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    "(Turn It On) High On A Flashback"genre: Power Pop
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    Wacked out on Grape Soda & Cotton candy, Jon hops a Retro-space ride to Rock-n-Roll Cloud Nine. 100% Nostalgia.
    CD: Jon James & The Trashcan Fantasy Danceband   Label: 999 Manifesto Records
    Credits: Produced by D.B. Curtis & Jon James / 2003 Pound-o-flesh Music

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    Jon James
    Turn It On / High On A Flashback

    Q: What was the motivation for the song?
    A: Precisely what do you mean by motivation?

    Q: What do the lyrics mean?
    A: Last time I checked, not much of anything. Nor did I assume they needed to.

    Q: Where was the song written?
    A: Drunken, soiled, and sprawled out on my dining room floor.

    Q: How long did it take to write?
    A: Approximately since the day I was born.

    Q: How long to record?
    A: Well, all in all the whole record took about a year`s time of sporadic fits & bursts. This song actually came together the quickest; every instrument in one or two takes, except for the lead vocal (which suffered from frog-like croaking on the first couple takes), and a twelve-string guitar, which we had to re-cut during mixing due to our general lack of technical wizardry.

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    TURN IT ON / HIGH ON A FLASHBACK [3:45]

    I`m trippin` on Don Kirschner
    Spacin` out to the TV screen
    Get my inspiration
    From a rock magazine
    I was an 8th grade hipster
    I was all decked out to play
    Strikin` poses
    In my mama`s macramé

    I never believed in the fast track
    `Cuz life is just a dream, and I`m flyin`
    High on a flashback

    Backseat lover
    I lost my cherry at 13
    Preacher`s daughter
    While we`re crankin` up the Queen

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