This one’s about 10 years old, but I revamped it pretty significantly in 2015. It was actually the first of the 170 songs I recorded. The lyrics here are a little trite, but I tried to offset that with the rhyming schemes. The tune doesn’t really allow for a lot of lyrical complication—I sorted of boxed myself in.
We took off “Selfish” this rotation. Thanks again for listening.
This one is a pretty simple one, from a number of years ago. This song was another one buried on a tape for a few years before I realized there was another way to go at it. Also, I’m always happy to find a way to get in a reference to home (Waikiki).
This is about a relationship that’s about to blow up on you, and searching for something that you can use to start distancing yourself from the other person. It’s about finding the hate in your heart you don’t really have.
I angered-up this one a little from preliminary versions, but I think this song could work a few ways. I debated recording a more quiet, whispered version… but ultimately decided this version was a little more fun.
We took off “Heart on Both Sleeves” this week. Thanks again for listening.
I’ve been feeling like the song list’s been a little eclectic lately. This one might center it a little, since it’s pretty simple all-around. It’s about taking 21 days off from a relationship to break the addiction/habit/inertia.
I tried this a couple times, one well over 20 years ago. It doesn’t work. I figured out later the science actually suggests it takes 66 days (even worse, the standard deviation is high—by person, it can range from 18 days to 250+). “66 Days to Kick This Habit” didn’t have quite the same ring to it, even with the right number of syllables. So a magical 21 it is.
We took off “Unjustified” this week.
As always, thanks for the support.
I feel like I should say something this week because there’s no question that Petty was one of my top 5 influences. You can hear it in my vocals, you can see it in the structure of bridges in my songs—I see it all over the place. I adored his first five albums from start to finish (yes, even Long After Dark). The early-era Petty—feisty, fighting for his existence—was glorious.
In his last interview, he talked about being an artist. “It was about something much greater. It was about moving people…I really believed in rock-n-roll. I believed in it in its purest sense, its purest form.”
I hope some of the spirit of that quote comes through here on this site. I can safely say this site doesn’t exist without that man.