Post Your Work => Original Songs => Topic started by: AndyR on October 19, 2012, 12:06:39 PM
Title: Get The Lifeboat In The Water - AndyR Original
Post by: AndyR on October 19, 2012, 12:06:39 PM
Here we go.
This one started out one morning several weeks ago when the sun was still shining...
If it's as wet and dark as it is here, just close your eyes, I'm sure you can imagine it if you try hard enough...
Lollies, chips, and beer... what more could a chap want on his holiday?
Get The Lifeboat In The Water
Words & Music AndyR Recorded on a BR1600 --------------------------------
Get The Lifeboat In The Water - A A J Russe
Lucy on a lilo Lickin on her lolly Leaning on a pillow Underneath the brolly That the nice lifeguard Put in place He was tight and smooth Such a pretty face
With her kids out in the water Husband somewhere else She's got a little time Time to be herself She dips into her book Though she says it isn't hers She found it at her mother's Underneath a book of verse
Fifty shades of something Now she needs a bigger hat She'll never get a suntan With her legs crossed like that
Get the lifeboat in the water Doesn't always turn out right Get the lifeboat in the water Just in case we need it tonight
There's Alice on the sea-wall With her own bag of chips Grease all round her mouth See her lick her lips But look out for the seagulls They'll carry her away She's only such a little thing And that would be a shame
'Cos she knows how our bodies work And what all the bits are for She could probably even tell you Why you end up wanting more
Get the lifeboat in the water Doesn't always turn out right Get the lifeboat in the water Just in case we need it tonight
Here's Hazel skipping down the pier Watch out girl you'll spill the beer Though the moon is out The wind is getting up We like the way you sometimes dress Don't mind when your hair's a mess We just live from day to day To hear your voice
There's an old man in the corner there Wonders if you'd like to chalk his cue Fall into the water dear Then you'll see what it is that we do
Get the lifeboat in the water Doesn't always turn out right Get the lifeboat in the water Just in case we need it tonight
Get the lifeboat in the water Doesn't always turn out right Get the lifeboat in the water Just in case we need it tonight
Tonight...
Copyright (C) 2012 A A J Russe. All Rights Reserved.
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Title: Re: Get The Lifeboat In The Water - AndyR Original
Post by: bruno on October 19, 2012, 12:10:40 PM
Brilliant. Totally love this track. Great sounds, great vox, great mix. B.
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Post by: Oldrottenhead on October 19, 2012, 03:10:09 PM
fecking brilliant andy. i am not usually a fan of rhyming couplets, but the lyrics on this one are very very special. great clever, witty,fun song. and a real pro job as per.
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Post by: Hilary on October 20, 2012, 03:00:36 AM
Oh this is so good Andy, you must be very excited.
Title: Re: Get The Lifeboat In The Water - AndyR Original
Post by: 64Guitars on October 20, 2012, 11:13:25 AM
Nice one, Andy. Cool tune, great lyrics, and very professional arrangement and production. Love the slide guitar and the vocals are fabulous!
Title: Re: Get The Lifeboat In The Water - AndyR Original
Post by: OsCKilO on October 20, 2012, 12:41:03 PM
Oh my....
Flipping amazing!
The lyrics alone bro......
Not to mention the rest!!!
Title: Re: Get The Lifeboat In The Water - AndyR Original
Post by: Gnasty on October 20, 2012, 04:03:09 PM
Extraordinary!! Sensational!!
This blew me away!
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Post by: Pine on October 20, 2012, 06:19:57 PM
WoW. Absolutely top shelf work here Andy. Blown away!
You gotta be really happy with this...it's SO fresh and well done on every level.
Tight playing with great tones and just awesome vocal job.
Really pro job on this Andy. Wish i could write something this cool. Hats off to ya on this one man.
Pine
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Post by: Gritter on October 20, 2012, 11:12:12 PM
this is outstanding! love the tune...really well put together.
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Post by: Redler on October 21, 2012, 12:57:49 AM
Great tune, Andy! Well done!
Kari
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Post by: SE on October 21, 2012, 02:20:28 AM
Top inventive stuff, great rhythm to it and nice slide too, this should be on the radio, magic!!!
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Post by: Hook on October 21, 2012, 05:40:18 AM
Well done brother, great tune and extremely slick, top shelf production. I also think this could do quite well in the current musical climate. It has that bluesy nostalgic feel with a great upbeat bounce, clever, catchy lyrics...very accessible. Rock On!
Title: Re: Get The Lifeboat In The Water - AndyR Original
Post by: launched on October 24, 2012, 02:16:13 PM
Quite the hypnotic riff you have going there! This could definitely get airplay, as John said.
I dig it!!
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Post by: Pine on October 24, 2012, 06:12:21 PM
Back for another listen... man this is REALLY good... to bad all the radio sations here in the states are all owned by a couple mega corporations and are only allowed to play songs that are by muscians (mostly singers these days) signed to record labels that they also own...
be proud of this one Andy...you put the bar WAAY up high with this tune!!
(insert clapping icon here)
Pine
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Post by: The Gobi Desert Canoe Club on October 25, 2012, 07:27:03 AM
Hi Andy, have listened to this a couple of times and it really is a stella piece of work. It doesn't get better than this............Willie
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Post by: Geir on October 25, 2012, 07:44:05 AM
---> πPod
nuff said
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Post by: Lounging McCoy on October 25, 2012, 07:44:27 AM
Nicely done. I like it.
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Post by: Tangled Wires on October 25, 2012, 03:33:02 PM
Brilliant song, this caught my attention from the outset and love the way it bounces along and loving that slide too.
Every time I hear one of your songs I think that you can't possibly top it with the next one, but time and time again you do!
As for the production....wow!!!
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Post by: Nelson on October 25, 2012, 04:13:11 PM
Simply brilliant. Love the energy of the vocals and the lyrics are so creative. The music and arrangement... Right on point.
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Post by: AndyR on October 26, 2012, 02:30:52 AM
Thanks folks :)
It started out as just a little "joke song" on a single resonator and kind of grew. Some of the bits haven't come out quite like I wanted, but I'm really pleased with it now I've got a bit of distance from it. (Imagine having to listen to it 30 odd times a day for a few weeks while I was sorting it out - it gets a bit wearing with that much attention! :D)
Title: Re: Get The Lifeboat In The Water - AndyR Original
Post by: bruno on October 26, 2012, 03:33:44 AM
It started out as just a little "joke song" on a single resonator and kind of grew. Some of the bits haven't come out quite like I wanted, but I'm really pleased with it now I've got a bit of distance from it. (Imagine having to listen to it 30 odd times a day for a few weeks while I was sorting it out - it gets a bit wearing with that much attention! :D)
Totally agree about distance - sometimes you can't see the wood for the trees - and you fret over small stuff, which really doesn't matter that much in the grand scheme. And inspiration is inspiration - even starting as something funny that makes you smile (normally the best ones). Sometimes its best to leave the 'mistakes' in as they become part of the song - the trouble is that you can never reproduce those :D Always difficult to get the balance right - but you did a fine job on this! B.
Title: Re: Get The Lifeboat In The Water - AndyR Original
Post by: AndyR on October 26, 2012, 05:19:42 AM
You're right...
You're not gonna want to hear this (:D) - I left the best vocal on the cutting room floor. It was the original guide, and had just too many issues for me on timing and the odd spot of phrasing (and some of the words weren't right - there's an awful lot of words to get right singing this thing...). But that one had "the vibe" that I had to go through an awful lot to reproduce.
The one I've ended up with is cool, but not as much of a "tongue-in-cheek observer" as I was pitching for.
It's one of those songs that you'd be able to do a lot easier if you'd sang it live in front of an audience a load of times - you'd know where the important bits were and where to just "talk" it out.
On the instruments, this has ALL the original guides on it :D... except for the bass - that was a pig to get tight/right. Most of the guitars and resos are one-take "let's have a jam" parts. I ended up using the rough mix of the guitars - might have been better if I'd remixed them (drop some out here and there) when I had everything else in place. But it might have messed it up - or been a week's work for 1% improvement! So, yeah, left it as it was...
This one was weird, I knew I was on a winner from early on. But I didn't know how much of a winner. And with the hundreds of listens I was thoroughly fed up by the time it was mixed and mastered. I held on to it for a couple of days (partly to get some listening and commenting done on here and on alonetone), then got the missus and someone at alonetone to listen to it. They both went "yeah post it", so I did.
Listening to it a few days later was a big relief - yeah, live, with a real band (and an audience), I could probably do a much better version, but this one is cool and justifies the effort gone in.
I'm NOT going to do it on this one, but I'm starting to wonder whether after doing a big job like this it might be worth going "OK, take the drum track and do it again, fast as poss, less instruments..." - treat the original as the rehearsals.
Title: Re: Get The Lifeboat In The Water - AndyR Original
Post by: Snowpig on October 26, 2012, 07:12:45 AM
A very clever song Andy. Really well produced.
Roy
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Post by: Facemask93 on October 26, 2012, 11:18:52 AM
Really good song Andy , your stuff is always a treat , this is no exception , the backing has a little Lennon circa Walls & Bridges feel
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Post by: stoman on October 27, 2012, 11:13:09 AM
Finally! I can listen to songs at songcrafters again (at least this one worked). And what a great song to start with! I knew you would not disappoing me, Andy, but I honestly had not expected such a big song. I love everything about it.
It's cold here, but the sun was shining today, so it wasn't too hard to get in the right mood. :)
Regards, Steffen
Title: Re: Get The Lifeboat In The Water - AndyR Original
Post by: steelguitar on October 27, 2012, 11:38:15 AM
I missed this one, and it's really brilliant!!! Top production, top vocals and all instruments played are cool Great original!!!
Jean-Sébastien
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Post by: Groundy on April 04, 2018, 10:54:44 PM
Missed this originally, From today's Random Dozen, Cracker Andy...
Alex.
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Post by: ODH on October 19, 2023, 04:22:14 PM
I'm slow. I'm catching up. This is beautiful.
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Post by: SE on October 19, 2023, 06:20:07 PM