Soundcloud: Revolution (2026 remix)
YouTube: Revolution (2023 mix)

For a good couple of months, I've had in mind to post some 'heavier' songs - in a rock sense. This one is a remix, with another I am aiming to post in a week or so's time which is new and grunge-like.

DEVELOPMENT
Written in 2007 and recorded originally in 2008, the song is a bit 'angsty' which is unusual for me (e.g. 'Your angles are stuffed and your ankles are bound'). I have sometimes wondered if I am harbouring some pent-up aggression? However, I choose to think I intended it as a positive message about choosing a more generous way of changing the world. The lyrics ask the listener “Are you really sure you know what you will be called to do if you ask for a revolution?”
The first recorded version was a mixture of midi, my own guitars and singing and was what we would probably class as synth rock. It used the WOODSTK1 style.
It was a few years later that I realised, after listening to a playlist of classic Aussie rock, that the first line of the song (but nothing more) was similar to the first line of a well-known song, so I did some melodic re-wiring.
In 2023, I wanted to modernise the recording, so I replaced it with the _HIGHWAY Highway Driving Country Rock style, upped the key by a tone to Bm and added new bass and guitar work. I stylised the rhythm guitars on the strum and chord voicing used by Keith Richards and also The Dandy Warhols on ‘Bohemian Like You’.
In the latest Soundcloud mix, all instruments are played or sung by me, with exception of the drums and three guitars in the bridge from BIAB. The bridge got an overhaul with piano and acoustic dumped and new guitars added and swapping a Daug for a C#m7 in the bridge (I’m mellowing in my later years).

RECORDING INFO
Style is _HIGHWAY.STY (Highway Driving Country Rock)

RealTracks in style: 1417:Bass, Electric, RootsRock Ev 100 - replaced with my own bass
RealTracks in style: 2763:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm CountryBluesRockMike Ev 110 - jettisoned
RealTracks in style: 2635:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm CountryBluesRockHigh Ev 110 - replaced with my own guitars
RealDrums in style:NashvilleEven8^5-a:Snare, HiHat , b:Snare, Ride

RealTracks added:
RealTracks in song: 3163:Guitar, Baritone Electric, Rhythm BluesyPopSteady8thsBrent Ev 100
RealTracks in song: 3162:Guitar, Baritone Electric, Rhythm BluesyPopHeldEmbelBrent Ev 100
RealTracks in song: 4818:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm SteadyPushMuted ev 110

Me:
Bass Squire Jazz (the cheap one), Gretsch G5120, Peavey Predator Strat, Ibanez AMV10A
Vocals – main vocal triple tracked but with tracks 2 and 3 -12db and panned 60% L&R; backing vocals doubled and singing octave harmony
Recorded and mixed in Cakewalk Sonar.

Special comment: The new Drag’n’Drop feature in BIAB is very handy!

LYRICS
INTRO

VERSE 1
You say it’s time for a revolution
But you ain’t prepared to put in the work
We all need some restitution
But I say you gotta deserve it first

CHORUS
When love ain’t enough, it’s taking you down
Respond off the cuff, don’t give in your ground
Don’t act like you’re tough, lose your angry frown
Your angle is stuffed, and your ankles are bound

VERSE 2
You believe you’ve got persecution
But you wouldn’t know the meaning of hurt
Are you prepared for the retribution
When your hands ain’t been in the dirt?

CHORUS
When love ain’t enough, it’s taking you down
Respond off the cuff, don’t give in your ground
Don’t act like you’re tough, lose your angry frown
Your angle is stuffed, and your ankles are bound

BRIDGE
We all need a means to be free and forgiven
But I don’t understand the feelings by which you are driven

VERSE 3
You say it’s time for a revolution
But I say you gotta deserve it first

CHORUS
When love ain’t enough, it’s taking you down
Respond off the cuff, don’t give in your ground
Don’t act like you’re tough, lose your angry frown
Your angle is stuffed, and your ankles are bound

Repeat and fade

CHORDS
Intro and Chorus: | Bm | D | A | E |
Verses: || Bm | Em | Bm | % | Bm | Em | A | G :||
Bridge: | F#7 | % | E7 | % | F#7 | % | C#m | E7 |

Regards,
Andrew D
Adelaide, Sth Aust
Soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/SQE4btVvNVkLq74e9
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@andrewoftheantipodes