"The Ballad of Despair and Redemption with a MicroBR, a Shotglass and a Shotgun"

[Bluesberry]

Well here is an original song I wrote over the last few nights, "The Ballad of Despair and Redemption with a MicroBR, a Shotglass and a Shotgun".  It all started from a crazy thread that Ted put up about all the trouble he had with his latest song.  I commented that it would make a great song.  As happens on here, T (Osckilo) encouraged me to "do it".  With permission from Ted, I used a lot of his real life adventures for inspiration and turned this into a folk-country Ballad.  For the solo I am guesting my 7 year old son as the surprise guest player, this is his worldwide debut as solist (he plays the middle part- the freak-out part, in the Kaosillator solo).  Thanks to Ted for inspiration and T for the challenge, I offer this tale of despair and redemption with a microBR.

Let me tell you all a story, most of it is true,
a strange and twisted tale, a ballad and a lesson from me to you.
You see I've been doing some home recording, I bought me a microBR
How hard can it be I reckoned, I'm going to cut me a record, going to be a big star.
So I plugged in my Stratocaster, hit record I'm doing real fine,
I'm filling up V-track after V-track, I feel like Johnny Cash after he's walked the line.
One more drink and I'm ready to bounce, I'm auto-punching like Muhammad Ali,
I Dont need the manual, I throw it under the couch,
and thats when it all starts getting hazy.

I auto-punched away my best lick, my stereo pair got out of sync,
As I was singing the verse, my dog came in the room,
took one sniff and howled at the moon.
I don't know how I can recover, I got "disk busy" and "card read" error,
I got to get my shotglass and drain it, so I can shake this disk full terror.
I don't know what else could go wrong, then I accidently erased my song.
it's time to get so drunk I can't stand up, I think you know where this is gonna end up.
I get ready to start again, plug in the micro and hit the power,
And thats when I heard that ugly popping sound,
I used the wrong adaptor and fried er.

SHOTGUN SOLO

So I went down to the store, I laid down my money for another,
this time its going to be different, you'll see, I learned my lesson and I'm sticking to tea.
Now I'm backing up regularly, I let the micro rest while I make the tea,
I put the dog out back with the kids, and if they get too noisy I can go to the shed.
Now I'm getting to the point in my song, I want everybody to sing along,
I'll just hook up my Harmony-G,
it's going to be so sweet it's going to make grown men weep.
It's now time for my big solo, It could be harp, or maybe guitar,
Or I might even break out my kaosillator, it's easy to play when you have a BR.

KAOSILLATOR SOLO (Featuring my 7 year old son on the freak-out middle section)

And now my song is almost done, A ballad of a microBR, a shotglass and a shotgun,
It's going to be a big hit, I can feel it, I only hope someday somebody doesn't steal it.

Note: there were no actual microBRs harmed in the making of this song.

[Greeny]

F*cking hell, BB - this is awesome! That shotgun 'break' is fantastic. Was that your harmony-machine again? It sounded great. And that's a WILD WILD, space-age Kaosillator solo from your son. The trumpet sounds work well, and the whole thing is put together masterfully. Man - the quality of recording and mixing on this forum has gone up and up into the stratosphere recently. This is a very clever song. It reminded me of something, but I couldn't place it. It might just be your 'timeless' quality kicking in which makes your songs sound like they've been around for years. Love the ending too. It shows fun songs can be incredibly musical!!! And those words are all so poignant to all of us, lol.

[Ted]

I'm not sure if I've ever inspired music before.  I'm touched.

Hilarious song, BB.  And it's great that you got your son involved.

BTW: I actually still have my original Micro BR--the one I fried.  I suppose I keep it "for parts."  But if I actually owned a shotgun, I think it would be a different story.

I'll optimize you, muthafuka!

[OsCKilO]

BB..........

"O" My GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is F*ucking Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! I just need to shout out how great this is!!!!!!!!


You are Musically Gifted Bro!!!!!!!
And so is that 7 year old!!!!!!!!!!!!


I Love your speaking voice as well!!!!!

That is the Most Wholesome Canadian accent I have ever heard!!!!!!!!!!!
Works great with this song!

The end part cracks me up!!!!!

I Picture your boy puting down your instruments and heading off to the bar!


You stepped up to the challenge and Jumped all over it!!!!!!!!



You and your son are now the first members of "Team Awesome"!

You Rule Bro!!!!!!


Piepod!!!!!!!!



Peace

T(Osckilo)

[launched]

Ha - That's the way to fly, BB!! A song we can all relate to without doubt! Cool little addition from your boy, and the harmonizer part was clever and well placed.

And, of course, my favorite line: "It's gonna be so sweet - make grown men weep..."

Great job with this - It made my day!!

Mark

[Vanncad]

Hey BB - You're a Freak. Keep it up. Great tune. The horn part reminded me a little of "Cake".

[Facemask93]

Hey Bluesbury , i smiled all the the way through this , it's great man , it really is quality ,
possibly the best song from you yet , it shows off all your talents , and i think it's Ringo singing Bungalow Bill that comes to mind


Facemask93

[SE]

Just quaility the lot production and imagination with great song writing just loved it.

[SteveG]

Sheer total absolute unadulterated brilliance. Laughed all the way through  Not only a real good song but very well done and recorded too, and your boy did just great as well.

[guitarron]

lmao-
awesome bb
damn 3 shotgun blasts to the MBR?
f@&k'n funny as hell-the kaossolator is great