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BLUNDER TOWN 1 It's been a while but here's something that needs ears & suggestions. I sketched this out last year and Steve "Louisiana Steve" Hutter reworked the lyrics as well as melody and played the lead parts PLUS mix and arrangement planning. BIAB provides the drums and organ. Steve does voices & lead guitar I hack away at the rest. Lyrics Blunder Town
Hutter/cochraneV1 This town, my town At sundown, turns so brown I smile & you frown But let's not tear it down Working & living We're talking, we're giving & walking, driving, Somehow surviving C1 Something calls, I can't hear It calls from far, it calls from near Not quite home Not quite here. But I can hear Something near Life in Blundertown. V2 This place, our place This case, is our space You think while I pace We're bot in a rat race Working & living & taking, believing Running & diving, Still just surviving C2 Something calls, I can't hear It calls from far, it calls from near Not yet home I start to fear. 'cos I can hear Somewhere near That life in Blundertown. V3 Living, dying Consuming, buying Faking & trying To look like we're making do Working & slaving Then seeing & craving Always behaving like We've all been trained to. C3 Something calls, I don't hear It calls out loud, it calls quite near Almost home, you can feel my fear. In a different gear Someone's near That's life in Blundertown. C4 Something calls, all along It calls out loud, it's sounding wrong Not quite home, feel me drown. It's a different tread Someone bled Life in Blundertown.
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rayc
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This is quite a nice song, Ray. Like the way the lyrics develop the topic, and the musical arrangement is spot on. LOVE the bass and guitars throughout. Super vocals and vocal FX chain, too. The mix is very crisp and open. Superb stuff.
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Ray,
This sounds excellent. Cool song with a great arrangement, lyrics, vocals and mix.
As usual, high quality work.
Bob
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I just finished reading a post-apocalyptic story and this song seems to mesh with it. At least in my head it did, ie, "at sundown turns brown" and "somehow surviving." Blundertown sounds like Bartertown to me. The lyrics have less of the kind of word play I normally hear from you, but there are similarities. There are too many quick rhymes in a row for my tastes, I'm not fond of that "Blinded by the Light" effect, but I emphasize that's a matter of taste. The vocalist is intriguing. I feel like I hear some kind of intentional distortion in the vocal chain. Steve sounds like he might be very comfortable as a crooner. Overall the song comes off quite well, it sounds pretty far along and I can't hear anything more that needs to be done to it. I have listened to a lot of commercial stuff lately where the basic volume levels are wrong and it's nice to hear that the levels in this song are quite good, very satisfying. Interesting tune, I'd say good job, wrap it up.
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Ray and Steve, as far as I am concerned this is a finest product, it doesn't need any tweaking as it is perfect as is. Fantastic arrangement and chord progression. Super vocal, lead guitar, backing band and mix.
Loved it
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Hi Ray.
The drums and bass sound about right to me. Lyrics are good.
Not keen on that kazoo sounding organ thing.
Vic
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