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Ode to Mur Lafferty, podcaster of I Should Be Writing
songwriter acoustic folk home recording topical 1960s
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Singer songwriter, mostly acoustic folk and folk rock, with some 50's and 60's style rock included.
The band is all me, Famous Patrick, with occassional help from my wife on bass and keys, or an assortment of friends, all of whom are more talented than myself.
Song Info
Genre
Pop • Alt-Pop
Charts
#10,583 today Peak #204
#344 in subgenre Peak #9
Author
Famous Patrick
Rights
2008 Patrick Bonier
Uploaded
December 04, 2008
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MP3 8.1 MB • 320 kbps • 3:31
Story behind the song
I was looking for inspiration for NaSoAlMo, and so I was listening to some old I Should Be Writing (ISBW) episodes. This is a podcast for wanna-be fiction writers, but I have found that a lot of the same problems confront both fiction writers and songwriters. This podcast and The Homemade Hit Show, keep me going when I get frustrated and want to quit writing. In one of those old shows, the podcaster, Mur Lafferty (mightymur), mentioned that she wished that she had an intro to her feedback section. Well, when you have to write and record 26 minutes of music in a month, it is all grist for the mill. This is the result. After I wrote it, I realized that it could easily be a show tune from a musical about struggling authors, with the first two verses being sung by an older writer to a younger one, a dance number during the solo, then the last verse would be the younger writer as he wrote and email to Mur. … Or not.
Lyrics
Sometimes I have problems with my stories My characters take control of what I write The dialogue gets to expository I get confused and I can’t sleep at night There is someone who inspires me greatly I listen to her when I need advice When my inner critic aggravates me Then I listen to each podcast twice When my super macho manly hero Loses all his courage and turns tail When my gorgeous “ten” becomes a zero And my A student goes from pass to fail And who do I call when my evil goblin Wants to give a puppy to his mom? And if that dog’s a biting cur That’s when I should be writing her At MightyMur at gmail dot com When my ingénue who knew too little Wants to be a woman in the know When my Vet who’s like Dr. Doolittle Leaves his little kitty in the snow When Jane, my high school antisocial socialist Wants to take Rush Limbaugh to the prom If Jane becomes a right-winger That’s when I should be writing her At MightyMur at gmail dot com Solo Who’s the one to call when I’m frustrated And I have a problem with my plot? Should my premise be so boldly stated? Should I drop a clue or should I not? Sometimes I get caught up in my story. Where are these ideas coming from? When it’s one big exciting blur That’s when I should be writing her At MightyMur at gmail dot com.
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