On March 17th we lost Alex Chilton, the amazing songwriter and performer for Big Star & The Box Tops. We are huge fans of Big Star and especially of #1 Album and were saddened to hear of his unexpected death.

Back in the fall of 2009 the band added Chilton’s amazing song September Gurls to the set list rotation. We played it at our first show and a couple of other times live as well. Behind the scenes we would play it at almost every rehearsal (it’s still one of Andre’s favorite songs in the set).

Follow the link to hear Socialized work out September Gurls at rehearsal on Sept. 5, 2009 (while you can).

Also in the cover song-vein of things; during rehearsal earlier in the month Dave started playing a Velvet Underground tune for fun. ‘Dre & I hadn’t played it before but we hopped in on it and soon we were all having a blast playing Lou Reed’s Femme Fatale.

Listen to Socialized’s version of Femme Fatale from the March 11, 2010 rehearsal. (while you can).

(Please note that because these two songs were not written by the band we will only have them available to listen to for a limited time. We have discussed licensing with the Harry Fox Agency for more permanent distribution in the future.)

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Socialized still has two more shows left this season. We are playing Thursday, April 8th at Maggie McGarry’s in the North Beach section of San Francisco and our last show will be at Kimos on Sunday May 2nd. After the Kimos show the band will work on getting our EP finished and write new songs for the album after that. Once the EP is finished we will be booking a lot more shows.

Currently there is no release date for the either the EP or the (wishfully thought about) album. As soon as we have an idea we will let you know here and through the usual channels.

We want to thank you again for all of your overwhelming support of the band and the music. We are looking forward to seeing all of you soon at the last few shows of the season.

The Karaoke version of Tricycle is for those of you who have burned out on The Beatles Rock Band and have lost that loving feeling around midnight in your local bar. Download and burn your own copy of Tricycle. Print out the lyrics and walk proudly down to your local/bar/pub knowing that you are one of a kind. Stick your chin out and hand your CD to the Karaoke Matron and Trike out to the amazement of the other patrons. You. A True Original.

(Depending on the demand we might post the air guitar chords for you as well.)

The Tricycle lyrics are available here.

The second bonus song is the evil twin of the Karaoke version. That’s right kids, it’s the A Cappella version of Tricycle.

Thrill to the 4-part harmonies, the oohh la las, the jungle gyms, the colored chalk, & the vocal stylings of The 3rd Ave. Mens Chorus.

TO LISTEN:

If you want to listen to any of the songs, just click on the song title.

TO DOWNLOAD:

Right-click on the link above of the song that you want (Karaoke or A Cappella versions). A menu will appear. Choose either ‘Save Target As…” or “Save Link As…” and save the song to your computer. Remember where you saved it!

Next up: Tricycle: Flogging A Dead Horse Dance Mix.