For some strange reason, while I was just strumming around trying to put together the first song, the word bivouac kept coming to mind!
So that was the kernal that grew into this FAWM 2022 opener.
Don't want a luxury cruise
A hotel with unlimited booze
No need to pitch a tent
Or pay exorbitant rent
I wanna go on a bivouac holiday
I wanna go on a bivouac holiday
I wanna sleep underneath the stars
Far away from the noise of cars
Lay down on the forest floor
Make friends with the wild boar
I wanna go on a bivouac holiday
I wanna go on a bivouac holiday
On a bivouac holiday
You can go just where you want
Pack away your bivvy bag
Head off for a summer jaunt
I wanna go on a bivouac holiday
I wanna go on a bivouac holiday
Don't want a caravan cold and damp
Or a week in a holiday camp
Costa Brava no no no
I'll find a quieter place to go
I wanna go on a bivouac holiday
I wanna go on a bivouac holiday
I wanna go on a bivouac holiday
I wanna go on a bivouac holiday
@dock Feb 2022
What a happy song! You make me want to go on one too!
@lenigmusx1 Feb 2022
I won’t paint any false representation here I had to look up bivouac…man this is good though! I getting “The Clash” vibes. I can here big open pounding drums on this. The drums that are there are fine but I just imagine Matt Sorum rawly bashing through. I also can imagine a little more of a punk vocal delivery although the current vocals are excellent. I think looking up bivouac brought an imagine to mind as the photos were of WWI soldier encampments in trenches getting covered with rain. It just yells RAW to me. Great song.
@yarimurray Feb 2022
Power pop indeed. Catchy and fun. I love the jangly guitars and the arrangement is top notch. Great start!
@annaharp1 Feb 2022
I love this song. It made me smile. Currently sat by my fire in the dark in a power cut, so I feel a bit like I’m camping!
@leakyplusme2 Feb 2022
Love the music good voice you have me coming back for more.
@tinear Feb 2022
I now want write a song that rhymes bivouac with Cadillac.
We’ll see
@davidtaro Feb 2022
So much fun! And why not?! I mean, apart from the cold and the wet and the insects and the constant risk of arrest... sorry, I have no sense of adventure in my soul. I loved the driving guitars, I think the sort of person who evangelises about bivouac holidays would also play the guitar exactly like that. Top start, well done!
@richaaaay Feb 2022
That's my kinda holiday. Great concept for a song. The driving guitars added some attitude.
@jonmeta Feb 2022
Funny how words just arrive, and it’s FAWM, so you gotta go with them My first time ever hearing “bivouac” in a song too. The guitars sound great, and the chorus is catchy.
@coolparadiso Feb 2022
Bit cold for a bivouac holiday there i reckon. Good catchy rocky song. Nice kick off. Good driving guitar!
@mikeb Feb 2022
Isn't great when a word or phrase gets a song moving in you mind?! great guitar tones on this song!
@beatsbycamel Feb 2022
first time hearing a song about a bivouac and i like it! probably need to buy one now though