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"Northern," a Lynn Drury Song, Aural Elixir Piano Ninja Episode 7c AuralElixir - 80 views - 2 months ago
Northern is a song from Lynn Drury's awesome album, "All You Need." You should buy it right now! I love Lynn & her songs adopt me sometimes. Lucky me! Hey Lynn, come get your puppy!
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"Millionaire" Aural Elixir Piano Ninja Episode 7b AuralElixir - 40 views - 2 months ago
Millionaire is an Aural Elixir song who is very excited to be on the upcoming album! Thanks to my friends at Super Joe (www.mysuperjoe.com) I'm performing every Saturday from 10:30-1PM and sometimes we make little videos for those of you who can't make it to Colorado. Another version of the audio for this vid was done and hopefully will be ready soon...meanwhile thanks for the glam-evil orange shirt Ro! Me like shiny.
lyrics:
empty promises, roll home.
orphan children steal the show.
Mouths that talk, they're only loose holes.
Words of wisdom grow old and meaningless.

When, when, when will you tell me to go?
When, when, when will you tell me what you know?

He throws his money down a hungry "O."
He's thirsty still, but lucky pennies, they won't go far.
Standing on the corner being ignored by cars.
He lost his best friend. Gabriel, won't you have a heart?
Have a heart.

How long? How long until you find your salvation son?
How long? How long can the poor keep goin'? Goin' Goin' I...
"I can't wait 'til I'm a millionaire. I'm gonna show the world how to care about each other...I'm gonna be a billionaire, Yes, hey I'm a millionaire. I'm gonna give it away when I get there...Well, most of it anyway."

Blank checks get lost in the mail.
The free world's been swallowed by a whale,
a very religious whale.
Empty stomachs will make the phones ring, ring, ring.
So find religion, win the lottery big, Lottery Big.
Why, why? Why? Why can't we all be wealthy?
See that we are already.
Why? Why? Why can't we all be millionaires now?
I gotta keep it together, now I'm a millionaire.
I said, we,
we gotta keep it together, now we're all millionaires.
Now we're all millionaires, say it, now we're all millionaires, say it, now we're all millionaires.
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"Whisperin' Winks" Aural Elixir Piano Ninja Episode 7 AuralElixir - 34 views - 2 months ago
Here we are at SuperJoe's, you should come by if you're near Superior, Colorado on a Saturday! Ghirardelli caramel latte, yum! Whisperin' Winks is from AE cd #3, "Bedspread Jumpsuit"
I can see you and I can hear your whisperin winks, I can see you & I can hear your whisperin' winks.
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Cool On Your Island, a Tori Amos Song, AEPN ep6d AuralElixir - 250 views - 5 months ago
This is a Tori Amos song from her very first album. My favorite version of it is here on you tube from the 2007 ADP tour. Sometimes her songs haunt me and all i can say is Thank You Tori!!!

If you don't treat me better, baby I'll just run away.
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Clarissa Speaks ep6d AuralElixir - 50 views - 5 months ago
Go, live your dreams, don't wait.
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EZ a Lynn Drury song, Aural Elixir Piano Ninja ep6c AuralElixir - 43 views - 5 months ago
This is a song written by Lynn Drury & played (somewhat incorrectly) by yours truly, Aural Elixir.

lyrics:
I'd like to tell you just how I feel,
But words they blanket this bed of steel.
Flattery will get you nowhere now,
so I slide back.
Yes, I slide back.

Flowers smell but they don't grow.
Left your heart in sweet San Livorno :)
You tell me, you need a different girl everyday of the week.
She'll never satisfy you. They'll never satisfy you.

"But it doesn't take much," he says, "To be who you wanna be. You just move in a little closer, to the right, to the right, to the right company, movin... a little closer to me. Easy. Easy."

So what is exactly you want from me?
I'm sure I can accommodate your every need.
I still feel like an outsider but maybe I'm just too far in.
There's a hole, there's a hole in your story.
I think you, I think you
just fell in.

"But it doesn't take much," he said, "For you to be where you wanna be. You just move in a little bit closer to the right company. Movin, a little closer to me. Easy. Easy."
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Blown AEPN ep6b AuralElixir - 28 views - 5 months ago
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All Friends Here, Aural Elixir Piano Ninja Episode 6 AuralElixir - 25 views - 5 months ago
A few years ago, I got stuck in a job that I despised.
While working there, I wrote this song.
If you want to, you can sing along.

She wiggled her toes & walked out the door
"Sweet lady" she prayed, "promise me no more."
Will I have to come here & try to pretend
to like what you're doin'
to win your approval.

We're all friends here,
try to pretend.
You're not in it for the money,
try to pretend.
Little Buddha can't tell a lie,
try to pretend you're not in for the money
& we're all friends here.

They pick their opinions like they pick their noses.
So the Boss Man says "Down."
& everybody goeses.
With a twist of self-righteous
secret teller's poses,
just another buzzard circling the road.
Just another buzzard, circling the road.

We're all friends here,
try to pretend.
You're not in it for the money,
try to pretend.
Little Jesus can't tell a lie,
try to pretend you're not in for the money
& we're all friends here.

So you walk a narrow line,
wondering why it's never the right time for you.
And you cry alone at night, well
I could tell you why
I could tell you why
I could tell you why
but i still like you so your answers are inside.

We're all friends here,
try to pretend.
You're not in it for the money,
try to pretend.
Little Mary can't tell a lie,
try to pretend you're not in for the money
& we're all, we're all, we're all friends here.
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Ask Your Angels w/Squeaky Banana Cat, January AEPN Blooper AuralElixir - 53 views - 5 months ago
Blooper, now there's a funny word. A slight wardrobe malfunction (that makes my wardrobe sound like a robot) & another appearance by Squeaky Banana Cat. I'm not sure if she is a music lover & wants to sing along or if she just doesn't get it. She is rather..."special," silly Banana.
I wrote this song in honor of our many dearly departed loved ones & to remind us to ask our angels when we need need help. You don't have to believe in them because they believe in you & so do I. :)
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Nothing Personal wBanana AEPN January 09 AuralElixir - 34 views - 5 months ago
Warning some explicit lyrics! This was supposed to be sound check, the lights were off as was the makeup, someone was still in her PJs playing her very Zappa inspired song and then Squeaky Banana made an appearance & well, now I suppose it's sort of a blooper reel. :) Nevermind any offensive material, it's Nothing Personal. more lyrics coming soon!

You know that you're ugly & you smell bad too.
You think that you're all grown up but you act like you're three.
Well, it might be the light but
you're looking pretty frightful.
If you would shower, you could be delightful;
in the dark, as long as you're not speaking;
in the dark, especially if I'm not there;
in the dark, Ooh baby you lookin' so good.
Hey won't you go home and change your underwear?
I can smell it all the way over here.
You're such a cheap slut,
always moochin' &
You're such a Richard, every time I don't see you.
Why don't you wear that second face for everyone?
You couldn't be more of a sponge if you learned how to drink in a bar
without makin so much noise.
Shakin it, (lynn says "Shakin it!") taunting us with all your toys
You're just sick & utterly disgusting
Why don't you go jump off a bridge or emigrate or something?

etc, etc...thanks for watching, peace & love y'all!!!! :D
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Sweet The Sting a Tori Amos cover, Aural Elixir Piano Ninja ep. 5 bonus AuralElixir - 337 views - 6 months ago
Sweet The Sting is a song from Tori Amos' Beekeeper album. Unfortunately, the Hammond & Gospel choir weren't available for this impromptu Aural Elixir Piano Ninja filming. Neither were a hairbrush, microphone or lipstick. Have you seen the size of ninja issue purses? They're freakin' tiny!

Here are Tori Amos' lyrics to Sweet The Sting (minus bridge, I apologize to both the bridge & her fans, she just doesn't always come when called)

With a strut into the room
With his hat cocked sure defiantly
He said "I, I have heard
That you can play the way I like it to be played."
I said, "I can play, anyway that you want.
But first I want, I want to know

Baby is it sweet sweet
Sweet the sting
Is it real this infusion
Can it heal where others before have failed?
If so then somebody
Shake shake shake me sane
'cause I am inching ever closer to the tip of this scorpion's tail"

He said "I laid my weapons
down with my pistol
Fully loaded, a hunted man
To my root, will it end
Or begin in your cinnabar juice?"

Is it sweet sweet
Sweet the sting
Is it real this infusion
Can it heal where others before have failed?
If so then somebody
Shake shake shake me sane
'cause I am inching ever closer to the tip of this scorpion's tail"

Thanks for watching!
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December Snow, Aural Elixir Piano Ninja Episode 5 AuralElixir - 135 views - 6 months ago
A holiday song, sort of...or is it a Mardi Gras song? All i know is i made friends with Miss Poinsettia & she said I should probably have brushed my hair & applied some sort of Santa Outfit or Magic Elven Make-up, you know, SHOWMANSHIP! i needs some more of it but for now here's some lyrics & happy seasonal wishes to you!

December snow, won't be melted by December sun
I'm so thankful how you keep me warm.
Rivers of yesterday's loves gone bring my eyes an ocean, an ocean.

Here comes the sun, shy December Soleil
I'll dance a second line like it's Mardi Gras today.
I think of you, thank you, you've been great.
Please don't, don't buy me anything,

Unless you have a way to buy peace or cure some disease;
Make Time to rebuild New Orleans.
I still believe, inside each of us, untapped infinite possibility.

Here comes the sun, bright January Soleil
I could dance a second line with you on Chartres Street baby
I think of you, thank you, you've been great
Please don't, don't worry about anything

Forget how bad everything can seem.
See yourself in a better reality.
You could make it real, you could feel
feel better.

Raphael she's less afraid.
She likes to make a funny face
& dance her cares away every single day.
She says make your wishes bravely,
spread your hope, your love like Gravy!
Like winged siblings we will play
in the bright Febrauary sun,
I think it's Mardi Gras today.
I'm gonna dance a second line where ever I am baby!
I think of you, thank you, yes, you've been great.
Please don't worry about anything.

Please don't worry about anything.
:)
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The Aural Elixir Piano Ninja Series features live videos of solo piano & vocals at various locations, some official gigs and other unauthorized, "Ninja Style" clips. Due to the impromptu & often secretive nature of this project, please understand that some of the videos will be of lower quality than others. No Ninjas or Pianos will be harmed in the making of these videos. Namaste!
About Me: Aural Elixir (sometimes solo jesse & other times not so solo) is a lyrical, piano driven, multi-genre concept deeply inspired by the rich musical textures of New Orleans, Jazz, Tori Amos, Joni Mitchell, Thelonious Monk & Frank Zappa. Jesse brewed the first batch of Aural Elixir in the funky clubs of New Orleans in 1997. Building from a foundation of classical training in music & theatre, her eclectic musical taste and passion for variety fuel the creative fire for her signature concoction of jazz, rock, folk, soul, funk, latin, blues, and comedy music aptly named Aural Elixir. Aural Elixir has performed throughout the continental United States and independently released four cds available online & in various outlets. Now based in Colorado, Jesse is celebrating over a decade of Aural Elixir Music and is touring both solo & ensemble as well as creating the fifth Aural Elixir CD.
Formation Date:
August 11, 1996
Record Label:
Holly Earmuffin
Label Type:
Independent
Hometown:
New Orleans
Country:
United States
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PianoNinja (4 weeks ago)
Hey! You took my trademark!

I was searching piano ninja, and I found you today! Is there anyway, you could change your title to not be piano ninja?
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