Vicki Says
By Paisleyfrog on August 25, 2024 8:35 pm
Gothic metal still wasn't in the cards due to both time and energy levels, so that one's getting pushed back one more week.
Last week was a LOT of fun though, and had me wanting to do more feel-good rock. It also had me thinking more about speak-singers, which sort of seems to fit with my voice.
Based on the title, you might think that this is another Lou Reed song (along the lines of Lisa Says, Stephanie Says, Candi Says, etc). You would be mistaken: this is a Cars-influenced song! This song was a ton of fun to put together - there's a lot of Cars tropes in here. The chorus is maybe a little close to Bye Bye Love, but hell, bye the time they got to Move Like This, Ric was copying himself, too.
Oddly enough, lyrics came about very early in the process - early enough that I actually named the project with the title. This doesn’t happen very often. First line was “Vicki says she’s lonely”, and the whole thing built from there.
Sound stuff: More work with keyboard session players. Using the block chord player and then putting a monosynth on that track gives a very human sounding arp effect. Other effects are just me a bunch of times (four layers on the bg vocals, handclaps are five layers).
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