1. I MET HER ON A MONDAY
"Well we left the club together and we walked the snowy sidewalks
All the way to her apartment on Barclay Street
She lived on the third floor and as she unlocked the door
In the quiet of the night I pulled her close to me"
-Lively Rock Song. (A revealing "day by day" insider's report on a flowering romance.)
2. RIDING DOWN THE HIGHWAY
"I put the radio low 'cause she's fast asleep
The newsman talks but I'm not listening
A deadly young woman has just escaped from a hospital for the criminal insane"
-Rock ballad, highway adventure
3. BILLY THE BOOT
"Back in Montreal in a waterfront hotel, fightin' with a sailor until he slipped and fell"
-Rock ballad about a Montreal street legend
4. IT'S ALRIGHT
"The city's still sleeping when I open my eyes
The smell of fresh coffee and I start to rise
I walk to the kitchen see you standin' there
Wearin' one of my shirts and your long lovely hair
And it's alright"
-Jazz rap. The cab driver, the school teacher and a rainy day, cool yeah...
5. SHEILA DOES NOT LOVE HIM ANYMORE
-Pop / Jazz love song with "Casino crooner" vocals
6. CANDACE
"Candace don't look back, there's someone after you"
-Haunting sweet ballad. Is this the woman from Carnival Of Souls?
7. THE BALLAD OF I MET HER ON A MONDAY
"On a lonely Monday night when everything went right
In a smokey club while it snowed outside
I met a girl named Rita from the Universitia..."
-Pop ballad, tear jerking. (The full story of track # 1)
8. SHE'S MY GIRL TONIGHT
Electrifying Pop vocals. Orchestral arrangement
9. THEY COME TO TAKE MY BABY AWAY
"Run down the stairs and they're right behind
We jump in her car we've got to take a ride
But the car will not start and they pull her out
She's a-punchin' and a-kickin' she's startin' to shout"
-Suspenseful dreamy type of song. Slow Rock / Jazz / Urban
10. MY SUBSTITUTE GIRLFRIEND
-Pop song with a "double twist" ironic ending. Lightning can strike twice (and the initials of this song are not really a hidden code for monosodium glutamate ;-)
11. THE CAVES OF MARS
"I was workin' with a lady named Mary Jane
They snatched her from her seat on a big jet plane
We were diggin' for diamonds and diggin' for gold, we wondered if we'd ever get home again
They had ten-foot tall robots with nuclear heads
They made us work hard but we were well fed
And after work when it was time to rest
Jane and I became more than just friends"
-Techno-Rock, science fiction, crazy story. The fun begins after our hero gets kidnapped by Martians and taken to that "crazy red planet high up in the sky".
12. I MET HER ON A MONDAY - REMIX
Funky version of track # 1. Groove it baby!
13. I'M YOUR MAN
"Oh I want you baby 'cause you drive me crazy, drive me half-way round the freakin' world"
-Rock. Clashy Rock! East European style intro leads to Cockney vocals
14. ONE LONDON DAY
"You're dancin' in a chorus line with all the other girls
A club in London's east side in a nineteenth century world
You sell your kisses for two pounds the rowdies buy a lot
And one thought passes through me head as I sit and watch"
-Rock. British Hooligan Rock. Nineteenth century love story from the wrong side of the tracks.
15. ONE DAY
"We're in a horse and carriage and I've paid you for the night
Riding on the cobbles I love you with all my might
The horses hooves are pounding as we gallop up that hill
The cannon fires a mighty blast and then time stands still"
-Upbeat Rock. Same story as track # 14. Lively arrangement
16. SHE'S COMING FOR YOU JOHNNY
"He paid the nurse to put a pillow on her face
But she fought back and they wrecked the place
She knocked out the nurse and took her uniform
Left her bare on the floor
Then she walked out the door"
-Upbeat Rock, wild story! "Film Noire" crime drama. "Femme fatale" is lookin' for revenge! The sequel to track # 2
17. THE BEST GIRL
"She makes me laugh when I'm feelin' down
When times are lean she always sticks around"
-Slow Pop / Rock love song with an eerie retro feel and interesting arrangements
DISCOGRAPHY:
FANTASTICA: 15 original songs. Jazzy, Lyrical, Easy listening. Includes one "religious inspirational" song, one South American style song, one vampire song and one song featuring two women having a knockout fight in a bar.
ULTRA SONGS: 13 original songs. Rock, Pop, Blues plus one South American style song, one Calypso song and one operatic duet.
DAVE'S COUNTRY: 13 original songs. Country & Western. Gunfighter ballads, train songs & love songs.
Includes one "truck driving" song and one "Cajun vocals" song.
WHEN: 14 original songs. Rock, Pop, Rock-A-Billy, Swingin' Crooner, Europop plus one Jungle song and one Eastern European style song.
ONE DAY: 17 original songs. Rock & Pop. Upbeat album with exciting stories.
Includes 2 "Cockney rocker" songs.
SECRET AGENT: 14 original songs about outlaws, androids, witches, fighters, lovers, strippers and secret agents.
Rock, Pop, Swingin' Crooner, Country & Western.
Includes songs with thrilling cinematic stories.
ADVENTURE: 16 original songs. Rock, Americana, Pop, Folk, Country, Urban. Great musical back-up, strong vocals & gripping stories about bounty hunters, gangsters, strippers, vampires, werewolves, vikings, wizards, romance, action, suspense and UFOs.
All seven David Rubin albums are available right here at CD Baby
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