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Wow! It's been almost a year since I promised to post all of these songs. (I'm so lazy.) This will be the first of four I will post over the next four weeks.
Moving on...
Aphrodisiac did a showcase back in the day when not a lot of the local music scene knew us. It was one of those things that we had no business being on, but because somebody in the band knew somebody, that knew somebody, that believed in us, we made it on the bill. The night of the show we were the first "band set-up" to go on, and we were told to do one song and get the hell off the stage. This showcase was MC'd by a local artist that has since become pretty well known nationally. She being the local insider/celeb that she was, knew nothing of us and nonchalantly made our introduction by pretty much saying to the packed crowd, " I have no clue who these guys are, but they're gonna play for you."
Now, against my better judgment the band had voted to do (what I considered) a cheezy musical fanfare-type into with our drummer on the mic talking smack about what you were about to experience. You know, the kind of thing James Brown or Ray Charles would do back in the 50s and 60s. Anywho, the idea was to punch them in the face. And apparently that cheezy intro combined with the power of this rock-hard song did the trick. When we finished the crowd went crazy and the MC came back on stage LITERALLY with her mouth hanging open. She stammered through some "wows" and asked the crowd if they wanted a second song. They of course did, so Sam and I did a quick huddle and launched the band into another face-smasher.
It was a great night and our mission was accomplished because the Aphrodisiac name was officially out there among the upper layers of the musical community. And the funny thing was, nobody in the band considered this song one of our better tunes. But it was perfect for standing out in a mostly hip-hop crowd of wanna be rockers which is exactly what we wanted to do.
And no, we never did the cheezy intro again. I made damn sure of that!
Enjoy this horrible recording.
Moving on...
Aphrodisiac did a showcase back in the day when not a lot of the local music scene knew us. It was one of those things that we had no business being on, but because somebody in the band knew somebody, that knew somebody, that believed in us, we made it on the bill. The night of the show we were the first "band set-up" to go on, and we were told to do one song and get the hell off the stage. This showcase was MC'd by a local artist that has since become pretty well known nationally. She being the local insider/celeb that she was, knew nothing of us and nonchalantly made our introduction by pretty much saying to the packed crowd, " I have no clue who these guys are, but they're gonna play for you."
Now, against my better judgment the band had voted to do (what I considered) a cheezy musical fanfare-type into with our drummer on the mic talking smack about what you were about to experience. You know, the kind of thing James Brown or Ray Charles would do back in the 50s and 60s. Anywho, the idea was to punch them in the face. And apparently that cheezy intro combined with the power of this rock-hard song did the trick. When we finished the crowd went crazy and the MC came back on stage LITERALLY with her mouth hanging open. She stammered through some "wows" and asked the crowd if they wanted a second song. They of course did, so Sam and I did a quick huddle and launched the band into another face-smasher.
It was a great night and our mission was accomplished because the Aphrodisiac name was officially out there among the upper layers of the musical community. And the funny thing was, nobody in the band considered this song one of our better tunes. But it was perfect for standing out in a mostly hip-hop crowd of wanna be rockers which is exactly what we wanted to do.
And no, we never did the cheezy intro again. I made damn sure of that!
Enjoy this horrible recording.
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Lyrics
Save Someone
Words and Music by Sam Dixon © 1995 All rights reserved
I never need a tranquilizer it puts a limit on my head
They coming down in 40 hours and by that time I could be dead, now run!
She said run, "Feels like"
She said run!
She said, "Time's out!"
Won't somebody come to save me I'm just a prisoner of this rouse
Here they come now to sedate me, my colors fade from black to blue, now run!
She said run, "Feels like"
She said run!
She said, "Time's out!"
She said run!
She said, "Feels like"
She said run, and a run and a run and a run and a ...
"Time's out!"
(bridge and solo)
I've never been so suicidal as when I was captured here
I hold my voice in mute denial, to keep in touch this mortal fear, now run!
She said run, "Feels like"
She said run!
She said, "Time's out!"
She said run!
She said, "Feels like"
She said run, and a run and a run and a run and a ...
"Time's out!"
Words and Music by Sam Dixon © 1995 All rights reserved
I never need a tranquilizer it puts a limit on my head
They coming down in 40 hours and by that time I could be dead, now run!
She said run, "Feels like"
She said run!
She said, "Time's out!"
Won't somebody come to save me I'm just a prisoner of this rouse
Here they come now to sedate me, my colors fade from black to blue, now run!
She said run, "Feels like"
She said run!
She said, "Time's out!"
She said run!
She said, "Feels like"
She said run, and a run and a run and a run and a ...
"Time's out!"
(bridge and solo)
I've never been so suicidal as when I was captured here
I hold my voice in mute denial, to keep in touch this mortal fear, now run!
She said run, "Feels like"
She said run!
She said, "Time's out!"
She said run!
She said, "Feels like"
She said run, and a run and a run and a run and a ...
"Time's out!"
Symphony101
This song rocks. Very very nicely performed, I just love it.