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Love in the Basement

by Mambo-X

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In 1987, Albany's Buzz magazine released a free "Love in the Basement" flexi-disc. The bouncy, chiming, busted-love song was the
first tune Mambo-X guitarists Seth Kaufman and Mitch Rosen ever wrote. Singer Erin O'Hara added a dramatic last stanza during the recording.

lyrics

So I told you that it wasn't true
Was I lying to protect myself or you?
So I told you that it wasn't true
Now my face has hit the fan

I knew it wasn't you at all
Impulse puts you far away
On the phone, it's only a call
There's no body in your voice

Ego in tatters
Don't take it so hard
Love in the basement.

So many times we opened our mouths
They were words, they weren't vows
Too many times we turned the screws
Now our love is underground

Ego in tatters
Don't take it so hard
Love in the basement

Our love is in the basement
It's down with the laundry
Through the wash cycle
We hang it up to dry.

credits

released January 1, 1987
Words & Music: Kaufman, Rosen, O'Hara

Voice: Erin O'Hara
Guitars: Seth Kaufman, Mitch Rosen
Bass: Mark Wilken
Drums: Barry Litman

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Mambo-X Albany, New York

Powered by the twirling stage theatrics of singer Erin O'Hara and the interweaving guitars of Seth Kaufman and Mitch Rosen, alterna-dance band Mambo-X was one of Albany NY's most popular acts.

After gigging extensively on the East Coast and releasing a single, a flexi-disc and the EP Machines of Eden, the band recorded Whirled in 1988 with producer Mitch Easter and then promptly imploded.


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