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Thread #575   Message #1149595
Posted By: Jim Dixon
29-Mar-04 - 11:05 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: The Impressionists Two-Step (Pop Wagner)
Subject: Lyr Add: IMPRESSIONISTS TWO-STEP (Pop Wagner)
Pop Wagner has a new CD out which is a reissue of his 1988 LP "Disco on the Bayou." This version is an "enhanced" CD – in addition to the 14 original audio cuts, it contains a video performance of THE IMPRESSIONISTS TWO-STEP that you can play on your computer. (I believe it's the same video that he released in 1991 as a VHS cassette.)

I don't think he has updated his web site yet to contain a full description of it, but I'll bet you could order it from him. The web site gives a phone number and an e-mail address.

Being the proud owner of one of these CDs, I took the opportunity to transcribe the lyrics.

THE IMPRESSIONISTS TWO-STEP
(Pop Wagner and Jack Hansen © 1986)

Monet and Manet
Were strolling down the Elysées.
They were picking out pastels and other kinds of paint.
Eddie said to Claude,
"I got some rouge that's really odd,
And some indigo from Cairo, but I bet you ain't."

Well, they continued this discussion
Over coffee and an English muffin,
When André Derain joined them in their talk and beverage, you see.
André was on his way to London,
So Monet winked and he told him,
"If you get to Charing Cross, man, paint one of the bridge for me."

CHORUS: Monet concerned himself with atmosphere and light.
He worked on lots of canvases at the same time
And as it got darker, he just painted on down the line.
Manet did some stuff that's really out of sight.
Some other guys in that league were Rodin, Cézanne,
Lautrec, and don't forget Paul Gauguin.

Well now, Vinny Van Gogh was way ahead and far above.
He had an eye for perspective and an ear for love.
Camille Pissarro was older than the rest of the bunch.
He was scoping out a brand new style.
He was missing the point, so every once in a while
He'd go up to Montmartre and talk it over with the others over lunch. CHORUS