Looking forward to what you like and what you don't!
I had high hopes for this year's FAWM and was immediately taken down by a wicked head cold. I thought it was COVID, but fortunately, it was not. But, it brought me the inspiration for this song and I'm really happy with the result after building it out more than planned.
Head Cold
I should be on that beach
Strolling along
Picking up shells
Humming a happy song
But I’m laid up with a head cold
Well, it coulda been worse
Like COVID-19
Or double-pneumonia
With a case of broken dreams
I’m just laid up with a head cold
I’m laid up with a head cold
What good is stealing away
To escape those frigid winter days
When I’m stuck inside anyway
Feeling sorry for myself
Feeling sorry for myself
I should be staying out late
At a tiki bar
Coconut rum
And Jimmy Buffett songs
But I’m laid up with a head cold
Yeah, I’m laid up with a head cold
What good is stealing away
To escape those frigid winter days
When I’m stuck inside anyway
Feeling sorry for myself
Feeling sorry for myself
I’m laid up with a head cold
…….Snuggled up to a Kleenex box
I’m laid up with a head cold
…….80 degrees and I’m wearing wool socks
I’m laid up with a head cold
@hoppiern Feb 2022
Very imaginative and definitely captured that “head cold” feeling! Well done and a fun listen!
@nancycunning Feb 2022
When life gives you lemons make a hot toddy for that head cold.
Sure hope you're feeling better. This is a fun song to wallow with.. Great playing and singing....Looking forward to hearing more here or in Andrea's group. Rock on.
@markg Feb 2022
There was an old tv ad about headache remedy that had a hammer striking an anvil--that's the sound I heard in the first two verses.
Well mixed tracks.
@oswlek Feb 2022
I could probably just copy Brad's comment because I had the same thoughts. Nice spacey opening, cool way to punctuate the title with guitar, and the auto tune definitely feels thematically appropriate.
@bradbrubaker Feb 2022
The guitar stabs at the first "head cold" are a brilliantly timed entrance. The lead guitar is really slick hen it comes in. Autotune does kind of sound like congestion in a way, doesn't it, haha?
@evinwolverton Feb 2022
"I should be staying out late at a tiki bar" is where it really lifts off for me. I like the direction of exploring paths rendered untravelable. I think that's the place to dig. Love the fraying, unspooled end. And that incessant pluck.
@shadow1 Feb 2022
I enjoyed listening. I love the vibe and how you mixed and ended your song. There was room for each instrument to shine. I thought the lyrical comparison contrast was focused and colorful. The outro was funny. I don't know what a zong! is, but I enjoyed listening.