Feb 2022 cue-stick-blues onetake nofilter
Given my current situation, it seemed like a good idea to reword an old classic.. I did say 'seemed'
Recorded while in a managed isolation quarantine facilty trying to be quiet cos the walls are pretty thin
It is one take into my old zoom h2, screwed up the end but figured I would leave the field recording integrity in there ;)
A handshake is a handshake
A hug is a hug
They say you can’t have either
Because there is a bug
How long, how long must I wait
Don’t touch me now
You know I have to isolate
They put you in a hotel
With a clean shiny room
But if you can’t have company
Might as well be a tomb
How long, how long must I wait
Can I see you now
How long must I isolate
Breakfast’s is enormous
Lunch is huge
If I don’t get some exercise
I will be too
How long, how long must I wait
Can you see me now
I don’t want isolate
They told me it was chicken
But it looked like a duck
I don’t want to eat it
Cos it’s bustin my gut
How long, how long must I wait
Can I get out now
Or do I have to isolate
I got them isolation movies
Got that isolation food
Worst of all momma
I got these isolation blues
Oh how long, how long must I wait
Can I get out now
I don’t wanna isolate
@yewnorker Mar 2022
You had me at the word 'blues'. I can relate. I hope you're surviving it all. I hear Oz was really draconian. Just by posting this you reassure the rest of us that our reactions are normal and it's the world that lost its mind.
@srcoops Feb 2022
Good one. I was in the hospital with Covid 19 last year. They wouldn't even let me get up to pee. Five days of this was awful.
@janeukey Feb 2022
Too true! I don’t know how I would cope with 14 days in a hotel room. Nice work Peter!
@majordanby Feb 2022
Haha! Love the quick recording as it works with the message of the song. Some great lyrics and really like the bluesy sound you’ve got with this.
Good luck and stay sane!
@iwilleatyou Feb 2022
I'm a bit fed up with topical songs but these lyrics are good and delivered well. One of those tunes that will be heard 50 years from now and reflected upon.
@jamkar Feb 2022
Plenty of authenticity to your blues. A lot of early blues came out of a feeling of actual confinement. So yours is no different. Man this is history making stuff.
@shutyatrap Feb 2022
I'm in a bit of a blues mood this FAWM thus far so I was naturally gravitated to the title. Lovely guitar playing here. Love the tone and and flow of it all. I can very much relate to this and the frustration when you become a close contact of the 1st kind.
@hanley Feb 2022
Cool early blues vibe all over this, especially with the little bits of background noise. I think we can all relate to this one for sure!
@robynmackenzie Feb 2022
Love these lyrics, dark and clever. I like the contrast of picking styles throughout the song.
@valeriecox Feb 2022
Oh yeah. Pandemic makes a great blues theme. What could be more appropriate? Field recording sounds good!
@dragondreams Feb 2022
I'm adopting this as my isolation anthem!
Great work in "field conditions". Wonderfully witty and accomplished.
@django611 Feb 2022
Ha! One of my favorite pandemic tunes so far this year. Nicely done.
@richaaaay Feb 2022
Hilarious. Third verse is my favorite. Oh yeah…the Isolation Blues!
@timfatchen Feb 2022
How could I resist. Good lyric and so true (I saw that fb photo!) Good guitar work and the trying-to-be-quiet voice fits the lyrics.. Kudos for the field recording!