Freak

racerat

Genre: Art Rock

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A lush, dreamy, lament of love and self-doubt. Vocals by Matt M.

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Freak
©2005 Philip VanDusen

In your eyes no one knows
All the truth that you expose
And all our mess
They stick like glue
They hide the facts that frighten you

I’m the freak and you’re the pill
Swallow me down, you’ll never drown

Move my mouth in the crowd
Don’t blend in, stand and be proud
These are things I’ve been taught
Always in dreams I’ve been caught
Never perfect
Try to be
Never worth it
Never me
Never me

I’m the freak

Song Stats

Hits: 927
Comments: 15
Fans: 3
Plays: 107
Downloads: 45
Votes: 6
Uploaded: Jan 02, 2007 - 10:09:40 PM
Last Updated: Jan 03, 2007 - 07:43:02 PM Last Played: Oct 10, 2009 - 09:12:31 PM

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	said 1041 days ago (January 2nd, 2007)
	Freakin great Excellent Dont blend in stand and be proud, classic. Let your freak flag wave high!!!

Stun Nutz	Stun Nutz said 1041 days ago (January 2nd, 2007)
	it's funny... ...you thought I might like this one the most, but I like it the least of the three you just posted. It's not bad, but it just seems a little overly melodramatic. I think the vocal delivery seems dated as well (especially near the end). Ha! It's my harshest crit of one of your tunes yet!!! Don't take it the wrong way!!! Check out my latest song called Gossamer dissected

racerat	racerat said 1041 days ago (January 3rd, 2007)
	melodrama Stun, We try to coat our stuff with a heaping helping of sarcasm and irony sometimes. This is one of those times....No offense taken at all!. I prefer critique to ego-stoking any day. --- -Philip Check out my latest song called Frank's Song

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 1041 days ago (January 2nd, 2007)
	freak parade a marching rocker. maybe a bit to much reverb in spots, vocals noticably. some great grinding guitars. Check out my latest song called One Step Over The Line

jiguma	jiguma said 1041 days ago (January 3rd, 2007)
	3/3 Like Stan, probably my least favourite of the 3. I'd like to hear this one stripped down more, especially on the vocal effects. HOWEVER, once you move into the chorus it seems to work in a 70s kind of way (think The Family). I'd really like to see/hear this live though :) Neil Check out my latest song called Under My Skin

Monkaton

Monkaton said 1041 days ago (January 3rd, 2007)

Freak
I liked the intro guitar a lot, but the melody and vocal didn't live up to the promise of the beginning. Great production though.

Jiguma may be on to something. After the electric intro it might have been interesting to have switched to an acoustic guitar and then reave it back up on the chorus and through to the ending.

Just a thought.

Check out my latest song called Darkness of the Night

racerat	racerat said 1041 days ago (January 3rd, 2007)
	Monk & Jiguma I like this idea. I may try a remix sometime. It is a little myopic and jam-band-y. Thanks for the input. I'll have to give you guys a Producer cred! --- -Philip Check out my latest song called Frank's Song

	said 1041 days ago (January 3rd, 2007)
	Irony Maybe it's just me, but I hear a lot of irony in this one: turgid guitars, moaning vocal. Kind of a winking nod to "classic Deep Purple". (That synth isn't from the period, though....) Kind of a slow, self indulgent wallow. I like it!

TobinMueller

TobinMueller said 1041 days ago (January 3rd, 2007)

Pronouns
Very solid writing and arranging. In my ears the vocal reverb was a tad too much, I prefer a more intimate in your face feel for this sort of mainstream rock. And, altho it is a personal thing with me, you seem to mix up pronouns as if they are all referring to the same thing [your eyes, our mess, my mouth] when it might be stronger if you stuck with a solid point of perspective [my eyes, I expose, our mess, frighten you]. I dig the tune.

Check out my latest song called Forge A New Life (MJRF)

racerat

racerat said 1041 days ago (January 3rd, 2007)

Tobin
This is kind of a trippy wash of a painting I think. Complete with over-the-top reverb. I like to play wearing different genre hats, if you know what I mean.

Admidedly the lyrics are all over the map--pronouns wise. But I LOVE the fact that you noticed that! My Dad was a newspaper editor and english teacher and reading this songs would have him pulling out his hair!

---
-Philip

Check out my latest song called Frank's Song

craft	craft said 1041 days ago (January 3rd, 2007)
	very good I like it a lot... great musician... no doubt... Go forward to listen to thge third one Check out my latest song called Blue Lights (feat. Spleenveil)

bud	bud said 1040 days ago (January 3rd, 2007)
	Releasing in threes... does lead to internal rating conflicts - and I'm kinda with Stun Nutz on this one. It's got a good beat and it's easy to dance too - but it doesn't grab me like the other two - which is faint damnation given the overall excellence of your output. Check out my latest song called Expanding Toys (Halloween Remix)

bug67	bug67 said 1040 days ago (January 3rd, 2007)
	What would happin if... Jack Bruce wound up singing in Iron Butterfly and they all made it into 2007? It might sound something like this. That's a compliment, my friend. :) Check out my latest song called Follow the Bouncing Bear With the Kazoo Blues in E (MJRF)

echoroom	echoroom said 851 days ago (July 12th, 2007)
	Freaked So you've always been great at production, i see. this is great - wonderful, draggy tempo gives this a real slow groove. The guitars are raw, the voacls ragged and impassioned, and a kick-arse chorus to boot. love the silky keyboards - really counteracts with the guitar. Great tracked, sadly overlooked. steve Check out my latest song called Deeper (w/t Racerat)

racerat	racerat said 845 days ago (July 18th, 2007)
	overlooked Thanks for taking a scan through my old catalog. I agree. I really like this song. It's kinda spacey and trippy, but the lack of the real driving beat sends some walking before they get into it I'm afraid. I'll have to return the favor and give our "lost leaders" a listen as well. cheers, P --- -Philip Check out my latest song called Frank's Song

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Artist Info

Name: Philip VanDusen

I went to school for the fine arts, painting, and taught that for a while, but I am now a graphic design executive by day, and a musician most the rest of the time. I play guitar and bass mostly, do midi synth stuff, use drum machine... [see more]

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Genre Info

Art rock is a sub-genre of rock music that is characterized by ambitious lyrical themes and melodic or rhythmic experimentation, often extending beyond standard pop song forms and toward influences in jazz, classical, or the avant-garde. The art rock

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