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One is Exotic, Two is a Threat.

by Mark Montgomery French

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I’m gonna engage in questionable behaviour An absolutely dubious display Gonna engage in questionable behaviour ‘cause questionable is how I feel today Gonna perform experiments, and see how out of bounds I get possibly in a moving vehicle I’ll combine indulgences, mix three different substances all inside the contours of my skull Gonna engage in questionable behaviour and physically express my soul’s decay Gonna engage in questionable behaviour ‘cause questionable is how I feel today I’ll say some words to strangers, putting myself in danger then taunt the dumbest one to meet outside I’ll free fall through the air, stumbling here and bleeding there I'd apologize but I’m preoccupied Gonna engage in questionable behaviour My impulse control’s on holiday Gonna engage in questionable behaviour ‘cause questionable is how I feel today ℗ & © 2016 Mark Montgomery French (BMI)
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There is no remedy to heal what I have broken up There's no apology to quiet what I've woken up Should I have spoken up? When I rise from the floor Do I want to die in your world? And the answer is I'm still thinking. I think the sun's bleaching my eyes Steaming off my lenses demise Before they cauterize When I get off the ground Do I want to be around your world? And the answer is I'm still thinking. (But where's the fun in that?) Don't want to right the ship cause I'm still enjoying the trip Don't want to set myself free 'Cause that takes energy ℗ & © 2016 Mark Montgomery French (BMI)
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Learned physics watching girlfriends beat to the ground only on his days Their muffled screams a familiar sound only on his days Sharing history that Hitler was right only on his days I nod approval, avoiding a fight only on his days Cussing out cops while drunkenly tough only on his days Learned social studies the night he was cuffed only on his days Economics was his car repo only on his days Bussed to the doctor all on my own only on his days Girls are play toys, gays are perverse only on his days Learned etiquette in the reverse only on his days Practiced law by meeting with judges Picked the parent who held the least grudges ℗ & © 2016 Mark Montgomery French (BMI)
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one is exotic, two is a threat it’s amazing they’ve not come for you yet there are tribal tools to keep tribal rules innovate, violate you'll meet tribal fools one is exotic, two is a threat it’s amazing they’ve not come for you yet what makes you tick makes them sick why resist, cut the cyst but who's making who septic? fear is hypnotic, keeps fools in check one is exotic, two is a threat it’s amazing they’ve not come for you yet one is exotic, two is a threat three is an uprise, capsizing the head 1 2 3 are you bold as me in the water? ℗ & © 2016 Mark Montgomery French (BMI)

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This is a semi-orchestral misfit song cycle of fresh, uncut, bristle-pop.

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released October 5, 2016

All songs written, played, and arranged by Mark Montgomery French
Produced and mixed by Mark Montgomery French and Sage Baggott
Engineering and orchestrations: Sage Baggott
Orchestral engineering and mixing: Mark Lemaire/Rubato Recording
Recorded at The Compound, Oakland and UUCB, Kensington
Mastering: Jonathan Kirchner
All songs ℗ & © 2016 Mark Montgomery French (BMI)

—Questionable Behaviour—
Mark Montgomery French: vocals, guitar army, electric bass
Sage Baggott: drums, piano, guiro
Tregar Otton: violin, viola
Luna Alonso: cello
Travis Kindred: double bass

—I’m Still Thinking—
Mark Montgomery French: vocals, synths, beats
Max French: saxophone
Spencer French: trombone
Deb French: trumpet

—Theme from a Pirate Film—
music by Mark Montgomery French
orchestrations by Sage Baggott

perfomed by members of Awesöme Orchestra
David Möschler, conductor

flute, piccolo: Kjirsten Grove
oboe: Sue Crum
bassoon: Lis Kelson
timpani, cymbals: Lily Kaye Sevier
snare drum: Geneva Harrison
bass drum: Sage Baggott
toms: Kevin Koo
horn: Jon Betts
trumpet: Harlow Carpenter
bass trombone: Jeremy Carrillo
tuba: Bin Love
violins: Larissa Baker-Finch, Sarah Dabby, Wakeford Gong, Corey Johnson, Ela Polak, Laura Shifley, Harmony Tomsun
violas: Christina Lesicko, Andrew Olsen, Christina Owens
cello: Cindy Hickox, Karen Hsu, Joanna Neuschatz
double bass: Travis Kindred

Recorded at Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, Kensington, CA, on May 15, 2015

—Only on His Days—
Mark Montgomery French: vocals, Hammond M3 organ, synths, percussion, repercussion, double bass
Sage Baggott: additional vocals, piano

—One is Exotic, Two is a Threat.—
Mark Montgomery French: vocals, guitars, basses, synths, percussion, paranoia
Sage Baggott: drums, piano, concern

Thank you: Deb, Spencer, Max, Tyler, Sage Baggott, Kaya Oakes, Sebastian Robin Craig aka the Executive Instigator, Renée French, Carrie Bagley, Mark Lemaire, Juliana Graffagna, David Möeschler at Awesöme Örchestra Collective, Lissa at UUCB, Liz Morgan, and all who performed on this release.

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Mark Montgomery French is an award-winning film composer with the group Spiky Blimp, Creative Director of Glide Memorial Church’s Sunday Celebration, host of the YouTube show “Still Got It” and the podcast “All Your Favorite Music is (Probably)…”, and presenter of the talk "All Your Favorite Music is (Probably) Black." He formerly co-led the ’90s progressive funk band Endangered Species. ... more

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