Tom & Doug - The Music & The Madness

Volume 2 - Love Songs

"These Guys Know What Love Is"

Songs on Volume 2 include:

1. The Girl From Ipanema -- The classic bossa nova tune, newly translated from the Portuguese by Tom and Doug to show you the TRUTH of what happened on that beach in Brazil. (sample)
2. Force Myself to Stop -- Live at the new Riverside Cafe, Minneapolis, MN - the true story of flesh-spitting acid balls of skunk... or something like that...
3. These Guys Know What Love Is -- The title and a sexy French woman say it all to a Cuban beat!
4. Love Honor Cherish -- This is the actual song that Doug wrote for his first marriage. That may explain why it was his first marriage.
5. Compelling -- A new jazz standard, describing the compelling feeling of love. Note the change from 6/8 to 5/8 and back in the middle...
6. Hey, Would You Buy Me Beer? -- How foolish are men in love? Yes, this foolish.
7. Love is a Myth -- Don't blame it on us, if you didn't want to know.
8. Here Comes My Ball and Chain -- A classic love song that was immensely popular in 1927, and it baffles us why.
9. To the Virgins Living in Sin -- A modern interpretation of the classic poem by Robert Herrick.
10. Put Your Name upon the Truth -- Here we tell you the secret of love - truth is just truth.
11. Our Love Song -- The flip side of love.
12. Goofy Guy's Love Song-- An honest, heartfelt love song by a guy who just doesn't have all the right words.
13. I Want to Tell You -- A theme and variations on love. Doug's only collaboration with Ludwig van Beethoven. Doug says, "He was kind of cool to work with, but the jerk drank all my beer." (sample)
14. Mucho Mucho Grand -- An important multicultural "torch" song, in which Tom actually sets himself on fire and the fire must be put out. Live at Cafe Improv, Princeton, NJ.
15. Bored, Punched, and Augered -- Sometimes our dreams don't work out like we had hoped, and all we can do is try to accept it with grace and dignity. If you know how to do that, please let us know.
16. Billie Jean -- A classic "love" song sung with all the sensitivity you expect from us. (sample)
17. TLC -- This is about... well, she knows who she is...
18. Seizure at the Strip Club -- A true story! (sample)
19. Blue Shifted -- Nothing says love like Doppler shift physics.