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Looking backwards
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Song was penned in three places: Helsinki, Tallinn, and Wayne County, Michigan in 1992. 'Looking Backwards' refers to the return trip from Helsinki from Tallinn.
world music power pop percussive solo acoustic guitar overtone
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World music songwriting that transcends the single band.
World music songwriting that transcends the single band. Music made round the world from 1990-2002. These songs are my legacy material. My life is an experiential journey of my own design and some of the end result has been recorded and/or live music and spoken word. I play a variety of instruments and sing/talk. Most of the songs on this page date from my recordings between 1995's "4" (under the Moniker Mr. Chaos, in Detroit Michigan U.S.A.) through to 2002's "In Stereo" (with Add Lib Lounge, in Helsinki, Finland). There are also some glimpses here of 1997-9s "Mr. Chaos Trio" from Mid-Finland; 2000's Bahasa Mix, from Malaysia; and 2001's Jazz sessions from Helsinki (with the Black Tuesday Quartet); and 2004 activist bluegrass recordings against GW Bush's "No Child Left Behind" schooling initiative. I hope you enjoy it.
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Peak #77
Peak in subgenre #19
Author
John Hammink
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John Hammink
Uploaded
June 09, 2006
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MP3 2.7 MB 128 kbps 2:57
Story behind the song
Juxtapositions. Grey unpainted Tallinn; Beggars on the dock; Humalistonkatu and Michigan Avenue. I recorded this song with an analog 4-track in my bedroom in Ypsilanti, Michigan. John Hammink - Guitar and Vocals
Lyrics
Looking backwards At yellow buildings I'm damned on the streets out the windows on the bikes looking for a cup of coffee before 9 a.m. Past hungry neon signs, A laundromat on Michigan Avenue! Pushing the baby basket on the sea of dreams, I wonder where the boats are - the boats of the seas of the cars or the couple wandering arm on shoulder? Down darkening Humalistonkatu Under ever-greying skies looking for nails to bite/cigarettes cheap. .... Past smoke-stained side cafes. Where a vagrant approaches, bottle in hand and says "Hey brother, do you got some change?" Where the atmosphere turns upside-down! And I'm not looking backwards anymore.... Helsinki/Tallinn/Michigan Avenue June/July/August 1992
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