State & Water
S06 E06: The Ex-Bombers | Part 1
Season 6 Episode 6 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
The Ex-Bombers are a “sinister psychedelic blues duo”
The Ex-Bombers are a “sinister psychedelic blues duo” who wield an eight-string electric bass (S.M. Nancy Walus), drums (M. Keri Cousins) and their vocals in a powerful kaleidoscope of perspectives on our world. They’re known in clubs, bars, breweries and art spaces across the Midwest.
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State & Water
S06 E06: The Ex-Bombers | Part 1
Season 6 Episode 6 | 26m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
The Ex-Bombers are a “sinister psychedelic blues duo” who wield an eight-string electric bass (S.M. Nancy Walus), drums (M. Keri Cousins) and their vocals in a powerful kaleidoscope of perspectives on our world. They’re known in clubs, bars, breweries and art spaces across the Midwest.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(upbeat music) - [Narrator] From the WTVP Studios in the Warehouse District and the Corner of Entertainment, this is "State & Water."
Tonight, The ExBombers, featuring S.M.
Nancy Walus, and Keri Cousins.
(soft instrumental music) ♪ This is a rock show ♪ ♪ Where we make rock ♪ ♪ We clap our hands ♪ ♪ And watch the clock ♪ ♪ We wanna rock all night ♪ ♪ Under the neon light ♪ ♪ We wanna rock all night ♪ ♪ Under the neon light ♪ (soft instrumental music) ♪ He asked me what I drew ♪ ♪ I told him sailboats ♪ ♪ Don't be a comedian ♪ ♪ This is a rock show and we wanna rock all night ♪ ♪ Under the neon light ♪ ♪ We wanna rock all night ♪ (soft instrumental music) - Two, three, four.
(instrumental music) ♪ All right ♪ (instrumental music) ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ (instrumental music) ♪ Things get so real that I can't understand ♪ ♪ You take your candle, you hold it in your hand ♪ ♪ You said it costs far too much now to fail ♪ ♪ Man, I don't get the appeal ♪ ♪ All right ♪ (instrumental music) ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ (instrumental music) ♪ Things get so real and then you compromise ♪ ♪ You take the candle, you hold it to your thighs ♪ ♪ The moment's far too valuable to steal ♪ ♪ I guess I get the appeal ♪ ♪ I said let me know ♪ ♪ I said let me know ♪ ♪ What makes you glow ♪ ♪ What makes you glow ♪ ♪ I said, hey, all right ♪ ♪ Hey, all right ♪ ♪ It's a five-star night ♪ ♪ This is a five-star night ♪ (instrumental music) ♪ You're the kind of guy ♪ ♪ Who wakes up in the morning ♪ ♪ You know how you feel ♪ ♪ So punk rock ♪ ♪ You want a ribbon ♪ ♪ 'Cause you live the high life ♪ ♪ And you don't wake up in the morning ♪ ♪ That's not punk rock ♪ (instrumental music) ♪ You're the kind of girl ♪ ♪ You got a lot of tattoos ♪ ♪ And they make you feel ♪ ♪ So punk rock ♪ ♪ You got a koi fish ♪ ♪ And you got a sparrow ♪ ♪ You should get a dinosaur ♪ ♪ That's not punk rock ♪ (instrumental music) ♪ Clap your hands, clap your hands ♪ ♪ That's not punk rock ♪ (instrumental music) (both vocalizing) ♪ Yeah ♪ ♪ Whoa ♪ (instrumental music) ♪ Oh, let me know ♪ ♪ I said let me know ♪ ♪ What makes you glow ♪ ♪ What makes you glow ♪ ♪ I said, hey, all right ♪ ♪ Oh hey, all right ♪ ♪ This is a five-star night ♪ ♪ This is a five-star night ♪ ♪ Yeah, let me know ♪ ♪ What makes you glow ♪ ♪ I said, hey, all right ♪ ♪ It's a five-star night ♪ ♪ Five-star night ♪ (audience applauding) (audience cheering) (instrumental music) ♪ Ooh, yeah ♪ (instrumental music continues) ♪ Ooh, yeah ♪ ♪ Subtle promise makes me weak in the knees ♪ ♪ Subtle promise makes you say thanks and please ♪ ♪ Subtle promise puts a spark in the air ♪ ♪ And that same subtle promise trade a truth for a dare ♪ ♪ Ooh, yeah ♪ (instrumental music continues) ♪ Ooh, yeah ♪ ♪ Subtle promises, no need to shout ♪ ♪ Subtle promise, we'll try and figure out ♪ ♪ Subtle promise puts a spark in the air ♪ ♪ And that same subtle promise trade a truth for a dare ♪ ♪ Ooh, yeah ♪ (instrumental music continues) ♪ Ooh, yeah ♪ ♪ Loss of vision and I'm reeling ♪ ♪ I can't explain why I get this feeling ♪ (instrumental music continues) ♪ And I'm standing next to you ♪ ♪ I never quite judged just what to do ♪ ♪ It's all new ♪ (instrumental music continues) ♪ Ah, yeah ♪ ♪ Ah, yeah ♪ ♪ Whoa, yeah ♪ ♪ Oh, yeah ♪ ♪ Do do do, do do do ♪ (audience applauding) (audience cheering) (instrumental music) ♪ Well, you can go downtown and see who you wanna see ♪ ♪ Dress right up and be who you want to be ♪ ♪ I love to watch my baby walking in those Mary Janes ♪ (instrumental music continues) ♪ We took a walk down a place of European ♪ ♪ A black and white magazine, girls and boys ♪ ♪ And (indistinct) does look for trouble ♪ ♪ Well, we have a talk ♪ ♪ Back in a language I remember ♪ ♪ Having tea with a (indistinct) head to toe ♪ ♪ And we both know when it's time ♪ ♪ Well, you can go downtown and see who you wanna see ♪ ♪ Dress right up, be who you want to be ♪ ♪ I love to watch my baby walking in those Mary Janes ♪ (instrumental music) ♪ Out on the street ♪ ♪ Traces of places so familiar ♪ ♪ The curse of a fantasy ♪ ♪ Stolen looks from risque books in a bubble ♪ ♪ When I think of me ♪ ♪ The missing pages of a fiction ♪ ♪ The harem's repartee, just one touch ♪ ♪ Explains too much of a lie ♪ ♪ Well, you can go downtown and see who you wanna see ♪ ♪ Dress right up, be who you want to be ♪ ♪ I love to watch my baby walking in those Mary Janes ♪ (soft cymbal music) (soft guitar music) ♪ Go downtown ♪ ♪ See who you wanna see ♪ ♪ You dress right up ♪ ♪ Be who you want to be ♪ ♪ I love to watch my baby walking in those Mary Janes ♪ (instrumental music) (woman vocalizing) (both vocalizing) (audience applauding) (audience cheering) (both vocalizing) (instrumental music) ♪ Oh, listen ♪ ♪ She breathed in my air ♪ ♪ Her position ♪ ♪ Well, it made things quite clear ♪ ♪ Round, round, round, round it goes ♪ ♪ Where we'll stop, no one knows ♪ ♪ Yeah, listen ♪ ♪ She shouted once more ♪ ♪ Repetition, then I fell to the floor ♪ ♪ Round, round, round, round it goes ♪ ♪ Where we'll stop, no one knows ♪ ♪ Merry go round it goes ♪ ♪ Where we stop, no one knows ♪ ♪ Spinning into the ground ♪ ♪ Merry go round ♪ (instrumental music) (audience cheering) (audience applauding) (drumsticks clinking) (instrumental music) ♪ Just a magnifying glass ♪ ♪ And a locket made of brass ♪ ♪ And I'm hanging by a string ♪ ♪ Just like everything ♪ ♪ I don't wanna make a new road ♪ ♪ I don't wanna blink, I don't wanna make a sound ♪ ♪ Just to magnify the thrill ♪ ♪ I had to do it lying still ♪ ♪ It only magnified the taste ♪ ♪ The more I chased ♪ ♪ I don't wanna make a new road ♪ ♪ I don't wanna blink, I don't wanna make a sound ♪ ♪ I got magnified ♪ ♪ I got magnified ♪ ♪ I got magnified ♪ (audience applauding) (audience cheering) (instrumental music) ♪ I'm stuck ♪ ♪ Oh, I'm stuck ♪ ♪ Yeah, I'm stuck ♪ ♪ Oh, I'm stuck ♪ ♪ Yeah, I'm stuck ♪ ♪ Oh, I'm stuck ♪ ♪ Things were going great ♪ (instrumental music) ♪ When I'd shake hands ♪ ♪ And kissing babies ♪ ♪ Should have seen their face ♪ (man vocalizes) ♪ When I kissed your hand ♪ (man vocalizes) ♪ And I shook your baby ♪ ♪ Oh, I'm stuck ♪ ♪ Yeah, I'm stuck ♪ ♪ Oh, I'm stuck ♪ ♪ Yeah, I am stuck ♪ (drumsticks clinking) ♪ Forget about the kid ♪ (instrumental music) ♪ It happens sometimes ♪ ♪ Well, now let's get down ♪ ♪ To doing business ♪ (man vocalizes) ♪ How do you want your cut ♪ (man vocalizes) ♪ I owed him midway ♪ ♪ He turned his head now I'm stuck ♪ ♪ Oh, I'm stuck ♪ ♪ Oh, I'm stuck ♪ ♪ Yeah, I'm stuck ♪ ♪ Oh, honey, I'm stuck ♪ (instrumental music) (audience applauding) (audience cheering) (drumsticks clinking) (both howling) (cymbal music) (guitar music) ♪ Hail the queen ♪ ♪ Hail the queen ♪ (drum music) ♪ Hail to the queen ♪ ♪ Hail the queen ♪ ♪ All hail the queen on this grand Halloween holiday ♪ (man vocalizes) ♪ The treats all get tricky and people get sticky to play ♪ (man vocalizes) ♪ Oh, red carpet is out now baby ♪ ♪ Whoa, all hail the queen, the queen of Halloween ♪ (instrumental music) ♪ All hail the queen ♪ ♪ Hail the queen ♪ ♪ All hail the queen ♪ ♪ Hail the queen ♪ ♪ The rest of the year has far too much cheer all around ♪ (man vocalizes) ♪ There's glitter and tack ♪ ♪ But there's not enough black to be found ♪ (man vocalizes) ♪ Oh, red carpet is out now baby ♪ ♪ Whoa, all hail the queen, the queen of Halloween ♪ (instrumental music) ♪ She borrowed a potion ♪ ♪ She's got what we need ♪ ♪ Puts it in motion ♪ ♪ She watches it bleed ♪ ♪ We're tasting the candy ♪ ♪ At the edge of her knife ♪ ♪ Everything's ended baby ♪ ♪ We're bathed in blacklight all our lives ♪ (instrumental music) ♪ Oh, red carpet is out now baby ♪ ♪ Whoa, they accepted the same routine ♪ ♪ Oh, it's time that you started now baby ♪ ♪ Whoa, all hail the queen, the queen of Halloween ♪ (audience applauding) (audience cheering) (drumsticks clinking) (instrumental music) ♪ You know you're coming late night ♪ ♪ To see your girl Estelle ♪ ♪ You know she's looking out for you ♪ ♪ She knows you all too well ♪ ♪ At three in the AM ♪ ♪ Backwards and sideways ♪ ♪ Ask her, ask her ♪ ♪ She won't say, she won't say ♪ (instrumental music) ♪ Down to Estelle's ♪ ♪ Down to Estelle's won't we go ♪ ♪ Go, go, go, go ♪ ♪ Down to Estelle's, down to Estelle's ♪ ♪ You walk into the back room ♪ ♪ You're looking for some fun ♪ ♪ You know she's not alone tonight ♪ ♪ You're not the only one ♪ ♪ At three in the AM ♪ ♪ You know its smell ♪ ♪ Ask her, ask her ♪ ♪ She won't tell, she won't tell ♪ (instrumental music) ♪ Down to Estelle's ♪ ♪ Down to Estelle's won't we go ♪ ♪ Go, go, go, go ♪ ♪ Down to Estelle's, down to Estelle's ♪ ♪ Down to Estelle's, down to Estelle's ♪ Two, three, four.
(drumsticks clinking) (instrumental music) (audience applauding) (audience cheering) (instrumental music) ♪ They shop in S.O.S ♪ ♪ It's spelled out, save our stress ♪ ♪ It never made much sense ♪ ♪ They spelled it S-O-S ♪ ♪ Trying so hard to impress ♪ ♪ Why under such distress ♪ (instrumental music) ♪ I shot up a signal flare ♪ ♪ To tell you I'm still there ♪ ♪ To that you know I'm there ♪ ♪ I shot a signal flare ♪ ♪ Although it's insincere ♪ ♪ It's never unaware ♪ ♪ I shot up an S.O.S.O, woo-hoo ♪ ♪ Shot an S.O.S.O ♪ ♪ It's spelling out, save our stress, woo-hoo ♪ ♪ Oh, S.O.S.O ♪ ♪ It never made much sense ♪ ♪ They spell it S-O-S ♪ ♪ I'm spelling it S-O-S-O ♪ ♪ I'm spelling it S-O-S-O ♪ (instrumental music) ♪ I'm spelling it S-O-S-O ♪ ♪ I'm spelling it S-O-S-O ♪ ♪ I'm spelling it S-O-S-O ♪ ♪ I'm spelling it S-O-S-O ♪ ♪ I'm spelling it S-O-S-O ♪ ♪ I'm spelling it S-O-S-O ♪ ♪ I'm spelling it S-O-S-O ♪ ♪ I'm spelling it S-O-S-O ♪ ♪ I'm spelling it S-O-S-O ♪ ♪ I shot up an S.O.S.O, woo-hoo ♪ ♪ I'm spelling it S-O-S-O ♪ ♪ It's spelling out, save our stress, woo-hoo ♪ ♪ I'm spelling it S-O-S-O ♪ ♪ It never made much sense ♪ ♪ They spell it S-O-S ♪ ♪ Oh, S.O.S.O ♪ ♪ I'm spelling it S-O-S-O ♪ ♪ I'm spelling it S-O-S-O ♪ (upbeat music)
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