Anxiously, Baby #2
Original song, 2nd version with better singing. Video shot on my smartphone and edited with Shotcut free video editor.
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Anxiously, Baby(a song to inspire you)
The song of my dreams - literally! Earlier tonight I awoke from a really intense dream, as a song was playing I'd never heard before. I could only remember fragments, but from those I was able to piece together this, which I think delivers the message pretty well. Please forgive the vocal problems i was having on that third verse, I did the best I could to minimize the damage, mainly thanks to the fact the the Blockfish VST channel compressor has PRESETS, something I hadn't noticed before tonight. Audio noise cleanup done using Audacity audio editor, further audio processing in Cakewalk by Bandlab DAW, video brightness cleanup and cropping done in Shotcut video editor.
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Imagine Davos POV PARODY
Here's a song from last summer, a parody of John Lennon's "Imagine" with original lyrics by me lampooning the arrogance of the Davos set who've decided they can run all our lives. Again, this is PARODY, no copyright infringement intended.
LYRICS:
Enjoy your stay in Davos
Your betters welcome you
The planet is our country, and our religion too
Imagine all your rulers
Under just one roof
We may sound kinda creepy
Like a religious cult
Denouncing birth and family
Proclaiming "Gaia vult!"
Reducing all you sheeple
To half a billion, tops
You may think I'm a villain
You wouldn't be the only one
But I just have one question
Why do you need that gun?
Imagine owning nothing
You're gonna learn real soon
When your market crashes
Like a popped balloon
Just think of all the people
Eating all the bugs, oh
No more carbon cow farts
It's a mandate now
But you won't miss your sirloin
Just eat your mealworm chow
And we'll smile as you swallow
Pretending we do, too
So savor your middle class existence
Soon to tumble in the flood
That sinks your money, jobs and
homes, now,
Leaves you languishing in a pod
At least we're done with lockdowns
Finally in the clear
Til those pesky midterms
Re-start the Covid scare
Yeah, it may be your body
But it sure ain't your choice, no
But there's always Ukraine
Let freedom call you there
To fight our rival Putin
And not make trouble here
Just stay weak and divided
As your time runs out
As we enjoy your destruction
From far above the lowly mob
And there ain't no way you'll ever join us
'Cuz you ain't in this big club
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City Of God
Words/Music by Moe Shinola, written in 2001-3, somewhere in there. Recorded in Energy XT 3.0 using Linplug RM III sampler + Groove Monkee midi files for drums, Sfz soundfont player for bass, Tagima Woodstock Series 55 copy for all guitars and Shure mic.
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Healthy Disregard(lyric video)
Here's a new version of a song of mine from a few years ago. Here are the lyrics:
If you, my friend, are worried
in the same way that I am
From seein' Captain Ahab
Where once stood Uncle Sam
on meaningless vendettas
waged on made-up enemies
and includin' our neighbors in with these
I think a healthy disregard is well-advised
when grown-ups abdecate and children supervise
and brush our freedoms with the brush suspicion tarred
I hope I see some healthy disregard
Oh, don't you wonder why
we're led to think authority's
invested in some scary "them"
and not the common "we"?
and you who hold a shield
ain't it time you looked inside
and see the face your helmets hide?
You might think a healthy disregard is well-advised
can't we be countrymen instead of warring sides?
who treat our neighborhoods like Folsom Prison yard
I hope I see some healthy disregard
So, when they mention things
that if we see, we'd better say
so folks who make us nervous
can be neatly dragged away
remember what our Grandma's
generation would've thought
and all the injustices they fought
They had a healthy disregard for stupid rules
and not much indulgence for legalistic fools
so when some punk decides to play some fascist card
I hope I see some healthy disregard
Yeah, I hope I see some healthy disregard!
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Let's Go Play Soldier
From my 2006 album Radio Caroline, available at moeshinola.bandcamp.com
LET'S GO PLAY SOLDIER
Now, Dan and Tom and Sam'll
get a picture on a camel
while Uncle Sam debriefs
them there in bed
They'll tell the truth
you're cleared for,
and dry poor momma's tears
for all her boys and girls
who come home dead
Oh, goodie, it's a war
and we get to watch,
I've looked forward
to this so much,
we're gonna dance
all over somebody's country,
we're gonna spike
our football in the sand,
live from a newly
conquered land,
c'mon, cameraman,
let's go play soldier
c'mon, cameraman
Now, national pride
is crumblin'
this humblin' ain't in
keeping with the arrogance
Americans should feel
'cuz people just won't buy
if they don't think their
pie'll be as high
as all that gas
we're gonna steal
Oh, goodie, it's a war,
let's hide behind,
occupy the public's mind,
drown it all in a bottle
of Flag and Country,
why, we'll boost
consumer confidence,
it just makes advertising sense,
packaged all up with a brand,
let's go play soldier
packaged all up with a brand
Now, we got politicians prayin',
TV preachers playin'
"Onward, Christian SOldiers"
to the war,
cashin' in on fear, now,
leadin' that bloody cheer, now,
surf the crowd right
through the White House door
Oh, goodie, it's a war,
we'll hold the fort,
lead the sheep,
observe, report,
help make the world safe
for God and country,
we'll volunteer for priest and cop,
positioning ourselves on top,
a new establishment,
let's go play soldier
a new establishment
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Andrea's Birthday Song
Recorded 12-15 years ago, using an alternate guitar tuning I don't remember how to do anymore. Good luck trying to figure it out.
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Battered Wives and Girlfriends
Written, performed, recorded and produced by Moe, All rights reserved.
From my "Hippie Protest" record, Radio Caroline, available at https://moeshinola.bandcamp.com/album/radio-caroline. Made in 2005-06 on home PC using Cakewalk Sonar 3 Producer Edition, using an M-Audio Delta 44 interface, AudioTechnica Midnight Blues mic, Takamine acoustic guitar, Fender Squier Mini electric, Linplug RM III drum sampler & ProSamples Real Drum Kits, Maz V-Sampler(acoustic bass), and many software plugins, the most important being Buzzroom's Buzzmaxi 3 limiter and the Sonitus Reverb.
Dedicated to the American electorate. not meant to address or describe
any individual persons or situations.
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Pale Horse
Here's a COVID-19 song, written while in home quarantine, now unleashed upon an unsuspecting world.
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How Can You Laugh(lyric video)
Performed live at Steel's Used Books in North Kansas City, MO. Words and music by Moe.
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Merri Morningstar
This one is like Andrea's Birthday Song, an old guitar piece done in an alternate tuning I don't remember.
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Hey Supervisor
From my "Hippie Protest" record, Radio Caroline, available at https://moeshinola.bandcamp.com/album/radio-caroline. Made in 2005-06 on home PC using Cakewalk Sonar 3 Producer Edition, using an M-Audio Delta 44 interface, AudioTechnica Midnight Blues mic, Takamine acoustic guitar, Fender Squier Mini electric, Linplug RM III drum sampler & ProSamples Real Drum Kits, Maz V-Sampler(acoustic bass), and many software plugins, the most important being Buzzroom's Buzzmaxi 3 limiter and the Sonitus Reverb. Dedicated to Sharon Eiker, for shared headaches.
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