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[[Category:lyrics]] | [[Category:lyrics]] | ||
[[category: | [[category:song]] | ||
[[category:recorded]] | [[category:recorded]] | ||
[[category: | [[category:download]] | ||
[[category:Jenny]] | [[category:Jenny]] | ||
==Specs== | ==Specs== | ||
* ''' | * '''download''': {{l/media|mog/mog-dfb.mp3}} | ||
* | ** There are a lot of things about this recording with which I am less than delighted. It was recorded on the [[htwiki:TEAC 80-8|TEAC/TASCAM 80-8]] | ||
* ''' | ** '''alternates''' | ||
* '''Video''': [[youtube:Vk0jxyNIFPY|YouTube]] - me performing this on the piano at Smith Family Reunion talent show, 2010-07-10 (vocals barely audible) | *** '''Video''': [[youtube:Vk0jxyNIFPY|YouTube]] - me performing this on the piano at Smith Family Reunion talent show, 2010-07-10 (vocals barely audible) | ||
* '''Genre''': classic-style rock | |||
* '''written for''': [[Jenny]] | |||
==Lyrics== | ==Lyrics== | ||
<poem> | |||
A thousand tiny airplanes wander through your mother's garden | |||
As she paints a golden picture of the way it used to be | |||
I listen as you whistle all of Mozart's major pieces | |||
And you're breaking all my records but it doesn't bother me | |||
So you've taken all your medals | |||
and you're using them as doorstops | |||
And you let them trade your future in for your security. | |||
Well listen here my darling -- you've got to take it slowly | |||
They will put you in a fishtank very philosophically | |||
Alas I spoke too quickly, I'll rephrase that faulty stanza | |||
While you're busy hunting shadows in your castle by the sea | |||
So now I'm standing in the alley | |||
and you're drawing little circles | |||
==MoG version== | And you always pay attention to everyone but me | ||
</poem> | |||
==History== | |||
* '''2020-09-04''' version 2: fixed (?) last line of first verse; trying a [[/reprise|coda]] for the extended "Echoes" version I want to try putting together. | |||
** Maybe the "reprise" verse is actually a different song, like "Eclipse". | |||
** I'm afraid the playout part feels forced, but I wanted to write it down while the idea was in mind. Will revisit later and maybe decide it is terrible. | |||
==Recordings== | |||
===MoG version=== | |||
The download is [[Mother of God]]'s version of this, which I'm not 100% happy with; I will eventually copy the 8-track master into the digital domain and see if I can fix it. | The download is [[Mother of God]]'s version of this, which I'm not 100% happy with; I will eventually copy the 8-track master into the digital domain and see if I can fix it. | ||
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* '''me''': piano, lead vocal | * '''me''': piano, lead vocal | ||
* '''Livia Wade''': operatic solo vocal, group vocals | * '''Livia Wade''': operatic solo vocal, group vocals | ||
== | ==Song== | ||
===Version 1 notes=== | |||
* Some of the lyric lines could use a bit of rework*, but overall it says what I want it to. | |||
Some of the lyric lines could use a bit of rework*, but overall it says what I want it to. | ** <nowiki>*</nowiki>Everyone sees "family diamonds" and thinks it's a reference to gonads or something, which it isn't; also "madman down the street" doesn't quite fit. "pawnshop down the street"? I wanted to convey the idea of carelessly abandoning something very precious. A bit like this BF5 lyric from "[[wikipedia:Where's Summer B.? (song)|Where's Summer B?]]": "I tried to tell you, tried to tell you, took a little bit too long / And now your phone is disconnected and your shit's out on the lawn." | ||
** I've fixed this line (I hope) for v2. | |||
Latest revision as of 13:21, 23 April 2023
Specs
- download: mog/mog-dfb.mp3
- There are a lot of things about this recording with which I am less than delighted. It was recorded on the TEAC/TASCAM 80-8
- alternates
- Video: YouTube - me performing this on the piano at Smith Family Reunion talent show, 2010-07-10 (vocals barely audible)
- Genre: classic-style rock
- written for: Jenny
Lyrics
A thousand tiny airplanes wander through your mother's garden
As she paints a golden picture of the way it used to be
I listen as you whistle all of Mozart's major pieces
And you're breaking all my records but it doesn't bother me
So you've taken all your medals
and you're using them as doorstops
And you let them trade your future in for your security.
Well listen here my darling -- you've got to take it slowly
They will put you in a fishtank very philosophically
Alas I spoke too quickly, I'll rephrase that faulty stanza
While you're busy hunting shadows in your castle by the sea
So now I'm standing in the alley
and you're drawing little circles
And you always pay attention to everyone but me
History
- 2020-09-04 version 2: fixed (?) last line of first verse; trying a coda for the extended "Echoes" version I want to try putting together.
- Maybe the "reprise" verse is actually a different song, like "Eclipse".
- I'm afraid the playout part feels forced, but I wanted to write it down while the idea was in mind. Will revisit later and maybe decide it is terrible.
Recordings
MoG version
The download is Mother of God's version of this, which I'm not 100% happy with; I will eventually copy the 8-track master into the digital domain and see if I can fix it.
Credits:
- Dan Dudley: bass, group vocals, equipment
- Brian Morris: lead guitar
- Tim Kunkle: rhythm guitar, group vocals
- Dave Keating: drums
- me: piano, lead vocal
- Livia Wade: operatic solo vocal, group vocals
Song
Version 1 notes
- Some of the lyric lines could use a bit of rework*, but overall it says what I want it to.
- *Everyone sees "family diamonds" and thinks it's a reference to gonads or something, which it isn't; also "madman down the street" doesn't quite fit. "pawnshop down the street"? I wanted to convey the idea of carelessly abandoning something very precious. A bit like this BF5 lyric from "Where's Summer B?": "I tried to tell you, tried to tell you, took a little bit too long / And now your phone is disconnected and your shit's out on the lawn."
- I've fixed this line (I hope) for v2.