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politicians and their ambitions
pride all over their faces
assume dominion over public opinion
evil in high places
playing fools and changing rules
but their lies never bind
till they lose a mile in my shoes
i’ve got better things in mind.. i’ve got
something else on my mind…

gender bender, how d’you figure
that i should be ashamed
i simply favor mother nature
and don’t care who’s to blame
play your part like a work of art
yea, we all know your kind
i disagree so stay away from me
i’ve got something else on my mind….
something else on my mind….

some ragged raisin in the sun
tryin’ to change the way i live
preachin’ submission to a god
that’s all take and no give
pardon me and my sanity
but i must decline
bring your war to my front door you’ll find
something else is on my mind… i’ve got
something else on my mind..

Agreed. 😇

I put a lot of time into this mix, especially the vox. Even used headphones lol...

Where's all the usual critics at?

Sonically great. Love the bottom on this, and the bit's of wah'd-out electric in the right channel are really nice.

Musically a little loose at times.

Lyrically allusive and a bit disturbing, but that seems to be your default style. Sometimes it works for me, other times not.

ALl-in-all, it makes me wonder what the "something else" is that's on the singer's mind.

Ha! It's settled then, I have a "sytle"

Thanks Mike!

Japov,

You are the real deal when it comes to Rock music. What I like most about your music style is your arrangements have that sharp edginess and awesome "drive," yet a clarity that many cannot achieve given these type tracks. I think you've made your lyrical point clearly as to how you feel for sure and done so boldly. As always a great listen musically, and your vocals also fit the vibe quite well.

steady-eddie

Clarity!

Some of my favorite bands; RUSH, Yes, Pink Floyd, Styx, Supertramp...

Clarity is a great compliment

Thanks Eddie

PS: I really don't try to make "rock" music... it just comes out that way lol

I can see a correlation with the above artists, also, in terms of your lyric style, especially with the first two proggers...like your lyric style combines elements of Prog Rock abstraction with Protest and comes up with something kind of unique.

Knowing how you feel (differently than me) about certain topics on non-MP3-song-threads, if I think I am understanding you to be abstracting those ideas through the lens of poetic language, it creates a confused response in me, such as having to separate my appreciation of the "writing as writing," from the gist of what I percieve the writing to be saying. But please understand I LOVE having that confused ("a bit disturbing") response. It takes me out of the usual half-asleep way I process so much "art" these days and I appreciate that. It just can make knowing what to say about it difficult, at times.

Lol... So, you feel like you should be more critical of the lyric because you know me...?

Don't hold back Mike, I can take it

Not what I meant at all. There's critiquing the ideas, and critiquing the writing. In the MP3 forum I am only going to want to critique the writing. It's not the place to go into our differences of opinion about various subjects, and even if you'd be okay with it, I wouldn't.

It's those differences of opinion that can make me feel "confused" at times, by the writing. Sometimes it's hard for me to separate the merit of the writing from the ideas contained therein. That's all.

I can appreciate that. Dom is actually right {*gag!}. The more time I spend arguing in the "peanut gallery" the less time I spend recording...

However, I freely admit... the only reason I do it is because I'm guilty of attention seeking behavior.

And because I can lol

Haha, re:attenion seeking behavior...not just you---me, and most everybody who's still here, to some degree.

re:peanut gallery vs. recording...also in agreement. Life finds a way to change our thinking, and from time to time great art in any of its forms (storytelling, songwriting,film, etc.) can, too. That's why Jesus loved Him some parables.

I am open to the possibility that your Art can change me.

HA!
The only change I would look forward to (in anyone) is a sincere appreciation for everyone's right to live as they please.

Freedom is agreeing to disagree... but government has gotten itself into the business of dictating morality...

But I digress... lol

Some good lines here Tony. Favs quoted below.
In particular, enjoyed...
assume dominion over public opinion


politicians and their ambitions
pride all over their faces
assume dominion over public opinion
evil in high places

Among the best I have heard from you Tony

Yes "clarity" is an apt description as is "clean"....nothing is buried "muddying" up the background

Maybe you should always wear headphones when mixing

Good dialogue in the thread too.

I write about the bigger ideas behind the words....instead of stories....and you simply cannot do that without going through your own lens.

And you have the artistic freedom not to care "what your audience thinks" because you do this for joy and the craft and not money.
That would make you a slave to what your audience wants from you

Then you would have to be more careful of what lyric you write overtop that errrrr It isn't rock I just wrote it that way