Been out of town for three of the last four weekends. Before things got busy, I got together with Colin, a keyboardist friend, in an effort to exploit the Arranger function of the new Studio One update. We basically jammed over a static beat until we stumbled on something cool. We then cut and pasted the snippets we came up with. Nothing was re-recorded...just mangled, copied, and rearranged. John (Lurker) then came in with some lyrics I ended up really liking quite a bit. He captured a moment to which we can all relate. Unfortunately, there was a part of the song that repeated too many times. When one of those vanished, it made sense to lose a verse or two. Apologies, John. I know I lost a couple great lines, but I thought the more succinct version worked better.
Not really sure what we've got here. A couple unexpected chords, some wacky effects here and there...kinda poppy...definitely different for me.
Blooby
Let's Take a Drive
We were sitting in a café
On an early summer's eve
Listening to the leaves
As they rustled in the breeze
The sound of distant thunder
Came rolling down the street
We watched the far off flashes
Silhouetting everything
She leaned over close
It felt good to have her near
She put her hand on my knee
As she spoke into my ear
Let's take a drive tonight
Somewhere out of town
Let's open up the roof
And put the windows down
I don't care where we go
As long as we go fast
I want to feel this night blow by
And watch the world go past.
Didn't matter our direction
We were in it for the ride
Morning was our destination
It was all about the time
We never felt a raindrop
The clouds were moving on
It was starlight and moonlight
That led us to the dawn
Let's take a drive tonight
Somewhere out of town
Let's open up the roof
And put the windows down
I don't care where we go
As long as we go fast
I want to feel this night blow by
And watch the world go past.
I`ve listened twice now on cans. Really love the vibe on this. It`s like The Doors meets the Allman`s but more MoO. Really great guitar and the vocals are amazing. The keys add a touch it needs. How you cut and paste this??? I don`t even know how to begin to do that. You have great patience.
Really really excellent song guys!!!
This is so good Guys,
Top class playing, and brilliant vox
Take a Bow Boys.......
Alex
yeah baby, nice to hear you guys doing an original bloody brawtastic. and fabulous lyrics and melody John.
unbelievably cool, I love the unexpected harmonic twists.
great lyric and vocal, playing and arrangement are smashing!
This is one to do live guys!
Excellent vibe,with a great track and just top notch vox, what a really cool listen too , top stuff!
Very cool song and it's awesome to hear an original from you guys. I can't read the thread right now, I'm driving and dictating this response trusty old Siri, but will definitely come back to read about it and get another great listen. See Austin playing awesome vocals awesome tune.
Rock on!
This is dead cool. You really should have told us that you spent weeks developing and arranging the song. I would have been equally impressed - but I'm impressed anyway!
Nice chord movement and great guitar. Vocals are brill as are the keys. Addictive drums?
Paul
A very nostalgic vibe here that takes me back to a bit of psychedelia......well done dudes! I'm impressed this was some jamming clips that were pulled together into a song. I think the vocal was the final stitch that finished it off properly. I like it!
Farrell
I'm loving those curveball chord changes.
Really nice song. I was getting a little Observatory Crest, maybe.
Love that effect on the guitar at the end too.
:)
So well sung - sounds so clear!! Nice songwriting!
Liked the ethereal feel! Fine collab!
Woo! That's a bit good.
And you really shouldn't have told us it was cut and paste job!! :D
Quote from: Blooby on August 09, 2015, 09:07:54 PMThere was a part of the song that repeated one too many times. When that vanished, it made sense to lose a verse or two. Apologies, John. I know I lost a couple great lines, but I thought the more succinct version worked better.
This is from a guy who loves to play Grateful Dead songs like "Lady with the Fan" and "Tennessee Jed" which my wife describes as "long and repetitive". Two verses were lost in the edit.
I wrote the lyric during an especially sleep-worthy class. It kept me awake and made it look like I was taking notes. Bruce was developing his track independently at about the same time. After a couple of good whacks with a hammer, they seemed to fit together. There was no way to rework the guitars or keys. We could only work with what was on the recording. It took a little more time than Bruce has related.
Thanks for the comments, folks. This is our first real effort to create an original tune. Hopefully, we can work out another before too long.
Quote from: chapperz66 on August 10, 2015, 06:32:28 AMAddictive drums?
Yes.
Quote from: Lurker on August 10, 2015, 12:37:10 PMThis is from a guy who loves to play Grateful Dead songs like "Lady with the Fan" and "Tennessee Jed" which my wife describes as "long and repetitive."
Apples and oranges, John...apples and oranges.
This is a good song. Great collab. Looking forward to hear what more you can come up with.
Super tune, listened to a couple of times - reminds me a little of Randy Bachman, really ace tune guys - love it.
B
Great one guys. This one i think sounds very original, you have great original sound, a wee bit proggy, a touch of rock, a wee bit of country too... I am getting a touch of Boston in there too! Again those chords are brave and they come off great too. Rock on guys!!
SUPER AWESOME GREAT SONG LOVED IT
CHEERS NEIL !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Quote from: bruno on August 11, 2015, 06:03:08 AMSuper tune, listened to a couple of times - reminds me a little of Randy Bachman, really ace tune guys - love it.
B
Actually on another listen - Uriah Heep - and I was a big Heep fan. Still blomin excellent, and having met I can visualize you playing this :-)
B
Just caught this again and just had to say what an excellent tune, the musicianship on show is what it,s all about.
It may not be your thing but you,ve simply got to admire the skill on show, to the people who played on the track and the production of the finished article bravo, bravo!!!
Glad this got bumped, great listen!
Arrange on! (you have my permission)
Cool tune man, lovin the guitars & short solo - cool lyrics too! Definitely a change for you...
Brilliant song... well constructed & put together. This works really well. Love those unexpected twists in the chord progression.
Really love the vox...Great diction and interpretation of words:)
Nick G
OTD, bump, top class guys... Alex
oooooh....this is so enticing....the lyrical idea...the lady whispering in the ear...let's get out of here...isn't that just the best?
vocal delivery is as good as usual...and that is very good..
something I've noticed about your tracks..built heavily over minimal music ...just a few tracks really centered around percussion...it leaves alot of room to breathe..
I need to try that but my personality is so busy I'm not sure I could pull it off..
song got over quick... excellent everything here.. glad you guys are still making music..it's worth listening too..oh yes..one more thing... I am a big BTO/Guess Who/Randy Bachman fan...this has his sort of feel to it...really good