Missing Persons - "Mental Hopscotch" (Matisse Mix) - A Myleslandia Sound + Vision Mix!

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Missing Persons - "Mental Hopscotch" (Matisse Mix) - A Myleslandia Sound + Vision Mix by Myles Matisse.

"Missing Persons are one of my favorite bands of the 80s. Just incredible. I've always loved the song and video for "Mental Hopscotch". Full of rock, new wave and punk elements. Just powerful and perfect. I'm surprised there wasn't an extended 12" version out there. The music and arrangement is so good that I decided to take the song, remove the vocals and create my own extended "Matisse Mix". I have an instrumental version start the mix, going into the album version with vocals.

For the visuals, I re-edited the music video for the instrumental part of the mix, taking all visuals of Dale singing out. Once the regular version kicks in, I used the music video mixed with their amazing performance on UK's The Tube. Since I had used the music video without Dale for the instrumental, I used Dale from the video for all her singing parts and then used some of the band segments from the live performance to add more variety to my "Myleslandia Sound + Vision Mix". I love the way it turned out. Hope you do too." - Myles

The original version of "Mental Hopscotch" is from the Missing Persons album, "Spring Session M".

Missing Persons were:
Dale Bozzio - Lead Vocals
Warren Cuccurullo - Electric Guitar, Backing Vocals
Patrick O'Hearn - Bass, Keyboards
Chuck Wild - Keyboards
Terry Bozzio - Drums, Backing Vocals

MENTAL HOPSCOTCH Lyrics:
Sometimes you say you will sometimes you say you won't
You always keep me waiting waiting hesitating hey yeah
At times I think you do at times I think you don't
My mind is roller skating, skipping, jumping rope and fading

Mental hopscotch
Why must you treat me this way
Mental hopscotch
Ready or not I'm going away

Why can't you be like this why can't you be like that
I don't know where I am or where or where I'm at
So now you got me up and now you got me down
You won't be walking you'll be talking
watch me now it's crazy

Mental hopscotch
Why must you treat me this way
Mental hopscotch
Ready or not I'm going away
Mental hopscotch
Cover your eyes and count to 10
Mental hopscotch
Don't do a thing till I say when

So now you get me up and now you get me down
You won't be walking you'll be doin' what you love, baby
You don't think twice about what I might say
I follow you around and play an play an play an play

Mental hopscotch
Why must you treat me this way
Mental hopscotch
Ready or not I'm going away
Mental hopscotch
Cover your eyes and count to 10
Mental hopscotch
Don't do em up till I say when

Mental hopsctch
Do me dump me rill me rock me
Mental hopscotch
Roller skating skipping fading
Mental hopscotch
Mental hopscotch
Mental hopscotch