PUBLISHED: Nov 29, 2014
DESCRIPTION:
This is my unofficial music video for "Top Floor, Bottom Buzzer" by the '90s alternative rock band Morphine, from their final studio album, "The Night" (2000). (See more below.)
The footage is from the experimental film, "Dreams That Money Can Buy" (1947), directed by Hans Richter:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreams_That_Money_Can_Buy
Purchase "The Night" by Morphine on Amazon:
http://amzn.com/B000046PUL
Morphine on Wikipedia:
http://bit.ly/105oOum
Vapors of Morphine:
http://www.vaporsofmorphine.com/
Morphine "Journey of Dreams" (trailer, 2014):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP8GveAL0ZA
http://morphinemovie.vhx.tv/
https://amzn.com/B01M9CNLU4
Cure for Pain: The Mark Sandman Story (2011):
https://amzn.com/B009A4WOTW
Mark Sandman/Morphine fan page on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/marksandmanmorphine
LYRICS:
First we'll pick Priscilla up. And then we'll stop for Jane.
And Mary Ellen needs a ride. We're going by her place.
We're going to a party. Our friends will all be there.
I got the directions. It's across the river somewhere.
We rang the top floor, bottom buzzer.
Top floor, bottom buzzer. Top floor, bottom buzzer.
The middle won't work. Ring the one under.
Priscilla's in the kitchen she's mixing drinks.
She's mixing one for me I think.
And one for Mary Ellen and one for Jane.
Priscilla, she knows how to use a shaker.
She doesn't get up as early as a baker. Uh huh.
There's a muchacha, teaching me to mambo.
There's my buddy Pete eyeing a bowl of combos.
Ramona and a man do a tango dip. Cheek to cheek, hip to hip, come on.
The window's open it's the heart of the summer.
More people coming looking for the number.
Mary Ellen sees them she has a little stutter. She yells...
T-top floor, b-bottom buzzer. Top floor, bottom buzzer.
Top floor, bottom buzzer. Top floor, bottom buzzer.
The middle won't work. Ring the one under. Come on. Woo.
It was later it was after two.
We found a bottle of good chartreuse.
The lights were green and gold. We played Latin soul.
By the time Priscilla put the Al Green on the bottle was gone.
On the top floor, bottom buzzer.
Top floor, bottom buzzer. Top floor, bottom buzzer.
The middle won't work. Ring the one under. Come on. Woo.
Top floor, bottom buzzer. Top floor, bottom buzzer.
Top floor, bottom buzzer. The middle won't work. Ring the one under. Come on. Woo.
"Top Floor Bottom Buzzer" © 2000 DreamWorks Records