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Death Defying
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Bangin' synthpop with biting wit. Serious fun!! For all young hearts in aging bodies. Send it to a friend!
synthpop 80s techno pop eighties lappop
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The computer is the acoustic guitar of the 21st century, and Bubba Love is making Personal Technopop for thoughtful funseekers.
Bubba Love is an allegedly mature professional and family man living in Maine, who uses a computer to make music since computers are (almost) always available, play what he tells them to, and don't have personal problems (e.g. girlfriends, drugs) like bandmates do. Bubba draws on numerous influences in his decades of music experience, including punk, new wave, alternative, electronica, and prog-rock, although it always seems to come out pop in the end. He believes that a computer can be just as personal an instrument as an acoustic guitar, but it's a lot more fun and versatile. He is trying to make pertinent technopop that is entertaining but smart, with lyrics that have some relevance to his own age group, instead of retreading adolescent subject matter. However he can't stand wimpy, mopey grown-up music about supposedly mature themes--to quote Bubba himself, "'Cat's in the Cradle' my ass! I used to be in The Hates, dammit!!"
Song Info
Charts
#7,332 in subgenre Peak #1
Charts
Peak #12
Author
Paul Minot
Rights
2004
Uploaded
January 02, 2005
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MP3 9.5 MB 128 kbps 0:00
Story behind the song
A technopop anthem of empowerment for middle-aged parent types everywhere, advancing the premise that it takes much more guts to live when you know for a fact that you are going to die. I have struggled as an adult to write hip music that was relevant to my age, without doing wimpy "grown-up" music. The creation of this song was how I broke out of my artistic block, by producing an anthem of defiance for the youth-challenged. This is my gift to all the other old farts out there! This mix was revised on 1/2/05--check it out!
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They call me curmudgeon, they call me the coot, But I still look pretty good when I'm wearing a suit. Sometimes I'm feeling my age, but now I'm feeling my oats. There's a lot in life to sink me but I'm staying afloat. I keep scratching but I still haven't made my mark. I was lost in the dark, but then I found my spark. I'm not afraid of life, I'm not afraid of dying, 'Cos every day I live is Death Defying. They say that youth is wasted on the young. Well this youth was wasted plenty, yeah, I had my fun. I thought I was smart but I sure was dense, Making too many choices with too little sense. But like the Surfers said, I got no serious regrets, And don't get the impression that I'm finished just yet, But if I knew now what I knew then, well, You know I'd do the whole damn mess all over again. Parenthood, sometimes it's no damn good! I can't believe that kids think THEY'RE misunderstood! I used to be young, I used to be defiant, Thought my folks were mental midgets, thought that I was a giant. And if it's not apparent, I used to be aberrant. I could hip you out to all my pearls of wisdom but I daren't. I was filling up my ears with the opinions of my peers, And I didn't find out we were full of s**t for twenty years. To anybody scared to death of getting old, Be sure you're not caught up in doing what you're told! Don't pretend that you're young, but don't forget you're not dead! The years you've got have given you a heart and a head. And if being responsible is getting you down, Well now's the time to get your f*****g feet on the ground! Don't let your children or your job suck away your soul! Don't let those little bastards have so much control! STOP telling lies, don't sanitize your history, Make peace with your past, then let your children see That there are many roads to travel, many places to be, And that the world isn't tidy, isn't easy, isn't free. It seems the whole damn nation's trying to raise a generation That's enamored of sensation and intent on satiation. They won't tolerate frustration or accept the exhortation That it's good for the soul to defer gratification. I'm Death Defying! I keep on trying! People tell me I should quit, But I ain't buying! Why settle for walking? I could be flying! Reconciled to my death so there's no denying....
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