Saturday News
by @philkmills
Liner Notes
#rock #rhythm #noise
This began as a rhythm experiment. I was listening to the 11/8 intro of Whipping Post and thinking what a neat effect of essentially playing 12/8 and skipping the last beat. That got me wondering what would happen using the same idea with 9/8. The result can be heard as 4/4 (in eighth notes) but is being counted as 3-3-2.
After that, I decided that my other electronic pieces this year were too polite, so I needed something with a bit more bite.
Lyrics
Nine-to-four
Baseball score
Or odds on war
Odds on war
Don’t go there
I hate the news I read, but I can’t look away.
Singer dies
MAGA lies
China spies
China spies
Don’t go there
I hate the news I read, but I can’t look away.
Judge’s treats
Rising heat
Hot dog cheats
Hot dog cheats
Don’t go there
I hate the news I read, but I can’t look away.
Comments
The lyrics are brilliant. Crisp and specific, the lines you e chosen to repeat build the tension for 'dont go there' to reroute into the chorus line. I particularly like the evolution of the rhyming vowels from AW to I to EE. From a soft diphthong to a bitey one, to the harshest possible vowel.
Cool write!