The
crisp, clear, and clean upper-frequency guitar that opens “Chinese Restaurant” functios as the initial announcement that the song is one that deservingly demands the listener’s
attention. The guitar’s gleaming characteristics remind us of “Chasing Sleep”
by The Good Williams Fringe (starting at the 1:42 mark – CLICK HERE for the
song), but with a subtle nod to the cinematic shimmer of the guitar intro of David
Bowie’s “China Girl. The three guitars don’t share melodies, but they’re bound
by a tonal DNA - crisp, bright, and precise.
Radio
Free Alice were originally formed in Sydney in 2020, but are now
based in Melbourne. The members are Noah Learmonth (vocals, guitar),
Jules Paradiso (guitar), Michael Phillips (bass, saxophone), and Lochie Dowd (drums).
In explaining the inspiration of “Chinese Restaurant,”
Noah Learmonth said:
“The
idea for Chinese Restaurant came while touring the UK, surrounded by this
overwhelming sense of living in the past. Every venue had a punny name nodding
to some bygone legend, places like ‘EBGBS’ (a riff on CBGB) or ‘The Stoned Rose.’
Driving around the UK in this tour van felt like wandering through the
aftermath of a house party that was definitely over, but no one seemed capable
of moving on from.”
“Chinese
Restaurant” by Radio Free Alice
Lyrics of “Chinese Restaurant” by Radio Free
Alice
I've been watching the tv screen
And I've been getting all huffed and puffed
About the things that they say to me
And then the things that they do to us
You know the Birmingham 666
Oh oh oh oh
Marry me in a Chinese restaurant
White light, sulphate
Couldn't keep me up
These old men
Yeah they know we can kick ‘em out
Or I could kick him in the mouth and say
Do dootle do do
I used to think that the past meant nothing
Because it's always been out of style
But now I see it's the future that's forgotten
Traded in for a greater past
But if you give it to me
A gallery of dead Rockstars
From 1984
The necrophiliac-ac alter
Pray to Glastonbury me
And now it's all gone u-u-under
They made the rockumentary
About the smashing of ancient taboos
They thought would set them free
Marry me in a Chinese restaurant
White light, sulphate
Couldn't keep me up
These old men
Yeah they know we can kick ‘em out
Or I could kick him in the mouth and say
Do dootle do do
Marry me in a Chinese restaurant
White light, sulphate
Couldn't keep me up
These old men
Yeah ya know we can kick ‘em out
Or I could kick him in the mouth and say
Do dootle do do
I used to think about
I used to think about
I used to think about
Do dootle do do
Marry me in a Chinese restaurant
White light, sulphate
Couldn't keep me up
These old men
Yeah ya know we can kick em out
Yeah ya know we can kick em out
And I've been getting all huffed and puffed
About the things that they say to me
And then the things that they do to us
Oh oh oh oh
White light, sulphate
Couldn't keep me up
These old men
Yeah they know we can kick ‘em out
Or I could kick him in the mouth and say
Do dootle do do
Because it's always been out of style
But now I see it's the future that's forgotten
Traded in for a greater past
A gallery of dead Rockstars
From 1984
The necrophiliac-ac alter
Pray to Glastonbury me
They made the rockumentary
About the smashing of ancient taboos
They thought would set them free
White light, sulphate
Couldn't keep me up
These old men
Yeah they know we can kick ‘em out
Or I could kick him in the mouth and say
Do dootle do do
White light, sulphate
Couldn't keep me up
These old men
Yeah ya know we can kick ‘em out
Or I could kick him in the mouth and say
Do dootle do do
I used to think about
I used to think about
Do dootle do do
White light, sulphate
Couldn't keep me up
These old men
Yeah ya know we can kick em out
Yeah ya know we can kick em out
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