We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.
/

about

BADVILLE is a tattoo and a town located in the 4th dimension. And now, a song. How it happened as told by Adam Wells (who’s ass-tatt is the cover of the EP): ‘As I remember it, one afternoon Liz (Nicholson) was working the bar at the Brendan Behan. Bill Brown was inside drinking.  I had a cigarette out front, even though I had been trying to quit. When I came in, I sat with Bill and he asked how I was doing with quitting smoking. I replied that I "have been bad, Bill". He said "Bad Bill?  You can't be Bad Bill,  I’M Bad Bill!"  During this exchange Liz misheard and asked "Badville? " to which we all had a good laugh and concluded that we all lived in Badville. At some point I said that I wanted a tattoo of an angry house that says Badville underneath. Bill drew it,  but being a sincerely talented artist, his version was too nice looking, so I said,  yeah like that but shittier, so I re-drew it in my crappie style and that became the tattoo. Bill went first (Fat Ram’s Pumpkin Tattoo), I went second,  and at some point John Ryan came in (who had no tattoos at the time,  but had been in a tough spot like the rest of us)  and I asked him of he wanted to get it and volunteered to pay. He said fuck it, why not? And went and got his. I covered the bar while Liz went next door and got hers. At this time the manager of the bar came in and asked where Liz was. I told him she was next door getting tattooed. :) We spent the rest of the afternoon at the Behan and later on Jill Fisher came in and we all said she had to get it as well. It didn't take a lot of convincing and she went and got hers and became the 5th member of Badville, and the last to get it on that first day.’ Over 61 people now have it. Each year they collect money to sponsor a Porta-Potty at the JP Music Festival. ‘Badville gives a shit’ they brag. I wrote the tune. It’s god damn classic. Part Velvets, part Cars, all Nickel & Dime.

lyrics

BADVILLE

badville
is where i live
bad bad badville
is where i live

you can go there
if ya want
if don’t fit
anywhere else
this is
the town
for you
yeah yeah

badville
is where i live
bad bad badville
is where i live

yr can find
true love
in their eyes
’s all it takes
but ya jes’ can’t lie
it’s a big blue sky
in badville
yeah yeah

is this a club
where ya have t be broke?
do ya need some silly
badge?
w different smokes
for different folks
(can i get some?)

should i tattoo you
are ya happy when yr blue
do ya wear a pretty dress?
do ya need t confess
that yr life is a mess?
ya can never be alone

in badville…

credits

from BADVILLE, released February 2, 2016

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Rick Berlin (now playing w/ THE NICKEL & DIME BAND) Jamaica Plain

A giant on the Boston music scene. His colorful songwriting + strong stage presence have influenced countless other artists since the early 1970s. He continues to make music w/ intelligence + integrity, building an international reputation around his knotty, singular piano playing, straight-from-the-heart singing and a style of character-based songwriting that's drawn comparisons to Waits + Cohen ... more

contact / help

Contact Rick Berlin (now playing w/ THE NICKEL & DIME BAND)

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

Rick Berlin (now playing w/ THE NICKEL & DIME BAND) recommends:

If you like Rick Berlin (now playing w/ THE NICKEL & DIME BAND), you may also like: