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Suicidal Teenage Landscape
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Teenage depression
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 (?)
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Charts
Peak #110
Peak in subgenre #12
Author
Carey Burtt
Rights
1987
Uploaded
March 12, 2005
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MP3 3.1 MB 128 kbps 0:00
Story behind the song
Watching the David Toma show on channel 9 in the eighties. Reading about a Japanese girl who killed herself and left a suicide note that said "I should have seen the Bay City Rollers" from the book "The Cheated." The 'you feed upon' line is directed at 'the media." Teenage suicide was big in the eighties...probably still is.
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I'm so depressed. Life's meaningless. Nothing to give. No reason to live. No one cares about me at home. No one cares about me at school. Billy didn't say 'hi' in the hall. Maybe I'll take a thousand asprin then I won't feel so alone. Maybe I'll hang myself in the gym then I won't feel so alone. What's the use. Nothingness. So confused. I'm a mess. Nothing to say so I'll throw it away. No one cares about me at all. I didn't see the Bay City Rollers. I should have listened to Mr. Toma. Maybe I'll take my wrists and slash them. Then I won't feel so alone. Maybe I'll take my chips and cash them, then I won't feel so alone. What's the point? Life's a bore. Don't like beer, anymore. Maybe I'll listen to Metallica then I won't feel so alone. Pop song inspired suicide. Then I won't feel so alone. Suicidal Teenage Landscape. You feed upon.
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