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American Dream
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Satirical look at superficiality in American culture.
acoustic folk indie jazz bluegrass pop delaware newark university of delaware
What began as a brief meeting on a church bus ride quickly blossomed into a friendship based upon a shared passion for creating good music. Tyler and Jenny met at the University of Delaware in August of 2004 and began playing and writing music shortly there after. Originally from the Newark, DE area Tyler was in his sophomore year at UD, studying marketing, voice, and music management. However he really focused most of his time on songwriting, recording, and music production. Freshly graduated from Ocean Springs High School in the bayous of Mississippi, Jenny spent years in the South writing songs with friends and family members, but didn't truly expand upon her creative energies until meeting Tyler. Jenny and Tyler bring out the best in each other. From distinct melodies, beautifully complex backing vocals, fresh rhythms, and lyrics that speak boldly and directly to the souls of listeners, Jenny and Tyler strive to create music that is honest and genuinely good. Experimenting with a wide spectrum of instruments, Jenny's bluegrass background meshes with Tyler's jazz roots to produce a new genre of music; one that defies being boxed up and labeled. Listeners describe Jenny and Tyler as a combination of folk, jazz, and pop. Some might say "Norah Jones meets Jack Johnson." Jenny and Tyler's friendship quickly developed into romance and on June 30, 2007 the couple was married on the beach in Avalon, NJ. This December the pair plans to release their first full-length independent album, "A Prelude." Song titles on the album include, "Product of Culture," "American Dream," and the epic, "Plans for Us." The lyrics speak to the depravity of a society that exploits women and money in favor of superficiality. Yet the songs profess a deep hope for change and faith in a God who saves and provides purpose. The album's lighter side includes songs such as "Nashville," and "Love's Going to Last" which speak of two types of love: the romantic and the unconditional. Upon Jenny's graduation from UD in December the pair plans to pursue music full time. For now, you'll find them loving life and each other while tucked away in their tiny apartment eating pancakes and cookie dough.
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Charts
#9,760 today Peak #220
#2,192 in subgenre Peak #47
Author
Tyler & Jenny Somers
Rights
Tyler and Jenny Somers 2007
Uploaded
April 03, 2008
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MP3 1.6 MB 128 kbps 1:45
Story behind the song
Motivated by the superficiality she saw around her and a desire to be real, Jenny wrote the lyrics to the verses while still in high school in Mississippi. She teamed up with Tyler in 2004 to finish the song at the University of Delaware. The song expresses a need for honesty and genuine people in a society that focuses so much on the material things that will ultimately fade.
Lyrics
why can’t everything be as real as You are to me | why doesn’t everyone say just what they mean | why must we hide behind smiles we strain to find | why can’t everything be exactly as it’s meant to be the american dream. so fleeting. no meaning. but i’ve got a reason. the american dream. so fleeting. no meaning. but i’ve got a reason to live walking down the street, they’re filling the coffee shops | sipping their usual cup, society’s pick-me-up | faces all the same | i nod at what’s her name | it’s just another day | they’re all the same chorus i’ve got reason to live chorus
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