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Description:
stumbled across a squirrel with a tombstone in the park one fine day and thought what a mystery ! i must write a song of this incident in Forest Park.
picture taken by joey asaro
Lyrics:
not much is known of the squirrel set before us
he frolicked and gathered in these fields and the Forest
he ran threw the trees withe greatest of ease jumping and playing the grass and the leaves
now here lay lucifer o'tool he was nobody's
pet and he's nobody's fool, how long did he live here how long was he dead , he sleeps by the sculptures in a forest park bed
accident or rage maybe murder wrought from rage
perhaps an old squirrel friend with her heart in a cage
what dangers are lurking could be hiding in wait for you unaware unsuspecting so cunning and cruel, would soon take the life of lucifer o"tool
Hardware:
g-5 fender ( blech !! ) acoustic, ovation mandolin, firebox, crate mic
Software:
g-band
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let me tell you.... &mdash 10/12/07 - 11:15:52 PM
about dead squirrels. My cat usually nails around ten of them in the summer. No tombstones, just the trash can.
That is some really great mando playing on top of this folk tune. nice! [ Reply to This ]
thanx vic &mdash 10/12/07 - 11:32:52 PM
WOW ! &mdash 10/13/07 - 02:32:19 AM
Cool guitar sound, great mandolin line, fits vocal
Great work here, loved the song !
Thanks for sharing [ Reply to This ]
cool guitar sound ?? &mdash 10/14/07 - 10:36:06 PM
i actually hate this guitar and have never been satisfied with the sound i get from it but i'm glad you liked it, that gives me hope..lol, thanx for the comments !!! [ Reply to This ]
Ballad &mdash 10/13/07 - 06:25:22 PM
Very amusing ballad. I like your choice of instruments and beat. They match the lyrics very well.
Thanks
Bill [ Reply to This ]
hey bill ! &mdash 10/14/07 - 10:41:34 PM
thanks for giving it a listen !! gotta have a little fun once in a while and do something not so serious. i have one about a rat too but thats for another day another time. [ Reply to This ]
Quirky.... &mdash 10/13/07 - 10:53:06 PM
and catchy.Great lyrics,fine singing,a fine melody and some really good playin'.Much enjoyed this.
Oh they're cute little rodents until they dig up the lawn burying their winter food supply.
Blessings, [ Reply to This ]
those little rodents !! &mdash 10/14/07 - 10:53:35 PM
yes cute they may be as they're steeling the fruit from my trees and pillaging my garden but this one did not meet his fate do to me. a friend stumbled on to him and his marker in the park one day and he took the pic. i thought it might make a quirky song.
thanks for the kind words.
all of Gods blessings to you as well !! [ Reply to This ]
Awesome &mdash 10/14/07 - 07:05:02 AM
Very enjoyable tune like your voice and your playing fits so well to it.
A sad but lovely song... Cheers
Kenta [ Reply to This ]
cheers ! &mdash 10/14/07 - 11:02:56 PM
to you as well skean, thats how chuck berry signed an autograph for me in the mid 70's. that greeting always reminds me of that day, but i digress .
thanks for you kind words as always. i really dislike my voice but since being on here ( m j ) it's actually giving me a little more confidence, thanx..really
rob [ Reply to This ]
loved it! &mdash 10/14/07 - 06:46:59 PM
what a great song. love the mandolin. have you thought of adding some bass? that's all it's missing, in my humble opinion. love the lyrics, especially "perhaps an old squirrel friend with her heart in a cage." [ Reply to This ]
hey seca &mdash 10/14/07 - 11:13:16 PM
i actually did have a bass line for it but cut it , i thought it would sound a little more folksy without it. i almost cut the drums as well but didn't. glad you enjoyed the mandolin. i'm planing on taking out the mandolin solo and putting in a flute solo.
thanks for listening and commenting i really appreciated it !
rob [ Reply to This ]
the ballad of lucifder o'tool &mdash 10/15/07 - 05:57:25 PM
thanks feter ! &mdash 10/15/07 - 09:36:36 PM
I've been wanting for some time put put some mando to something and this one was the one. thank for listening [ Reply to This ]
Best Opening Line &mdash 10/18/07 - 08:37:58 AM
...of any song I've heard in a long time. "Not much is known of the squirrel set before us..." Utterly priceless. If I'd heard this on the radio I'd have pulled over, shut off the car, and listened transfixed. 'It's a squirre', I'd have thought. 'He's singing about an actual dead squirrel. This is GENIUS.'
There's an epic, misted-Irish-mountains feel about this that bespeaks of timeless mysteries, unanswered questions and secrecies beyond the breath of mortal lifetimes. And it's a freakin' SQUIRREL. I love the lyrics, particularly the "nobody's pet and nobody's fool," as well as the now-classic "an old squirrel-friend with her heart in a cage".
A flute solo would be killer here. Er... killer... dead squirrel... Sorry, that wasn't intentional. [ Reply to This ]
A song about &mdash 10/20/07 - 01:48:53 PM
a dead squirrel-this is a classic!1st song of yours I've heard.Nice vocals and mando work.This is great. [ Reply to This ]
thanx ibstrat &mdash 10/20/07 - 09:52:55 PM
glad you enjoyed. my music genres are all over the place, can't stay with just one style for some reason. hope you'll find something else of mine worthy of listening too.
thanks for stopping in and dropping a comment !!
rj [ Reply to This ]
r.i.p. &mdash 10/20/07 - 09:47:30 PM
you cant see in the pic. but on the wood it says "r.i.p. lucifer o'tool
3/20/2007" and therefore the questions began. if i would have thought about it sooner i could have incorporated it in the "pirate lioli." i don't think it will ever reach the "dead skunk in the middle of the road " fame but i think the world is ready for another dead rodent hit !!
as for the flute solo, that was actually supposed to be instead of the mandolin but i got tired of waiting for my daughter to add it.. oh well
thanx for listening, i always look forward to your comments !!
rj
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That is some really great mando playing on top of this folk tune. nice!
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