Feb 2022 minimalism humor funky
Sherry says
I started February recovering from life saving surgery and was more or less comatose for the first few weeks. I started out writing serious existential stuff.
Now, at the end of FAWM, I am ending with something light hearted., yet instructive on how to purge unwanted things from your life :-)
Roddy says - great lyrics with a funk feel.
Sez Sherry: I haven't done a collab with Roddy for years, but I knew that he was the one who could bring this song to life with his musical skills and sense of humor.
He delivered!!! Loving your funk style here Roddy
If Ya Got It, Use It
If ya got it, use it
Sell it or give it away
If ya got it, but don’t use it
Ya know that’s bad Feng Shui
Stagnant energy will keep you down
Lighten up and move around
So If ya got it, use it
Sell it or give it away
If ya got it, and it’s hidden
Find it, maybe throw it away
If ya got it, and it’s forgotten
You didn’t have it any way
Unused objects just gather dust
Bugs and mold and maybe rust
If ya got it, and it’s hidden
Find it, maybe throw it away
Bridge
When you search for something
And it can’t be found
It can disturb your flow
And it wastes your time
If ya got it and don’t want it
Give it up and set it free
Someone else may love it
Like it’s meant to be
One man’s trash is another’s treasure
And you will bestow them pleasure
If ya got it and don’t want it
Give it up and set it free
Tag
So if ya got it, use it
Sell it or give it away
or throw it away!
Sherry Somach
©Feb 2022
@nancycunning Mar 2022
Woohoo. This has a kind of Randy Newman meets Robert Earl Keen in the paneled basement rumpus room of Sly and the Family Stone with the Spin Doctors on the Victrola. Great collaboration.
@andrea Mar 2022
Spring cleaning is coming, and these words of wisdom will be on my mind. Love the funky vibe. I really enjoyed the listen. Nice collab!
@dragondreams Mar 2022
Funky with a capital F. This is a great collab. Roddy's groove and delivery suit the words brilliantly. :-)
@richaaaay Mar 2022
Wise words indeed. Advice we can all use. Thanks!
@wobbiewobbit Mar 2022
sound practical advice i could do with heeding! love the organ and the funky groove. nice collab
@edwardsmusic Mar 2022
I love the funky drumbeat, rhythm guitar and the vocals. The organ in the background is quite colourful. Great collab!
@donna Mar 2022
Tremendous lyric, Sherry. :) Had me smiling throughout. And Roddy was definitely the right choice to give the piece an upbeat, kinda funky musical home. A real treat to listen to. :)
@crisp1 Mar 2022
Great vocals by Roddy and super funky music for this wise yet playful lyric. Really enjoyable collaboration, you two!
@odilongreen Mar 2022
Funky and fun in words and music, with delicious little guitar licks and good humor about the "it," this was a delight. Toe-tapping excellence!
@kahlo2013 Mar 2022
I really love the wonderful funky groove that Roddy brought to this lighthearted and fun lyric with a message that I need to embrace. So glad you were able to end FAWM on an upbeat note, Sherry, and hope that you continue to recover and feel the best you can possibly feel!
@berni1954 Mar 2022
Oh yes, funky and that Hammond sounds great. Was it a virtual version or the real thing? If the former which one?
I am definitely putting Roddy on my Watch list for next year.
@sheilerk Mar 2022
Oh, this really was fun! Sherry, I think this should be my mantra! I actually did get rid of a lot when we moved to Mexico, but I still have a whole storage shed full of stuff left there to either sell or give away, because I’m sure not using it! I loved the Feng Shui line, and you got me on the “when you search for something you can’t find” line, and the ones about if you forget it you don’t really have it anyway! True, true, true!! That’s happened a lot more than once!
The performance hit exactly the right balance of telling you what you need to hear, but never sounding preachy or hitting you over the head with it ( even though some of us could use a good knock upside the head about things like this, ;) I just loved it!
@roblincoln Mar 2022
Serious groove here. Real funky music. Somehow you managed to sound like Sherry in the vocal delivery though your voice is entirely different. Great words of course.
@seemanski Mar 2022
Some damn fine funky stuff. Great groove.
@cts Mar 2022
Not only is this oozing with cool, fresh funk; you embodied Sherry's unique vocal style/delivery. I'm all over this, folks. Love it!
@jwhanberry Feb 2022
I could use some of this idea around my house. Cool funky groove to this. The vocal lays in the track just right. Good work.