Delayed Stress, by Michael Böer

Delayed Stress

by Michael Böer

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1.	Ceremonies 02:17	lyrics	buy track
Ceremonies by Michael Boer the ones who create feel classy when men speak grave ceremonies and offer gifts to them the deities take pleasure in rituals done for them enraptured by movements. the least slight of hand some gods got a lot of attention some gods got a lot of attention from you but God is getting angry at the negligence of men the performance of high ceremony's fallen off again go back to the rituals if you want to save your lives let's have more ceremonies, let's try to change our lives some gods want a lot of attention some gods grab a lot of attention from you
2.	X 02:26	lyrics	buy track
X by Michael Boer x is a creature of darkness and distraction x comes out nightly in pursuit of satisfaction x is the moment when the minister is ransomed x is the torment tn a woman's nest of fashion x has no meaning x is an action x can destroy a man, creating mad compulsion x is a barnacle that grows in secret places x is a locust on a hot summer morning x is the comma tn a sentence of compassion x is a payment to discourage termination x is direct x is convulsion x can destroy a man, creating mad compulsion
3.	The Sign of the Palm 04:55	lyrics	buy track
Sign of the Palm by Michael Boer this boy straight out of high school served in the Vietnam war comes home alive, compressed inside a muse whispering into his ears this boy sews soft screams into the sides of his trousers the weekend will slip him out of the silken ropes this boy boy writes such sad sad love songs what's gonna happen, well I don't know we'd get together but it goes so slow the kids are dancing as if the world was gone the days are passing and they're just fooling around the styles keep changing, I feel I'm left behind the kids are trading dark nights for brighter times the lights are flashing, the stars burn out for fame they buy the new songs but they all sound the same just have a good time while you are here just have a good time, drink another beer jus! have a good time, you have no need for fear let's have a good time, that's all I hear the teenage crisis now arrives at nine the schools are smashing mystique of sex life progressive teachers with cures for young girl blues new education, new generations to fool
4.	If/Then 02:18	lyrics	buy track
lf/Then by Michael Boer If I was like David Watts then I'd take my vitamins and I'd stay With her If she was a factory and I was an autobus then I'd visit her If we'd had a family and If we'd had some daughters then I'd not be alone If she was a factory and I was an autobus then I'd visit her every day
5.	In Advance of a Dove 02:32		buy track
6.	Sarah's Home 03:54	lyrics	buy track
Sarah's Home by Michael Boer don't send harlequins on missions home they can't help but not find their way home and don't send harlequins to Sarah's home I don't think she would listen she's been taught all her life to follow her own her european masters spoke and she's grown say the wrong thing and you'll take Sarah home I don't think she would listen don't speak to her of color or tone and don't dare mention radios or telephones don't dial her number when Sarah's home I don't think she would answer
7.	Environment Conditions Behavior 02:03	lyrics	buy track
Environment Conditions Behavior by Michael Boer I'm out upon the town, I walk around, no cares I feel compelled to dance, I shake my legs in the air I fall on the ground, I forget my life on the train
8.	Train Windows 01:57	lyrics	buy track
Train Windows Words © 1976 David Allan Evans (Used With permission. From the book With the same title. Published by Ohio University Press)
9.	Hermetic Hymn 02:37	lyrics	buy track
Hermetic Hymn by Michael Boer there's hardly time to look around then another season's passed a never-ending cycle with no distinction between first or last look for understanding for there's nothing you can't know there's a taste of the universe in us all if you've been sadly crying for the way things might have been it shouldn't be surprising if things happen that way again all of us are saviors walking on the sea our only chance for eternity is to be all we can be
10.	Ions Cease Commotion 00:55		buy track
11.	Horizon 02:21	lyrics	buy track
Horizon by Michael Boer down with the heat I have visions of your feet walking on me your postcard read vicious thoughts molten lead put upon me no one I know ever told me that before on the horizon, I will wait for you Sign on your road says travel at your own risk based on my trash the police might act rash they'll arrest you that's something new so I'm gonna wait for you on the horizon

about

Originally released as a 30-minute cassette in 1982, available now in digital form.

My favorite pieces [from Delayed Stress] are In Advance of a Dove, which had some very nice textures and an interesting shifting pattern on the rhythm machine, and Sarah’s Home, which showcases some striking chords and rough-edged textures. —Milo Fine, 1982

Musically a great job from beginning to end. There’s something about the guitar work in If/Then and Horizon that brings me right back to the Rubber Soul/White Album days. We’re moved by the instrumental arrangement and vocal rendition of Dave Evans’ poem Train Windows. —Jack Garvey, 1982

credits

released March 2, 1982

Words and music by Michael Boer except "Train Windows" (words by David Allan Evans).

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Amnesia-inducing minimalism plus special somnabulent ingredients. Was that a dream you had last night or did this music hypnotize you? Find out now. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Wake up! If you are now unable to resume normality, it was the music, and another success story.

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