Lyric of the Weak: Parliament, “Flash Light”

11 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

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Flashlight

By George Clinton

Now, I lay me down to sleep
Ooh, I just can’t find a beat
Flash light (ohh, I will never dance!)
Flash light
Flash light
Flash light

Ha da da dee da hada hada da da

Oh, it’s no use!

Flash light
Red light
Neon light
Ooh, stop light

Now I lay me down to sleep
I guess I’ll go count the sheep
Oh, but I will never dance

(Oh, don’t make me do it)
(Dance, sucker! Ooh ha ha!)
(Oww! Get him!)

Most of all he needs the funk (shine it)
Help him find the funk (ha, funk it!)
Most of all he needs the funk
Help him find the funk (get him)
Most of all he needs the funk (I know we can get him)
Help him find the funk (ho!)
Most of all he needs the funk (ha, don’t!)
Help him find the funk (I know you will! Dance, sucker!)
Most of all he needs the funk (Shine the spotlight on him!)
Help him find the funk (Oh funk me!)

Ha da da dee da hada hada da da (Dance, Nose! You know you on my funk street???)
Oh, funk me!
Ha da da dee da hada hada da da (Get on down, Nose! I like it! Dance, then!)

Flash light
Flash light (oh ho ho!)
Spot light ( spot light)
Neon light (neon light)
Street light (street light)

Oh ho, ha ha!

Everybody’s got a little light under the sun

Shinin’ on the funk
Shinin’ on the funk

Most of all he need the funk (Ha da da dee da hada hada da da)
Help him find the funk
Most of all he need the funk
Help him find the funk
Most of all he need the funk
Help him find the funk
Most of all he need the funk
Help him find the funk

Ha da da dee da hada hada da da
Oh
Flash light (flash light, flash light)
Flash light (flash light, flash light)
Flash light (oh, flash light)
Flash light (oh, flash light)
Spot light (spot light)
Neon light (ooooh, neon light)
Flash light (ooh, flash light ho!)
Stop light (stop light)

Now I lay me down to sleep
I guess I’ll go count the sheep
Ha da da dee da hada hada da da (oh)
Shake your funk (Ha da da dee da hada hada da da)
Shake your funk (Ha da da dee da hada hada da da)
Shake your rump (Ha da da dee da hada hada da da) (ho!)
I think I found the funk

Flash light (flash light)
Day light (day light)
Spot light (spot light)
Red light (ohhh, hooo, red light!)

Everybody’s got a little light under the sun

Ha da da dee da hada hada da da
Ha da da dee da hada hada da da
Ha da da dee da hada hada da da
Ha da da dee da hada hada da da
Ha da da dee da hada hada da da
Ha da da dee da hada hada da da
Ha da da dee da hada hada da da
Ha da da dee da hada hada da da

Everybody’s got a little light under the sun
Under the sun
Under the sun
Under the sun
Under the sun
Under the sun
Under the sun
Under the sun
Under the sun

Van Halen 1976 Demo

11 Dec 2015 2 Comments

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From Wikipedia: “According to a January 4, 1977, L.A. Times article entitled HOMEGROWN PUNK by Robert Hilburn,[12] Rodney Bingenheimer saw Van Halen at the Gazzarri club in the summer of 1976, so he took Gene Simmons of Kiss to see Van Halen. Gene Simmons then produced a Van Halen demo tape with recording beginning at the Village Recorder studios in Los Angeles and finished with overdubs at the Electric Lady Studios in New York.[8] Simmons wanted to change the band’s name to “Daddy Longlegs”, but the band stuck with Van Halen. Simmons then opted out of further involvement after he took the demo to Kiss management and was told that “they had no chance of making it” and that they wouldn’t take them.”

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Songs You May Have Missed #560

09 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

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Josh Ritter: “Getting Ready to Get Down” (2015)

When we last looked in on Josh Ritter he went for for a stripped, folksy sound to put across a love song from an EP inspired by the simplistic early rock and roll sounds of artists such as Buddy Holly and the Everlys.

But on the heels of 2013’s marital breakup album The Beast in its Tracks, it’s an energized Ritter we hear showing a little attitude as he cajoles a female Bible College student to stray from the narrow path carefully laid out for her.

See also: https://edcyphers.com/2013/02/14/songs-you-may-have-missed-331/

What the Hell Is Synesthesia and Why Does Every Musician Seem to Have It?

09 Dec 2015 1 Comment

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(via Pitchfork)

By Ryan Dombal

For Duke Ellington, a D note looked like dark blue burlap while a G was light blue satin. When Pharrell Williams listened to Earth, Wind & Fire as a kid, he saw burgundy or baby blue. For Kanye West, pianos are blue, snares are white, and basslines are dark brown and purple. Orange is a big one for Frank Ocean.

All of these artists—along with Stevie Wonder, Billy Joel, Mary J. Blige, Blood Orange‘s Dev Hynes, and more—have synesthesia, a condition in which a person’s senses are joined. They hear a certain timbre or musical note and see a color, or smell a perfume and hear a sound, or see a word and taste a flavor. According to Carol Steen, the co-founder of the American Synesthesia Association, there are more than 60 permutations of synesthesia, and recent studies have suggested around 4% of us have it in some form. But while it may seem like tons of musicians are trying to associate themselves with synesthesia nowadays—Steen says she’s heard rumors about Beyoncé having it, though “she hasn’t been vetted yet so I don’t know for sure”—the condition wasn’t always seen as an express route to creative genius. (Philosopher John Locke was writing about combined senses as early as the 17th century, though the term “synesthesia” wasn’t coined until the mid-1800s.) Until about 20 years ago, many synesthetes were uncomfortable sharing their curious gifts with the rest of the world…

Read more: http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/229-what-the-hell-is-synesthesia-and-why-does-every-musician-seem-to-have-it/

Video of the Week: Jim Keyes’ ‘Warner Wonderland’

09 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

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From the artist’s YouTube channel:

Warner Music Group has pulled down my video of “Winter Wonderland” citing copyright infringement. Apparently I’m the reason they’re not making money. I wonder if they’ll pull down all the videos of people singing “Happy Birthday”, another song they own. Here’s my parody of “Winter Wonderland”, which, because it’s clearly a parody, does not constitute copyright infringement. Enjoy!

“Warner Wonderland”

When I sing
You can’t listen
Without Warner’s Permission
I’m singing this song
But they think it’s wrong
Living in a Warner Wonderland

Gone away
Is the freedom
To sing songs
When we need ’em
They’re so afraid
That they won’t get paid
Living in a Warner wonderland

In an office there’s a guy who’s watching
Scouring the web for videos
Of anyone who might be ripe for squashing
By singing songs that everybody knows

Later on
They’ll conspire
To put my butt
in the fire
Won’t let me play
Unless they get pay
Living in a Warner Wonderland

In an office there’s a guy who’s counting
And noticing that Warner’s running short
Adding up all the debt that’s mounting
And looking for someone to take to court

Later on
They’ll conspire
To put your butt
In the fryer
Looking to sue
They might come for you
Living in a Warner Wonderland

Songs You May Have Missed #559

05 Dec 2015 Leave a comment

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Buffalo Srringfield: “Expecting to Fly” (1967)

One of Neil Young’s most sublime songs was this lush, surreal tune recorded for Buffalo Springfield’s second album. The great but short-lived band was already showing signs of disintegration, and certainly the lyrics of this and Young’s “Broken Arrow” from the same LP can be interpreted as farewell letters to his bandmates.

But despite the discord in the ranks, psychedelia rarely sounded so beautiful.

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