Lyrics:
How much will it cost to mail this fruitcake?
The one that I have baked with so much care.
Tell me, what’s the postal rate, and how long will it take,
And will it still be fresh when it gets there?
I stayed up all night just…
I really enjoyed this collection/album, David. It has a warm, subdued, private kind of charm to it. I like how a lot of the songs feel like they're being held together by a thread.
Lyrics:
What’s the deal with egg nog,
Why can’t I find it all year long?
If I can get milk and I can get eggs,
And I can find myself a steady supply of nutmeg,
Why can’t I find my favorite beverage
Except from around Thanksgiving until…
Lyrics:
How much will it cost to mail this fruitcake?
The one that I have baked with so much care.
Tell me, what’s the postal rate, and how long will it take,
And will it still be fresh when it gets there?
I stayed up all night just…
Lyrics:
I’m mining my dreams for traces of fresh information.
Scribbling in notebooks filled with yellowing pages.
The situation is complex and the meanings all keep changing.
She tries but she don’t understand my peculiar demeanor.
Neither…
Lyrics:
Love is a mild catatonia
When you suspend your disbelief.
It can beat you down, it’s like pneumonia.
It’s something you catch and don’t release.
It’s a debt without restitution,
A series of rules that you must break.
I might…
Lyrics:
I don’t know whatever your mama told you
But, baby, listen to me.
Well she may think that I’m a snake in the clover.
I tend to disagree.
But I don’t want to take a lover if I can do what I please.
It’s just a memory of what you…
Grew out of my frustration at having to sing, play all the instruments, and engineer my own recording...
Baby, Would You Be My Engineer?:
Baby, would you be my engineer
and keep my headphones sounding clear?
I desperately need someone…
A song about whether or not to do something you're uncomfortable with...
Moving Too Slow:
Oooooooooh…am I moving too slow for you
cause I don’t want to do this one thing that you want me to?
Oooooooooh…if I want to get close to you
I…
Lyrics:
I’ve been meaning to get drunk and try to forget you.
Instead, I’m finding new ways to just upset you.
Baby, I just can’t stay in my mind,
Unintended and unsung, just like all the bad bad things I’ve done.
Baby, that’s and old…
Fun stuff, Lee. Nice work. I do wish there were a Peter The Kitty track though...
In my house we actually refer to our laundry room as MOBA...it's where my wife hangs the paintings that I've done which don't meet her high critical standards.
this is the slightly sparkly version of my version of Moschell's "Boxes and Strings" from his 'Circus of Freaks and Fools' RPM Challenge CD. I recorded it as a video last night and redid it in the studio (unfinished sauna) today.
This song has been hobbling around half-written in my psyche for eons, and it took the RPM Challenge to finally finish it!
Like many of my generation, my first peek into the world of women (and what they looked like under their clothes) was National…
shame I make the same mistakes each time
adding up, piling on this list of my crimes
the biggest to the smallest weigh the same to me
buried beneath of mountain with no hope of getting free
holding on to my broken dreams
shame I have no…
this is about a couple who are at odds with each other because of their goals, could also be viewed as a guy who wants his partner to commit suicide with him?
i usually play this on guitar, but for the RPM Challenge, i wanted to do it electronically…
This song has been hobbling around half-written in my psyche for eons, and it took the RPM Challenge to finally finish it!
Like many of my generation, my first peek into the world of women (and what they looked like under their clothes) was National…
It aint like no ones done this before
But how can you tire of beautiful chords
In the fifties
In Tenessee
Where my love
was born
Two young men upped and
crossed the yard
both cold cos it was rainin hard.
One of them turned said…
Tell me can you teach me bout your finely written poetry
Dont care about the content I just want to make em notice me
Such a fine hand they'd say wooo, study it closely
Been practicing all day I think I'm ready least I aughta be.
Caligraphy…
Comments on David Marcouillier's stuff
<3 Fruity, nutty, fabulous.
Great mix cool sound
Nice one mate
I like it!
I can't play a 4 minute solo FORWARDS and make it sound coherent, let alone backwards!! You seem to have managed it :)
Crumbs, I'm gonna have to listen to more of your stuff. I love how you fling tortured guitars at it and it just works.
Wooo! This works - like it. Some tasty guitar playing.
Sweet, Dave! Thanks for the jams! Really interesting piece you've written. It's definitely getting some airtime in my house!
Awesome winter feel! Title really works.
That's a hot lick!!
Fascinating stuff! Dig it!
I really enjoyed this collection/album, David. It has a warm, subdued, private kind of charm to it. I like how a lot of the songs feel like they're being held together by a thread.
this is creepy
Why can't you get egg nog all year long?????
love the lyrics to this made me laugh. Well done Dave.
vocals are A+also very pleasing lyrics, very cool song, extremly chill
Love the instrumentation.
(If this album continues to be this good I'm going to run out of favs and have to restart my computer, because that's how it works, you know,)
Still love this Marcouillier classic. And, for the record - I would, yes. But your mixes would really suffer.
Really liked this one. It's lines still come back to me unbidden from time to time. Well done!
Comments made by David Marcouillier
Good stuff, guys. Solid playing...and danceable.
Fantastic, Stu. Love the sparse arrangement, the understated leads, and the vocal interplay. Good lyrics to boot...
Oops...I uploaded the demo version and not the finished track. I'll have to fix that later, I guess.
Fun stuff, Lee. Nice work. I do wish there were a Peter The Kitty track though... In my house we actually refer to our laundry room as MOBA...it's where my wife hangs the paintings that I've done which don't meet her high critical standards.
Fantastic rendition, Stu. Top notch. This is fun as hell...
Fun tune and great lyrics. Nice.
Awesome. I love it! This is so cool...I need to bust some ass and get your song done now. I feel like I'm somehow more legit now.
Wicked banjo tone and an abrupt left turn into the unexpected. Love it.
This song gets stuck in my head. Undertones of Pavement and Wilco.
Great vibe. Kind of Segovia meets Radiohead thing...with scratching.
Great beats with space to breathe. Very nice.
Good riff. Nice changes. I needed this to recharge my afternoon.
Very nice vocal. Good guitar sounds.
This stuff has a really great vibe. Loving the beats. Seems playfully serious, if that makes any sense...
Good stuff. Great arrangement...
this sounds like the evil cousin of belle and sebastian on ny-quil...in a good way.
this sounds familiar but fresh. i think that's something to strive for...
haha...i was thinking that this sounded like the band and neil young...and then i read your bio. nice work.
great feel, alex...