Mp3 link: Passenger Dreams.
Do you remember falling asleep in the back of a car, the sunlight flicking through your eyelids when the car went past trees, the radio on just above the hum of the engine, the driver silent? Best thing.
To me it seemed a good thing to write a song about, too. It’s another song built around a groovy bass riff and is the first track on our upcoming Massive Day CD (2009).
This mp3 is a recent acoustic mix down of the track, which is actually about three years old – the vocals were one of the first things Lee and I did together. It is supposed to be bassy and moody, but not quite so much as this mp3 would lead you to believe, as some of the definition has gone from the instruments in the rip process. All the more reason for you to contact me to ask for the CD.
There’s lot of weird stuff hidden in the deep background, as I wanted to give it a dreamy, subconscious feel. In particular I have inserted at various points an mp3 of a famous blooper from U.S. AM Radio stalwart Casey Kasem, in which he gets angry about being set up to give a dedication about someone’s dog dying (a little dog called Snuckles) right after having come out of a happy ‘up-tempo ‘number. Not realizing the mike is still on, Kasem totally loses his shit and berates the studio tech guys with all sorts of demands (and foul language).
It’s pretty good to hear, especially for those of us who grew up with his voice representing a kind of smug and distinctly American self-control.
Something we can all understand...
Seeing as it’s mixed so quietly in the song (it is in there, believe me…) you might want to listen to the mp3 on its own. It is here.
Keep your feet on the ground, Casey.
