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The New Retro Theme (with UMRO)

from Live and Studio Projects 2008​-​2010 by New Retro

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    If you didn't know then it's time you knew- The old retro's old and the New Retro's new.

    The opening number from the critically-acclaimed orchestral show from April 2010, "The New Retro Theme" is, as explained by Aubrey, "the song that's in the bands' heads when they walk down the street."

    Video from show:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4M021F0FaE
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With University of Maryland Repertoire Orchestra on April 28, 2010 at Clarence Smith Performing Arts Center.

lyrics

If you didn't know then it's time you knew
The old retro's old and the new retro's new
If you need the soul then don't play the fool
If you didn't know then I'm talking to you.

They called us liars
And they wouldn't get down
And they said "Who are you trying
To get up off 'a the ground?"
But once the state becomes dire
How are you sitting around?
If you don't hate messing with the fire
Hell ain't as bad as it sounds.

We crossed the deep blue sea
We walked the desert sands
We thought that we knew the
Path to the promised land
But fear and hatred went through me
When we learned that the mission was damned
Then steered the path a new way to be
Two turns ahead of the man.

credits

from Live and Studio Projects 2008​-​2010, released January 25, 2011
Written by Enoch Rowe. Composed and Arranged by Dave Matthews. Conducted by John Devlin.

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New Retro Maryland

New Retro is a funk/hip-hop band from College Park MD, performing live in the greater Washington DC region. The core membership of funk (lead vocalist Che Adams, percussionist Jason Stewart, and bassist Enoch Rowe) have been performing together since 2005. The introduction of hip-hop came with lyricist Chris "I Go By the General" Henri (2010) and producer/lyricist Sam "Samu-L" Chafin (2011) ... more

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