Sir Alfred IV / Luna Ponderosa's listening history
I decided to try a few different things this year for RPM. This is the single (along with a b-side to make a playlist) I'm using to show I completed RPM. All told I had six songs and could have listed an EP, but the songs all need a bit more…
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Trying to get something out of my trash-picked drum kit and my $11 ukulele from Lidl. I will probably not spend any more time on this. This is a song about a problem that many of us have faced but rarely talk about.
Too many bags in my bag…
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I was talking to someone about "sus" chords and decided to use as many as I could. The theme of the song came naturally.
I can remember what my mother told me many years ago
There’s a cloud that follows me everywhere I go
She said it…
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Note: new mix uploaded. Hard-panned guitars were overwhelming on mono speaker setups.
Been around enough to see
The people standing over me
Go from wearing suits and ties
To anything that they desire
I have much experience
To know when…
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Broke out my antique TR-707 for this, needed that basketball-on-asphalt kick drum sound. Nicely forces everything into 8-bar chunks but kinda forced me to do a fadeout. I think I managed a decent "bridge" on this.
Lyrics:
I met a mighty…
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If you’re looking for an easy way out
I got some cyanide pills at my house
Shine a light
Take control of your life
And mine
I never loved being left out
So let’s make it a suicide pact
Then when we leave
We’ll leave together
And live…
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I watch the sun rise once a month
Wipe the creases off my palms
Tracing in a few new ones
Feeding the mourning doves
The time we’re given’s not enough
Would one more day be too much
Rinse my palette on the front lawn
Mixing the petals I…
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TV dinner on the floor
Mattress blocking the door
You don’t have to hear me anymore
I’ve got more notes than chords
I should’ve known walls would come down
Swinging that sledgehammer around
They told me it’d be a long climb over the hill…
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Crawling around in a tiger hat and temporary tattoos
Pulled myself up with straps I fashioned from my father’s boots
I’m dancing with my laces tied together
I’m walking in the same skin I wore ten years ago
Same blisters on my ankles from…
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