When I See You

michael2

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this song was basically me imagining that Paul Westerberg from the Replacements (huge influence on my pop songwriting) got a synthesizer and a computer and wrote a silly love song. It would also work as a sloppy indie rock guitar song.

this was also kind of a personal LIOLI as I made a drum loop and then used it a whole bunch in different configurations. probably should have spent more time on the mix, but if I didn't do it today, it wouldn't happen for another week. if anyone feels like adding a guitar track to this one, knock yourself out. can't remember the key, but it's at 103 BPM.

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Lyrics

i'm feeling pretty good
that everything will work out right tonight
if i play it right

i've got some time i've got some cash and
we can use my car tonight
if it works alright

lonely days
are for someone else
lonely days
are for someone else

when i see you
i get excited inside
and i don't know how to explain it
it's so dreamy and none of my friends
understand how it is
that you haunt my days
when i see you
i get a feeling inside
and i don't know how to explain it
i'm so nervous and none of my friends
understand how it is
that you haunt my days

i feel like we should go somewhere
kind of far away today
it could take all day
there's nothing better
than just spending time together
it seems so right
when it's me and you

lonely days
are for someone else
lonely days
are for someone else

when i see you
i get excited inside
and i don't know how to explain it
it's so dreamy and none of my friends
understand how it is
when you haunt my days
when i see you
i get a feeling inside
and i don't know how to explain it
i'm so nervous and none of my friends
understand how it is
when you haunt my days

wanna spend my time
wanna spend my time with you
wanna spend my time
wanna spend my time with you

when i see you
i get excited inside
and i don't know how to explain it
it's so dreamy and none of my friends
understand how it is
when you haunt my days
when i see you
i get a feeling inside
and i don't know how to explain it
i'm so nervous and none of my friends
understand how it is
when you haunt my days

when i see you
when i see your face
when i see you (everything will be alright)
when i see your face
when i see you (everything will be alright)
when i see your face
when i see you (everything will be alright)
when i see your face....

Song Stats

Hits: 3023
Comments: 38
Fans: 22
Plays: 121
Downloads: 77

Uploaded: Jun 13, 2011 - 05:24:23 PM
Last Updated: Jun 13, 2011 - 05:24:23 PM Last Played: May 02, 2019 - 10:23:42 PM

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Song Actions

Keywords:

Paul Westerberg jamming with the Pet Shop Boys (1)

Hardware:

macbook, MXL USB mic

Software:

logic 9, camelspace, ES2 synth (for pretty much everything)

Comments

alackbass	alackbass said 2899 days ago (June 13th, 2011)
	When I See You Great songwriting! Downloaded! Maybe Paul is writing silly love songs with a synth and a computer. Check out my latest song called Mean Miss Teacher

michael2	michael2 said 2898 days ago (June 13th, 2011)
	thanks very kind of you. thanks for giving this a listen. Check out my latest song called Jazz Glitch Dub Experiment

egobandit	egobandit said 2899 days ago (June 13th, 2011)
	Low end greatness! That cool echoey scratching a tube kind of sound in the background really tripped me out, Love the build right before you sing when I see you. At 3:14 the sparseness just screams to be listened to, the ends fades out real nice! Check out my latest song called hope the news gets better

michael2	michael2 said 2898 days ago (June 13th, 2011)
	thanks tim that tube thing was a percussion sound that i ran through a filter. glad you liked. Check out my latest song called Jazz Glitch Dub Experiment

racerat	racerat said 2899 days ago (June 13th, 2011)
	When I See You As soon as I read - "add a guitar track" I had to break out the acoustic and figure out the chords. It's a happy lil jammy to noodle to. What a groovy little number. Dig it. Paul W. would be proud. He's always been on of my major influences as well. RR Check out my latest song called Paper Thin

michael2	michael2 said 2898 days ago (June 13th, 2011)
	send me an acoustic track and i'll remix it. thanks for checking it out. Paul is the bet huh? Check out my latest song called Jazz Glitch Dub Experiment

Llarion

Llarion said 2899 days ago (June 13th, 2011)

It's A minor, for the record...
Diggin the lyric on this a lot... you wove a playful and appropriate melody through the darkness.. I also love the irony of a happy love song, in a minor key... :) Is the love unrequited? Not sure it needs a guitar part, I'm kinda happy with the level sparseness. Maybe a gentle reggae kind of upstrum on the backbeats, but not much more... It works as is though!

Check out my latest song called Door to Babylon

michael2	michael2 said 2898 days ago (June 13th, 2011)
	aha i guess you probably noticed that the chords are the same all the way through the song. it was one of those "lets see how much i can milk from this chord progression" things. thanks so much for the listen. unrequited love is always worth writing about, but this was loosely based on my wife and kids. Check out my latest song called Jazz Glitch Dub Experiment

Vic Holman	Vic Holman said 2899 days ago (June 13th, 2011)
	When I See You well............. cool! sure does have a bit of 80's new wave going on.... without sounding dated. some really cool synth/keyboard sounds that you produced here, too. Check out my latest song called Stuck Here In Your Past

michael2	michael2 said 2898 days ago (June 13th, 2011)
	vic thanks man. synths are fun for me right now. Check out my latest song called Jazz Glitch Dub Experiment

bud	bud said 2899 days ago (June 13th, 2011)
	Pet Replacement Shop Boys Great groove Michael - really swings in a nice way - the percussive crackles have a hand clap feel to them. Hey wait - I think I hear some actual hand claps now. Love the quiet piano break. Check out my latest song called mixer 2

michael2	michael2 said 2898 days ago (June 13th, 2011)
	kevin thanks. fake hand claps (drum machine sample). the drums are a little iffy here and there, but I used a kit that was a recording of footsteps in the snow and and I bounced it down before checking to make sure the attack was working with the acoustic drum set. ah well, live and learn. glad you stopped by. Check out my latest song called Jazz Glitch Dub Experiment

particledots	particledots said 2898 days ago (June 14th, 2011)
	michael you make it sound so effortless and easy love the pop simplicity which is actually extremely clever nice synth work is that a stomach in the song art? Check out my latest song called I caught my scarf in the sputnik

michael2	michael2 said 2897 days ago (June 14th, 2011)
	ha yes that is a stomach. thanks Bryn for checking this one out. Check out my latest song called Jazz Glitch Dub Experiment

Moviz	Moviz said 2898 days ago (June 14th, 2011)
	Really nice pace on this.... drum loops are great, as is all the accompaniment.... the subdued vocals go well here and I like the little intermittent synth sounds. I think it sounds really great as it is without a guitar track Michael..... it moves along so smoothly.... good one, regards M Check out my latest song called We'll Meet Again

michael2	michael2 said 2897 days ago (June 14th, 2011)
	thanks the drums were the fun part on this one. I had taken one loop that I put together and then just kept bouncing out different versions with different effects on it, and then just arranged it through the song over the acoustic drum part. Check out my latest song called Jazz Glitch Dub Experiment

magnatone	magnatone said 2898 days ago (June 14th, 2011)
	when i see you hi michael: you're just too cool for your shirt! i love that little piano part, i love the feel of this song, those crackly thingees, and of course your way-too-cool voice! Check out my latest song called Hallelujah (Leonard Cohen) and Variations

michael2	michael2 said 2897 days ago (June 14th, 2011)
	thanks Karen that piano part is ultra cheesy, and supposed to sound like a looped sample, although I should have messed up the end point more to get that effect. thanks so much for your ever present nice-ness, and I'm glad you liked the tune. Check out my latest song called Jazz Glitch Dub Experiment

bronco	bronco said 2898 days ago (June 14th, 2011)
	Good one Wonderful arrangement! So much going on here but blending so well. Like your world weary voice of hard knocks wisdom here. The organ carrying the chord structure works especially well. Whatever happened to the organ in rock music? Check out my latest song called Stenosis Commitosis

michael2	michael2 said 2897 days ago (June 14th, 2011)
	thanks you know, the organ is the coolest instrument ever. it can sound cheesy, rocking, majestic, forlorn,... it really deserves to be heard more often IMO. thanks for checking this out. Check out my latest song called Jazz Glitch Dub Experiment

dave_b	dave_b said 2898 days ago (June 14th, 2011)
	When I See You Another terrific vocal. Harmonies are working well. You're getting a lot of mileage out of that chord progression. I think it works because the phrasing changes up on the chorus. Quirky cool arrangement & mix. Check out my latest song called Llarions Blues

michael2	michael2 said 2897 days ago (June 14th, 2011)
	dave_b yup: same chords ALL THE WAY THROUGH. ridonkulous huh? sometimes it's fun to try and see if a whole song can be made with something completely underdeveloped. or am i just lazy? thanks for stopping by. Check out my latest song called Jazz Glitch Dub Experiment

ted23	ted23 said 2898 days ago (June 14th, 2011)
	! Bloody excellent! Right up my street. Check out my latest song called Living Dead Love Song in Z minor (HALLOWEEN 2012)

michael2	michael2 said 2897 days ago (June 14th, 2011)
	ted23 thanks man. actually thought of you and Tempie when I wrote this one. if you want to have a whack at it, i'll do a guitar mix. Check out my latest song called Jazz Glitch Dub Experiment

J_Gretch	J_Gretch said 2898 days ago (June 14th, 2011)
	When I see you. This sounds so modern and relevent...A real pleasure to listen to. Check out my latest song called Cass Corridor redux-L

michael2	michael2 said 2897 days ago (June 14th, 2011)
	thanks very kind of you. thanks so much for checking it out. Check out my latest song called Jazz Glitch Dub Experiment

Doadars Uncle	Doadars Uncle said 2897 days ago (June 15th, 2011)
	Fun stuff! Great little sounds. Bright. It gives me little smiles... Check out my latest song called Don't Leave (remix)

michael2	michael2 said 2896 days ago (June 15th, 2011)
	thanks so much. glad you stopped by. Check out my latest song called Jazz Glitch Dub Experiment

hackneybloke

hackneybloke said 2896 days ago (June 16th, 2011)

when i see you
i always admire your 'i'm not really trying' vocal delivery - not to mention the clever lyrics....using the car if it's alright. i heard souixie and the banshees in this...can't remember what the track's called but i can hear it in my head.....googled it....Israel...it reminded me of that. that and 'Air'. i like the high synth sounds....like fluffy pet toys singing. the section at 3.25 with the beat and those squeaks and your effortless vocal is really cool. your stuff is always varied and interesting. great writing. great track.

Check out my latest song called If Symptoms Persist

RochaMalhada	RochaMalhada said 2896 days ago (June 16th, 2011)
	love song this is so cool - love the lyric, it can apply so well. It's not lust - it's love. . - Harold Check out my latest song called Ascent of a Tree (w Mike_D & FEEL)

Bob Rodgers	Bob Rodgers said 2896 days ago (June 16th, 2011)
	Great song Michael, love that repeating chord sequence, works really great here with the instruments used and your playing. Nice breaks too, love the bridge and the bass line is perfect as are your vocals, great rhythm and very much enjoyed. Thanks for the download. Bob Check out my latest song called The Lonely Man

ShadowofNine	ShadowofNine said 2895 days ago (June 17th, 2011)
	When I See You You always give me ear candy of the best sort...Bravi Check out my latest song called Alone

jdholliday	jdholliday said 2894 days ago (June 17th, 2011)
	when i listen to your posts I realize how far I have to go, but you are an inspiration to me, this reminds me of The gin blossoms a bit, your synths are incredible! Great lyrics, always a huge pleasure to hear your amazing creative prowess! Your voice is like butter! Check out my latest song called Please Help, Pride of NYC needs tracks!

Diviner	Diviner said 2894 days ago (June 18th, 2011)
	Really good This is a very enjoyable track, really liked this. Well done Michael, love the sounds Check out my latest song called Away ft Lokka

finkeldink	finkeldink said 2893 days ago (June 18th, 2011)
	Cool song I really like the vocal delivery here. Nicely done! Does kind of remind me of the Pet Shop Boys a bit. Rock on! Check out my latest song called She's Nothing but Trouble

gadzooks	gadzooks said 2892 days ago (June 20th, 2011)
	When I See You Starts with a real catchy 3 chord melody. Nice vocals. Thats great you make your own drum loop ... sounds great. That synth sound that happens in the bridge /chorus ... sounds like little alien voices ... really like it. Very catchy. SG Check out my latest song called Emoji

tf10music	tf10music said 2891 days ago (June 20th, 2011)
	hearing more than a little radiohead in this one. Really lovely feel to it, I'm loving the understated synth. Great work! Check out my latest song called If The Body Fades

Elevator_Funk	Elevator_Funk said 2890 days ago (June 21st, 2011)
	... I really like your songwriting style. This is the kind of music I like to listen to, but for some reason I can't write this way when I do my own music. I think it probably makes me appreciate it more. I'm starting to amass quite the M2 collection on my iPod. Check out my latest song called Dumb Funky

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Name: michael2
Location: Los Angeles Cali USA

I'm a guy who never wanted to do anything but play music. I grew up with classic rock and prog rock before discovering punk and the new york dolls once I got to high school. As i got a little older (and less angry), I developed a love of ... [see more]

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