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Snap-E-Tom
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As life goes on, we grow to understand both God and Love with the help of Snap-E-Tom.
shockrock carey burtt careys problem lisa jenio cindy brolsma mental illness unpop art dave sardy
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UnPopArt, Shock Rock, Mental Illness Rock, Industrial Pop,
This is my old band from the eighties. Started with good friends Cindy Brolsma and Lisa Jenio. They are the core of CP but the whole thing was already kaput when this album was finally finished. I had to leave out some songs for legal and artistic problems (borrowed lyrics and at one point I segue into "Hey Jude" (what was I thinking?). I just wanted to play fancy guitar stuff...and I wrote the music first to all of them. I came up with guitar riffs. But they are outshined by the lyrics which were inspired by what I was reading, which was some extreme non fiction about child abuse, satanism, teen suicide, incest and serial killers. All hot topics in the eighties. I guess The Shaggs were an influence but so was the Skeleton Crew albums and Massacre's first. I was into all this extreme stuff but wanted to play off of the graveness of the subject matter with childlike vocals. Soundclick is like my graveyard of my dead old bands. Dave Sardy is to blame for making the record sound so good. I miss him. I was really into playing guitar then. I didn't think about vocal melodies too much. WARNING--These songs are very intense and assaultive and dense. I would consume them in small portions. Don't try to listen to the whole thing at once. As one 'fan' said to me "Music is spiritual and your music is oppressive." Plus we take sudden turns from brutal horrors to humor. Abusive music about abuse...Whatever. Enjoy (?)
Song Info
Charts
Peak #277
Peak in subgenre #21
Author
Carey Burtt
Rights
1987
Uploaded
March 12, 2005
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MP3 1.4 MB 128 kbps 0:00
Story behind the song
Doug Allen (personal friend of mine) had the character Snap-E-Tom in his comic "Steven." I loved the comic and the name and wrote a song...about growing to know God and Love as we travel through time.
Lyrics
Love for some's an easy thing to say. Love bursts out through each and every vein. They know God like he's their next of kin. Somehow God has never let me in. It's not true. It's a lie. Snap-E-Tom taught me why. Love, love, love once difficult to say. Now I feel it each and every day. God, God, God once hard for me to reach. We just took a walk along the beach. Let us talk. Let us share. Join our hands in prayer. It's not true. It's a lie. Snap-E-Tom taught me why. I love God was harder ever still. Now I know he's the one who makes me kill. Cannibalism.
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