We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Before Call Display

by Peach on a beach

/
  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      $1 CAD

     

about

The song is inspired from an epic prank phone call session I orchestrated with my brother during our early teens circa 1984. One day after school while our mom was working, we called ~ 10 cabs, pizza shops, Chinese take-outs and a bottle exchange, then watched them all arrive across the street at the neighbour's house.

lyrics

Who are you going to call first
You’ll see
Shhh quiet it’s ringing
Good evening House of Hum
Yeah I’ll take combo number five for delivery to (beep) Marvin Street
Mr. Sheeves is going to be pissed

Home alone after school
Ideal time to be a fool
Yellow pages in our hands
To hatch a devilish plan

While looking out for our mom
We’d ring up the House of Hum
Taxi cabs and pizza shops
We just couldn’t stop

We peaked out the window
While waiting for the show
Then the cars started to appear
From calls we engineered

Watching safely from inside
Laughing so hard that we cried
At the take outs from all around
And the bottle exchange downtown

The neighbours opened the door
Saw three or four cabs maybe more
This was the price they’d pay
Before call display

The drivers talked to one other
The prank they would soon discover
We, the culprits were unknown
Long before the iPhone

Woodside Pizza
Yeah I’d like an extra large pepperoni
Delivery

We would continue to spy
From the corner of our eye
And while we were binging on pringles
Cabbies chatted and they mingled

A cabbie reached into his pocket
Bought a pizza from the street market
Turned lemons to lemonade
They rose above the fray

Hey look, Mr. Sheeves is answering the door

The neighbours opened the door
(I didn’t order a pizza)
Saw three or four cabs maybe more
This was the price they’d pay
Before call display

The drivers talked to each other
The prank they would discover
We, the culprits were unknown
Long before the iPhone

But Mom came home early after work
From her job as a tax clerk
Asked us about the kerfuffle
And why the curtains were ruffled

Then she says
I don’t have any proof
But you boys are acting aloof
Go over and apologize
Or get grounded as your prize

Is Mr. Sheeves still staring over here
Yeah
Oh boy

The neighbours opened the door
Saw three or four cabs maybe more
This was the price they’d pay
Before call display

The drivers talked to one another
The prank they would soon discover
We, the culprits were unknown
Long before the iPhone

Before the iPhone
Before the iPhone
We, the culprits were unknown
Long before the iPhone
This was the price they’d pay
Before call display
Before call display
Before call display
This was the price they’d pay
Before call display
Before call display
Before call display

Oh yeah we pranked before Frank
(Oh yeah)
Before Frank Rizzo
(That’s right)
We pranked before Frank
(Uh-huh)
Before Frank Rizzo
(Yeah)

credits

released April 1, 2023
Lead vocals, music, and lyrics by Larry Peach
Additional vocals by Marshall, Owen and Amy Paradis
Mixed and mastered by Paul Morris (Music Box Studio in Clare)

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

Peach on a beach Nova Scotia

Peach on a beach (Larry Peach) is a Nova Scotia singer-songwriter and electronic artist creating nostalgic vibes. Influenced by 80s new wave & hip hop, 90s electro & comedy rock.

Debut single "Beeping and Bleeping" is about growing up in video arcades during the early 80s. 2nd single "Pizza Corner" is a tribute to the iconic Halifax landmark.

Debut album release online June 30. CD late July.
... more

contact / help

Contact Peach on a beach

Streaming and
Download help

Report this track or account

If you like Peach on a beach, you may also like: