Anton Barbeau es un ente creativo que, en un año bastante caótico para la humanidad, llegara con su sencillo, Manbird, para relajar el ambiente, tanto así que el álbum homónimo a éste tema se colocara como uno de nuestros 20 Discos para sobrevivir al Fin del Mundo, más para continuar la labor promocional del mismo, nos presenta un animado vídeo promocional correspondiente al segundo track del primero de dos discos que integran ésta obra.

Across The Drama Pond es la bitácora de viaje que, más allá de reseñar puntos de abordaje y descenso, da cuenta de cómo es que la vida nos coloca en un punto en el cuál, sin darnos cuenta, nos convertimos no sólo al estándar de «obras maestras de marca producidas en serie» y baladas, sino en aquéllo que, en nuestros años mozos, juramos combatir.

Anton Barbeau, Across The Drama Pond…

One of the New Wave boys
I was no Punk Rock Legend in the wings
(But daddy said you was)
Buckets of broken toys
I took my teenage temper out on things
(But daddy said you was)
One of the New Wave Boys

Across the drama pond we go
From LHR to SFO
The Richmond bridge is crumbling
Across the drama pond

Me in my tight, black jeans
I rode that moped like a minor god
(Captain Midtown was my name)
I never left the grid for fear I’d lose my innocence abroad
(Magpie Weekly was my fame)
Me in my tight black jeans

Across the drama pond, do tell
From LAX to TXL
Meine damen und herren go to hell
Across the drama pond farewell
We’ll see y’all back here sometime soon
For milk and cookies, old cartoons
Across the drama pond hello
Across the drama pond

Throbbing headache on a 10 hour flight
And you can’t feel your fingers or your toes
You’re running late but life won’t wait
There it comes and here it goes

Now, back in Bakersfield I grew a hip hot Billy Gibbons beard
(Mama told me not to strum)
A cowboy debonair, I cried «I’m finally Brian-Wilson-weird!»
(Pick with the finger and the thumb)
Look, I’m a balladeer!

Across the drama pond we go
From LHR to SFO
The Richmond bridge is crumbling
Across the drama pond we sing
Across the drama pond, do tell
From LAX to TXL
Meine damen und herren go to hell
Across the drama pond farewell
Across the drama pond we go
From LHR to SFO
The Richmond bridge is crumbling
Across the drama pond we sing

Across The Drama Pond