This one is old, old, old. It’s definitely a little out there, but it’s one where the chord progression/tune cried out to me for something more extreme. Certain enemies will like this one—it’s more how they think than how I think.
We took off “Neon Lights” this week.
This one’s about a situation that happened at about 1am while I was on vacation years ago. While drunk, I said something sarcastic to someone that was sober, and well…they basically disowned me from there forward. Frankly, they were more right than wrong, but at the time I thought it was unfair to unravel a years-long friendship over a comment made in jest while inebriated. I also thought that, you know, being on break was a pretty good time to let loose a little. Sue me.
Now…I might have their point wrong, but I think their side of it went something like…IT’S NOT JUST THAT ONE TIME!!! Something like that.☺
At its underlying core, this song is about picking alcohol over friendship. It’s a self-destructive song.
Of course, the irony is…this person drinks more than I do now. Such is life.
I took off “It Gets To Me.” As usual, let me know how this is all going at gregorsongs@gmail.com.
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.