Dial-A-Song Ana Ng

The Dial-A-Song recording for Ana Ng. Taken from the Power of Dial-A-Song bootleg. This version has slight variations from the Lincoln studio recording.

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[bigglewings]

Make a hole with a pistol at point blank range

Through the name of this town in a desktop globe

Exit wound in a foreign nation

Look where she is and I can't just picture it.

My apartment looks upside down from there

Water spirals the wrong way down the drain

And her voice is a backwards record

It's like a whirlpool, and it never ends

[bigglewings]

Ana Ng and I are getting old

and we still haven't walked in the glow

of each other's majestic presence

Listen Ana hear my words

They're the ones you would think I would say

if there was a me for you

All alone at the '64 World's Fair

Eighty dolls yelling "Small girl after all"

Who was at the DuPont Pavillion?

Why was the bench still warm? Who had been there?

[priestessofpan]

Amazing: everything is here on Youtube! I loved Dial-A-Song was so cool - I even phoned it from here in the Uk - I heard Spider (Apollo 18)

[pianoman930]

@c0linaf You've got me wanting to do that.

[hippiekyd416]

And no dislikes :) good to know everyone appreciates the amazing-ness of TMBG :)

[nxg1499]

im the 7,777

[unknownangie]

Lolz Ng is purnounced 'ing'. i know so because thats my last name..i have an aunt who's name is Ana Ng! lmfaooo

[masonroe157900000]

@TheNic1999 i agree. interesting analogy by the way

[c0linaf]

Just think how eerie and yet strangely epic it would sound if this was played in a dark empty echoey hallway from far away... I can just picture it!

[TheNic1999]

Is it just me, or does the dial-a-song version of this song have a distinctively eerier feel than the album counter-part?

[MyMmoira93]

I wish I wasn't born so late.. and in the wrong place -.-

[jsh357]

I DON'T WANT EVERYTHING, I JUST WANT YOUR HALF!

Great find

[MarioSonic304]

The crappy sound quality is the best thing about dial-a-song. it has a nice ring to it with crappy quality. it also fits Linnell's voice so well.

[Possecore]

wow

[TheEyegarian]

People aren't big fans of giving people DAS bootlegs for some reason.

[bigglewings]

Or the time when the storm brought down the wires Every phone in town was listening And in back of the edge of hearing There was a voice that the world, it was sayin' Ana Ng and I are getting old and we still haven't walked in the glow of each other's majestic presence Listen Ana hear my words They're the ones you would think I would say if there was a me for you When I was driving once I saw this painted on a bridge: "I don't want everything, I just want your half"

[WikiFreak1020]

Does anyone know how I can get the Power Of Dial-A-Song bootleg?

[fearhasaglare]

Sounds like someone is playing pool in the background?

[cringevision]

wow, this is.. amazing

[nathanathome]

From the first LP frmo 1986 Dial a Song: 718-387-6962 Too bad it's not in service at this time :)

[tvfactoryguy]

Awesome song! 1:41-1:48, awesome ending.

[randman21]

It's interesting to see that that was the original lyric, seeing as "I don't want the world, I just want your half" is a common saying, and it makes more sense in the song.

I'm so glad I happened upon this! Thanks for posting!

[piemaster64]

lol cool

[teddyexodus]

very interesting to hear the original lyrics to this song. great find!

[jamesstafforduk]

This is a great post!