Deluxe edition of "This Way Up" on CD with slip cover, digipak & 16 page booklet. Includes immediate download of all 11 album tracks, premium digital content & sticker.
Also includes immediate download of 1-track album in your choice of 320k mp3, FLAC, or just about any other format you could possibly desire.
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This one changed so much during the recording. I wrote it to be a fast 4/4 straight time rocker but when we went in to record it, it wasn’t coming together as I had heard it in my head. The drummer, Pete Thomas was starting to ‘swing’ the feel, so Davey Farager [both from Elvis C’s “Imposters”] said.. let’s try it like THIS… he played a swingy “English Shuffle” rhythm and Pete joined in.. Then Adam [MacDougal of the Black Crows] started making these crazy noises with his old Wurlitzer, plugged into guitar effects ‘stomp boxes’ and my ol’ 1957 Gibson GA40 amp. I joined in on my Gibson SG and Divided by Thirteen amp… after one practice take, we HAD IT!
Joe Zook got some great sounds at El Dorado Studios [where I did the tracks for Mondo Magneto as well] and then I took the track home to do more guitars and vocals.. Scott Shriner [Weezer] did the chorus background vocals and I did the lead and verse harmonies.
After I took the drive to Bad Manors -my studio- I had a crazy idea… to split the song right in the middle after the second chorus and insert a wild marching band..That’s right… a marching band… don’t ask why.. So I did. But instead of Tubas, Trombones saxes and Trumpets.. I decided to do more guitars in their place.. lots more guitars. Maybe 40 or more.. I used every guitar I had there on this. My 1965 ‘Gray Fox’ Epiphone Casino was a big favorite, along with my prized ‘58 Gibson Les Paul TV Model. It’s a total tantrum of guitars leading into a gut punch of a solo before the last chorus and 60’s style outro.
I only hope there will be some heavy breathing when it all hits you!
Crank it.
lyrics
I was out for fun
into action
looking for some satisfaction
gimme something shiny, something new
running wild all alone
lost with no direction home
another rolling stone
black and blue
I found you
you crashed into my dreams
started stealing all the scenes
and now it seems you’ve got me too
I found you
much to my surprise
I just opened up my eyes
to find you glad to find me to
I found you
I climbed aboard
the magic bus
faced the dragons chasing us
battling the windmills of my youth
I searched along Park Avenue
and climbed the mountains of Peru
and never got no closer to the truth
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on the ropes
down and out
waiting for the ref to count
but just before the final round was through
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