[Song of the Week is a "weekly" feature which is supposed to update every Thursday Friday, but almost never does. In it, Drew records a song, or attempts to record a song, or gives up and writes another movie review.]
So what I'm thinking is, I'm about 7 or eight weeks behind on SotW. And I need an impetus (if that means what I think it means) to do a post every day again, which various factors have been keeping me from doing. So hey, I thinks, I'll just do a Song a day for a week and kill two birds with one incredibly time-consuming stone. I have no idea if I'll actually follow through, but here's part seven (of seven, obviously).
"Writer's Block Blues":
It's over! I made it! Suck it, haters! In your collective face!
OK, so I wrote myself into a corner yesterday when I said I wouldn't do another cover. Stupid me. That meant I had to write an actual song.
Anyway, I tried this other thing bu it wasn't really working out, which I believe is a phrase that's shown up in six of the posts in this series. I put that on hold and starting goofing around, playing blues guitar. And I was just gonna do that, bu I realized, last day, I should do something special.
So here is the first song I've ever recorded with words that I wroted. It's not the first song I've ever written with words. I have assloads of those that I haven't done for one reason or another, mostly because they're not finished, or they'd require more time and money then I can devote to this project right now, or they're so awesome that they'd spoil music for you forever and I'm holding them back for your sakes (there's maybe only two or three of that last kind).
I thought it would be funny if my first song with lyrics was about trying to write lyrics. I love meta shart like that. One idea that I've been thinking about all week is--actually I might do it later, so I shouldn't spoil it. Also, I enhanced the realism of the song by coming up with the lyrics on the spot, and also by mumbling words so they would turn into mush. It was totally intentional. Not just bad singing. You guys are dumb, you'll buy that line, right?
So what I'm thinking is, I'm about 7 or eight weeks behind on SotW. And I need an impetus (if that means what I think it means) to do a post every day again, which various factors have been keeping me from doing. So hey, I thinks, I'll just do a Song a day for a week and kill two birds with one incredibly time-consuming stone. I have no idea if I'll actually follow through, but here's part seven (of seven, obviously).
"Writer's Block Blues":
It's over! I made it! Suck it, haters! In your collective face!
OK, so I wrote myself into a corner yesterday when I said I wouldn't do another cover. Stupid me. That meant I had to write an actual song.
Anyway, I tried this other thing bu it wasn't really working out, which I believe is a phrase that's shown up in six of the posts in this series. I put that on hold and starting goofing around, playing blues guitar. And I was just gonna do that, bu I realized, last day, I should do something special.
So here is the first song I've ever recorded with words that I wroted. It's not the first song I've ever written with words. I have assloads of those that I haven't done for one reason or another, mostly because they're not finished, or they'd require more time and money then I can devote to this project right now, or they're so awesome that they'd spoil music for you forever and I'm holding them back for your sakes (there's maybe only two or three of that last kind).
I thought it would be funny if my first song with lyrics was about trying to write lyrics. I love meta shart like that. One idea that I've been thinking about all week is--actually I might do it later, so I shouldn't spoil it. Also, I enhanced the realism of the song by coming up with the lyrics on the spot, and also by mumbling words so they would turn into mush. It was totally intentional. Not just bad singing. You guys are dumb, you'll buy that line, right?
Here is the lyrics, since you can't tell them from hearing them:
{slide guitar noodling}
{regular guitar noodling}
I need some words.
To write my song.
Cause right now my song is only
Thirty seconds long.
I need some lyrics.
To make me sing.
I need some words gonna...
They're gonna ring.
I need some lines.*
So I don't get lost.
I need some lines, I'm gonna--
I'll pay any cost.
Oh no. [howly noise]
Yeah.
{more noodling}
{more slide guitar}
I need inspiration
I need [unintellegible**] salvation, whoa-ho-oh
I need a word to sing about I need a line to sing about I need another chance.
I don't even kow what that means.
{a little more noodling}
* *Or maybe I said "rhymes"
** I was trying to say "some" and I kind of choked on it so it came out as "them" or maybe "damn".
Click here to see Part One
Click here to see Part Two
Click here to see Part Three
Click here to see Part Four
Click here to see Part Five
Click here to see part Six
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