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Get Rad!

by Alex Retro

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James Knight Alex finally released his first album, and man is it most excellent! Favorite track: Let's Blast Off.
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    Finally back in stock on CD after a decade, the new "Get Rad!" 10th Anniversary Edition also includes 4 era-specific bonus tracks, "Vampire Girl", "College Crush", "You're Wrong, Colonel Sanders!", and "Keep it Simple"

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    Time to party like it's 1999 and you're the last kid on your block with a CD Walkman! 16 Track full length album includes the singles "I Wanna Be A Beach Boy" and "Super Hero Stalker". Order this and add it to your collection of sweetest CDs on your street.

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1.
Let's blast off tonight Let's blast off into outer space Nothing here but politics And these angry debates And it makes me feel sick So let's get lost in space I don't want to take part I just want to be free So let's take to the stars Form a space colony Let's blast off tonight Let's blast off into outer space When you're feeling all alone In your dorm room at night Don't just stare at your phone Find a ship to the skies Pretty soon we'll be gone Never return to Earth Find a place to belong In this wide universe Let's blast off tonight Let's blast off into outer space
2.
Shoo-B-Doo 00:57
I try everything I can by acting like a goon I keep hoping you'll look in my direction soon But more than likely you don't know my name And I'll bet my shyness is mostly to blame I can't play guitar, I can't sing I'll write you a song and be embarassing Shoo-B-doobie doobie doo doo doo doo doo How do I get noticed by you?
3.
Let's go crowd surfin' USA It's a beautiful evening on Clearwater Beach Let's head on over to downtown St. Pete We gotta get our bodies to the punk rock show Starts around 9 O' Clock, don'tcha know When the band takes to the stage They'll sing the anthems of the age We'll move around and sing along But by the time they play the second song We'll freak out! We'll get rad! Have the best time we ever had We'll jump! Lose our minds! Everybody's havin' a good time Let's go crowd surfin' USA Let's go crowd surfin' USA It's the perfect time of day to grab my friends Drive over the causeway to see our favorite bands Watch them sing their hearts out in a trashed our dive Punk rock was always meant to be played live Let's go crowd surfin' USA Let's go crowd surfin' USA
4.
Well she's not gonna like you So don't bother her with stupid invitations But you're still gonna try to Is that your only aspiration? Well she just wants to be alone So don't call her on the phone She has the right to be on her own But you're a pervert and you know it's true You're a pervert and you know it's true Have you no respect for her? What part of "No" do you not understand? Still your advances re-occur (Cuz you're a pervert!) Now your wants are sounding like demands Well she just wants to be alone So don't call her on the phone She has the right to be on her own But you're a pervert and you know it's true!
5.
I wanna be a Beach Boy Harmonize until I die And if I could be a Beach Boy I'd be the coolest guy oh-woah yeah I wanna be a Beach Boy I would surf everyday Actually I probably wouldn't Mike Love never surfed anyway I'd stand out on the beach and sing my little songs I'd never go in the water, stay on the sand all day long People could then invite me out to surf And I would have to tell them, I never really learned But here it goes I wanna be a Beach Boy Harmonize until I die And if I could be a Beach Boy I'd be the coolest guy oh-woah-oah I wanna be a Beach Boy I would surf everyday Actually I probably wouldn't Mike Love never surfed anyway I would sing in my room, a place that I can go now I'd put out 7 albums in about a year or so now People would invite me to their hula parties (Hula hula!) Because they all believe... I surfed out to Hawaii now I wanna be a Beach Boy I would surf everyday Actually I probably wouldn't Mike Love never surfed anyway (And neither did Brian Wilson!)
6.
I'm 22 now and time is drawing near This feeling gets worse with every year There's nothing that I can do But roll with the punches But I don't wanna keep living in the past Life holds more, the world is vast There is just no point in staying angry, hurt, or down Everyday I'm feelin' homeward bound Everyday I'm feelin' homeward bound I don't wanna grow old all alone I don't wanna forget the friends I've known I just wanna keep them by my side And have friends in whom I can confide For now and forever But I don't wanna keep living in the past Life holds more, the world is vast There is just no point in staying angry, hurt, or down Everyday I'm feelin' homeward bound Everyday I'm feelin' homeward bound But time moves on and people do too I don't spend much time with the old crew And I haven't even heard from them in a while But I don't wanna keep living in the past Life holds more, the world is vast There is just no point in staying angry, hurt, or down Everyday I'm feelin' homeward bound Everyday I'm feelin' homeward bound Everyday I'm feelin' homeward bound
7.
A shooting star goes flyin' across the night sky I had to think fast so I made the first wish on my mind Man, I may have wasted it, but it's what was in my head I'm feelin' tired, I'm feelin' sick Goodnight, I'm goin' to bed This happens day after day when I get my hopes up Why do I do this everytime? For a few days I get all hyped up Only to spend weeks out of line Days go by, they turn to weeks and I look back again Laugh a bit at all the things I worried 'bout back then Time heals all wounds, so they say and it just may be true I'm wasting time, in my dorm room Worried over something new This happens day after day when I get my hopes up Why do I do this everytime? For a few days I get all hyped up Only to spend weeks out of line This happens day after day when I get my hopes up Why do I do this everytime? For a few days I get all hyped up Only to spend weeks out of line
8.
Well Liam was a happy man But something was missing from his life He collected all the He-man action figures He still needed a wife Liam got engaged Woah-oah Liam to engaged Well Liam was a fan of Bigfoot research But somebody started spreading lies That doesn't matter Cuz he found something better And she chose him from the other guys Liam got engaged Woah-oah Liam to engaged Woah-oah Liam to engaged
9.
I'm just a guy, I swing around on a web all day I fight crime, the cops are tryin' to take me away It's just not fair, it's just not fair No one really understands They just don't care, they just don't care I'm your neighborhood Spider-Man! But maybe if they knew I'm in love with you Mary Jane They all might go away And nobody would complain Except that loser Harry I think he's just going mad He shouldn't be so angry, just cuz I killed his stupid dad Plus I stole his girl I saved her life 3 times I'm your super hero stalker Spider-Man! But maybe if they knew I'm in love with you Mary Jane They all might go away And nobody would complain Except that loser Harry I think he's just going mad He shouldn't be so angry, just cuz I killed his stupid dad Plus I stole his girl I saved her life 3 times I'm your super hero stalker Spider-Man!
10.
You invited me to your Halloween party You begged me to go So I made time without convenience to me And I wish I had said "no" Cuz when I got there you didn't even talk to me I walked around in my costume oh so awkwardly Looking back I realize this was a trick Without a treat, and now I'm feeling oh so sick I went down to your Halloween party Missed out on the punk rock show I could think of a better place to be At home watching The Brak Show Cuz when I got there you didn't even talk to me I walked around in my costume oh so awkwardly Looking back I realize this was a trick Without a treat, and now I'm feeling oh so sick
11.
I go to my room No one there to tell me who to be or what to do Hang concert flyers on the wall I play my records, I memorize them all You haven't seen my room, you don't know what I'm all about The NES is alway plugged in and the N64 and my DVDs Consist of Bill & Ted, Better Off Dead, and TMNT I'll never grow out of the stupid stuff I grew up on I dedicate this song To my favorite things And the bedroom that I filled with them A room where nothing can go wrong Nothing Can Go Wrong I stay in my room Strum my guitar or play Sonic The Hedgehog 2 Sort my CD collection again MxPx, Screeching Weasel, and The Lillingtons Collectible action figures line the shelves so beautifully My TV set is a little old, but the screen is big I remember when I bought it at a yard sale, 15 dollars, the perfect price for me, well I'll never grow out of the stupid stuff I grew up on I dedicate this song To my favorite things And the bedroom that I filled with them A room where nothing can go wrong Nothing Can Go Wrong
12.
Stood Up 01:58
It's a Friday night and I waited up for you Took a shower, dressed myself, but plans did not fall through Where did you go? Am I really that lame? I thought that you were different, but I guess you're just the same Well I declare That I don't even care I'm goin' out with my friends and don't wanna see you there Another Friday came as another week went by Gave you a second chance but now I don't know why Where did you go? And why are you so lame? I won't waste another night embarassed and ashamed Well I declare That I don't even care I'm goin' out with my friends and don't wanna see you there You stood me up Cuz I'm just a stupid punk For what other reason would you treat me so unjust? Well I declare That I don't really care I'm goin' out with my friends and don't wanna see you there
13.
Everytime I hang out with my buddy, Eric We gotta go to the Dairy Queen He gets a Blizzard while I get a sandwich I'm tellin' you he's the Dairy Queen King Eric's the Dairy Queen King Eric's the Dairy Queen Ki-i-ing Eric's the Dairy Queen Eric's the Dairy Queen Eric's the Dairy Queen King After Dairy Queen we always go to Movie Stop Pick up some classic Godzilla flicks Ice cream and classic movies... that's pretty hard to top That's why these are the favorite things of his Eric's the Dairy Queen King Eric's the Dairy Queen Ki-i-ing Eric's the Dairy Queen Eric's the Dairy Queen Eric's the Dairy Queen King And if he ever pays me back I just might have a heart attack One time I lent about seven bucks to him I'll never see that cash again Eric's the Dairy Queen King Eric's the Dairy Queen Ki-i-ing Eric's the Dairy Queen Eric's the Dairy Queen Eric's the Dairy Queen King
14.
Rambler 03:19
I spend every single day With things I need to say To myself just to calm my mind If me and I could talk it out What do I think would I talk about? Try to figure out how to fix my brain I'll write a letter to Myself to get me through Frustrations in my head And if you only knew What my petition is gonna do Maybe you'd sign on the line instead Maybe you'd sign on the line instead Well I constantly feel annoyed But I'd rather be overjoyed Throw all my problems far away And if I could just move along Put everything where it belongs I could feel more than just okay I'll write a letter to Myself to get me through Frustrations in my head And if you only knew What my petition is gonna do Maybe you'd sign on the line instead Maybe you'd sign on the line instead If all my thoughts could materialize I'd strap them to a stick of dynamite And watch them explode until I can't remember a thing at all I'll write a letter to Myself to get me through Frustrations in my head And if you only knew What my petition is gonna do Maybe you'd sign on the line instead Maybe you'd sign on the line instead
15.
I stopped in right around lunch time Stood there waiting in that ridiculous line When I got to the cash register That's when I first laid my eyes on her Everyday I go out I think about Stopping in to see The cashier for me What if I got the guts Decided what I'd do I would have to say I'm going bonkers over you I've gone bananas, gone insane I've gone mental, I've gone cuckoo in the brain Cashier girl, wanna wanna come over tonight? We could watch some vintage sci-fi War of the Worlds from 1953 Watch aliens get smacked by Gene Barry Cashier girl, wanna wanna be mine?
16.
I know you say that you're better than me But I don't care to compete I'm gonna say it now so you can see That your pride will induce self-defeat So go ahead and blab all you like I'm not gonna put up a fight I'll walk away with this smirky smile on my face And discount all of your trite I've heard about all the things that you've done But I laugh at this in the end You'll destroy everything within the long run And oh what fun it's been So go ahead and blab all you like I'm not gonna put up a fight I'll walk away with this smirky smile on my face And discount all of your trite

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Hey! This is my first full length album! After several EPs, I decided it was time to take the next step and do a full length. I spent the entire summer of 2013 writing, recording, and mixing songs on my own, whenever I wasn't too busy with my job or online college classes! The results of one rather boring summer are here in the album you are viewing now. Sometimes ridiculous humor, sometimes honest emotion, and always 100% me, I am very happy with these 16 acoustic pop punk jams. I hope you love them as well, and that they bring a smile to your face when you need it most. You'll also hear a couple other voices on a few tracks (specifically my friends Blake King on "Halloween Party", and Dylan Thomas on "Stood Up"). Feel free to download the album for free if you so wish, or make a donation if you're feeling super appreciative or something. Enjoy the music and stay rad.

- Alex Retro

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released September 3, 2013

Alex Retro - Vocals, guitar, ukulele, artwork, recording/mixing/mastering
Blake King - Additional vocals on "Halloween Party"
Dylan Thomas - Additional Vocals on "Stood Up"

All songs written by Alex Retro and property of Alex Retro/Breakfast At Night Records.

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