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Rock Star
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Poppy and a bit dancy :-) Retro 80's techno feel.
alternative pop techno electronic groovy instrumental piano jason farnham
pop, alternative, techno, dancy, groovy
PURCHASE JASON'S NEW POP CD 'BARRIERS' NOW! Jason’s perspective on performing is to show the audience something they have not seen before. For this reason he is constantly striving to add new elements into his show, using the most modern technology available. Both his pop and instrumental piano music have been used as a soundtrack for ballet productions, independent films, and professional magic productions. His debut electro pop album, ‘Barriers’, which was produced in Toronto, Canada, is quickly gaining national attention. Track 3 ‘First Man on Mars’ is the official theme song for the 4Frontiers Corporation’s Mars exploration campaign. It is also the musical track for the 30-second animated Mars flyby video, which can be seen on the official 4Frontiers website: www.4frontiers.com. Track 4 ‘Spin’ was featured on the Montel Williams Multiple Sclerosis Music Fest 2006 Compilation CD for the Pop/Rock/Alternative genre. JASON FARNHAM: ‘FIRST MAN ON MARS’ (FROM ‘BARRIERS’) The Big Ugly Review, San Francisco (7/17/06) "...That's what you'd expect from a song about a celestial planet! Very expert musicality; I'd like to hear more from the artist." -Rosalie Howarth, writer/personality: KFOG, The Putumayo world Music Hour JASON FARNHAM: ‘BARRIERS’ Cleveland Scene (8/9/06) "At his best (e.g. 'The Magician's Life'), Canton's Jason Farnham plays the kind of gorgeous pop that explodes onto radio fully formed." "...'Morning Coffee', like all the songs, bubbles over an unplugged foundation, with enough electronic flourishes to keep the mix hopping, even when the lyrics drift back to the New Age realm, as on 'First Man on Mars'. " -DX Ferris, Clubs Editor INorganiC: Jason Farnham: Lead vox, synths, programming, glock, megaphone, djembe John Featheringham: guitars, backing vox, programming Jason’s live multimedia show, ‘INorganiC’, an innovative combination of cutting-edge electro pop and techno, features two performers on synths, Powerbook G4 laptop, djembe, glockenspiel, megaphone, and guitar. INorganiC features music from Jason’s pop CD ‘Barriers’ as well as brand new music. A video projector is also used to provide digital imagery (venue permitting). This show is extremely well suited for nightclubs, festivals, and avant-garde art galleries. Past Venues Include: SIR (L.A.), The Mint (L.A.), B.B. King’s, (L.A.) Cranes Hollywood Tavern, Nocturnal Bar (Santa Monica), Borders (Long Beach, Manhattan Beach, L.A.),Coffee Junction (Tarzana), Talking Stick (Santa Monica), The Hub Theatre (North Hollywood), Lime Spider (Akron, OH), Hi-Fi Concert Club (Cleveland, OH) www.jasonfarnham.com 2007
Song Info
Genre
Pop Electropop
Charts
#13,713 today Peak #207
#555 in subgenre Peak #12
Author
Jason Farnham
Rights
2006
Uploaded
February 23, 2007
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.6 MB 128 kbps 3:53
Story behind the song
I wrote this song while attending a John Mayer concert a few years ago.
Lyrics
hey Mr. Rock Star, how can we be like you / well, you go from town to town and everybody knows who you are / how do you do it / I’d quit my 9-5 for a piece of that / how can we do it, how can we walk in your shoes / yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah / well I’m looking at my life, it’s unsatisfying, there’s got to be some better way / I want places to be and people to see and a house on the beach where the roads don’t freeze in the wintertime, so lay it all on me / cause I know there’s so much more than this, but I’m on the outside looking in / gotta keep pushing forward in the sun / yes, top of the world is where I want to be / yeah, that’s where I want to be, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah / so hey Mr. Rock Star, so we live out our daily lives / but at the end of the day, what have we changed / it’s all about money and health insurance claims, and no variation / well this life has never been easy, never been easy but tonight you make me come alive / cause I know there’s so much more than this, but I’m on the outside looking in / in the bright lights of New York City, I could be more than ordinary / gotta keep pushing forward in the sun / yes, top of the world is where I want to be / ooh yeah, I’m never coming down, I’m never going back, I’m never coming down / yes, top of the world is where I want to be / and I’ll be all right / I’m gonna be all right / yeah, yeah / I’m gonna be all right / yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah / hey Mr. Rock Star, how can we be like you / how do I get to be where you are, well I’d like to do what you can do
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