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Saturday News

9 weeks ago by @philkmills

Saturday News

philkmills

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Liner Notes

#rock #rhythm #noise

This began as a rhythm experiment. I was listening to the 11/8 intro of Whipping Post and thinking what a neat effect of essentially playing 12/8 and skipping the last beat. That got me wondering what would happen using the same idea with 9/8. The result can be heard as 4/4 (in eighth notes) but is being counted as 3-3-2.

After that, I decided that my other electronic pieces this year were too polite, so I needed something with a bit more bite.

Lyrics

Nine-to-four
Baseball score
Or odds on war
Odds on war
Don’t go there

I hate the news I read, but I can’t look away.

Singer dies
MAGA lies
China spies
China spies
Don’t go there

I hate the news I read, but I can’t look away.

Judge’s treats
Rising heat
Hot dog cheats
Hot dog cheats
Don’t go there

I hate the news I read, but I can’t look away.

Comments

@chipwithrow 7w

This one does indeed have some bite! Guitar is nice and grungy, and I absolutely love that swooshy synth. Lyrics get right to a point that I'm feeling, too.

@nwhosings 9w

That rhythm is great, and I love when an experiment yields musical results.
The lyrics are brilliant. Crisp and specific, the lines you e chosen to repeat build the tension for 'dont go there' to reroute into the chorus line. I particularly like the evolution of the rhyming vowels from AW to I to EE. From a soft diphthong to a bitey one, to the harshest possible vowel.
Cool write!

@gmcgath 9w

Having trouble playing it. The "play" button changes when I click on it, but the timer doesn't advance and there's no sound. (Mac, Firefox)

@coolparadisoMod 9w

Great building intro has that native music feel through the percussion and that is some cool guitar and synth. it really has a talking heads feel! very well done!