FIREWALL/PROXY



performed on:
One of the first songs Nick Parker ever wrote (formerly titled "Music Store"), this is simply a humorous list of bands. It's the usual keyboard-heavy stuff for the first recordings, having been one of the songs tackled during the "Nachos"/"Funk" era. It appeared live twice, two years after it was written, once in a medley and once in a standard arrangement as the final encore. The studio version has yet to appear.

On the Science Tour, the song returned with a shorter intro and two additional verses about college students unable to use file-sharing services. The band's stance on Napster and other such MP3 sites is unknown. Although in early performances the band lists were always improvised, on the twelve Science Tour performances the same lists were always recited. This is the version supplied below.


[2001 version]:
So you wanted higher education
And you wanted to be a success
But you didn't know that on campus
You can't use Kazaa or WinMX

These are some hair bands you can't download
Winger
Whitesnake
Damn Yankees
Def Leppard
Poison
Nelson
Van Halen
Motley Crue
GWAR
Foreigner
Guns 'n' Roses
Weezer
Bloodhag

You love some rock
And some disco
And some country
And some techno

These are some hip hop groups you can't download
Jurassic 5
Eric B & Rakim
De La Soul
Public Enemy
N.W.A.
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five
Run-D.M.C.
The Roots
A Tribe Called Quest
Black Eyed Peas
Sugarhill Gang
Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony
Wu-Tang Clan
Sheryl Crow
Y'all So Stupid

You love some metal
And some punk
And some world
And some funk
But you can't get MP3s
Of any fucking genre
You stupid loser

These are some progressive bands you can't download
Yes
Rush
Pink Floyd
The Alan Parsons Project
Steppenwolf
Asia
King Crimson
Journey
Steely Dan
Traffic
Jethro Tull
REO Speedwagon
Styx
Genesis
Queen
A.C.

'Cause you're behind a firewall
A proxy