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.

EVERYBODY LOOKS THE SAME TO ME

from RIDGEMONT ST by Rick Berlin (now playing w/ THE NICKEL & DIME BAND)

/

about

Years back, as my first band, ORCHESTRA LUNA, was getting off the ground, I recorded a bunch of songs into a reel-to-reel. I had an upright piano with tacks in the hammers and I banged these tunes out so I wouldn't forget them (a condition that has lasted with me to this day). They embarrass me. My voice sounds so operatic, and the playing is awkward. I show them to practically no one. But there's something vaguely endearing about them. They also have an innocence that belies my later, albeit intermittent obsession with hit songs and a 'career'.

This one, like many at that time is recorded at Ridgemont St in Allston - big yellow house at the end of the street which one night we closed off, dropped acid and had a square dance - and we could actually walk to Jeremiah's on Harvard Ave - the place where OL got signed onto EPIC from.

lyrics

EVERYBODY LOOKS THE SAME TO ME

everybody looks the same to me
oh me oh my
everybody looks the same to me
oh god did ya lose my eyes

people wadin’ thru the snow
don’t they look at where they go
the sun is hugh
the valley low
why can’t i tell them what i know

everybody looks the same to me
oh me oh my
everybody looks the same to me
oh god i really try
oh god i really try

the tables r turnin’
the skylight is broken
the tables r turnin’
the skylight is shattered
in our lives

the faces i see
they don’t talk t me
the people who walk
they don’t look at me

well you can take it alone
but ya get it on the telephone
you can take it alone
but ya get it on the telephone
well you can get it alone
but ya take it on the telephone
you can take it alone
but ya get it on the telephone

everybody looks the same to me
oh me oh my
everybody looks the same to me
oh god did ya close my eyes

people wadin’ thru the snow
don’t they look at where they go
the sun is hugh
the valley low
why can’t i tell them what i know

everybody looks the same to me
oh me oh my
everybody looks the same to me
oh god i really try
oh god i really try

credits

from RIDGEMONT ST, released April 19, 1975

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

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

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:

Bandcamp Daily  your guide to the world of Bandcamp

On Bandcamp Radio

Seafood Sam joins the show to discuss his newest album, " Standing On Giant Shoulders".
listen now