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Big Thing
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Screw all this philosophical talk, let's just do it!
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 #198
Peak in subgenre #19
Author
Carey Burtt
Rights
1987
Uploaded
March 12, 2005
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MP3 3.2 MB 128 kbps 0:00
Story behind the song
Somebody made some Madonna joke about her new song being "I want your big thing" so I wrote the song. The music always came first with Carey's Problem then I just wrote some words to fit it. I really like the guitar work and the solo at the end. There's some lust and disgust in the lyrics. I think I played all the instraments on this one.
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Nothing surrounds me. No boundaries. Until a fist in the mist in the distance hits me straight in the face. Where there's a will there's a way. Where there's an ill, there's a pill to take. Where there's a Jack there's a Jill to make love to. But I just want your big thing. Oo oo Baby. You make me sick. Where there's a song there's a soul to take. Where there's emotion there's a feeling to fake. Where there's a cannibal, there's an animal to bake for breakfast. Where there's Madonna there's a wannabe somewhere. Where there's a runaway (there's) a reason to be there. No surprises. Nothing rises but a yeast infection. But I just want your big thing. Oo oo baby. You make me sick. Where are the people that sat on church steeples. Above it all the twisted gristle between your legs. There comes a time when I just can't take it anymore. Where are my senses. What had defenses. Give me eggs and toes for breakfast. There comes a time when I just can't take it anymore.
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