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Mark Twain, Chet Atkins, Dan Aykroyd, Johann S. Bach, Alexander Graham Bell, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Ronald Reagan, and Rober Young (he knows best) and of course Gandolf are just a sampling of a unique, distiguished group of individuals known as pipe smokers. This song celebrates the pipe and is dedicated to my Uncle John who was a pipe smoker. I always enjoyed the aroma of pipe smoke wafting through the air at Uncle Johnny's when I was a kid. I just wish my wife shared the same affection toward pipe smoke. Plus, if the smartest man that ever lived smoked a pipe, it can't be all that bad, right?
Lyrics:
I SMOKE A PIPE | ©2004 Ray Kainz
I smoke a pipe
I smoke a pipe
Despite all the negative hype
I smoke a pipe
Just like detective Sherlock Holmes
I smoke a pipe when I'm on the roam
It makes me feel like I'm right at home
until my girl starts to bitch and moan
so I'll just have to smoke and toke all alone
I think I'll even take the hook off the phone
Ashtray and matches at my side
with my pipe I will Abide
sitting on my derriere blowing smoke into the air
I hold the pipe right in my hand
It makes me feel like a new man
Let's smoke a pipe and get intellectual
oral fixatious
psuedo, psycho, sexual
I smoke a pipe
I smoke a pipe
Despite all the negative hype
I smoke a pipe
Whether it's morning, noon or night
To smoke is just to feel all right
That's why I like....to smoke a pipe
With a book or with a friend
the pipe's all right to append
to your mouth to take a puff
soon you'll see this is good stuff
With Salinger, Vonnegut, or Poe
I like to smoke my pipe real slow
Their creative words start to fill my brain
While my Sasieni 4-dot, it'll keep me sane
With a light aromatic or dark cavendish
I will pack a bowl and I will have my wish
I like my pipe with a cup of joe
Just like a fish loves his H2O
I love my pipe
Wether I'm jogging or ridding my bike
to smoke is just to feel all right
that's why I like to smoke my pipe
Some guys like football and such
But I prefer the sweet tasting touch
Of my pipe licking my lip
While I puff and feel real hip
Cuz pipes are cool don't you see
Whatever your color race or creed
Native Americans they all had it right
They hunted with bows and arrows
and they all seemed to smoke a pipe
I smoke a pipe
I smoke a pipe
Despite all the negative hype
I smoke a pipe
Hardware:
Dirty guitars: '84 Strat w/texas special pick-ups
Clean guitars: Reverend Rocco
Guitar Amp: Tone King, Comet 40
Bass: Washburn XB-500 thru Bass POD
Guitar mic: Sure SM57
VOX mic: Sure SM58
Mackie 24x8 mixer, Alesis compresor.
Power Mac G4 Dual 1.42 GHz
Software:
GarageBand! Sound Studio.
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brilliant riff . . . &mdash 12/05/04 - 04:57:06 AM
reminds me of something . . .
don't know what . . .
anyway i liked it . . .
nice sounds and words !
safe [ Reply to This ]
I Like It &mdash 12/05/04 - 07:42:50 AM
Smokin'! &mdash 12/05/04 - 07:56:03 AM
This song is pure fun. Expertly crafted with crystal clear production quality. Creative and tight. Great presentation with artwork, lyrics, etc. Well done Ray. [ Reply to This ]
Great Lyrics &mdash 12/05/04 - 10:05:51 AM
Also, loved the guitars. Production is top-notch. Where
do you come up with these ideas for songs?
JG [ Reply to This ]
Great Lyrics &mdash 12/05/04 - 06:07:10 PM
the inspiration for this piece came to me while smoking my pipe.
go figure. [ Reply to This ]
9-8-9-9 &mdash 12/05/04 - 10:10:28 AM
Man &mdash 12/05/04 - 02:26:41 PM
this tune just kicks butt great production, singing ,
playing and arranging.
9-9-9-10 [ Reply to This ]
Awesome Groove! &mdash 12/05/04 - 02:41:39 PM
You forgot Gandolf. Shame on you!
Does the Queen ever puff on a pipe? [ Reply to This ]
Awesome Groove! &mdash 12/05/04 - 05:51:03 PM
I'm so sorry Mr. El Oval. I did edit the description to include our friend
Gandolf.
regarding the Queen -
from the first verse:
It makes me feel like I'm right at home
until my girl starts to b!tch and moan
from AlwaysAway:
So the Queen always rains on his parade
....especially my pipe smoking parade! [ Reply to This ]
story in song &mdash 12/05/04 - 03:26:46 PM
Looking in my crystal ball....I'm thinking that you like to
smoke a.....PIPE. Just call me psychic!
These excellent lyrics tell quite a detailed story. I like this
kind of depth in a song.
Great vocals and guitars, simple chord progression in the
style of "The Troggs".
The chorus was very imaginative and offered a good
harmonic contrast to the verses.
Well done! And I don't even smoke.
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Reminds me a little of... &mdash 12/05/04 - 05:36:09 PM
some Bare Naked Ladies songs, which is (in my book) a
big compliment. You bring a lot to your songs and in this
one the vocal and musical style changes of pace are just
done so well. Very enjoyable listen.
Jack [ Reply to This ]
Smokin' lyrics and music &mdash 12/05/04 - 10:39:00 PM
Yeah, me too. I love pipe smell but have never taken up smoking in any form because my wife would never approve.
What a tight tune. Blew me away.
Volume level dropped too low with "Whether it's morning, noon or night.To smoke is just to feel all right". That's about all I can nitpick.
This is very professional sounding. Crisp enunciation and clever rhymes make the song -- helping to fortify the assertion that pipe smoking has an air of intellectualism and elitism about it. [ Reply to This ]
remindes me of my dad &mdash 12/06/04 - 07:54:36 AM
Well, pipe smoking does anyway. Fun, funny, weird tune,
and extremely well produced. Zappa would be proud. Did
he smoke a pipe? [ Reply to This ]
remindes me of my dad &mdash 12/06/04 - 10:10:30 AM
If Zappa is proud that's all I need. I know he smoked cigarettes. for some
reason i have an image of Frank in my mind with a pipe. Don't know if I
actually saw a photo of him or that I'm just thinking that Zappa would look
good with a pipe. [ Reply to This ]
remindes me of my dad &mdash 12/07/04 - 03:02:14 PM
Zappa came to mind for me, too, when I heard this great song. It's funny,
original, and it rocks. [ Reply to This ]
Nice Groove &mdash 12/06/04 - 11:51:14 AM
Loved the solid guitar work and vocals!!! Song structure is also excellent! [ Reply to This ]
Fantastic! &mdash 12/07/04 - 05:11:15 AM
Kinda makes me think of Zappa meets Primus and
the Presidents of the United States of America.
Excellent song with wonderful lyrics and good
production. I've given it good ratings (can't believe
the people who gave it bad marks but then each to
his own, I guess), downloaded it, and added it to my
favourites, so pretty much the full monty! Rock on,
eleveneyes! [ Reply to This ]
Sounds like the Offspring on Acid &mdash 12/07/04 - 10:56:11 AM
Only they can't play or sing this well. I'd use a condenser
for the vox as well to get that real close up Zappa type
feel but the SM57 cooks on the git. But that's just
subjective cr*p.
Sorted, Sound, Sweet and SOLID.
Masterful... [ Reply to This ]
Sounds like the Offspring on Acid &mdash 12/07/04 - 12:40:33 PM
I prefer using condensers for vox too. I was useing the AKG solidtube
exclusively for vox for a long time but I was demoing some stuff a while back,
using the SM58 to lay down some scratch trax and I fell in love with just
holding the mic, dancing around with it, it just frees me up a bit. Since then,
I've been trading a little sonic perfection for a better feel on the vocal
delivery. If I were a better singer the condenser would be in order for sure.
Despite the fact that i have to apply quite a bit of EQ to the vox while
tracking, for now this seems to work ok for me.
Thanks for listening and for the comments! [ Reply to This ]
Hilarious &mdash 12/07/04 - 11:10:37 AM
Yes, I hear all the influences already mentioned. They
Might Be Giants and Mike Keneally too.
But mainly Zappa. Lots of FZ in the vocal cadence. This is
good.
One of the most FUN songs on this site. I can hear your
JOY in the music. The sense of play is infectious.
Keep 'em coming, 11. [ Reply to This ]
yeah! &mdash 12/07/04 - 01:26:59 PM
Thank you eleveneyes - we need more SONGS on this site,
and your songs are great in every way. THANKS! [ Reply to This ]
More Fun Songs &mdash 12/07/04 - 02:03:03 PM
It's nice to hear well-constructed songs with a sense of
humor. I hope it's a trend. As someone else said "Zappa
would be proud". Great Job! [ Reply to This ]
Good &mdash 12/07/04 - 03:51:57 PM
I'm not a huge fan of the silly songs but your production value is excellent. [ Reply to This ]
Good &mdash 12/07/04 - 04:25:10 PM
Thanks for your time and thoughts.
I also have some less silly to stone cold serious songs I'd love to get your
feedback regarding prodution quality and whatnot.
SPEED pretty serious and heavy
Don't tell
the Queen serious with a no worries feel good wrapping.
Thanks again. [ Reply to This ]
NEW Good &mdash 12/10/04 - 08:24:55 PM
Highly addictive &mdash 12/08/04 - 03:02:11 AM
A fantastic song brilliantly performed. Once I'd
played it a couple of times I couldn't get it out of my
head ... definitely one for the iPod. Thank you for
sharing your entertaining music. [ Reply to This ]
Highly addictive &mdash 12/09/04 - 06:50:19 AM
Hurrah! The voting system is back online. Straight nines for this one, I
think. [ Reply to This ]
Running rings around &mdash 12/08/04 - 08:25:59 AM
What a top notch funny clever song! You were killing me
throughout, it grew on me like happy cancer. Love the
changes on volume and density, the variations, all slaves
to lyrics and content in all the right ways. Excellent. You
run rings around us! [ Reply to This ]
Running rings around &mdash 12/09/04 - 10:21:02 AM
If it weren't for... &mdash 12/08/04 - 09:09:33 PM
...Troy pointing you out to me... I may have never listened
to your songs. I shy away from the "alternative" genre for
fear of not being qualified to comment on it. But your syle
transcends that genre.
You have a quality that is very difficult to describe. I hear
King Crimson, BeBop DeLuxe, Frank Zappa and other
avant garde musicians that I listen to (with a certain frame
of mind, of course). My hat is off to you.
I'll be back to vote 9s and 8s and maybe a 10!
I've run out of words. [ Reply to This ]
Zazzle &mdash 12/09/04 - 10:39:03 PM
With a chunka nazzle, man. Rills. You know what I mean. I
mean, you know. This is dude to the sweetness.
Oh. One crissyizms, though.
Turn up the GATE just a teensy weensy on the vocals so I
don't hear the saliva on the top of your tongue
occassional. Or don't. Whatever. Great song either way. [ Reply to This ]
8-9-8-8 &mdash 12/11/04 - 01:18:47 PM
like it &mdash 12/23/04 - 10:39:15 AM
if i were being a really nit-picky I'd say it should be 30 seconds to 45 seconds shorter and have less repetition in the arrangement - a middle 8 maybe?. But otherwise - GREAT! [ Reply to This ]
Funny and well executed &mdash 01/11/05 - 02:53:53 PM
Great vocals and guitars.
Only minus: song's a bit too long. You have a limited
amount of melodic material here, so the number of
repetitions is getting a bit much. Maybe cut a verse, or
replace with a guitar solo or such?
But on the whole this is very good. [ Reply to This ]
creative &mdash 11/30/06 - 04:52:40 PM
Ray again I am knocked out... you are so musical and creative... an original... although Frank Zapa would be proud... your productions are just stellar [ Reply to This ]
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don't know what . . .
anyway i liked it . . .
nice sounds and words !
safe
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