Deep in the South of Texas not so long ago,Balinese Room logo
there on a crowded island in the Gulf of Mexico.
It didn’t take too much money, man, but it sure was nice.
You could dance all night if you felt all right, drinking whiskey and throwing dice.
And everybody knows it was hard to leave.
And everybody knows it was down at the Balinese.“Balinese,” ZZ Top, Fandango!, 1975
Okay, so I’m fully aware that I’m dancing on a precipice here, to make this comment at all, because I realize that it’s probably de rigueur for me, as a native Texan, to reflexively adore hometown Houston band ZZ Top, right? (*yawn*)
Well, no, homies, not reflexively, no (I like the band but with a couple of caveats) so do take a powder and get over it. Read the rest of this entry »
