As it is summer, I’ll be posting a lot of Free Design MP3s. The Free Design is such an odd group, insofar as the group’s music took on a whimsical, frolicking, sweeping sunshine pop sound whilst the lyrics leaned more toward, uh, metal. Take “Kije’s Ouija,” a narrative about a dude with a ouija board who talks at first of angels, then of the apocalypse in the next stanza.
Now many more like this the angel will send, but you could do yourself much worse /
Just push a couple buttons, let your favorite bombs completely cover over the earth /
Now the angel’s curse has come and gone, but everyone knew that
That’s heavy. The Free Design is coming back in a big way, everything from Light in the Attic’s Redesigned series that dropped not too long ago, to the increasing number of people on Last.fm rockin’ to Kites Are Fun, to a general new excitement toward the group that rivals their late ’60s heyday. For a group who wrote a song about how to make a huge hit yet ironically couldn’t do it themselves (their single “2002 – A Hit Song”), it’s about time for the Free Design’s time, regardless if it’s 40 years too late. Due to revived interest, the Free Design is back together and, hopefully, will be playing some shows soon.
Get ready to feel good. Seriously, if you want to solve problems, listen to the Free Design. No foolin’.
MP3 :::
The Free Design – Kije’s Ouija
