AND WHY? CBGB DEMO

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This is a twisted song that brought me back to the way I used to write songs back in the day - on my Tascam 4 Track. Drum machine, bass and a big fat RAT pedal. I never used a guitar back then so I'd run my bass run through a RAT pedal. On this song I did exactly that, ran the bass through the RAT pedal and miked my beefy Ampeg bass amp and ran it into GarageBand. I used the Heavy Blues guitar filter in GB for the left track and the same Rat pedal with the Seventies Rhythm on the second track. There's a third bass track with Rat and Heavy Blues straight up the center.

No real guitars used, just my Hondo 2!

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Lyrics

AND WHY? WHY DID YOU LOOK MY WAY?
AND WHY? WHY DID YOU CALL MY NAME?
AND WHY? WHY DID YOU HAVE TO BE IN SCHOOL?
AND WHY? WHY DID YOU HAVE TO BE SO COOL?

ALL I EVER WANTED TO DO WAS TALK
ALL I EVER WANTED TO DO WAS TALK

AND WHY? WHY DID YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT MY HAND?
AND WHY? WHY DID YOU WALK AWAY SO MAD?
AND WHY? WHY DID YOU HAVE TO TAKE SO LONG?
AND WHY? WHY 'CAUSE TOMORROW I'LL BE GONE?

ALL I EVER WANTED TO DO WAS TALK
ALL I EVER WANTED TO DO WAS TALK

AND WHY? WHY WAS I JUST DRIVING YOU HOME?
AND WHY? WHY DID WE HAVE TO BE ALONE?
AND WHY? WHY DID YOU HAVE TO KISS SO RIGHT?
AND WHY? WHY DID YOU HAVE TO SPEND THE NIGHT?

ALL I EVER WANTED TO DO WAS TALK
ALL I EVER WANTED TO DO WAS TALK

Song Stats

Hits: 1310
Comments: 36
Fans: 35
Plays: 100
Downloads: 45
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Uploaded: May 02, 2008 - 07:45:45 AM
Last Updated: May 02, 2008 - 07:45:45 AM Last Played: Oct 22, 2009 - 05:24:11 PM

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Keywords:

punk (121), CBGB (7), Hondo (1)

Hardware:

Hondo 2 Electric Bass (black and scratchy), RAT pedal, Samson R11 microphone, 1 blue guitar pick, 1 yellow guitar pick, no guitars.

Software:

GB4

Comments

Peter Bauckham	Peter Bauckham said 569 days ago (May 2nd, 2008)
	Sounds great! Excellent song and the 'guitar' sound is really good. You've captured the feel really well. Your vocals are perfect. Peter Check out my latest song called All The Same (CBGB) (Last Chance Challenge)

lengold	lengold said 569 days ago (May 2nd, 2008)
	Inspired Yes - you are inspired. This is great Bob, CBGB or not it's a terrific track. Really drives and I love the lyrics. Cheers Len Check out my latest song called Dodgy Doughnut

Go_Turtle_Go	Go_Turtle_Go said 569 days ago (May 2nd, 2008)
	digging that punk rock vibe. women, sigh....;-) Check out my latest song called Booga Sugar (ft. Beans) final mix

lavalamp

lavalamp said 569 days ago (May 2nd, 2008)

True to your roots
Cool how you did the guitars. Hondoes are very versatile, I see. You really capture the spirit of the punk scene. But I big question; Why wouldn't you use a red pick? Sometimes, I really don't understand people.

The pic: You have a very distinct style my friend. Have you ever submitted a cartoon to a publication? You are very talented musically, artistically, and comically.

Twisted stuff,

Lavalamp, soon to be ex-singer from Lavalamps of Hippie Death

Check out my latest song called Googolplex Times Zero

michael2	michael2 said 569 days ago (May 2nd, 2008)
	jeez that's a great song. ahh, the Rat pedal. what a thing of beauty that is. anyways, this song is perfect. you got the gig. Check out my latest song called Behind Enemy Lines (w/Bud and Particle Dots)

echoroom	echoroom said 569 days ago (May 2nd, 2008)
	2 cool 4 school I can smell the beer and ciggie smoke on this one! A sweet song of teenage love? Love that Rat Mr. D! Check out my latest song called Deeper (w/t Racerat)

	said 569 days ago (May 2nd, 2008)
	Impressive!! To say the least! I think your approach and sound on this is really original. Love it! Awesome submission! I enjoyed this one a lot. C.

rsorensen	rsorensen said 569 days ago (May 2nd, 2008)
	LOVE the RAT yes! great vocals and lyrics. cool to hear your voice angry like this. i get the impression that this wasnt just for fun for you. your performance sounds like you really mean it! awesome job. Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

rsorensen	rsorensen said 569 days ago (May 2nd, 2008)
	oh yeah! great drawing too. really liked all your flyers. anywhere we could see more of your stuff? Check out my latest song called Keep Your Chin Up

MarkHolbrook	MarkHolbrook said 569 days ago (May 2nd, 2008)
	I like the sound you created a real grunge feel! Check out my latest song called Never Say Goodbye - Bond Challenge

chemystery	chemystery said 569 days ago (May 2nd, 2008)
	Great song pic Great lyrics. Great vocals. Are you sure no actual guitars were used? Fantastic! Check out my latest song called COLOR TV cbgb demo

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 569 days ago (May 2nd, 2008)
	so, let's talk already great tune. first I would like to talk about how i was impressed with the riffs and sound out of old black & scratchy. very convincing as a real guitar sound. now I would like to talk about the vocals. Tough and direct. ... and I feel guilty of not talking about this, you're fine choice of colored guitar picks. Check out my latest song called November

Feter	Feter said 569 days ago (May 2nd, 2008)
	AND WHY? Cool and powerful singin here my freind ..loved the guitar arrangment here ..this song Rock !!! Check out my latest song called A Night With Feter feat'(Roxylee sloparts crissew johnwhitehead and Yamin AL Yamani )

splinter

splinter said 569 days ago (May 2nd, 2008)

You know why -
cause shit happens the way it's gonna happen and if you think you're in control then it's just one rude surprise after the other till one day you wake up and say fuck it man I'm just gonna take it as it comes and be thankful for every day on this mortal coil - then you pick up your guitar and turn your pain into music and it doesn't seem so bad after all. Great track man - you rock. Peace out.

Check out my latest song called Do What You Want To

egobandit	egobandit said 568 days ago (May 2nd, 2008)
	You There ya go I can talk! Dig the bass and the bass and the bass excellent loved it! Check out my latest song called when its love

	said 568 days ago (May 2nd, 2008)
	Killer song Hats off to ya Bob, excellent Punk Rock Its the darkest sound Ive heard from you, Love the "guitars" Sounds like a full band to me, kind of song I can enjoy listening to half tipsy in a punk rock audience.

Nick_Flash	Nick_Flash said 568 days ago (May 2nd, 2008)
	wow This sounds great. Thats awesome that you are using only bass. I have some friend that have been playing in a band for a while now and the line up is 2 bass players and a drummer. You can do amazing things with bass I had a Tascam 4 track(portastudio 2) still have it actually. Great song Bob Check out my latest song called Wake Up

	said 568 days ago (May 3rd, 2008)
	Ahhh The good old days

guitapick	guitapick said 568 days ago (May 3rd, 2008)
	Glad to see... ...that you used a YELLOW guitar pick... Like this...great questions...always a place in my heart for the RAT pedal... Check out my latest song called Outside the Corral

Heroin_Marys

Heroin_Marys said 568 days ago (May 3rd, 2008)

Five Extra Arms
This is a twisted song that brought me back to the way I used to write songs back in the day - on my Tascam 4 Track. Drum machine, bass and a big fat RAT pedal. I never used a guitar back then so I'd run my bass run through a RAT pedal. On this song I did exactly that, ran the bass through the RAT pedal and miked my beefy Ampeg bass amp and ran it into GarageBand. I used the Heavy Blues guitar filter in GB for the left track and the same Rat pedal with the Seventies Rhythm on the second track. There's a third bass track with Rat and Heavy Blues straight up the center.

No real guitars used, just my Hondo 2!

Check out my latest song called Bad Robot

I. Spike	I. Spike said 568 days ago (May 3rd, 2008)
	And why? Because we like it! Got a problem with that!? Huh!? Fuzzariffic! Check out my latest song called Mighty Cracker Fly

bud	bud said 568 days ago (May 3rd, 2008)
	Why? Because we love you Bobby - that's why. Check out my latest song called eye for you (w/particledots and michael2)

HalwayToNowhere

HalwayToNowhere said 568 days ago (May 3rd, 2008)

Soundly
Great song, I think the electric/rock balance is great, I like the emphasis on the word TALK and WHY. The vocals are passionate, good performance all around. I feel a proper re-recording with a more controlled mix would definitely beneficial for every track to make things stand out more and appear less flat. However thats all post production work and unrelated to the writing or instrumentals. Keep up the good work!

Check out my latest song called August Blues

Rebsie	Rebsie said 567 days ago (May 3rd, 2008)
	Great stuff Impressive use of unguitars and a finely applied vocal. The artwork is fantastic too. Check out my latest song called Amongst The Colours (w/ Luna Trick)

davisamerica	davisamerica said 567 days ago (May 3rd, 2008)
	right then bob what a cool production .. love the lyrics..hondo voodoo cool! Check out my latest song called No Son(egobandit band)

	said 567 days ago (May 3rd, 2008)
	very nice i have been a little out of the scene here because of school, but i am glad i got to catch this one... very nice! Allen

Beforepicture	Beforepicture said 567 days ago (May 3rd, 2008)
	Cool Excellent song. Well written, nicely played.

racerat	racerat said 566 days ago (May 4th, 2008)
	Rat RATs RULE! My bro' had a RAT and it has infected very song we wrote from 84-00. Love the directness, warm tone. Slurry nasaly pithy Pistol-y vox. Race-RAT Check out my latest song called Frank's Song

	said 566 days ago (May 5th, 2008)
	WHY? The unguitars (thanks, Rebsie) are cookin, and the shouted baseball-bat lyrics are spot-on! When ya get screwed up and around, the only thing to do is write a loud song. BTW, I don't use plastic guitar picks, I use pennies mashed into picks by railroad trains.

five_extra_arms

five_extra_arms said 566 days ago (May 5th, 2008)

CBGB Demo
Hey everybody. Thanks for listening to my song. It ended up being about the most natural song I've recorded in a long time. It's more than a good exercise in house cleaning. When it comes down to it, you don't need much to write a song. I feel like I've eliminated a lot of the garbage that I usually dump into a song to cover up my poor musicianship and wonky vocals. This song allowed me to be myself. Tall, loud and wonky.

I appreciate the comments and the support. I hope to be a better songwriter because of you. If not, then it's because of you too!

Thanks a million!

Check out my latest song called Michael Pool

Marv	Marv said 565 days ago (May 6th, 2008)
	Marvelous! Why did you call my name? Because, I'm a dog, that's why. Marv

MIRx	MIRx said 564 days ago (May 7th, 2008)
	Good god I bet you'll immediately understand if I say this is 100% SONIC!!!! And I really love it being so, as the guys are in my top ten fave bands of all times :) Check out my latest song called The Car Tune Cartoon

five_extra_arms	five_extra_arms said 564 days ago (May 7th, 2008)
	100% Nuts You people in Italy are CRAZY. I'm a big fan of Ciccone Youth. Thanks man, you crazy, crazy man. Check out my latest song called Michael Pool

MIRx	MIRx said 563 days ago (May 8th, 2008)
	Are we, you think? Haha, I LOVE Ciccone Youth's The Whitey Album, my brother, that Into the Groove cover is just huge fun, to say only one little thing ;) Check out my latest song called The Car Tune Cartoon

Axgrinder

Axgrinder said 564 days ago (May 7th, 2008)

Thumbs up man!
Great job on this bob..... "All I ever wanted was to give her talk" or was that ..... caulk? Thats what dating a young impressionable journeywoman plumber (STOP)...... and I shan't go any father with this or I will have to use "EXPLICIT CONTENT INCLUDED, UNDISCLOSED WITHIN" See inside of tag for proper care instructions! Nice tune bro......

Ax

Check out my latest song called Dark Circus

thoddi	thoddi said 554 days ago (May 17th, 2008)
	Jees I need to pay closer attention to the stuff you put up here. You have hit bulls eye in my taste centre:) Brilliant. And your sketch here and the self portrait .... pure art! Check out my latest song called Don't tell me what I can't w/KTB and Ingve

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Name: Bob Dorsey

I am busier now than ever before - work, parenthood, husbandry, new house, new house projects... Bear with me as I try to squeeze in a few songs between life. My Monday Night music nights are few and far between so I'm forced to hit it and quit it. W... [see more]

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