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I realised I haven't posted all the lyrics. Here is the second verse:
Mistletoe and wine don't work at all
I need sleeping pills to spend some time with you
Your snowy disposition just leaves me cold
You're the anti Father Christmas, it's true
It was going to be Rohypnol instead of sleeping pills but it implied that it would be the narrator (it's not autobiographical obviously) trying to date rape his/her girlfriend/boyfriend when that's not what it means at all. It's about needing narcotics to put up with someone. It's a cheery old song, that's for sure.
I had another dream last night (again, not in the sense of Martin Luther King), it was very very odd. We were playing a festival, sort of like Ashton Court but not and we were on last (which should have been the prime slot). Just as we were about to go on, everyone started leaving. Then they came back because it was a sort of a joke to leave but I had forgotten how to play all the songs, or was too drunk, or something. It was all a disaster and I was crying uncontrollably like a baby. Then I kept waking up and thinking it was just a dream, then going back to sleep and wishing it was all a dream. But what does it all mean? Probably that I don't want people to walk out of our gigs! I should be some kind of paid dream analyst.
Let's hope for no more crazy dreams this evening!
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Monday, 26 January 2009
Day 26 - Rocking around the Christmas tree
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We're not going to get to 300 by the end of the month are we? Nooooooooooooooooo!!!!!! Oh well. It's not important because we pretty much did the song today. It currently ticks most of the boxes. Let's revisit the list:
Step 10 - Father Christmas
Step 9 - Pop
Step 8 - Snow
Step 7 - Love
Step 6 - The Brass Section
Step 5 - The Video
Step 4 - Choral Arrangement
Step 3 - Key changes
Step 2 - The Lyric 'Christmas'
Step 1 - Tubular Bells
We have Father Christmas twice. It's quite poppy although it's probably a bit more rocky than poppy. Snow gets a yes in terms of the lyric 'Your snowy disposition just leaves me cold'. 'Love'? Well it's about not loving someone anymore. Step 6 and 5 are both not there yet but for understandable reasons. The brass section will go on with the recording and obviously we haven't thought about the video yet. There is an agreed section towards the end of the song set aside for the choir although I am still not sure where we're going to get a choir from. 'Christmas' lyric is in the chorus and there are most definitely tubular bells and sleigh bells. So really, all that is missing is the key change. It just doesn't fit and, for that, I am eternally sorry. Will it make the difference between a number one and no number one? I very much doubt it.
Exciting times!
We're not going to get to 300 by the end of the month are we? Nooooooooooooooooo!!!!!! Oh well. It's not important because we pretty much did the song today. It currently ticks most of the boxes. Let's revisit the list:
Step 10 - Father Christmas
Step 9 - Pop
Step 8 - Snow
Step 7 - Love
Step 6 - The Brass Section
Step 5 - The Video
Step 4 - Choral Arrangement
Step 3 - Key changes
Step 2 - The Lyric 'Christmas'
Step 1 - Tubular Bells
We have Father Christmas twice. It's quite poppy although it's probably a bit more rocky than poppy. Snow gets a yes in terms of the lyric 'Your snowy disposition just leaves me cold'. 'Love'? Well it's about not loving someone anymore. Step 6 and 5 are both not there yet but for understandable reasons. The brass section will go on with the recording and obviously we haven't thought about the video yet. There is an agreed section towards the end of the song set aside for the choir although I am still not sure where we're going to get a choir from. 'Christmas' lyric is in the chorus and there are most definitely tubular bells and sleigh bells. So really, all that is missing is the key change. It just doesn't fit and, for that, I am eternally sorry. Will it make the difference between a number one and no number one? I very much doubt it.
Exciting times!
Day 25 - Absence
Facebook members: 271
I established today that I can't post blogs from my ipod. This meant that I wasn't able to post a blog yesterday (not that I had anything of any interest to talk about) and it also means that I am not going to post while I am holiday next week. Did I mention I was going on holiday next week? Snowboarding? Yeah?
4 days to go. That's proper Mexico.
I established today that I can't post blogs from my ipod. This meant that I wasn't able to post a blog yesterday (not that I had anything of any interest to talk about) and it also means that I am not going to post while I am holiday next week. Did I mention I was going on holiday next week? Snowboarding? Yeah?
4 days to go. That's proper Mexico.
Day 24 - Stupid Beer Cans
Facebook members: 270
So they did have the Adidas bag I wanted. It rules, check it!
So just after I bought it, I went to the supermarket and bought some food and beer (Stella 4% to be precise). For the second time in as many weeks one of the cans opened itself in the bag. So a 2 inch pool of tasty beer resided at the bottom of my new bag. Thank you very much Famile Artois, very nice.
What the hell has this got to do with a Christmas song? Absolutely nothing, that's what.
Saturday, 24 January 2009
Day 23 - Crossing the picket line
Facebook members: 269
Yeah, I didn't post anything last night, not really a surprise. I did, however, have a rather nice burger at the Wild Wood on Park Row. I recommend trying it. Well, we managed a few more members so I am prepared to cease my industrial action. I am still waiting until we get to 300 before I send out a mass mail. Hopefully we can do that before I go on holiday.
So, the chorus. I've got the words and I've got the tune but I am struggling with the key to play the whole song in. I had the chorus in G but then it was too high to do the lead line. So I've knocked it down to E and the verse is too bloody low. I've also just remembered that I need to leave room for a key change, which traditionally goes up. I don't know, this song writing stuff is a minefield I tell you.
Right, I am off to get my haircut and buy a new Adidas bag. I bet they haven't got what I want. Toodle pip.
Yeah, I didn't post anything last night, not really a surprise. I did, however, have a rather nice burger at the Wild Wood on Park Row. I recommend trying it. Well, we managed a few more members so I am prepared to cease my industrial action. I am still waiting until we get to 300 before I send out a mass mail. Hopefully we can do that before I go on holiday.
So, the chorus. I've got the words and I've got the tune but I am struggling with the key to play the whole song in. I had the chorus in G but then it was too high to do the lead line. So I've knocked it down to E and the verse is too bloody low. I've also just remembered that I need to leave room for a key change, which traditionally goes up. I don't know, this song writing stuff is a minefield I tell you.
Right, I am off to get my haircut and buy a new Adidas bag. I bet they haven't got what I want. Toodle pip.
Friday, 23 January 2009
Day 22 - On Strike
Facebook members: 264
Due to the lack of a single new member yesterday I decided not to write a blog entry out of protest. As a result I have now managed to ascertain who my one reader is following an enquiry as to where the day's post was.
Now we have had a couple more members I will write a post this evening but I am going out in a bit so it will probably actually be tomorrow morning. Then I am going on holiday next Friday and I won't be able to post every day as there is no internet in our chalet, everything's falling apart. No Internet?!! It's a total outrage. The worst thing is, I booked the bloody place. How could I book somewhere so out of touch with the modern world? And I still haven't got an iPhone. Can you start a sentence with 'And'?
I am rambling now clearly. Back in a few hours.
Due to the lack of a single new member yesterday I decided not to write a blog entry out of protest. As a result I have now managed to ascertain who my one reader is following an enquiry as to where the day's post was.
Now we have had a couple more members I will write a post this evening but I am going out in a bit so it will probably actually be tomorrow morning. Then I am going on holiday next Friday and I won't be able to post every day as there is no internet in our chalet, everything's falling apart. No Internet?!! It's a total outrage. The worst thing is, I booked the bloody place. How could I book somewhere so out of touch with the modern world? And I still haven't got an iPhone. Can you start a sentence with 'And'?
I am rambling now clearly. Back in a few hours.
Thursday, 22 January 2009
Day 21 - Soaring Chorus
Facebook members: 264
I wrote the chorus, I wrote the chorus, la la la la la la la. Yeah! I lost my writers' block about 30 minutes after yesterday's blog. It wasn't a block really let's face it. More of a temporary absence of inspiration. I think I like it but I need to hear it with the whole band first. I did go with the 'It's Christmas' theme based on the fact that it was in my ten steps so I thought it would be a bit hypocritical not to include it. Here are the lyrics:
It's Christmas time
Don't kid yourself that I miss you at all
It's Christmas time
You take everything but you only give
When you're down
You go down, down, down
You go down, down, down
The underlying meaning is a bit rude but I think it is veiled enough to maintain its family appeal.
I am going to start a new feature called 'bands I currently don't like'.
Band I currently don't like # 1 = The Script
Why is this band popular? I asked Louise this the other day and we established that it must be because they sound American, like Maroon 5. I am not sure why this is a good thing. I generally like the Irish accent but sometimes it does have a habit of coming across as American. Actually, I am listening to them now on some Channel 4 program and I've just realised the lead singer actually sounds like Sting. Well Sting wants to be an American anyway so I guess that makes sense. But this, this song, I mean seriously, this song! It doesn't have anything of any discerning quality. I......JUST.....DON'T......GET........IT.
But it's alright, because David Guest is on and I love David Guest. He is one of the few people in the world that make me feel grateful for having my hair line. Nice one David! May you grace my screens every day.
I wrote the chorus, I wrote the chorus, la la la la la la la. Yeah! I lost my writers' block about 30 minutes after yesterday's blog. It wasn't a block really let's face it. More of a temporary absence of inspiration. I think I like it but I need to hear it with the whole band first. I did go with the 'It's Christmas' theme based on the fact that it was in my ten steps so I thought it would be a bit hypocritical not to include it. Here are the lyrics:
It's Christmas time
Don't kid yourself that I miss you at all
It's Christmas time
You take everything but you only give
When you're down
You go down, down, down
You go down, down, down
The underlying meaning is a bit rude but I think it is veiled enough to maintain its family appeal.
I am going to start a new feature called 'bands I currently don't like'.
Band I currently don't like # 1 = The Script
Why is this band popular? I asked Louise this the other day and we established that it must be because they sound American, like Maroon 5. I am not sure why this is a good thing. I generally like the Irish accent but sometimes it does have a habit of coming across as American. Actually, I am listening to them now on some Channel 4 program and I've just realised the lead singer actually sounds like Sting. Well Sting wants to be an American anyway so I guess that makes sense. But this, this song, I mean seriously, this song! It doesn't have anything of any discerning quality. I......JUST.....DON'T......GET........IT.
But it's alright, because David Guest is on and I love David Guest. He is one of the few people in the world that make me feel grateful for having my hair line. Nice one David! May you grace my screens every day.
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