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Your mama's got nothing on me
Your daddy's got nothing on me
And the world that sleeps in its lunacy
It's got nothing on me
No stars got nothing on me
Your sun's got nothing on me
And the fool who sees it's the thief that needs
Has got nothing on me
You know it's not because the light here gets brighter
And it's not that I'm evil
I got a friend in the devil
But I can't even be your friend
I can't even be your friend
I can't even be your friend
I can get so wound up, but I feel alright
And if I get some rest, yeah that'd be nice
When I shouldn't do it, I still do it
What you think's got nothing to do with this
Before you were born, I was already sinning
Yeah yeah yeah
When I get too worked up, well I work it out
And if I get too down, I just shout it out
I may not have it all, but the rest will do
And it's nothing against or to do with you
Before you were born, I was already sinning
It's not because the light here is brighter
And it's not that I'm evil
I just don't like to pretend
That I could ever be your friend
If you don't listen so good, I can hum it out
Na na na na na na na na
I know I shouldn't do it, I just do it
And what you think's got nothing to do with it
Before you were born, I was already sinning
It's not because the light here is brighter
And it's not that I'm evil
I just don't like to pretend
I could be your friend
I could never be your friend
I never needed a friend
I don't wanna be friends
You'll never find a friend like me

‘Evil Friends’ by Portugal. The Man
Songwriters: John Baldwin Gourley / Brian Joseph Burton


“Evil Friends” is the lead single and title track from Portugal. The Man’s Evil Friends. The song talks about the vices of life and how he can’t live being a righteous person—it’s one step on John Gourley’sjourney of accepting that he’s an “evil friend.”
What have the artists said about the song?

We initially wrote it, and it just wasn’t right. We’d gotten to a lull in the studio where we working on a bunch of other things. It’s weird. We just craft some songs on any given day. It was missing a hook, lead line, or something. We had gotten to a different studio in L.A. We had been at Brian’s studio pretty much the whole time for a couple of months.

Then, we went into a really old school super sixties-style studio. It’s a really amazing place with tons of vintage gear. We all went into different rooms and said, ‘If you were going to make the hook or important part on your instrument, go off and do it on your own.’ That guitar riff reminded me of something Nirvana would play. It’s angsty, upbeat, and punk rock. It was pretty fun.
He also talked about the music video.

We were watching some ‘90s or early ‘00s hip-hop video. I think it was DMX or Ruff Ryders. We liked that whole crew idea with everybody on motorcycles. It’s that crew vibe. We thought it’d be rad to do something in Alaska. That’s how it started. We had him buy a shitty camcorder with night vision, bought some ski masks and clothes, and got a bunch of friends together. It was really fun. We filmed it about a half an hour from where I live at the end of this road. There are some abandoned missile silos up there.
—Zachary Carothers, Artist Direct
Source: Genius Lyrics


Evil Friends is the seventh full-length album by the Alaskan rock band Portugal. The Man. It was released on June 4, 2013 through Atlantic Records. It is the band's first collaboration with producer Danger Mouse.

The album was promoted by the singles "Evil Friends", "Purple Yellow Red and Blue" and "Modern Jesus". It received favorable reviews from music critics, and charted in the US, Austria, Germany, France and Switzerland.


Portugal. The Man is an American rock band from Wasilla, Alaska, currently based in Portland, Oregon. The group consists of John Baldwin Gourley, Zach Carothers, Kyle O'Quin, Jason Sechrist, Eric Howk and Zoe Manville. Gourley and Carothers met and began playing music together in 2001 at Wasilla High School.

The group's first two albums, from 2006 and 2007, were released on Fearless Records; they moved to Atlantic Records in 2010. On January 28, 2018, the band won "Best Pop Duo/Group Performance" for their biggest hit song "Feel It Still" at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.

The band's name is based on the idea of David Bowie's "bigger than life" fame. They wanted the band to have a bigger-than-life feel but did not want to name it after one of their members. "A country is a group of people," guitar player and vocalist John Gourley explains. "With Portugal, it just ended up being the first country that came to mind. The band's name is 'Portugal'. The period is stating that, and 'The Man' states that it's just one person" (any one of the band members). The name has a more personal meaning as well: Portugal. The Man was going to be the name of a book that Gourley had planned to write about his father and his many adventures.

Source: Wikipedia
Your mama's got nothing on me
Your daddy's got nothing on me
And the world that sleeps in its lunacy
It's got nothing on me
No stars got nothing on me
Your sun's got nothing on me
And the fool who sees it's the thief that needs
Has got nothing on me
You know it's not because the light here gets brighter
And it's not that I'm evil
I got a friend in the devil
But I can't even be your friend
I can't even be your friend
I can't even be your friend
I can get so wound up, but I feel alright
And if I get some rest, yeah that'd be nice
When I shouldn't do it, I still do it
What you think's got nothing to do with this
Before you were born, I was already sinning
Yeah yeah yeah
When I get too worked up, well I work it out
And if I get too down, I just shout it out
I may not have it all, but the rest will do
And it's nothing against or to do with you
Before you were born, I was already sinning
It's not because the light here is brighter
And it's not that I'm evil
I just don't like to pretend
That I could ever be your friend
If you don't listen so good, I can hum it out
Na na na na na na na na
I know I shouldn't do it, I just do it
And what you think's got nothing to do with it
Before you were born, I was already sinning
It's not because the light here is brighter
And it's not that I'm evil
I just don't like to pretend
I could be your friend
I could never be your friend
I never needed a friend
I don't wanna be friends
You'll never find a friend like me

‘Evil Friends’ by Portugal. The Man
Songwriters: John Baldwin Gourley / Brian Joseph Burton


“Evil Friends” is the lead single and title track from Portugal. The Man’s Evil Friends. The song talks about the vices of life and how he can’t live being a righteous person—it’s one step on John Gourley’sjourney of accepting that he’s an “evil friend.”
What have the artists said about the song?

We initially wrote it, and it just wasn’t right. We’d gotten to a lull in the studio where we working on a bunch of other things. It’s weird. We just craft some songs on any given day. It was missing a hook, lead line, or something. We had gotten to a different studio in L.A. We had been at Brian’s studio pretty much the whole time for a couple of months.

Then, we went into a really old school super sixties-style studio. It’s a really amazing place with tons of vintage gear. We all went into different rooms and said, ‘If you were going to make the hook or important part on your instrument, go off and do it on your own.’ That guitar riff reminded me of something Nirvana would play. It’s angsty, upbeat, and punk rock. It was pretty fun.
He also talked about the music video.

We were watching some ‘90s or early ‘00s hip-hop video. I think it was DMX or Ruff Ryders. We liked that whole crew idea with everybody on motorcycles. It’s that crew vibe. We thought it’d be rad to do something in Alaska. That’s how it started. We had him buy a shitty camcorder with night vision, bought some ski masks and clothes, and got a bunch of friends together. It was really fun. We filmed it about a half an hour from where I live at the end of this road. There are some abandoned missile silos up there.
—Zachary Carothers, Artist Direct
Source: Genius Lyrics


Evil Friends is the seventh full-length album by the Alaskan rock band Portugal. The Man. It was released on June 4, 2013 through Atlantic Records. It is the band's first collaboration with producer Danger Mouse.

The album was promoted by the singles "Evil Friends", "Purple Yellow Red and Blue" and "Modern Jesus". It received favorable reviews from music critics, and charted in the US, Austria, Germany, France and Switzerland.


Portugal. The Man is an American rock band from Wasilla, Alaska, currently based in Portland, Oregon. The group consists of John Baldwin Gourley, Zach Carothers, Kyle O'Quin, Jason Sechrist, Eric Howk and Zoe Manville. Gourley and Carothers met and began playing music together in 2001 at Wasilla High School.

The group's first two albums, from 2006 and 2007, were released on Fearless Records; they moved to Atlantic Records in 2010. On January 28, 2018, the band won "Best Pop Duo/Group Performance" for their biggest hit song "Feel It Still" at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.

The band's name is based on the idea of David Bowie's "bigger than life" fame. They wanted the band to have a bigger-than-life feel but did not want to name it after one of their members. "A country is a group of people," guitar player and vocalist John Gourley explains. "With Portugal, it just ended up being the first country that came to mind. The band's name is 'Portugal'. The period is stating that, and 'The Man' states that it's just one person" (any one of the band members). The name has a more personal meaning as well: Portugal. The Man was going to be the name of a book that Gourley had planned to write about his father and his many adventures.

Source: Wikipedia
Your mama's got nothing on me
Your daddy's got nothing on me
And the world that sleeps in its lunacy
It's got nothing on me
No stars got nothing on me
Your sun's got nothing on me
And the fool who sees it's the thief that needs
Has got nothing on me
You know it's not because the light here gets brighter
And it's not that I'm evil
I got a friend in the devil
But I can't even be your friend
I can't even be your friend
I can't even be your friend
I can get so wound up, but I feel alright
And if I get some rest, yeah that'd be nice
When I shouldn't do it, I still do it
What you think's got nothing to do with this
Before you were born, I was already sinning
Yeah yeah yeah
When I get too worked up, well I work it out
And if I get too down, I just shout it out
I may not have it all, but the rest will do
And it's nothing against or to do with you
Before you were born, I was already sinning
It's not because the light here is brighter
And it's not that I'm evil
I just don't like to pretend
That I could ever be your friend
If you don't listen so good, I can hum it out
Na na na na na na na na
I know I shouldn't do it, I just do it
And what you think's got nothing to do with it
Before you were born, I was already sinning
It's not because the light here is brighter
And it's not that I'm evil
I just don't like to pretend
I could be your friend
I could never be your friend
I never needed a friend
I don't wanna be friends
You'll never find a friend like me

‘Evil Friends’ by Portugal. The Man
Songwriters: John Baldwin Gourley / Brian Joseph Burton


“Evil Friends” is the lead single and title track from Portugal. The Man’s Evil Friends. The song talks about the vices of life and how he can’t live being a righteous person—it’s one step on John Gourley’sjourney of accepting that he’s an “evil friend.”
What have the artists said about the song?

We initially wrote it, and it just wasn’t right. We’d gotten to a lull in the studio where we working on a bunch of other things. It’s weird. We just craft some songs on any given day. It was missing a hook, lead line, or something. We had gotten to a different studio in L.A. We had been at Brian’s studio pretty much the whole time for a couple of months.

Then, we went into a really old school super sixties-style studio. It’s a really amazing place with tons of vintage gear. We all went into different rooms and said, ‘If you were going to make the hook or important part on your instrument, go off and do it on your own.’ That guitar riff reminded me of something Nirvana would play. It’s angsty, upbeat, and punk rock. It was pretty fun.
He also talked about the music video.

We were watching some ‘90s or early ‘00s hip-hop video. I think it was DMX or Ruff Ryders. We liked that whole crew idea with everybody on motorcycles. It’s that crew vibe. We thought it’d be rad to do something in Alaska. That’s how it started. We had him buy a shitty camcorder with night vision, bought some ski masks and clothes, and got a bunch of friends together. It was really fun. We filmed it about a half an hour from where I live at the end of this road. There are some abandoned missile silos up there.
—Zachary Carothers, Artist Direct
Source: Genius Lyrics


Evil Friends is the seventh full-length album by the Alaskan rock band Portugal. The Man. It was released on June 4, 2013 through Atlantic Records. It is the band's first collaboration with producer Danger Mouse.

The album was promoted by the singles "Evil Friends", "Purple Yellow Red and Blue" and "Modern Jesus". It received favorable reviews from music critics, and charted in the US, Austria, Germany, France and Switzerland.


Portugal. The Man is an American rock band from Wasilla, Alaska, currently based in Portland, Oregon. The group consists of John Baldwin Gourley, Zach Carothers, Kyle O'Quin, Jason Sechrist, Eric Howk and Zoe Manville. Gourley and Carothers met and began playing music together in 2001 at Wasilla High School.

The group's first two albums, from 2006 and 2007, were released on Fearless Records; they moved to Atlantic Records in 2010. On January 28, 2018, the band won "Best Pop Duo/Group Performance" for their biggest hit song "Feel It Still" at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.

The band's name is based on the idea of David Bowie's "bigger than life" fame. They wanted the band to have a bigger-than-life feel but did not want to name it after one of their members. "A country is a group of people," guitar player and vocalist John Gourley explains. "With Portugal, it just ended up being the first country that came to mind. The band's name is 'Portugal'. The period is stating that, and 'The Man' states that it's just one person" (any one of the band members). The name has a more personal meaning as well: Portugal. The Man was going to be the name of a book that Gourley had planned to write about his father and his many adventures.

Source: Wikipedia
Your mama's got nothing on me
Your daddy's got nothing on me
And the world that sleeps in its lunacy
It's got nothing on me
No stars got nothing on me
Your sun's got nothing on me
And the fool who sees it's the thief that needs
Has got nothing on me
You know it's not because the light here gets brighter
And it's not that I'm evil
I got a friend in the devil
But I can't even be your friend
I can't even be your friend
I can't even be your friend
I can get so wound up, but I feel alright
And if I get some rest, yeah that'd be nice
When I shouldn't do it, I still do it
What you think's got nothing to do with this
Before you were born, I was already sinning
Yeah yeah yeah
When I get too worked up, well I work it out
And if I get too down, I just shout it out
I may not have it all, but the rest will do
And it's nothing against or to do with you
Before you were born, I was already sinning
It's not because the light here is brighter
And it's not that I'm evil
I just don't like to pretend
That I could ever be your friend
If you don't listen so good, I can hum it out
Na na na na na na na na
I know I shouldn't do it, I just do it
And what you think's got nothing to do with it
Before you were born, I was already sinning
It's not because the light here is brighter
And it's not that I'm evil
I just don't like to pretend
I could be your friend
I could never be your friend
I never needed a friend
I don't wanna be friends
You'll never find a friend like me

‘Evil Friends’ by Portugal. The Man
Songwriters: John Baldwin Gourley / Brian Joseph Burton


“Evil Friends” is the lead single and title track from Portugal. The Man’s Evil Friends. The song talks about the vices of life and how he can’t live being a righteous person—it’s one step on John Gourley’sjourney of accepting that he’s an “evil friend.”
What have the artists said about the song?

We initially wrote it, and it just wasn’t right. We’d gotten to a lull in the studio where we working on a bunch of other things. It’s weird. We just craft some songs on any given day. It was missing a hook, lead line, or something. We had gotten to a different studio in L.A. We had been at Brian’s studio pretty much the whole time for a couple of months.

Then, we went into a really old school super sixties-style studio. It’s a really amazing place with tons of vintage gear. We all went into different rooms and said, ‘If you were going to make the hook or important part on your instrument, go off and do it on your own.’ That guitar riff reminded me of something Nirvana would play. It’s angsty, upbeat, and punk rock. It was pretty fun.
He also talked about the music video.

We were watching some ‘90s or early ‘00s hip-hop video. I think it was DMX or Ruff Ryders. We liked that whole crew idea with everybody on motorcycles. It’s that crew vibe. We thought it’d be rad to do something in Alaska. That’s how it started. We had him buy a shitty camcorder with night vision, bought some ski masks and clothes, and got a bunch of friends together. It was really fun. We filmed it about a half an hour from where I live at the end of this road. There are some abandoned missile silos up there.
—Zachary Carothers, Artist Direct
Source: Genius Lyrics


Evil Friends is the seventh full-length album by the Alaskan rock band Portugal. The Man. It was released on June 4, 2013 through Atlantic Records. It is the band's first collaboration with producer Danger Mouse.

The album was promoted by the singles "Evil Friends", "Purple Yellow Red and Blue" and "Modern Jesus". It received favorable reviews from music critics, and charted in the US, Austria, Germany, France and Switzerland.


Portugal. The Man is an American rock band from Wasilla, Alaska, currently based in Portland, Oregon. The group consists of John Baldwin Gourley, Zach Carothers, Kyle O'Quin, Jason Sechrist, Eric Howk and Zoe Manville. Gourley and Carothers met and began playing music together in 2001 at Wasilla High School.

The group's first two albums, from 2006 and 2007, were released on Fearless Records; they moved to Atlantic Records in 2010. On January 28, 2018, the band won "Best Pop Duo/Group Performance" for their biggest hit song "Feel It Still" at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.

The band's name is based on the idea of David Bowie's "bigger than life" fame. They wanted the band to have a bigger-than-life feel but did not want to name it after one of their members. "A country is a group of people," guitar player and vocalist John Gourley explains. "With Portugal, it just ended up being the first country that came to mind. The band's name is 'Portugal'. The period is stating that, and 'The Man' states that it's just one person" (any one of the band members). The name has a more personal meaning as well: Portugal. The Man was going to be the name of a book that Gourley had planned to write about his father and his many adventures.

Source: Wikipedia
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Your mama's got nothing on me Your daddy's got nothing on me And the world that sleeps in its lunacy It's got nothing on me No stars got nothing on me Your sun's got nothing on me And the fool who sees it's the thief that needs Has got nothing on me You know it's not because the light here gets brighter And it's not that I'm evil I got a friend in the devil But I can't even be your friend I can't even be your friend I can't even be your friend I can get so wound up, but I feel alright And if I get some rest, yeah that'd be nice When I shouldn't do it, I still do it What you think's got nothing to do with this Before you were born, I was already sinning Yeah yeah yeah When I get too worked up, well I work it out And if I get too down, I just shout it out I may not have it all, but the rest will do And it's nothing against or to do with you Before you were born, I was already sinning It's not because the light here is brighter And it's not that I'm evil I just don't like to pretend That I could ever be your friend If you don't listen so good, I can hum it out Na na na na na na na na I know I shouldn't do it, I just do it And what you think's got nothing to do with it Before you were born, I was already sinning It's not because the light here is brighter And it's not that I'm evil I just don't like to pretend I could be your friend I could never be your friend I never needed a friend I don't wanna be friends You'll never find a friend like me ‘Evil Friends’ by Portugal. The Man Songwriters: John Baldwin Gourley / Brian Joseph Burton “Evil Friends” is the lead single and title track from Portugal. The Man’s Evil Friends. The song talks about the vices of life and how he can’t live being a righteous person—it’s one step on John Gourley’sjourney of accepting that he’s an “evil friend.” What have the artists said about the song? We initially wrote it, and it just wasn’t right. We’d gotten to a lull in the studio where we working on a bunch of other things. It’s weird. We just craft some songs on any given day. It was missing a hook, lead line, or something. We had gotten to a different studio in L.A. We had been at Brian’s studio pretty much the whole time for a couple of months. Then, we went into a really old school super sixties-style studio. It’s a really amazing place with tons of vintage gear. We all went into different rooms and said, ‘If you were going to make the hook or important part on your instrument, go off and do it on your own.’ That guitar riff reminded me of something Nirvana would play. It’s angsty, upbeat, and punk rock. It was pretty fun. He also talked about the music video. We were watching some ‘90s or early ‘00s hip-hop video. I think it was DMX or Ruff Ryders. We liked that whole crew idea with everybody on motorcycles. It’s that crew vibe. We thought it’d be rad to do something in Alaska. That’s how it started. We had him buy a shitty camcorder with night vision, bought some ski masks and clothes, and got a bunch of friends together. It was really fun. We filmed it about a half an hour from where I live at the end of this road. There are some abandoned missile silos up there. —Zachary Carothers, Artist Direct Source: Genius Lyrics Evil Friends is the seventh full-length album by the Alaskan rock band Portugal. The Man. It was released on June 4, 2013 through Atlantic Records. It is the band's first collaboration with producer Danger Mouse. The album was promoted by the singles "Evil Friends", "Purple Yellow Red and Blue" and "Modern Jesus". It received favorable reviews from music critics, and charted in the US, Austria, Germany, France and Switzerland. Portugal. The Man is an American rock band from Wasilla, Alaska, currently based in Portland, Oregon. The group consists of John Baldwin Gourley, Zach Carothers, Kyle O'Quin, Jason Sechrist, Eric Howk and Zoe Manville. Gourley and Carothers met and began playing music together in 2001 at Wasilla High School. The group's first two albums, from 2006 and 2007, were released on Fearless Records; they moved to Atlantic Records in 2010. On January 28, 2018, the band won "Best Pop Duo/Group Performance" for their biggest hit song "Feel It Still" at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards. The band's name is based on the idea of David Bowie's "bigger than life" fame. They wanted the band to have a bigger-than-life feel but did not want to name it after one of their members. "A country is a group of people," guitar player and vocalist John Gourley explains. "With Portugal, it just ended up being the first country that came to mind. The band's name is 'Portugal'. The period is stating that, and 'The Man' states that it's just one person" (any one of the band members). The name has a more personal meaning as well: Portugal. The Man was going to be the name of a book that Gourley had planned to write about his father and his many adventures. Source: Wikipedia

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I’m (I am?) a self-taught artist, originally from the north suburbs of Chicago (also known as John Hughes' America). Born in 1984, I started painting in 2017 and began to take it somewhat seriously in 2019. I currently reside in rural Montana and live a secluded life with my three dogs - Pebbles (a.k.a. Jaws, Brandy, Fang), Bam Bam (a.k.a. Scrat, Dinki-Di, Trash Panda, Dug), and Mystique (a.k.a. Lady), and five cats - Burglekutt (a.k.a. Ghostmouse Makah), Vohnkar! (a.k.a. Storm Shadow, Grogu), Falkor (a.k.a. Moro, The Mummy's Kryptonite, Wendigo, BFC), Nibbler (a.k.a. Cobblepot), and Meegosh (a.k.a. Lenny). Part of the preface to the 'Complete Works of Emily Dickinson helps sum me up as a person and an artist: "The verses of Emily Dickinson belong emphatically to what Emerson long since called ‘the Poetry of the Portfolio,’ something produced absolutely without the thought of publication, and solely by way of expression of the writer's own mind. Such verse must inevitably forfeit whatever advantage lies in the discipline of public criticism and the enforced conformity to accepted ways. On the other hand, it may often gain something through the habit of freedom and unconventional utterance of daring thoughts. In the case of the present author, there was no choice in the matter; she must write thus, or not at all. A recluse by temperament and habit, literally spending years without settling her foot beyond the doorstep, and many more years during which her walks were strictly limited to her father's grounds, she habitually concealed her mind, like her person, from all but a few friends; and it was with great difficulty that she was persuaded to print during her lifetime, three or four poems. Yet she wrote verses in great abundance; and though brought curiosity indifferent to all conventional rules, had yet a rigorous literary standard of her own, and often altered a word many times to suit an ear which had its own tenacious fastidiousness." -Thomas Wentworth Higginson "Not bad... you say this is your first lesson?" "Yes, but my father was an *art collector*, so…"

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