"A voice to turn good girls bad...Maybe crazy but damn exciting."
-- The Village Voice
"One of America's best -- and most underrated -- songwriters."
-- PopMatters
“For all his simplicity, Reid is like nobody else.”
-- Seattle Weekly
"What? You want some kind of description of the artist and his music? Just fucking listen to the guy and enjoy his prowess."
-- Frank Black a.k.a. Black Francis
"The bastard child of Sinatra and Lemmy. Great epic, minimalist rock tunes with that end of the night feel."
--Random Magazine UK
"Possessed with the voice of a drunken wolf. Songs that roar."
--Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Best Of Manhattan"
-- New York Press
"Best Actual Gig of the Year. Very very impressive."
--Sleazegrinder UK
"A proudly weird talent with a nervy raw appeal."
--Time Out New York
"A soot-black sense of humor as biting as an underfed Rottweiler."
--Cleveland Free Times
"An unholy howl of a voice."
-- CMJ New Music Monthly
"Reduce-you-to-tears razor wit...Reid Paley ought to be a household name."
--Pittsburgh City Paper
"One of the East Coast's best-kept secrets, his wryly misanthropic schtick is all his own. Live, he is the Bill Hicks of the blues. You need to see him."
--What's On In London
"Straightforward, sarcastic, funny and gifted at putting a song together."
--New York Press
"For fans of churlish honesty and unaffected one-man shows, REVIVAL is a nonstop riot."
--San Francisco Weekly
"A jarring reminder of what rock'n'roll once was and could be again."
--The Washington Times
"Reid Paley is the kind of artist Seattle loves."
--The Stranger
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lyrics
MY BOYISH HEART (Reid Paley)
She had blue eyes
And pretty yellow hair
We drank til quarter after three
She was a rebel
She wore no underwear
She asked what mental illness meant to me
You think you’re toying with my boyish heart
I understand your urge to stoop so low
I’d rather that you try a working part
Sometimes it’s best to stick to what you know
She had black hair
And pretty yellow eyes
I found her drowning in vermouth
There were blood stains
And pretty yellow lies
They sounded so much prettier than the truth
You think you’re toying with my boyish heart
I understand your urge to stoop so low
I’d rather that you try a working part
Sometimes it’s best to stick to what you know
[Spirited Instrumental Bridge]
You think you’re toying with my boyish heart
I understand your urge to stoop so low
I’d rather that you try a working part
Sometimes it’s best to stick to what you know
What do you know
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