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John (TEXASFEEL) has added 4 guitar tracks to my tune and infused it with just the blues lead and inventive energy I was looking for! Thank you, John! This tune was originally sung to try out ka-klick's advice that I have a the bottle of wine before (instead of after) recording. The entire tune was meant as a stream-of-consiousness improvised song, I made up the lyrics and music as I went, and loved the journey. This is a genre-bending jazz-blues-fusion tune using blues riffs/progressions over jazz voicings and shifting keys to create something I've never quite done before. The highlights are John's Santana-like lead guitar and the soprano sax solo during the final vamp by Donny McCaslin that imitates dolphins singing. (Donny also plays on "Crazy Story.") Sometimes I never know where a composition will lead me; this was one of those times. (No loops. All electric piano, synths, synth basses, and MIDI drums played in during about 24 separate passes.) Artwork: detail from "Icarus Drowning" by F. Ronald Fowler (Provincetown MA).
Icarus (v. 1) can be found here.
Donny also plays tenor sax on Crazy Story.
This track was remastered and appears on my 2007 release, A Bit Of Light, available through CDBaby.
Icarus (v. 1) can be found here.
Donny also plays tenor sax on Crazy Story.
This track was remastered and appears on my 2007 release, A Bit Of Light, available through CDBaby.
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Lyrics
ICARUS
(Day In The Sun)
Ride the wind, oh, on this day in the sun.
I'll have my way in the sun, on this day in the sun.
I got wings made of light.
I got a heart ready for flight.
Got two arms that don't tire.
Got a mind set on fire.
Two eyes bigger than a TV screen.
I'm gonna ride those sunbeams,
ride those sunbeams to you today.
Cuz this is my day, yes it is.
I'm gonna rise into the sky
Like a soul that just won't die,
like a spirit beyond pain
I'm gonna reach into that sweet, sweet flame
and pick me a sweeter bouquet of sunrays.
And fly back home to you...
Like Icarus.
Did he make it? Did he have a plan?
Did his arms hold? Did he find land?
The shoreline? Like your body
always wanting more. Always wanting
more... of his day in the sun.
In the sun.
In the sun.
In the sun.
Like Icarus, in the sun.
(Day In The Sun)
Ride the wind, oh, on this day in the sun.
I'll have my way in the sun, on this day in the sun.
I got wings made of light.
I got a heart ready for flight.
Got two arms that don't tire.
Got a mind set on fire.
Two eyes bigger than a TV screen.
I'm gonna ride those sunbeams,
ride those sunbeams to you today.
Cuz this is my day, yes it is.
I'm gonna rise into the sky
Like a soul that just won't die,
like a spirit beyond pain
I'm gonna reach into that sweet, sweet flame
and pick me a sweeter bouquet of sunrays.
And fly back home to you...
Like Icarus.
Did he make it? Did he have a plan?
Did his arms hold? Did he find land?
The shoreline? Like your body
always wanting more. Always wanting
more... of his day in the sun.
In the sun.
In the sun.
In the sun.
Like Icarus, in the sun.
Suzanne
what great licks on lead! texasfeel, you did the impossible (i know, i tried and failed) and added incredibly great guitar to a surprisingly complex, flowing piece. so many fantastic moments, but my favorite is the little thing you did at "ride the wind" and the hits at "wings made of light". it is so cool how this song swims along, the images it conjures, and John's work heightened all my reactions. there is a lively feel, a looseness that adds to the whole energy, something Tobin doesn't usually embrace. it really works here. well done, you two!!