Feb 2022 blues social-commentary
I've written many verses to this song over the last couple of years but I never recorded it. I figure FAWM is also about dusting off old song ideas and giving them a go.
The inspiration came from trying to find music on the radio while driving across town. Since I live in a small town, getting to my destination doesn't take long. But so often I just hear talk or commercials instead of music. It finally got to me.
The recording is just a backing track from iRealPro with my vocal in two takes and a fake saxophone from Garageband. I couldn't decide which vocal I liked better so I think of it as Sinatra and Martin doing a duet.
| Eb6 | Ab7(13) | Eb6 | Eb7(#9) |
| Ab79 | ‘/. (Ao) | Eb6 F-7 | G-7 Gb7(13) |
| F-9 | Bb7b13 | Eb6 | Eb6 (Bb+7) |
I turn on the radio, it’s just idle chatter,
they’re talking about things that don’t even matter
you got Small Things Considered and long interviews
with people and subjects that aren’t even news
All this talk is giving me the blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah Blues
The phone lights up with another text
each one more idiotic than the next
he/she doesn’t really want to have a conversation
he/she just wants to vent about some situation
that’s really irrelevant and trivial too
I’m gettin’ the blah blah blah blah Blues
I turn on the TV and it’s all talking heads
going on and on about some guy in dreads
taking a knee at a big ball game
and how the Pres. thinks its a shame
I mean, who cares if he can still sell shoes
It’s given’ me the b b b b blah blues
I look at FaceBook or at the Twitter feed
its just people advertising or spewing their screed
we’ve all become toddlers saying,”look at me,
I’m so important i’m about to turn three!”
all these self congratulatory views
Are givin’ me the b b b b b blah blues
We’re afraid of silence and of being alone
thank god for the ever present cell phone
but it’s made talk cheap, or at best a distraction
from telling the truth, that we’re getting no action
It’s all self deception, a convenient ruse
But it’s given’ me the b b b b blah blues
So I go to the market, to buy some more food
hoping that will get me out of this mood
just to see another face and to say hello
break out of this shell and talk to a fellow
human being, a possible friend
someone who can help put these blues to an end
. . . . . ahhh.
@yewnorker Mar 2022
Yeah these last couple years have been isolating and mind numbing. Nice lyric and song.
@impuhlz Feb 2022
Loving the concept and the overlapping/interleaving vocals- very reminiscent of the vibe when listening to the "News" and clucking hens on TV haha. The "clucks" during that sax solo really fit the vibe well. Cool track!
@jepist45 Feb 2022
hahah great track, reminds me of all of my personalities in one room while im trying to make a song. this is great fun
@audrey Feb 2022
Great jazzy feel. Fantastic lyrics. Love your rhymes. A good catchy melody too. I think many FAWMers finish off music here started prior to FAWM. No one minds. I mean, we probably all have half finished songs and random melodies swirling around in our heads prior to FAWM, so why not use them, especially when they're as good as this one is.
@kahlo2013 Feb 2022
Wonderful catchy bluesy feel and fun lyrics! Love that bluesy blahs! I’m glad you came back to this!
@drivebylovefest Feb 2022
4th verse made me laugh out loud!
@panch Feb 2022
A great take on the amount of noise in society these days. As a non-smartphone, non-social media user I try to avoid it as much as possible but it's impossible to completely turn off.
I love the double vocal take and the sax (or quax?) solo is brilliant.
@timfatchen Feb 2022
And this is why I'm glad I don't commute, listen to radio much anymore or watch much TV!! I'm glad you dusted it off and set it. The fauxsax sounds great, especially with the duck behind it! And you have Twitter absolutely nailed. Not that it will do anything, but I feel better for knowing I'm not alone. Applause! [EDIT put your NAME or ident or something in the song filename so 5 years time I will know from whence the song came!!]