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Bakelite In The Moonlight

from Bakelite In The Moonlight by Chris Page

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This recording started its life as an acoustic demo I wrote awhile ago. Recently it really started thumping in my brain's jukebox. When that happens, I usually decide it's time to let it outside to do its thing, always hoping that I don't have to clean up after it.

The root of the chorus is how I think we all sometimes daydream about cutting all ties and silently slipping away. You know, that running away fantasy that may or may not involve a pickup truck. Apparently Neil Young had it. Maybe that's where the fantasy comes from? Maybe it's just me.

Revealing trade secrets, the original idea for the song was based on a tenor guitar riff which gives it that high, jangley bit off the top. It feels like this song could sub-into a kitchen party rave up. Maybe I'll find a one of those sometime soon and try the theory out.

In the meantime, I'm content to just let this one out into the yard.

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BAKELITE IN THE MOONLIGHT

I don’t think I don’t feel right
Double negatives on elusive dimes
Bakelite in the moonlight
There’s zero hope that I’ll find you here alive.

I wised up, bought a truck, packed it in without warning.
We messed up, batter up, gotta jet if you can’t be in tune.

When we caught fire in the springtime
Happiness was a cold, unconscious lie
Now she’s as sweet as a firefly
A sentimental fool from a lullaby

I wised up, bought a truck, packed it in without warning.
We messed up, batter up, gotta jet if you can’t be in tune.

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from Bakelite In The Moonlight, released April 15, 2016
Written by Chris Page. Words, music, thoughts, tempos, shaker magic, pick patterns...you get the idea.

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Chris Page Ottawa, Ontario

Songwriting for indie garage bands Expanda Fuzz, The Stand GT, Camp Radio, and all these folk songs I strum quietly to myself, just below the din.

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