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Bud:
It’s hard to tell now – but Shoobies was inspired by the work of Phil Spector. Growing up in Philadelphia in the sixties I heard a lot of the Ronettes, The Crystals, and of course The Righteous Brothers. Songs like Under the Boardwalk and Up on the Roof – both by The Drifters also defined summer for me – perhaps more than The Beach Boys, who seemed a world away.
So this song started with drums and sleigh bells (ankle bells that were tripled actually) handclaps and shaker. That’s as far as the Spector influence went. I added a bass and sent the mix to Yves who responded with a sweet rhythm guitar track. Some cutting and pasting created the lower register loop you hear and then I laid a higher guitar riff with it to create a repeating guitar bed. The vibraphone came next and then the vocals that come from the stories my parents and grandparents used to tell me about their day trips to the South Jersey Shore. How the term Shoobies stuck in my head all these years I’ll never know – but it came in handy when it was time to write this song. Yves added a harmony vocal to the Shoobies line. By now the song was reflecting the lazy thick heat and humidity we were experiencing this summer in NYC. Yves added some great synth pads and leads and two killer guitar leads while I laid in the little flute line which is actually a mellotron app played on my iPhone.
This all happened within about ten days after we were paired to work together so we decided to let it sit and move on to a second tune. We switched producer hats and vocals and got started on Lake Balaton - to be released by Yves.
Working with Yves has been a great experience for me. I couldn’t have found a nicer guy – with more patience, generosity and talent.
Yves: Synths, rhythm and lead guitars, backing vocals
Bud: Drums/Percussion, midi vibes, rhythm guitar, mellotron app, lead vocals
Special thanks to Joseph and Rik for their contributions to the t4s concept - and to the rest of you for participating or listening in.
Yves:
This was a first collab with Bud and I think we knew little about eachother before that. I found Bud's style was appealing and felt the collab would be fun.
... and it was. I'm still amazed by the speed the song came into shape.And building it up was an easy, intuitive process.
I hope you enjoy listening to this song, as much as I did working on it.
It’s hard to tell now – but Shoobies was inspired by the work of Phil Spector. Growing up in Philadelphia in the sixties I heard a lot of the Ronettes, The Crystals, and of course The Righteous Brothers. Songs like Under the Boardwalk and Up on the Roof – both by The Drifters also defined summer for me – perhaps more than The Beach Boys, who seemed a world away.
So this song started with drums and sleigh bells (ankle bells that were tripled actually) handclaps and shaker. That’s as far as the Spector influence went. I added a bass and sent the mix to Yves who responded with a sweet rhythm guitar track. Some cutting and pasting created the lower register loop you hear and then I laid a higher guitar riff with it to create a repeating guitar bed. The vibraphone came next and then the vocals that come from the stories my parents and grandparents used to tell me about their day trips to the South Jersey Shore. How the term Shoobies stuck in my head all these years I’ll never know – but it came in handy when it was time to write this song. Yves added a harmony vocal to the Shoobies line. By now the song was reflecting the lazy thick heat and humidity we were experiencing this summer in NYC. Yves added some great synth pads and leads and two killer guitar leads while I laid in the little flute line which is actually a mellotron app played on my iPhone.
This all happened within about ten days after we were paired to work together so we decided to let it sit and move on to a second tune. We switched producer hats and vocals and got started on Lake Balaton - to be released by Yves.
Working with Yves has been a great experience for me. I couldn’t have found a nicer guy – with more patience, generosity and talent.
Yves: Synths, rhythm and lead guitars, backing vocals
Bud: Drums/Percussion, midi vibes, rhythm guitar, mellotron app, lead vocals
Special thanks to Joseph and Rik for their contributions to the t4s concept - and to the rest of you for participating or listening in.
Yves:
This was a first collab with Bud and I think we knew little about eachother before that. I found Bud's style was appealing and felt the collab would be fun.
... and it was. I'm still amazed by the speed the song came into shape.And building it up was an easy, intuitive process.
I hope you enjoy listening to this song, as much as I did working on it.
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Lyrics
City heat rippling off the sidewalks
The open hydrants still were not enough
Take the streetcar for a nickel - to the bus for a buck
Or a friend with a car - if you have any luck
Down to Ocean City on the South Jersey shore
The weekend day-trippers – the Philly working poor
And the factory girls from Camden ‘cross the river
The blue-collar exodus – with their shoe box lunches
They call them the Shoobies – with their shoebox lunches
They called them the Shoobies - with their shoebox lunches
The well-heeled locals and the swells with summer places
Stuck up their noses at the swarms from the city
But the boys were all lookers and the girls were so pretty
But the boys were all lookers and the girls were so pretty
Down in Ocean City – Down in Ocean City…
The open hydrants still were not enough
Take the streetcar for a nickel - to the bus for a buck
Or a friend with a car - if you have any luck
Down to Ocean City on the South Jersey shore
The weekend day-trippers – the Philly working poor
And the factory girls from Camden ‘cross the river
The blue-collar exodus – with their shoe box lunches
They call them the Shoobies – with their shoebox lunches
They called them the Shoobies - with their shoebox lunches
The well-heeled locals and the swells with summer places
Stuck up their noses at the swarms from the city
But the boys were all lookers and the girls were so pretty
But the boys were all lookers and the girls were so pretty
Down in Ocean City – Down in Ocean City…
alackbass
Great atmosphere! Wonderful arrangement. Very original and extremely cool.