The Traveller
This song is one of our first original compositions, which came together
well. The guitar melody was originally written for flute but the flautist left
soon after the song was written. However we discovered it was more catchy on
guitar anyway, and flows well over the boppy rhythm beat. The words have vague
meanings about the pilgrimage of life, but the nature of the song suggests it
is not too serious.
Courage in that Lonely Hour
This song is also about the long and winding road of life, with allusions
to the spiritual battle with its highs and lows. It has a mixture of
influences, with a Flamenco rhythm and pumkinesque melody line. We also tried
to gain contrast with the fuzzy bridge section and the main melody.
Burning Eyes
Another oldie of ours, Burning Eyes is a small epic. Slightly atmospheric
in the verse, we tried to contrast that with a melodic (but dark) chorus. It is
another of our more "serious" numbers.
Only the Lonely
This song is another of the first songs written. It is simple but catchy,
even though the lyrics are flavoured with a bit of "doom and gloom"
Plastic Woman
The words from this song were originally inspired by a nasty
"relationship" experience Tim had with a girl years ago, and were
adapted by Don with the music. This song is one of our more complicated
numbers, grungy in parts but also playing around with the rhythm in the solo
break (there is no lead guitar).
Stand
Rod wrote the lyrics as a poem years ago, and when Tim came up with the
bass line, he added a simple yet beautiful melody over the top. It sort of has
a "Dire Straits" influence to it.
Gasoline
Gasoline is a slow grungy number, mixing the blues scale with an exotic
minus9 major4 scale (I don't know the technical term for it). Don't try and
read anything into the lyrics, because they don't really mean anything.
Dream World
Keeping in line with the title, the music for this song is dreamlike with a
slightly medieval feel as well. One of our "pop" numbers, the words
are as deep as you're willing to make them.
Elephant Man
One of our funk numbers, and despite its off-beat lyrics, it is actually
intended to be sincere and not in bad taste. We were trying to convey a desire
to be grateful for whatever looks one may have.
Funk Cafe
Obviously another funk number. This one is just for fun.
Fire Breather
This is one of our rocky numbers, starting with a drum solo, then building
up with bass, and bursting in with a fiery guitar riff. It also has a mellow
interlude that provides a balance.
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