Robert Earl Keen — Furnace Fan
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We were at the Rhythm Room
In Scottsdale Arizona
It was in the summertime it must have been '02
We got there way too early and we sat around for hours
Loaded in when the man came down
And the smushball game was through
You can fry an egg out there on the city sidewalk
You can fry your bacon and and and and
I understand why lizards live in sunny Arizona
Why people do and call it home I'll never understand
It's hotter than a furnace fan out in Arizona
110 ain't nothing when you live out there you see
Stars come out you scream and shout "Hey it's good to know you"
If you're going there and you don't mind say hello for me
Uncle Joe he lives out there in Phoenix Arizona
He wears a cap that spells it out "I'm Uncle Joe"
His kid is in the restaurant biz
So he bought us fourteen boxes
Of chicken strips and ranch style dip
And wings from buffalo
It's hotter than a furnace fan out in Arizona
110 ain't nothing when you live out there you see
Stars come out you scream and shout "Hey it's good to know you"
If your going there and you don't mind say hello for me
The room was small but the crowd turned out in Scottsdale Arizona
They listened to the stuff we played
And sometimes sang along
We finished up but they wanted more
So we kept right on playing
We played and stayed in the desert shade
'Til we played up every song
It's hotter than a furnace fan out in Arizona
110 ain't nothing when you live out there you see
Stars come out you scream and shout "Hey it's good to know you"
If you're going there and you don't mind say hello for me
If you're going there and you don't mind say hello for me
In Scottsdale Arizona
It was in the summertime it must have been '02
We got there way too early and we sat around for hours
Loaded in when the man came down
And the smushball game was through
You can fry an egg out there on the city sidewalk
You can fry your bacon and and and and
I understand why lizards live in sunny Arizona
Why people do and call it home I'll never understand
It's hotter than a furnace fan out in Arizona
110 ain't nothing when you live out there you see
Stars come out you scream and shout "Hey it's good to know you"
If you're going there and you don't mind say hello for me
Uncle Joe he lives out there in Phoenix Arizona
He wears a cap that spells it out "I'm Uncle Joe"
His kid is in the restaurant biz
So he bought us fourteen boxes
Of chicken strips and ranch style dip
And wings from buffalo
It's hotter than a furnace fan out in Arizona
110 ain't nothing when you live out there you see
Stars come out you scream and shout "Hey it's good to know you"
If your going there and you don't mind say hello for me
The room was small but the crowd turned out in Scottsdale Arizona
They listened to the stuff we played
And sometimes sang along
We finished up but they wanted more
So we kept right on playing
We played and stayed in the desert shade
'Til we played up every song
It's hotter than a furnace fan out in Arizona
110 ain't nothing when you live out there you see
Stars come out you scream and shout "Hey it's good to know you"
If you're going there and you don't mind say hello for me
If you're going there and you don't mind say hello for me
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Hey, any song that's set at the Rhythm Room in Phoenix (not Scottsdale, by the way) is fine with me!
And we don't complain about the heat. We don't have to shovel it!
Bill, isn't it time to play (for the 1st time ever) REK's
"Merry Christmas from the family". I've already rated it in advance!
Remarkable. This is absolutely the most *average* song I have ever heard on RP. Like the perfect color grey... 
I really enjoy this tune. I live in Phoenix AZ, that might have something to do with it..... Still, just a good natured fun song. \:D/
Ha! This was playin in the background and my ears perked up at the word Arizona.
Technically the Rhythm Room is in mid-town Phoenix...Scottsdale is about 5 miles away. But then, everything is a blur here as the money-hungry developers build at the rate of an ACRE AN HOUR!!!
Believe it!
Can't wait to get out of this cultural desert called Phoenix...
Keen.
i've been to scottsdale a couple of times. once in august, once in january. everything said about frying eggs and stuff, is true. or maybe it isn't, and it just feels crazy hot because i'm canadian. hehe
This native Arizonan has to chime in...nice tune...very John Prine-esque, yet his own style too. I'd like to hear him play live. Thanks, RP.
JBC1975 wrote:
Would have sworn this was John Prine. Like It!
Edit: And just as I type this..... followed up with John Prine. Jeez...
Just as I was about to comment that I thought this was John Prine until I Iooked at the playlist, I see your comment stating exactly that. Guess RP recognized it before both of us!
Would have sworn this was John Prine. Like It!
Edit: And just as I type this..... followed up with John Prine. Jeez...
I though, for a moment, that Phoebe from 'Friends' had actually released a record.
This is very reminiscent of her Smelly Cat.
Awesome artist...keep it coming!
Just not my thing.....
bleh.
cheeekon strips and blah blah blah
I normally don't like the "open-mike night" sound, but this is ya good.
perfect for an afternoon like today when it's a blistering 101 degrees at the beach...
Yet more proof of why I am a proud card carryin' member of Damn Yankees For REK.
Bill, please play the Buckin' Song sometime...please please
Thank you, thank you, thank you. You just made my day. Great album (his best in quite sometime).
"chicken strips and ranch-style dip, and wings from Buffalo"....Go REK!