1981
Punk Music on the Radio
Steve Couch wrote this song around 1980. Ian Camfield on base, Ronny Trueherz on guitar, and me on drums. It’s Party Punk!
1981
it’s taken all this time to see you
Everything is in three. This is a state of mind. Zen like. Three notes repeating upwards. No chords. The highest note implies tonic at the beginning. However, the verse is rhythmically phrased four beats over three beats, so depending on when we land creates the tonic of the part. The Read more…
1981
baby then it’s all over
Dealing with the end of relationships. I think the band was beginning to break up. Or a girlfriend. Hard to differentiate. To this day. Max Camfield on guitars.
1981
i’d like to see you
The Cars were just signed in Boston in the early 80’s. This song has a Cars feel but is in minor and diminished thirds. You know, the suspenseful chords. The keys shift dramatically. There are three different keys in this song. The base part is shifted two beats for the Read more…
1981
loser in my life
So the lyric came from a B rated movie. I don’t remember the name of the film. But at the end the guy says “I understand the basic weaknesses that make you do the things you do”. The verse practically wrote itself. Another dark lyric. I remember in New York Read more…