Fresh release from the archives: Had oleo's solo album not been scrapped due to creative differences, this would have been the second single's B-side. Unfortunately, Roy never got around to recording all his parts and this is the only known surviving recording from those ill-fated sessions.
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The goal of this song was two-fold:
1) Make something that would surprise most folks (including myself, if possible) familiar with my output
2) Make something that fit the criteria of Doug's Fastball's, "the Way" query of songs whose hooks were found in the verses and not in the choruses
For this round, I intend to get outside of my comfort zone a bit and focus on making the kind of stuff I normally don’t make. This one is somehow both the most “Mitchell-like”and the least “Mitchell-like” song I’ve ever made.
There are vocal harmonies - lot’s of ‘em, actually. And no, I didn’t really auto-tune them, so they’re a bit rough here and there, but I tired to slather them in enough reverb to make them palatable.
Also: I'm behind on everyone's songs, as I've been pretty busy lately, but I'm gonna try and catch up tomorrow.
lyrics
Lately,
I fear I'm going crazy
This ain't how my momma raised me
OH NO!
Why the Hell am I in Love?
Hate me!
That'd hardly even faze me. . .
But to come along and save me?!?
OH NO!
Why the Hell am I in Love?
The radio plays
OUR SONG
And everyone sings. . .
along
Then they get the words
ALL WRONG
And it
makes me
want
to
kill
them
MARRIED!
Is that how far this has carried?
And pretty soon,
I'm dead and buried
OH NO!
why the hell am i in love. . .
The radio plays
OUR SONG
And everyone sings. . .
along
Then they get the words
ALL WRONG
And it makes me
want
to kill
them
ALL!!!
ALL!!!
ALL!!!
ALL!!!
Pull down the shade,
Turn out the light
Let the radio play
All through the night
Hold me tight
. . .
Everything is all right
credits
from Round 34, Week 3,
track released October 3, 2021
oleo - everything
roy orbison - everything else
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