Biography:
Formed in 1993, Scott McCaughey designed The Minus 5 as a pop collective, with each record the group put out featuring a new lineup. Throughout these releases, he worked the most frequently with R.E.M.'s Peter Buck, who was featured on the group's eponymous debut EP, which was only released through They Might Be Giants' mail-order record club, Hello CD of the Month Club in 1994.
Their full-length debut album Old Liquidator was released in 1995, and the Minus 5's lineup consisted of McCaughey
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From the album - Down with Wilco. If you don't have it - go get it!
Retrieval of You
Minus 5
G Am C G
I drive by airports three days a day
C
Synchronizing every single move
G Am C G
It's on the airwaves you're coming my way
C
Sure I don't have much to lose
D Am
I'm a fumbled rekkid star
D Am
They call me DJ Mini-mart
D
'Cause that's where I work
Chorus:
G C D
Everybody knows I fell afoul of fame
Am D
And you're to blame that I'm What's-His-Name
G C D
I'm setting an example-you're the one I choose
Am D G
For page two news, it's my retrieval of you
G Am C G
I'm right be-hind you, don't turn a-round
C
I was the one that cut your first song
G Am C G
Get in the backseat, keep your head down
C
Didn't I shout it out all night long?
D Am
Now I'm a fabled rekkid star
D Am
They call me DJ Mini-mart
D
'Cause that's where I work
G C D
Everybody knows I fell afoul of fame
Am D
And you're to blame that I'm What's-His-Name
G C D
I'm setting an example-you're the one I choose
Am D G
For page two news, it's my retrieval of you
D G C
Ba-bada-ba-bada-ba-bada-ba-bada-ba baaaaaaa baa baa
G Am C G
I've got a boxcar with blankets and bread
C
In Sector 9 where no one goes
G Am C G
I brought a pillow for that precious head
C D
You'll be fine once you get to know me a-gain
D Am
I'm a fumbled rekkid star
D Am
They call me DJ Mini-mart
D
'Cause that's where I work
G C D
Everybody knows I fell afoul of fame
Am D
And you're to blame that I'm What's-His-Name
G C D
I'm setting an example-you're the one I choose
Am D G
For page two news, it's my retrieval of you
G Am C D G
I drive by airports practicing re-trieval of you
D G C
Ba-bada-ba-bada-ba-bada-ba-bada-ba baaaaaaa baa baa
From the album - Down with Wilco. If you don't have it - go get it!
Retrieval of You
Minus 5
G Am C G
I drive by airports three days a day
C
Synchronizing every single move
G Am C G
It's on the airwaves you're coming my way
C
Sure I don't have much to lose
D Am
I'm a fumbled rekkid star
D Am
They call me DJ Mini-mart
D
'Cause that's where I work
Chorus:
G C D
Everybody knows I fell afoul of fame
Am D
And you're to blame that I'm What's-His-Name
G C D
I'm setting an example-you're the one I choose
Am D G
For page two news, it's my retrieval of you
G Am C G
I'm right be-hind you, don't turn a-round
C
I was the one that cut your first song
G Am C G
Get in the backseat, keep your head down
C
Didn't I shout it out all night long?
D Am
Now I'm a fabled rekkid star
D Am
They call me DJ Mini-mart
D
'Cause that's where I work
G C D
Everybody knows I fell afoul of fame
Am D
And you're to blame that I'm What's-His-Name
G C D
I'm setting an example-you're the one I choose
Am D G
For page two news, it's my retrieval of you
D G C
Ba-bada-ba-bada-ba-bada-ba-bada-ba baaaaaaa baa baa
G Am C G
I've got a boxcar with blankets and bread
C
In Sector 9 where no one goes
G Am C G
I brought a pillow for that precious head
C D
You'll be fine once you get to know me a-gain
D Am
I'm a fumbled rekkid star
D Am
They call me DJ Mini-mart
D
'Cause that's where I work
G C D
Everybody knows I fell afoul of fame
Am D
And you're to blame that I'm What's-His-Name
G C D
I'm setting an example-you're the one I choose
Am D G
For page two news, it's my retrieval of you
G Am C D G
I drive by airports practicing re-trieval of you
D G C
Ba-bada-ba-bada-ba-bada-ba-bada-ba baaaaaaa baa baa
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