Sad State of Affairs

really awesome arrangement with the mandolin leading the melodic playing. important message in the lyrics also. nice harmonies in the chorus - makings of a great song!

I like the sentiment of the lyrics. (Hope you watched last night!) Very nice music arrangement to this. Nice vocals--nice mixing/mastering. Come ON--do all 50 this time!!

Hi, Mike, Thanks for checking out Bonnie and Clyde. That brought me here to hear Sad State of Affairs. I was intrigued by the contrast of the light feel of the music and the heavy lyrics. Nice combination.

Well written, produced and timely.

I love a mandolin Mike

Mandolin sounds great, Mike. Great idea to take the national anthem as the basis. Tough times, for sure. Don't give up hope!

My heart is crying as I listen. It is hard to imagine hope when hope feels lost.

We need the dreamers of yesterday and the righteous of today. ( Sounds like another song:))

Great song, great performance and recording! I wrote about very similar feelings in my first song, ('unhappy july 4th') posted earlier today, and I guess its at least a bit encouraging that many of us are feeling similar about this set of current insanities we have here. Great lines, and the mandolin and various background vocals add so much to this! fantastic work! This makes me want to get out my mandolin, too! (and I have a Taylor guitar as well, an 814ce )

Daaaaayuuum, so good. Love that mandolin. It was a surprising, almost nostalgic, sound that felt a bit like a soaring bird... or maybe I'm just sitting in the park too long. Succinct and strong lyrics delivered quite well.

Nicely put together, welcome to the 50/90

exellent melody and rhythms...and wow, your vocals are something else.

Yeah must be difficult Mike. well said, I Like the husk in the Vox and neat use of the Mando!