hard core superstar by far (wannabe music meme!)
In continuation of this meme, I am presenting the proxy album of my imaginary band Standing Comittee. True to its name, it's gender-representative, I imagine, most likely a duo, because that's always appealed to me, but it could be the new Abba, really, you're never sure when you start out. =P It's the kind of band that likes experimenting for no good reason, not very concerned with making an album a flawless ensemble, often deviating into silliness for the fun of it and collaborating with lots of random musicians in the aforementioned experimenting vein. It still ends up with male vocals more than half of the time, but my musician alter ego totally makes up for it by being a kickass drummer all of the time.
Now in venues near you etc., I Stopped Worrying by the Standing Committee. I hope it lives up to its title and puts a smile on your face. Enjoy.
1 Slow Show
I want to hurry home to you
Put on a slow, dumb show for you
And crack you up
So you can put a blue ribbon on my breast
But I'm so very very frightened I'll overdo it
2 Don't Listen to the Radio
Don't listen to the radio
Hear something that ya 'ready know
I got no radio
Get out the way today
3 When Life Gives Me Lemons I Make Lemonade
I've been up, I've down
I've always kept my head in the clouds
Hoping that I can find
One of them that's silver-lined
I don't care, it can rain
All it wants on my parade
Because when life gives me lemons
I made lemonade
4 Congratulations
I'll keep your dreams
You pay attention for me
As strange as it seems,
I'd rather dissolve
Than have you ignore me
The ground may be moving fast
But I tied my boots to a broken mast
5 Summer Day
If it's a summer day
With not a cloud in sight
Then tell me why
It feels like it might rain
On me
6 Acid Jazz Singer
Well, let me tell you something, let me tell you so
This could be the one thing that you really need to know
You've got to stop once in a while and shake off that face of yours
Cause nothing comes easy, it just comes free
You could sing it better if you sing it for me
Oh, sister
7 Hummingbird
Always been like a hummingbird
And I can't keep still
Listen up, lover, listen up, I never will
Wings move faster than the human eye
And if you could see my heart
Kept from flying outwards, somehow, I don't know
Wonder I don't come apart
8 Watching the Wheels
People say I'm crazy
Doing what I'm doing
They give me all kinds of warnings
To save me from ruin
When I say that I'm okay
Well, they look at me kind of strange
"Surely you're not happy now
You longer play the game"
9 Foux Du Fafa
Je voudrais un croissant
Je suis enchanté
Où est le bibliothèque?
Voilà mon passport
Ahh, Gerard Depardieu
10 Modern Mystery
I think you are so annoying
That's why you get so disappointing
I swear you are so important
Nothing you do is pointless, yeah
There is no modern mystery
No mystic chords of memory
There is no modern mystery
We're making up our history
And we may fight with each others shadows
But I'm so glad I don't hear you say no
11 Parentheses
If something in the deli aisle makes you cry
You know I'll put my arm around you
And I'll walk you outside, through the sliding doors
Why would I mind?
You're not a baby if you feel the world
All of the babies can feel the world
That's why they cry
12 Sex Karma
You are my only luxury item
Anyone try to steal you, I'll fight them
Let's go play some hide and seek
I know you are a little freak
You look like a playground to me
You took me centuries to master
In the next life I will have to learn you faster
13 Getting Down
I'm getting down with the awkward moments
I'm getting down with the sour kiss
I'm getting down with the rumours in the back of the car
I'm getting down with it
I'm getting down with the young drunk lovers
I'm getting down with the one way pack
I'm getting down with the city and the pity of it
I'm getting down with it
14 For the Price of a Cup of Tea
For the price of a cup of tea
You'd get a line of coke
For the price of a night with me
You'd be the village joke
For the price of a pint of milk
I'll tell you all I know
About the state of the world today
Sit down, enjoy the show
15 Got Your Moments
I'll never ever get you
Mrs. Complete Enigma
But you seem to have your moments
That really matters
I don't love you
But I love, love, love you
And I don't miss you
But I miss, miss, miss you
Inconsistent, rollercoaster this is
No expectations
I love your moments, moments anyway
16 Hey, Soul Sister
Your lipstick stains
On the front lobe of my left side brain
I knew I wouldn't forget you
And so I went and let you blow my mind
Your sweet moonbeam
The smell of you in every single dream I dream
I knew when we collided you're the one I have decided
Who's one of my kind
17 Journey of the Featherless
I got myself a mission: I’m going to find heaven
I made crepe paper wings
I think they’ll carry me well
I left you a love poem, the best I have written
My favorite words were the ones I couldn’t spell
They say that I’m a lunatic
They say that I am full of it
I say that’s it’s worth dreaming just for the dream of it
It’s all about passion, it’s all about perception
Don’t call me on my cell phone
Cause there ain't no reception when I’m gone
Though my fingers are blisters and my eyes are bullet holes
My heart keeps beating
I guess I’m pretty lucky
.ZIP
NB. If you want to download track 7 (Hummingbird) in .mp3 format, you need the individual link. The .zip has it in .m4a.
Now in venues near you etc., I Stopped Worrying by the Standing Committee. I hope it lives up to its title and puts a smile on your face. Enjoy.
1 Slow Show
I want to hurry home to you
Put on a slow, dumb show for you
And crack you up
So you can put a blue ribbon on my breast
But I'm so very very frightened I'll overdo it
2 Don't Listen to the Radio
Don't listen to the radio
Hear something that ya 'ready know
I got no radio
Get out the way today
3 When Life Gives Me Lemons I Make Lemonade
I've been up, I've down
I've always kept my head in the clouds
Hoping that I can find
One of them that's silver-lined
I don't care, it can rain
All it wants on my parade
Because when life gives me lemons
I made lemonade
4 Congratulations
I'll keep your dreams
You pay attention for me
As strange as it seems,
I'd rather dissolve
Than have you ignore me
The ground may be moving fast
But I tied my boots to a broken mast
5 Summer Day
If it's a summer day
With not a cloud in sight
Then tell me why
It feels like it might rain
On me
6 Acid Jazz Singer
Well, let me tell you something, let me tell you so
This could be the one thing that you really need to know
You've got to stop once in a while and shake off that face of yours
Cause nothing comes easy, it just comes free
You could sing it better if you sing it for me
Oh, sister
7 Hummingbird
Always been like a hummingbird
And I can't keep still
Listen up, lover, listen up, I never will
Wings move faster than the human eye
And if you could see my heart
Kept from flying outwards, somehow, I don't know
Wonder I don't come apart
8 Watching the Wheels
People say I'm crazy
Doing what I'm doing
They give me all kinds of warnings
To save me from ruin
When I say that I'm okay
Well, they look at me kind of strange
"Surely you're not happy now
You longer play the game"
9 Foux Du Fafa
Je voudrais un croissant
Je suis enchanté
Où est le bibliothèque?
Voilà mon passport
Ahh, Gerard Depardieu
10 Modern Mystery
I think you are so annoying
That's why you get so disappointing
I swear you are so important
Nothing you do is pointless, yeah
There is no modern mystery
No mystic chords of memory
There is no modern mystery
We're making up our history
And we may fight with each others shadows
But I'm so glad I don't hear you say no
11 Parentheses
If something in the deli aisle makes you cry
You know I'll put my arm around you
And I'll walk you outside, through the sliding doors
Why would I mind?
You're not a baby if you feel the world
All of the babies can feel the world
That's why they cry
12 Sex Karma
You are my only luxury item
Anyone try to steal you, I'll fight them
Let's go play some hide and seek
I know you are a little freak
You look like a playground to me
You took me centuries to master
In the next life I will have to learn you faster
13 Getting Down
I'm getting down with the awkward moments
I'm getting down with the sour kiss
I'm getting down with the rumours in the back of the car
I'm getting down with it
I'm getting down with the young drunk lovers
I'm getting down with the one way pack
I'm getting down with the city and the pity of it
I'm getting down with it
14 For the Price of a Cup of Tea
For the price of a cup of tea
You'd get a line of coke
For the price of a night with me
You'd be the village joke
For the price of a pint of milk
I'll tell you all I know
About the state of the world today
Sit down, enjoy the show
15 Got Your Moments
I'll never ever get you
Mrs. Complete Enigma
But you seem to have your moments
That really matters
I don't love you
But I love, love, love you
And I don't miss you
But I miss, miss, miss you
Inconsistent, rollercoaster this is
No expectations
I love your moments, moments anyway
16 Hey, Soul Sister
Your lipstick stains
On the front lobe of my left side brain
I knew I wouldn't forget you
And so I went and let you blow my mind
Your sweet moonbeam
The smell of you in every single dream I dream
I knew when we collided you're the one I have decided
Who's one of my kind
17 Journey of the Featherless
I got myself a mission: I’m going to find heaven
I made crepe paper wings
I think they’ll carry me well
I left you a love poem, the best I have written
My favorite words were the ones I couldn’t spell
They say that I’m a lunatic
They say that I am full of it
I say that’s it’s worth dreaming just for the dream of it
It’s all about passion, it’s all about perception
Don’t call me on my cell phone
Cause there ain't no reception when I’m gone
Though my fingers are blisters and my eyes are bullet holes
My heart keeps beating
I guess I’m pretty lucky
.ZIP
NB. If you want to download track 7 (Hummingbird) in .mp3 format, you need the individual link. The .zip has it in .m4a.