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I'm Falling In Love With Ellen

from the white cassette (1984) by Walls Of Genius

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Originally credited to the band "Hardly Disguised Contempt"
Evan: guitars, vocal, percussion
Little Fyodor: vocals, hideous laughter
Ellen was/is Little Fyodor’s cousin. When he and I first came to Boulder, we stayed the night sleeping on her floor in the Bluffs apartments in South Boulder (now renovated and called “Boulder Creek” apartments). As I recall, Ellen was a book salesman, hawking Bibles all across Kansas and spending weekends indulging Boulder’s ubiquitous 1980s cocaine scene. I don’t think Ellen understood us very well (and vice versa). After that first night in Boulder, I don’t recall ever seeing her again. Little Fyodor is likely still in touch. Like so many of our crazed cover versions, this was, in our own twisted way, both a mocking of her and an homage to her. I wrote this with an open tuning on the guitar, most likely egged on by Fyo. This is perhaps the first appearance of what would later be categorized by us as The Fabulous Pus Tones, an approach characterized by Little Fyodor and I as a duo doing crazed, faux-autistic versions of pop songs. “Ellen” happens to be a demented original and is one of my (Evan) favorite WoG tracks of all time. (More discussion available at the Walls Of Genius archive, www.haltapes.com)

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from the white cassette (1984), released February 2, 1984
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Walls Of Genius

Fried psychedelia, relentless experimentation, hunter-gatherer improv, space rock doom, heavy rock monumentalism and daffy cover tunes. Walls of Genius rips holes in the fabric of space and time, kicks you in the ass and leaves you smiling. 80s stalwarts of the cassette culture, they're back in the 21st century. The most unique band that ever was. Really! ... more

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