"White Room" collab with thetworegs (not the Cream song)

[djbride]

My last few recordings were 15-20 tracks which gets kind of unwieldy. Trying to mix it down and give each track its own sonic space gets difficult as many of you know. I wanted to write a song with minimal tracks and get back to basics. I thought it would be great to do a punk song in the spirit of the late 70's/early 80's punk scene in London.

I recorded 2 guitar tracks, bass and drums and tried to use minimal effects. Not being able to sing this I thought of
thetworegs , and I knew he could give it an authentic punk sound and be able to sing and scream it in key.

Trevor agreed to do it and wrote the lyrics and sent me back a vocal track and I was amazed. His lyrics really paint a picture of characters right out of that time period. If you read the lyrics you really get a real sense of who Marianne & Charlie, Eric and Roxy were, He wrote three vignettes (almost like little movies) and then he sums it all up in the last verse. It works well with the guitar part in between the verses which when I recorded it I was trying to get the sense of someone running. Running away from something.
Thanks to thetworegs for all his hard work on this.
It is best to listen to this at maximum volume.  

WHITE ROOM
Lyrics and Vocal by Trevor Smith and Music by David Bride

The White Room

Marianne liked to play away , but she also loved her man
Charlie if he told the truth, didn't really give a dam
Marianne was a pleaser, so Charlie let her please
cause Charlie was a user, he brought  to her knees
but he should'a been doing time for the most enos of  crimes
inside a white room where there ain't no more sky
no more life just lots and lots of time
lots and lots and lots and lots of time


Eric was a politician who told lots of lies
Fiddled his expenses time after time
Eric always kept his eye firmly on the prize
He wanted the top job looking after all the pies
But they caught him robbing, robbing us blind
so they put him in the White room, wheres there ain't no more sky
no more life just lots and lots of time
lots and lots of time

Roxy was a hard girl who like to punch all the girls
when we were at school she bullied them all
One girl in particular,she had short red hair
Her temper snapped one day and she went totally spare
picked a knife from cutlery as we sat eating out munch  
and stabbed  Roxy 30 times and then sat and finished her lunch
they quickly put her in the White White room, wheres there ain't no more sky
no more life  just lots of time
    
Now, everyone's getting shafted  and it just don't seem fair
the government is cutting, cutting everything bare
people ain't got nothing, their taking it all
forgetting the underclass who ain't having a ball
but what does the Man say when we show them some  descent
take them down take them to where the sun don't shine,
to the white white room where there ain't no sky
no more life just lots and lots of time

[thetworegs]

Cheers Dave this is one of my Fav's of all the stuff i've done Thanks

[Jarle]

Great song. I must congratulate you for the perfect choice of singer.
Well done to both of you. I love it.

JOA

[Greeny]

You picked the right vocalist, that's for sure. This rattles along with such a great energy and attitude. Love the song and the delivery. Great mixing too. Grade 'A' perfect!!!!

[Geir]

WOW

THIS KICKS ASS !!!!!!!

Love it !

[The Gobi Desert Canoe Club]

Hi guys, listened to this on the other side.Magic, Ian Drury and the Blockheads lost track. Love it........Willie

[Redler]

Holy moly, gents!!! Fantastic rocker!! Top class vocals and fantastic guitar work!

Kari

[Oldrottenhead]

braw tell yer maw  reminds me of a richard thompson song i cant recall the name of right now

[Oldrottenhead]

ah this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRsAWPhPN-Q

[64Guitars]

Great job, guys. The vocals are excellent. I like the music too. The drum track sounds great. I especially like that bit where the guitars stop while the drums do a little roll on the snare. Cool.