For this song, I recorded the drums, guitars and bass normally then before recording the lead vocal I sped the tape speed up so I had to sing it in a higher key. Then when I slowed the tape to the normal speed where the guitars and instruments sound just right, the vocal track now sounded a tad slow and lazy. Perfect for this song!
Written: Alpine Street,
Huntsville AL, fall 1968
Knees was in his second army year at Redstone Arsenal Alabama and living off-base with Dick O’Murphley and Ron Cramer. He and Peter Blue, another army buddy, would play some blues on guitar and harmonica and this was one of them. Knees was inspired by Bob Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde album and liked the idea of mentioning brand names in a song. He was very proud of the Twistaflex line. In 2002 Jim Weiler was so inspired by this song he wrote the very first SongBook: The 1966 Chevy Nova Blues. In the early 2000s I put it to music it and you'll hear it later on.
I dropped seven pennies onna sidewalk
Reachin in my pocket
for a dime
I guess I don’t get no
hotdog
But at least I got the
time.
Some little bastid ran away with all my pennies
Practicin for a life of
crime
Now I definitely don’t
get no hotdog
But at least I got the
time.
Cuz I got me a 1959 Pinocchio Timex
I wear it around the
upper portion of my leg,
It would cut off my
blood flow
But I ain’t got none
From the knee on down I
just got a peg.
Now I know you got some questions
Like how come I don’t
wear it on my wrist?
Y’see my Twistaflex’s
got six inches
An I just got a five
inch fist
So why not on my ankle?
Good question I must
admit
But y’see I’m kinda
myopic
An I can’t see my ankle
for shit.
The Organ
