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Living With Fire In A Burning House


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Vic Holman

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this is the second in a row of Gort the robot showing up in the song art. This one was done in photoshop. just for the heck of it there will be a series of Gort song art........ until i get bored of it.

oh yeah, there is a song here too.
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Lyrics
Living With Fire In A Burning House

roses of fire are burning me
fade out again and again
fire of decembers ashes still remain
we where to ascend to the skies
across the street to witness lies
there is no place to analyze

living with fire in a burning house
what you face when things are hollow
living in a burning house
what you face in limbo and borrowed

the shadows want to observe us
on everything that seems mundane
fumes of the city only fuel the flames
set up lights to mark the way
won't be a loss to guide me in
and to make me face my face again

living with fire in a burning house
what you face when things are hollow
living in a burning house
what you face in limbo and borrowed

so i'm burning in this place again
where the ashes keep drifting in

the story of life is a boring sin
here where the heart melts again
can't be crawling across the floor
stopped guessing and choosing doors
and the years have burned me out
here i will be planted underground

living with fire in a burning house
what you face when things are hollow
living in a burning house
what you face in limbo and borrowed

living with fire in a burning house (3x)
Song Stats
Hits: 1398
Comments: 64
Fans: 34
Plays: 72
Downloads: 39

Uploaded: May 10, 2011 - 09:01:52 PM
Last Updated: May 10, 2011 - 09:01:52 PM Last Played: Jan 09, 2013 - 08:09:52 PM
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Hardware:
imac, fender nashville telecaster, epiphone DOT delue, schecter bass, presous firestudio mobile, audio technica cond. mike. m-audio keyboard(drums)
Software:
logic 9
Comments
Dadai.2 said 746 days ago (May 10th, 2011)
Gort rules....
I dig this.... great tune, Vic. Nice driving beat and bass. And your singing is... almost as good as your excellent guitar work. Cool. Michael Rennie would be proud... heheh.

D
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Vic Holman said 746 days ago (May 10th, 2011)
Thanks Jack
only Gort has the power to shoot lasers from his eyes. a true arsonist if there ever was one
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scofugate said 746 days ago (May 10th, 2011)
Dont mess with Gort
Love the bouncing Groove man!!
Cool tune and I still love your sound bro!!
Love the solo man!
Gort ROX!!!!
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Vic Holman said 745 days ago (May 11th, 2011)
Thanks Scott
I'm sure Gort has a caring, nurturing soul under al that tin. i appreciate the listen
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alackbass said 746 days ago (May 10th, 2011)
Living With Fire In A Burning House
I love the way this mix just smacks the listener in the face! The guitar sounds and that tight drum sound grab the listener's attention. Cool song! Love the chorus. Man, you know how to layer guitars!
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Vic Holman said 745 days ago (May 11th, 2011)
thanks Andrew
leaner is meaner. i use to stack tons of guitar tracks in songs, the old theory that everything has to be double tracked........ not so. even these days i will toss out sections if i can get by without them
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ste said 746 days ago (May 10th, 2011)
like
it. the drums sound real. great joy division slant. top song
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Vic Holman said 745 days ago (May 11th, 2011)
thanks much
there is a bit of a intentional attempt at a eighties style, but i ain't saying who :)
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magnatone said 746 days ago (May 10th, 2011)
Living With Fire
wowzers vic! you are just the best - this rocks! ditto andrew's comment about how well you layer guitars!! great work!
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Vic Holman said 745 days ago (May 11th, 2011)
thanks Karen
the sun came out........ so the vitamin D energized me. thanks again Karen
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Symphony101 said 746 days ago (May 10th, 2011)
Awesome songwriting
This is terrific work Vic !
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Vic Holman said 745 days ago (May 11th, 2011)
thanks Yves
thanks for the listen. it makes it all worthwhile
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particledots said 746 days ago (May 10th, 2011)
love the gort robot
also love the song
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Vic Holman said 745 days ago (May 11th, 2011)
thanks Bryn
i should of robotized the vocals
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Skean said 746 days ago (May 11th, 2011)
Vic
You and Gort, complement each other, haha.
Great stuff thanks for sharing, cheers
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Vic Holman said 745 days ago (May 11th, 2011)
thanks Kenta
who wouldn't want a robot that shoots a laser beam out of their eye. the neighbors would be more respectful, that's for sure
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jiguma said 746 days ago (May 11th, 2011)
This reminds me
of the 80s - but in a good way. Finding the closing hihat a bit distracting, and would probably prefer a straighter drum track or maybe just more variation, but nevertheless, another brilliant song, mix and performance Vic. Getting a bit of The Cars vibe from the guitars.
Cool post!
Neil
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Vic Holman said 745 days ago (May 11th, 2011)
Thanks Neil
80's intentional, there was a certain band i was thinking of that used a lot of clean electrics.but i got my paws all over it.

i had a more involved drum at first, but starting deleting notes. I'm not to 100% on it yet either
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tempie said 746 days ago (May 11th, 2011)
the holman bounce
sunny, happy, straightforward and a classic solo. i love everything about it. my new favorite. thanks for the DL dude.
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Vic Holman said 745 days ago (May 11th, 2011)
thanks Craig
sunny, happy and burning presto logs and the hearth. i'm really happy how well the notes on the solo come through on this one.
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J_Gretch said 746 days ago (May 11th, 2011)
Yet another
great tune...Especially like the guitar work in this one.

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Vic Holman said 745 days ago (May 11th, 2011)
thanks J
i only say J, because i forgot to ask you what your first name is. :)

originally i had all the guitar tracks done, in a different time signature. it just didn't seem right to me after a day or so. i scraped them and started over, no big loss, it didn't take long to re-record them
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dave_b said 745 days ago (May 11th, 2011)
Living With Fire In A Burning House
Good hook, & cool imagery in the lyric "roses of fire are burning me." Cool guitar lines & tone, nice solo.
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Vic Holman said 745 days ago (May 11th, 2011)
Thanks Dave
the original lyrics i wrote where really bad. somehow these wrote themselves later at night, almost sub-consciencley i think
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ic42 said 745 days ago (May 11th, 2011)
Gort |flip-horiz| Trog
step by step, we walk through the flames... sometimes right into the burning house. A sad life in a loop of disappointment... poor gort. Smoking guitar sound, despite the fire. Enjoyed.
ttfn,
Drakonis
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Vic Holman said 745 days ago (May 11th, 2011)
Thanks Drak
the story is that Gort had a grease fire in the kitchen and made the mistake of throwing water on it.
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Hickling_Stan said 745 days ago (May 11th, 2011)
Shining
guitar that just sounds so bright. Determindly upbeat and thoroughly enjoyable listen. I lived with fire once but then I divorced her!!
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Vic Holman said 743 days ago (May 13th, 2011)
ha!
i do think some people can relate to that. thanks for the listen
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Feter said 745 days ago (May 11th, 2011)
Living
Man this is a great rockin song ...kudos !!!!!
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Vic Holman said 743 days ago (May 13th, 2011)
thanks Feter
i appreciate your time for the listen, thanks
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Relic67 said 745 days ago (May 11th, 2011)
Klaatu Barada Nikto!
Another great song!
reminds me a bit of the psychedelic furs at times.
nice guitar playing.
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Vic Holman said 743 days ago (May 13th, 2011)
Furs &...
a touch of XTC was what i was i had in mind when i started this one. thanks for the listen!
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RAVENS said 745 days ago (May 11th, 2011)
Awesome
What a cool song, you have such a unique sound. Awesome vocals, as always & terrific mix, wow!

RAVEN ;-)
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Vic Holman said 743 days ago (May 13th, 2011)
Thanks Dani
absolutely great new tune of yours and the bandmates, thanks for the listen
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TobinMueller said 745 days ago (May 12th, 2011)
Prolific
Have you seen the film "Synecdoche New York"? Great use of living in a burning house. Genius film, actually.

I love your stuff, am amazed at how you keep writing so much material and producing such solid pop rock hits with mature lyrics and thoughtful ideas. You added so much to the site for so long. An inspiration.

Another solid tune.
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Vic Holman said 743 days ago (May 13th, 2011)
Thanks Tobin
i keep telling myself for quite a while now, "one more song and I'll take a extended break" ...... I think I'm still searching for that perfect song
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davisamerica said 745 days ago (May 12th, 2011)
beats the hell out of
"Danger Will Robinson!!" ....cool track Vic. Downloaded
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Vic Holman said 743 days ago (May 13th, 2011)
Thanks Jack
not if Dr. Smith has anything to say about it. thanks again!
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bud said 744 days ago (May 12th, 2011)
Most excellent tune
you and Gort were meant for each other.
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Vic Holman said 743 days ago (May 13th, 2011)
Thanks Kevin
didn't we all think we would have our own robot as kids
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racerat said 744 days ago (May 12th, 2011)
Living with Fire
Like the looser, more open, jamming vibe of this tune Vic. pretty scrappy. I dig it!
RR
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Vic Holman said 743 days ago (May 13th, 2011)
Thanks Philip
....... and i didn't burn & smash my guitar at the end of the song. even though that might of been a great way to end it
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neilh79 said 744 days ago (May 12th, 2011)
Fire in a burning house
Really good song Vic, love the progressions and great songwriting well done
Vic Holman said 743 days ago (May 13th, 2011)
thanks Neil
i appreciate your time for the listen on this.
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PeterB7858 said 744 days ago (May 12th, 2011)
Another quality post
Good song, Vic. Bops along very nicely. Definite 80's vibe but with better guitar work. Another quality post. Enjoyed, Peter.
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Vic Holman said 743 days ago (May 13th, 2011)
Thanks Peter
part 80's was intentional from the start, so I'm glad that part of that still filtered thru. i appreciate your time for the listen
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michael2 said 744 days ago (May 13th, 2011)
nice one
sounds great (love the lyrics too). your guitars and drums sound outstanding (and I love that chord at the end of the chorus). this is pretty great. gort is pretty cool too.
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Vic Holman said 743 days ago (May 13th, 2011)
Thanks Michael
funny thing about the lyrics. i was more or less paying attention to something else when i wrote these. kind of subconscience or super natural how it worked
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michael2 said 737 days ago (May 20th, 2011)
AHA
i think that is probably the best way to write them personally.
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lavalamp said 744 days ago (May 13th, 2011)
Well, look at you
Excellent song. Love the flow. Great drum sound. No smoke, one of you best.

LL
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Vic Holman said 743 days ago (May 13th, 2011)
thanks Dave
i actually had to scrape a earlier version and start all over on this one, but it was worth it in the end. thanks for the listen Dave
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egobandit said 744 days ago (May 13th, 2011)
Vic
Is there no stopping you, Burning up the house with Vic on the headphones! Greatness again !
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Vic Holman said 743 days ago (May 13th, 2011)
Thanks Tim
maybe little flame decals to go on headphones would just the thing
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ShadowofNine said 743 days ago (May 13th, 2011)
Very cool track
Sharp guitar, nice work...
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Vic Holman said 743 days ago (May 13th, 2011)
Thanks Dave
thank you for your time to check this out, appreciated
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davisamerica2 said 743 days ago (May 13th, 2011)
Thoroughly enjoyed!
Very nice tune. No, a great tune! Has a subtle Ray Davies flavor, but this is all yours, Vic. I love your style, both vocals and guitar. You've got some well written lyrics here too. Great post! Terry
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Vic Holman said 743 days ago (May 13th, 2011)
Thanks Terry
i appreciate it. killer new tune of yours with a top notch backing band!
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Bob Rodgers said 741 days ago (May 15th, 2011)
A
great driving beat with great guitars, your playing on this is excellent.
Great production and tune Vic!

Bob
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DWL said 741 days ago (May 16th, 2011)
Late I'm afraid
but worth getting here.

Great sound on that rhythm guitar. Very impressive writing as always.

Cheers

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gadzooks said 739 days ago (May 18th, 2011)
Great feel
I like the hook. Clear bright mix.Like the guitar tone ... thick sound for a tele. Just a real good straight ahead tune.Enjoyed.
SG
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RochaMalhada said 736 days ago (May 21st, 2011)
Rock "Anthemish"
This so fits in a slot of the music we dig, eh?

Can't put my finger on it, exactly - but I feel it. Great tune, Vic

. - Harold
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eleveneyes said 735 days ago (May 22nd, 2011)
Cool Tune!
I hear a 60's pop tune performed by an 80's pop band and I love every minute of it! Love the guitar layers and the entire mix.
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billykirsch said 733 days ago (May 23rd, 2011)
Love the outro
Good title and cool how you went with the idea. "the years have burned me out/here i will be planted underground". Crap... true.
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ktb said 729 days ago (May 27th, 2011)
If
I had a robot, the lasers would have to come out of the eyes :-)
Did Gort ignite the house? Either way - a fun song. Thought the production was particularly tight.
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