Skip The Budgie

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I wrote this song right at the end of Snow Crash's existence as a band, so had to record everything myself. It's nuts crazy funk and tells a story about megalomania, magic and the close correlation between these and madness. Note the use of Native Instruments Hammond B4 plugin, Fruity Loops for the drums, and a cheap flanger...

LYRICS

Did you ever hear the one about the one-eyed man,
how he opened up a grimoire in another land?
Coz when you’re seeing in mono you’re seeing red
and if anyone can the one-eyed man can

When the magic got out he knew the book was bad,
Saw too many others had the same thing that he had.
Tried to build an army but it drove him mad,
got into his brain like a thousand-eye freight train

Formed his plan in Astrakhan,
If you ever need a pickup then the one-eyed man
can

I ain’t making excuses for the following war,
no-one really knew what they were fighting for.
He knew everyone’s secrets but he wanted more,
like all the little cities on the Caspian sea shore

As soon as the East was one-eye land,
he moved into Europe in a big old transit van
The Americans failed to put up a fight
and the rights of the righteous fell by the wayside

CHORUS

And if the universe seems smaller than it did before
now you see in stereo and more...
You were never satisfied, got more powerful and I
can’t escape your omnipotent stare

CHORUS

So we covered our heads in hats of lead
and cowered in the back of a nuclear shed in Cannes
But the pressure was high and people died
and the man with the plan in astrakhan went mad

Now you’ll see him in the square with the scientist hair
selling ices to the masses with a maniacal stare
You should never try to talk coz he cannot lie
and he’ll show you the method of your demise

(if anyone can you know the one-eyed ice cream man can)

Drives his van, in Astrakhan
If you ever need a pickup then the one-eyed ice cream man can

5:46 minutes (5.28 MB)

This tune showcases the amazing Ohm Boyz delay plug-in, along with the Devine Machine and a little ReFX plugin called 'The Claw'. This is current, latest, hot off the presses music from my bedroom....

9:29 minutes (11.51 MB)

Yes yes, I know it's pretty ropey! This is the first tune I wrote on my first computer wot I bought with my own money - so of COURSE it has to be here!

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A fight, and what happens when people get that blind rage but don't really mean it...

Lyrics

A cracked bowl and a broken cup,
In an early morning storm...
Like there wouldn't be another day -
Fights, lies,
There couldn't be another day
When you were never there,
I was never there...

I don't know how it happened,
Bloodstains on the wall...
You look at me with empty eyes,
Hear a siren call
I didn't see you fall.

Is it any wonder that I feel like this?
I never thought that I would live to see another day
All the broken china cups are worth the risk,
They're the only way that I can make you stay...

It's all so quiet now,
Echoes in the wind...
Your hair is falling down
Your face to rings of pearls...
Always a classy girl.

(chorus)
('middle 8')
(add-on bit to the end)

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We just wanted to start with something funky, a sort of break to show off what we could do and wake everybody up before we launched into the plangent rock.

The first minute or so is cut off due to an over-taping error, if I ever get my hands on a 4-track recorder again we might get to hear the whole track!

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8:46 minutes (12.47 MB)

I was pretty pleased with the effects on the MU50, this tune was really my first real exploration into SysEx messages and things like that. Of course this isn't really relevant anymore, but at the time it was mind-blowing what you could do with Yamaha XG!