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TELL US WHERE THE MONEY WENT
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FROM AVALANCHE'S JUNE-JULY 2009 RECORDING SESSIONS AND THE NEW CD. A SONG ABOUT THE CURRENT BANKING CRISIS...AND THE CROOKS THAT CAUSED IT.
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HARD ROCK BAND THAT BLENDS HEAVY BRITISH AND SOUTHERN ROCK styleS. TOUR DATES INCLUDE GIGS WITH AC/DC, DERRINGER, PAT TRAVERS BAND...AND WERE CONSIDERED AS
AVALANCHE is defined by Webster's as: "an unstoppable natural force"...and this all-original rock band certainly seems to fit that definition...overcoming the odds to produce some of the very best original hard rock anywhere! With an unorthodox strategy for success in 1978 (which included 18 months of intense rehearsals, their own record label, $75,000.00 worth of state-of-the-art stage gear, and a record on over a dozen New England radio stations for three months...all before ever playing a live gig) AVALANCHE's debut show was attended by over 3500 people..and the band was immediately playing to sold-out shows and standing room only crowds wherever they appeared. Within a month after their first gig, AVALANCHE was headlining in large club venues, and shortly after that, the band was opening tour dates and sharing concert stages on AC/DC's "Highway To Hell" tour, as well as with DERRINGER, and THE PAT TRAVERS BAND. They were also considered as a tour opener for TOTO's First U.S. Tour. A tight and well rehearsed rock-n-roll machine...this band did whatever was necessary to bring studio-quality hard rock to the live-concert stage...and they did it without the support of a major record label. Now recording again, with all the surviving members of the original lineup...here is the first new AVALANCHE music in over twenty years...as well as some of their old music too, (most of the recordings have never been available before). AVALANCHE continues to defy the odds with their staying power and persistence...and by remaining "unstoppable"...they are here NOW....for you to sample and enjoy! Click here for official Avalanche band website GOLDEN SUN RECORDS
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Music: Michael Foster
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Copyright 2009
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May 09, 2010
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TELL US WHERE THE MONEY WENT Copyright 2009 by CRYSTAL MAGIC MUSIC PUBLISHING (ASCAP) Music and Lyrics by: Michael Foster Arranged, Produced, and Mixed by: Michael Foster Engineered by: Mark Easton Recorded in July, 2009 at ROUGH CUT STUDIO...... Eastford, Conn. Mixed in November, 2009 at GOLDEN SUN STUDIO.....North Palm Beach, Florida. Michael Foster: Guitar (Left), Vocals, Electric guitar (Wah) Solos. Mark Easton: Guitar (Right), Backing Vocals, Electric guitar solos. Barry Easton: Drums. Michael Corsini: Bass. Stephanie Krowka: Backing Vocals. This is a song that I originally wrote most of the music for in 1986...but rewrote and rearranged this year (2009) along with the lyrics. It is a song about the Financial meltdown of September, 2008...and the trillion dollar plus "bailout" (TARP) authorized by the Bush Administration, only days before they were voted out of power by angry American voters. The unbelievable numbers...combined with the fact that there were no safeguards, no conditions, and no accountability attached to that bailout means that without a doubt...we all just witnessed the greatest heist ever successfully pulled off...and it was all done right in front of us...simply because those who wield the political power in this Corporate-controlled government knew there was nothing anyone could do to stop it...because the only people who really could...are the problem. For all intents and purposes the U.S. Treasury was looted...and the crooks that did it took everything they could find...and then took more....saying that the sheer size of the "bailout" required the printing of new money...even though doing that just devalues all U.S currency...which means whatever money people might have has a lower net value...and buys even less than it did before the "bailout" happenned...which just further weakens an economy that is already teetering on the brink. The World Economy is built on an increasingly fragile "house of cards"...and the catastrophe this meltdown actually was for millions of people, as they watched their homes foreclosed on...and their retirement funds, life savings, and pensions shrink to a fraction of what they were...is nothing compared to what is coming...when that house of cards finally collapses under the weight of it's own greed. The song's title is simply what millions of hard working people are asking themselves every day...as they continue to see Wall St. hot shots reward themselves with multi-million dollar bonuses...paid for by taxpayer dollars from that "bailout"....bonuses that should never even happen. Bonuses are supposed to reflect good work and profitability for the companies those executives work for...rather than rewards for dangerous, unwise, and unethical business practices, and ultimately dismal leadership and abject failure, that ultimately gambled and lost the investments of millions of people...so that a few wealthy people might get richer. When banks and investment firms have grown so large that they are deemed "too large to fail" (because the entire world economy would fail with them)...then it could only happen as a result of the complicity of their "paid employees" (masquerading as "public servants" in Congress, the Senate, and other positions of great power), who have eliminated the Anti-Trust laws that used to make these business practices and these monopolies illegal. The anti-trust laws that used to exist to prevent this very thing from happening have been systematically eliminated....or de-regulated. Today...corporations ARE the government...and the laws today are designed for one reason only: to increase their profits...regardless of the human cost to the populations that government is supposed to protect. It's an angry song...and that's because this stuff really pisses me off. Sometimes...the only voice left to call this what it really is...is the sarcastic angry voice of rock and roll. Nobody who's voice actually gets heard,
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TELL US WHERE THE MONEY WENT Lyrics by: Michael Foster (Copyright 2009 by Crystal Magic Music Publishing). 1st VERSE (Tell us where the money went!) When bankers get a bailout...and leave us with our hand out...I think that something's stinking... (Tell us where the money went) And all the folks on Main Street scramble for a new seat...on a ship that's sinking.... (Tell us where the money went) We got foxes in the henhouse... 'Cause we hand them the keys.... Is it smoke...is it mirrors? NO! The place is on fire! UNISON CHORUS Tell us where the money went! Print the money... get it spent. Forget your mortgage....PAY YOUR RENT! Corporation Government... VOCAL BRIDGE They want to steal your future... They want all your stuff... Can't you see the big picture? Enough's NEVER enough! You'd better learn how to like it... And if you don't....THAT'S TOUGH! 'Cause when Greed is your Master... Then the game gets...rough. REPEAT UNISON CHORUS SECOND VOCAL BRIDGE Crooks inside the Treasury... Strip the cupboards bare... Stealing all that they see.... 'Cause they just don't care... Take your house and your savings... Can we make you a deal? Ten cents on the dollar... Is such a.....STEAL! GUITAR SOLOS (Mark, Mike) REPEAT 1st VOCAL BRIDGE OUTRO GUITAR SOLOS (Mark, Mike, Mark, Mike) END.
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Roger John
Feb 15, 2012
Well it went where it always goes to the greedy and powerful. Great social commentary this song......nice rocking beat...
Strictly Rhythm
Mar 26, 2011
Great song Mike. You hit the nail right on the head with your lyrics. Awesome guitar work. Peace Bill
Gary Powers
Feb 09, 2011
A good " Hard Driving " Rock song ! Good sound and Mixing on this one, with a straight forward message ! Good Job ! thanks, Gary
Frankfurt Dialog Company
Jan 06, 2010
You ROCK NAV and gang! Well I don´t know where it went anyway.... And I guess we see how corrupt things are, really. Great stuff here pointing at those who are to blame. And you find the exactly appropriate language both in music and words here. Great guitars and voc for sure! Love it!
Alderman
Dec 10, 2009
Awsome rock with great lyrics. Well done! Take care Leif