Darn Floor-Big Bite
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Darn Floor - Big Bite is the title of an album by rock band Daniel Amos, released in 1987 on Frontline Records.
DA followed the critically acclaimed Alarma! Chronicles four part album series with this album which left many scratching their heads. Although it was praised by many fans and critics, it became one of DA's worst selling albums, rejected by an industry which, ironically, didn't understand what it meant.
The title of the album came from an indident involving Koko the gorilla, who had been trained to understand limited amounts of American Sign Language. Koko reacted to an earthquake with the words "Darn darn floor bad bite. Trouble trouble." The general lyrical theme of the album is comparing Koko's limited and inadequate understanding of the earthquake, to man's limited and inadequate understanding of life's mysteries.
The album is also heavily inspired by the works of Czeslaw Milosz especially songs like "The Unattainable Earth" (which was named after one of Milosz' books), "Safety Net", "Pictures of the Gone World", "Divine Instant", and "Half Light, Epoch, and Phase". Taylor also incorporated several lines from the book Little, Big by John Crowley into his lyrics, including the line "I drink you endlessly toward my hollow heart" in the song "Earth Household." Taylor's love for Annie Dillard comes through strongly with the final song, "The Shape Of Air", which features an all star choir.
In 1987, DA was Terry Scott Taylor on guitars and vocals, Greg Flesch on lead guitars, Pan Flute, and Squeeze Box, Tim Chandler on bass guitar, and Ed McTaggart on drums.
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Side One:
- "Return of the Beat Menace" (Words by Taylor, Music by Taylor/Flesch/Chandler)
- "Strange Animals" (Words by Taylor, Music by Taylor/Flesch/Chandler)
- "Darn Floor - Big Bite" (Words by Taylor, Music by Taylor/Flesch/Chandler)
- "Earth Household" (Words by Taylor, Music by Taylor/Flesch/Chandler)
- "Safety Net" (Words by Taylor, Music by Taylor/Flesch/Chandler)
Side Two:
- "Pictures of the Gone World" (Words by Taylor, Music by Taylor/Flesch/Chandler)
- "Divine Instant" (Words by Taylor, Music by Taylor/Flesch/Chandler)
- "Half Light, Epoch and Phase" (Words by Taylor, Music by Taylor/Flesch/Chandler)
- "The Unattainable Earth" (Words by Taylor, Music by Taylor/Flesch/Chandler)
- "The Shape of Air" (Taylor)