Anytime ... Newest Piece about Income Inequality

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I'm just not sure I've done my best on these lyrics yet ... which are currently about income inequality. Do the lyrics fit the style of music?

Any other comments are truly appreciated also.

Kev-
 
I like the song, for some reason the lyrics are hard to make out, not sure why, the vocal track sounds loud enough. You'd have to print the words for me to understand all of them. Track sounds good, nice mix, big and clear sound.
 
Hi Kev

The opening cymbals have maybe a bit too much high end. I think the reason the lyrics are hard to make out is cuz of voodoo on 'em. :)
 
Your stuff always makes me smile K-dub. And as usual this moves in an effortlessly way, and has all your hallmarks of professional quality.

I get the feeling there is a political message in here that I am missing, because to be honest, I'm struggling to make it out. In my view, if you want to get political you should be clear and unambiguous about what you want to say (unless you delight in subverting it).

I regard myself as centre-left, which I guess would make me a Obama voter in the U.S. I am also an atheist, but that doesn't stop me from enjoying the likes of Johnny Cash.
 
Tobe said:
Your stuff always makes me smile K-dub. And as usual this moves in an effortlessly way, and has all your hallmarks of professional quality.

I get the feeling there is a political message in here that I am missing, because to be honest, I'm struggling to make it out. In my view, if you want to get political you should be clear and unambiguous about what you want to say (unless you delight in subverting it).

I regard myself as centre-left, which I guess would make me a Obama voter in the U.S. I am also an atheist, but that doesn't stop me from enjoying the likes of Johnny Cash.
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Thanks Tobe! I've decided that the lyrics still need some tweaking in what strikes me as "overly clumsy" lines. I also think I've got to develop a hook line for the chorus -- and you're absolutely right -- if you're going to write something political? Make it a clear as a baseball bat.
 
PDP said:
I like the song, for some reason the lyrics are hard to make out, not sure why, the vocal track sounds loud enough. You'd have to print the words for me to understand all of them. Track sounds good, nice mix, big and clear sound.
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In addition to the effects, I think I'm attempting to say too much too quickly. Consequently it's hard to make the words clear. The lyrics (as noted above) still need further refinement. Thanks for the comment, bud!
 
Please pardon my bombing the board today ... stuck inside again on a snow day ... so I'm getting studio work completed ... including lyric writing and new vocals. Hope you enjoy the changes to the tunage ...

Anytime

Yeah I don’t find
That there are any shorter welfare lines
Yeah I don’t find
There’s much a difference
After all
A wall’s a wall
... and they’re all the same

... and the rich keep getting richer as a wider chasm grows

Yeah you think we'd all know better
All those lessons we've forgotten
Freaking parrots only parrot
... but the peacocks love to crow

Sometimes symptomatic surface
belies sycophantic service
Why assert "We are deserving"
When in fact you stole the show

Yeah I don’t find
There’s any difference after all
‘tween bought and sold
It winds up the same

It don't matter who you vote for because money bought their souls

Yeah you’d think we’d all know better
All those lessons we’ve forgotten
Blame the proles for always prolling
Inner party’s in control

Current symptomatic problems
Stem from sycophantic service
Starting wars can be distracting
When in fact you stole the show

It’s gotta stop
Oh yeah, it’s gotta stop
Oh, whoever thought they'd be so bold
Who's on a roll?
Who's on the dole?
Who stole the show?
Turn on the light when it hits home ...

 
Bought & sold the 1st time is a little rushed.
freakin' doesn't work for me.
Other than that the lyrics are fine & the delivery serves them.
I'm not keen on the discoesque hihats at the beginnning but after that all is fine.
My only real reservation is the horn section. When the honk in it sounds like an 80's thing to me.
 
rayc said:
Bought & sold the 1st time is a little rushed.
freakin' doesn't work for me.
Other than that the lyrics are fine & the delivery serves them.
I'm not keen on the discoesque hihats at the beginnning but after that all is fine.
My only real reservation is the horn section. When the honk in it sounds like an 80's thing to me.
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As I noted in the other thread, that comment is EXACTLY why I love these boards. I wholeheartedly agree with the lyric comments ... and I think the whole opening segment is kind of weird and out of place ... but I've always played it that way -- I don't know why. :)
 
Wins the sex swagger division of the Eurovision Song Conquest. Like the voodoo.
 
dobro said:
Wins the sex swagger division of the Eurovision Song Conquest. Like the voodoo.
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... and that's what my inclination was for the working lyric ... with the chorus opening line (from a woman's perspective) "Anytime I want it, I just smile and I can get it."
 
I'm currently fond of this tune with lyrics purportedly about income inequality. Can you send me an mp3? I've got thigh slaps. They're pretty good. No leather.
 
So here's the thigh slapping. It was a hoot. This is how I do music nowadays. It's the mp3 of the mp3. The soup of the soup of the duck.

I respond, btw.
 

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So here's the thigh slapping. It was a hoot. This is how I do music nowadays. It's the mp3 of the mp3. The soup of the soup of the duck.

I respond, btw.
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Ha! I LOVED it! You played it like a "real" drummer would!
 
Just for fun. But I could do the same part with a hand drum - I've got djembe and bongos.
 
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