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I Ride A Boy's Bike

from Polynormal AB by Anton Barbeau

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I wrote this in anticipation of a recording session booked in Ireland with famed producer Julie McLarnan. Between the pandemic and my dad's diminishing health, the trip to Ireland was postponed, then canceled outright. I quite like how this track turned out. As with "High On A Mountain Hill," the drums were recorded in my upstairs music studio, now dubbed The Office, as it used to be Julia's actual office. Mostly the upstairs room is used for electronic stuff now, but for a while, all my gear was crammed into this small space!

Working on the song, I did dig up online copies of Boys Life magazine. Such a trip. I get it - BB guns, bows and arrows, model airplane kits, bmx bikes... I really liked being a boy, I guess!

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I ride a boy’s bike, I am a boy
I fly like Batman, I am a boy
I know what girls like - gems and potatoes
Love
Flying
Free

I ride a dirt bike, I am a boy
Skateboard on Sunday
Fathers annoyed
Subscribed to Boys Life
Tourniquet technique

Blood from the limb flowing free
Girls have dollies for tea


I ride a girl’s bike, I am a man
I dropped the bar, crashed in the bushes
I am a man
I know what girls like, love flying free
I know what I’m like, I’ve had therapy

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from Polynormal AB, released November 24, 2023

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Anton Barbeau Berlin, Germany

Anton Barbeau plays "pre-apocalyptic psychedelic pop." He's a Taurus, born in Sacramento and now living by a canal in Berlin. He's made something like 30 albums and has worked with members of XTC, The Soft Boys, the Bevis Frond, Cake, the Loud Family, Elf Power and
the Corner Laughers. Julian Cope got him stoned in Croydon once. His new album, Manbird, ain't bad at all.
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