An obvious play on sole survivor. I had a great time sending the tracks to Michael Mazzola in New York and he added all the guitars. There is an ontological rap. Maybe I should have come back to the chorus, but instead the rap takes it out.
This was the first song that really came together. While the Punk sound was taking off in Boston, I wanted to write an anti-song. No chorus. No melody. A Latin rhythm of 3 against 2 but done as slow jazzy funk. Spoken word on top, with a skat feel. Before rap and hip Read more…