Stacked by Warren Smith [Email]
Genre: Political
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Keywords:
Warren Smith (8), Richard Schletty (8), St Paul (1), energy (36), energy crisis (1), stack (1), political (35), Bush (55), McCain (1), Obama (11)
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MacJammer Richard Schletty sent me some lyrics for a song idea based on his observance of an actual event, the demolition of a power plant stack located on the Mississippi River in St. Paul. Not realizing he had already created a tune for the lyrics, I composed music for it of my own. Then, as Richard continued to move the song in a more folksy direction, I began developing the storyline with a political slant as a general meditation on the current energy crisis in the United States.Lyrics:
WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THAT STACK CAME DOWN?Schletty/Smith 2008 Down by the river on a bridge called Smith We gathered to see the demise of a monolith Of a big tube belching black fire and smoke Shut your windows, close you doors cover your eyes, it’ll fill your pores don’t laugh at me – I’m not making a joke Feel the breeze up on Buffalo Ridge Let’s use that wind to power the fridge What’s this rant rising about the tower? Bigger isn’t always better A multitude of alternatives could be unfettered Let’s convert those vacant rooftops into sources of power High in the sky where the mighty eagle soars You could see the dust cloud rise for miles around No more sulfur or mercury Life along the river as it ought to be Where were you when the stack came down? Ever since building that first cave fire Man has had a fervent desire To create clean forms of economical energy Give me water Give me wind Give me garbage Give me hydrogen Give me alternatives to oil and set me free Music break Maybe if Al Gore had been elected president Our energy policy would have a different bent But right now George Bush seems to be clueless What can we do when we are leaderless? Who’s going to lead us out of this bleeding mess? Is in too much to hope McCain or Obama can renew us? High in the sky where the mighty eagle soars You could see the dust cloud rise for miles around No more sulfur or mercury Life along the river as it ought to be Where were you when the stack came down? Where were you when the stack came down? Where were you when the stack came down? Energy costs keep escalating Clean and cheap aren’t reciprocating But we can’t go on forever burning ancient forests You’d better cancel any plans for a family vacation fuel costs are too high for recreation you’d better concentrate on heating or cooling your home more drilling won’t pump us out of this mess more rhetoric won’t relieve the stress this is what happens when you have leaders that won’t listen it seems to me the problem is not so great if we begin to concentrate and innovate but right now the resource in short supply seems to be wisdom where were you when the stack came down? where were you when the stack came down? where were you when the stack came down? Hardware:
M-Audio Keystation 49-e, Aria Pro II guitar, Mac G5Software:
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good work ...thnx alot for sharin !!!
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