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Hi Gary, Thanks for checking it out and getting into some details. I have to agree 100% with everything you mentioned  I did send an email to The Brooklyn offical website as they had no music on their site.They did not even respond.. I wanted to try to get it to the baseball team there The Cyclones I just have feeling it would go over nicley played at the ballbark on a Lovely Saturday afternoon. I mean it is a summer song all the way! It's funny you mentioned Bruce i could actualy get it to him. But it would be better done by Billy Joel You are soooo right about the angles and story lines etc,... there are a few small holes in it lyrically for sure. The co-writer of the lyrics is a great guy and fun to work with. He would also have to stop me from constanly rejecting ideas (after considering them) and he knows I'll never get the song finished as I'll keep looking to get it better. The whole plan was to write one quickly and i already was nit pickin and doing re-writes. He kept telling me "No that's cool" poeple talk like that, and would make a logical expalnation to me why certain lines made sense or could stay. I'm sure you know that situation well.... As a matter of fact when he left I went back that night and right before I sang it. I changed and added the whole ending tag lines to the last chorus. Huge improvement. The conflict of this song, what makes it hard to nail perfectly goes right back to what I mentioned. "I Like Brooklyn" or I'm Like Brooklyn"There are to themes going on here the guy and the girl and him saying "listen you gotta take me for what i am.. This is where I'm from and who I am! I'm not gonna change. So you got the Uptown Girl thing going on... "I'm Like Brooklyn" I'm like wher i come from.. etc... Then you have all the facts and Brooklyn related sentiments... "I lIke Brooklyn" I would love to patch the holes and drive this home permantley. Hmmm!
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