Limited edition cylinder record featuring a four-minute edit of "Yuppie Exodus From Dumbo". Technically, the cylinder is not wax - it's hard plastic so it will never degrade, no matter how many times you play it on your family Edison.
Each cylinder in the edition of 50 is signed and numbered by Jed and legendary illustrator Michael Doret, who designed the packaging.
For folks who don't have a cylinder player, not to worry - the digital single includes a special B-side: audio dubbed directly from the finished cylinder record.
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A four-minute monophonic edit of "Yuppie Exodus From Dumbo" as recorded off a cylinder record.
lyrics
Behold the bitter exodus
From down beneath the bridge
As the yuppies and the hipsters
Quit their lofts and move away
Snap an auto-focused black-and-white
Of this heartbreaking scene
A heartbreaking scene of staggering genius -
If I may.
And they sing:
Nevermore shall a bridge darken my door
We're on craigslist searching for
Someplace new to gentrify
Till then, we can only hope
They've still got room down in the Slope
For the strollers we'll be pushing by and by
Now my girlfriend's typed her last
Paragraph for Conde Nast.
Who will pay her by the word
To holiday in Mexico?
And my next door neighbor cried
On the night his hedge fund died.
Anybody want a Ridgeback
Or a share in J Condo?
And we sing:
Nevermore shall a bridge darken my door
We're on craigslist searching for
Someplace new to gentrify
Till then, we can only hope
They've still got room down in the Slope
For the strollers we'll be pushing by and by
Oh Dumbo beach, we've run aground
No IT work to be found
No one buys my shit on Etsy
And my gal's name still ain't Plath
So we're hopping on our Vespas
Loading up and hauling out
In our precious shawls and hats
We look totally Grapes of Wrath
YAY!
Nevermore shall a bridge darken my door
We're on craigslist searching for
Someplace new to gentrify
Till then, we can only hope
They've still got room down in the Slope
For the strollers we'll be pushing by and by
Goodbye McSweeney's
Goodbye Grizzly Bear
Actually, we were just pretending
To like Grizzly Bear
But I'll sure miss being an artist
I'll sure miss being free
And I sure will miss my trust fund
And production company
Stroll the cobblestones reflecting
On these precious months we've spent
Down here at the intersection of This American Life and Rent
One day I will come back as a tourist
Take clever photos of the skyline
Juxtaposed with garbage trucks
I'll line up for Brooklyn Ice Cream in the winter
And wait two hours in the rain
For a pizza pie that sucks
Then I'll sing:
Nevermore shall a bridge darken my door
We're on craigslist searching for
Someplace new to gentrify
Till then, we can only hope
They've still got room down in the Slope
For the strollers we'll be pushing, bye-bye
credits
from Yuppie Exodus From Dumbo,
released June 15, 2010
Words and music by Jed Davis
Published by Eschatonality/ASCAP
Jed Davis: vocals, piano
Ralph Carney: clarinet
Sean Nowell: tenor sax, tambourine
Jeff Hermanson: trumpet
George Rush: tuba
Joe Abbatantuono: drums
Travis Sullivan: handclaps
Lisa Brennan: handclaps
Produced by Jed Davis and Travis Sullivan
Brass arrangement by Travis Sullivan
Mixed by Eric Jarvis
Recorded by Tony Maimone at Studio G, Brooklyn NY
Additional recording by Jed Davis at Pile of Sound Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Cylinder mastering and dub by Duncan Miller
Mastered by Dave McNair