Monday, Monday
By Paisleyfrog on July 25, 2024 3:44 pm
Something COMPLETELY different this week. And it requires a bit of backstory.
I'm actually cheating a little. The other song I'm working on needs vocals, but my wife is singing and had a migraine this week. I'll post that next week...so this week we get a rough, in the moment, incredibly silly song with my teenager.
Last week, I was really stuck on lyrics for Paint it Red, so I pulled up some lyric generators. Didn't end up using any of them, but they had some interesting lines. I mentioned this to The Teen, and they were very interested - they enjoy playing with chatbots. They've been wanting to make music with me, so we played around with a few last Tuesday.
The first one we tried was full stop awful. For some reason, apropos of nothing, it inserted the line "I took a hard hit upon my balls" into a song that was supposed to be a sad country song about cheese. (Which honestly is sort of amazing.) That did however become a running joke for the rest of the night.
Next one we tried was MUCH better. This one didn’t use styles, just prompts as to what the song should be about and a “creativity” slider. As the prompts, we told it to make a song using:
1) I took a hard hit upon my balls
2) My dog is disappointed in me
3) My library books are overdue.
4) Forgot to switch my laundry
5) I burned my toast
6) I don't like Mondays
And from that, it generated the lyrics below. That first verse alone..."tender orbs", “cruel delight”…OMG. I picked up a guitar and started noodling something, and we both started singing. We got like a verse and a chorus in and I'm like, holy shit stop, we need to record this. And that's what you've got here, a one take wonder direct from my phone. We had the lyrics in front of us, but made up everything else as we went (some of the pauses are because I had to scroll down). Totally winged it at the bridge and outro - I was making up chords, they were making up melody. We kept looking at each other and laughing as we sang. Such an epic night...we'll be doing it again.
› Lyrics
Extra note: This is a special week for me - 30 weeks marks the longest I've ever been able to keep up with a weekly song project. The last time, I put a lot of restrictions on myself that weren't helpful...I NEVER would have posted a song like this. The most important thing is creating something...anything. And keeping doing it!
This year has been a challenge in more ways than just musically, and I'm proud of myself for keeping up with it. The community here is awesome - the support everyone shows here is no small part in continuing to write a song a week. Keep pressing record, everyone!
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Such a fun song. Love the lyrics and I wanna play tambourine in the background. 