Sometimes a song just comes to you and you’re happy you have a guitar and a device to quickly get a sketch down. I really like this one, there’s something really immediate about it. It’s very simple, like an Roy Orbison or Buddy Holly song, of course done “a la mode“.
Since I haven’t yet done this since posting these weekly songs, I think this a great opportunity to illustrate the evolution of a song. Here’s the quick voice memo I recorded when I got the idea back on Dec 4th last year:
Very simple guitar pattern and 80% of the lyrics more or less written. Like I said, I got slapped in the face with this one.
In the interim, I decided that the main guitar line wasn’t very memorable. I kept fiddling and decided I wanted something a bit like The La’s “There She Goes”. That guitar line is up there as one of my favorite guitar parts of all time. Heck, it might be one of my favorite songs! As I recall, I was reminded of it when I later heard the opening to the Smashing Pumpkins song “Today” for the first time. That was a life-changing MTV viewing…
Back to the song. At first, the recording was getting to be a bit too twee for my liking. I nudged it in a slightly beefier direction and “viola!”, cool song. I hope you like it as much as I do.
Many Multitudes
I’ve heard a lot of things about you, girl They’ve seen you kicking ‘round this great big world They like the jive that you give They like the cut of your jib I’ve heard a lot of things about you, girl You have a lot of fans and you don’t even know They like the things you don’t like about you, girl They like that you give lip To all the cool kids I’ve heard a lot of things about you, girl Been triple rainbows Since you’ve been ‘round here I’m glad you came though Even if there’s some tears …’round here I’ve heard a lot of things about you, girl