me? can't stand to see her on the big stage and know she's not thinking of me maybe she's alone maybe she's alone what can i do what can i do there's nothing there's nothing there's nothing i can do there's nothing there's nothing there's nothing i can do maybe she'll be hearing this but probably she won't (probably she won't) possibly she has desires but probably she don't (probably she don't) maybe she's alone maybe she's alone what can i do what can i do there's nothing there's nothing there's nothing i can do there's nothing nothing there's nothing i can do yeah maybe she's alone maybe she's alone what can i do what can i do what can i do what can i do there's nothing there's nothing there's nothing i can do there's nothing there's nothing there's nothing i can do
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I've been cheating on you ever since we broke up I've been dreaming about you ever since i woke up Now my feeling's disappearing ever since you spoke up So I'll devise a plot to break your heart Think up a plan that I'll never carry out What's wrong with you? Tell me now What should i do? CHORUS Don't let me down I couldn't take much more of your love Don't let me down I couldn't take much more of you love So i asked you to the show but i knew you'd never show up Came to my birthday party just to tell me i should grow up And then i see another girl and i think I'm gonna throw up! So I'll devise a plan to make you mad Dirty tricks to come back and take command I'll win your hand We'll hijack a plane and we're never gonna land CHORUS Don't let me down I couldn't take much more of your love Don't call me up I'm so sick and tired of being down Don't let me down I'm so sick and tired of hanging up Don't call me up I couldn't take much more of your love
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i'd give my heart if you'd give your attention but when i look there's just an open trench (and baby) i can't stand to see you, girl showing off your silver party dress no, you can't come over now the house ain't neat my room's a mess i'd give my heart to just be in contention but i sold it off at the baseball card convention i can't stand to see you, girl rubbing motor oil on all your joints no, i ain't no straight A wiz but i could learn that's not the point (i'll plot my points) i'd give my heart if i had one for giving i'd give my heart your lips could keep me living i'd give my heart (i'd give my heart) and always be forgiving i'd give my heart (i'd give my heart) if i had one for giving
7.
Baseball 05:34
when i feel the morning grass i let down my guard because love comes from the dirt in my own backyard everytime i think i've finished being young i catch myself having fun but the moment passes as the sun moves on so i turn myself back to you on a diamond in the rough i spent my better years i still see her in the crowd with diamonds in her ears and it's depressing that i can't forget the tune the organist played la da da da da da da, la da da da da da da... everytime i think i've finished being young i catch myself having fun but the moment passes as the son moves on so i turn myself back to you is our season over? no four leaf clover i feel it's getting colder now that it's late fall but can you still remember? april to november you and i were members of the best team in baseball so we play our games i've got a girlfriend you've found a new guy but it's not the same and so i drive straight up i-5 to let you know i'm still alive
8.
Rocks 01:57
I've been looking for a way To find a way to find u Turning over every unturned stone I thought everyone was late But i got sick well I got scared 'Cus I'm sure you've been long alone whoa ohhhh ohhh oh oh whoa ohhhh ohhh oh oh I've been trying to find a way To finally up and find you Finding every boulder in my way To throw me off your trail You move to Boulder, COlorado A hop, a skip, and one long jump away whoa ohhhh ohhh oh oh whoa ohhhh ohhh oh oh whoa ohhhh ohhh oh oh whoa ohhhh ohhh oh oh I've finally found a way to find A way to finally find you Down where Colorado Street meets Hill Pick a rock and throw it way across the Rocky Mountains And pray to God it hits your window sill I will never skip a rock I will never skip a rock I will never skip a rock again I will never skip a rock I will never skip a rock I will never skip a rock again
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Battlescars 08:40
Of all the shooting stars I knew I never felt at ease with anyone but you Don't ever wonder where I go Remember that the grass still grows beneath the snow When everything around her moves Just fall asleep and wake when its all through There's battlescars on all my guitars But still I come out here and play You know I've lost your touch again And now I'm only one in twenty fives and then I promise not to let you go Just close your eyes and sleep right through the falling snow And when I finally wash ashore I'm coming back to kiss the girl I kissed before Before the shooting stars I knew I never fell for anyone but you There's battlescars on all my guitars But I still come out here and play There's battlescars on my face and my arms But you still kiss me everyday There's battlescars on all my guitars But I still come out everyday There's battlescars on my face and my arms But you still kiss me anyway There's battlescars on all my guitars But I still come out here and play There's battlescars on my face and my arms But you still kiss me everyday There's battlescars on all my guitars But I still come out everyday There's battlescars on my face and my arms But you still kiss me anyway
10.
every time i start to remember i remember i don't want to remember warp me back at 88 if only for one day turn on mario and luigi let's sit down put our hands on the ouija and when it spells out roisin's name i'll swear it wasn't me 1988 take me back to 1987 i'm in search of days when times were good and earth a place in heaven now that i jump as high as luigi set me down put my hands on the ouija when it spells out your sweet name you'll know that it was me 1988 take me back to 1987 i'm in search of days when times were good and earth a place in heaven i want to make a motion to stop the commotion i second the motion to stop the commotion i got another notion for backwards motion i too have a notion back-back-back backwards motion
11.
Last Dance 03:59
say hello to your last chance same as your first chance a kinder reminder from ozma say hello to the new sound same as the old sound so spin it, get in it, and stay i knew that the night had an end soon in sight until you called my name say hello when you've spied her sitting on the dryer it's spinning, 9th inning, so play say hello like a spider weave a web right beside her spin it, get in it, and pray i knew that the night had an end soon in sight until you called my name i knew all along i was right but i'm wrong somehow you knew my name after the last dance, you lose your last chance after the last dance, you lose your last chance you lose your last chance you lose your last chance you've lost your last chance

about

Discovered on Napster in 2000 by the drummer from the Alkaline Trio, Derek Grant, who brought it to his friends at Kung Fu who signed the band immediately and reissued the self-released "Rock And Roll Part-Three." Kung Fu owner Joe Escalante has been quoted as saying that of all the releases on the label, he is most proud of this one.

Reviews:
10 out of 10 in all categories from Ultimate-Guitar.com:
Sound: One thing the most refreshing about the album is that it stays true to the emo sound, rather than the MTV stuff portrayed as emo. From the begining track "Domino Effect" you can tell this is going to be the next best and closest thing to Weezer. The album never slows down and has no "Skip-Over" Tracks but rather one great power pop song after another. // 10

Overall Impression: The Debut album from Ozma known as "Rock and Roll Part Three" is truly One of my favorite albums of all time. This album has such catchy hooks that most anyone can enjoy it. // 10

4 of 5 starts from Allmusic.com
Review by Bradley Torreano
"Say hello to the new sound, same as the old sound." About a minute into the last song, the band puts their finger on the exact reason why their 2001 album, Rock and Roll Part Three, is as good as it is. Some bands sound a lot like other bands, but Ozma practically is Weezer. It is actually hard to believe that they aren't Weezer at some moments. But this is not necessarily a bad thing; in fact, Ozma may have arguably written the best Weezer album of 2001 (and yes, the real thing also had an album come out the same year). Filled to the brim with catchy choruses, oddball lyrics, and poppy keyboards, Ozma knows this style of music like the back of their hands. "Domino Effect," "Natalie Portman," "Last Dance" -- it is all quality emo pop that is short and catchy. The only point where they really significantly depart from the Weezer sound is on "Battlescars," an epic of whiny vocals and strummed guitars that has far more in common with other indie epics, like Pavement's "Fillmore Jive." But all comparisons aside, this is a solid album of alternative rock that just happens to sound exactly like another good band who makes the same kind of music. Still, fans of this sort of music should give this a listen; it is really quite good.

credits

released April 18, 2014

Daniel Brummel Composer, Guitar (Bass), Vocals
Ryen Slegr Guitar, Vocals
Jose Galvez Guitar, Vocals
Star Wick Keyboards, Member of Attributed Artist
Pat Edwards Drums

Bruce Witkin Engineer, Mixing, Producer
Mark Casselman Mastering
Lisa Johnson Photography

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Ozma Pasadena, California

OZMA is: Nostalgic new-wavey power pop. Casiotone counterpoint. Heavy guitar riffs. Formed 1995 Pasadena, CA. Toured with:

Weezer
Nada Surf
Rilo Kiley
Superdrag
The Rentals
The Get Up Kids
Piebald
Saves The Day
Rooney
AKG

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