The Frog

by The Montana Musical Experiments Project

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Performed in the style of Syd Barrett's Pink Floyd and based on a Hilaire Belloc poem, The Frog is a semi-acoustic nod to the dreamy naive world of the late great Syd Barrett.

archive.org/details/badchildsbookofb00bell_0/page/44/mode/2up

Recorded and mixed March 2-5 2021.

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Be kind and gentle to the Frog
And do not call him names,
As ‘ Slimy skin,’ or ‘ Polly-wog,’
Or likewise ‘ Ugly James,’
Or ‘ Gape-a-grin,’ or ‘Toad-gone-wrong,’
Or ‘ Billy Bandy-knees’

Be kind and gentle to the Frog
And do not call him names,

As ‘ Slimy skin,’ or ‘ Polly-wog,’
Or likewise ‘ Ugly James,’
Or ‘ Gape-a-grin,’ or ‘Toad-gone-wrong,’
Or ‘ Billy Bandy-knees’

The Frog is justly sensitive
To epithets like these.

No animal will more repay
A treatment kind and fair ; At least

so lonely people say
Who keeps a frog and by the way....
These are extremely rare.

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released March 5, 2021
Based on a poem by Hilaire Belloc, from "The bad child's book of beasts" 1875.

Guitar, vocals and backing vocals: Alexander Ahlstrand.

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Born 1977, Alexander Ahlstrand is the primary driving force behind experimental indie rock outfit Montana Musical Experiments Project. Ahlstrand produces the music in the privacy of his own home, like he always has.

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