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Night Ride - 2026 Remix
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From my deep archives, something I wrote when I was 16, based on a poem by my friend, Dave Mountain. The story veers away from the source and gets kind of weird, but the first verse is a direct lift from his poem.
folk rock
Folk music for postmoderns
Note about the "2025 Remixes." Since I don't currently have the resources to book studio time or musicians, I am polishing my old demos in Suno. I'm doing my best to keep Suno from making alterations to my compositions, and succeeding about two thirds of the time, but it is an uphill battle. For the sake of transparency, I am making an effort to delineate all of the (usually very slight) alterations Suno has made to the recordings, but it will take a while. In the meantime, once you've heard a "remix" to hear how I want the song to sound, you may want to scroll down to the original demo, which, in a few cases, will be a better representation of how the song _goes_. Until I've finished those notes, I can tell you that "Loafy's Blues," "Misfit Moon," "It Does Not Mean a Thing," "Home," "Saturn Road," "The Skin of Our Teeth," "Old Friends Come Back," "Scarecrow," and all the instrumentals are pretty much perfect reproductions of my original compositions. I'll endeavor to make notes on the others, describing precisely how they were altered. And again, you can hear my original, much less slick demos of those songs further down on the page, for comparison. ====== I am what you might call a musical generalist. I listen to pretty much everything and I compose in pretty much any style, though I concentrate mainly on folk, folk-rock, rock, synth-pop, alternative, comedy, musical theatre, jazz, new-age, film music, avant-garde, and the occasional lullaby (why sing your kid to sleep with "Rock-a-bye Baby" when you can can create something personalized?). I've done most of my professional (i.e. paid) work in the theatre, where I've been musical director for dozens of productions. I was also musical director of Mental Floss, the legendary Miami improv group, for over 500 performances; I recently did a stint with Laughing Gas, which rose from the ashes of Mental Floss 11 years ago to become the longest running improv group in South Florida. As a singer-songwriter, I've concentrated most of my energy on my signature style of synth-driven folk-rock (sort of Indigo Girls meets Vangelis). I'm also something of a minor celebrity in the world of Filk (folk music for science fiction fans), where I am proud to be the object of the worlds smallest international fan base.
Song Info
Genre
Rock Folk Rock
Author
Darren Zieger and Dave Mountain
Rights
1985, 2026
Uploaded
January 11, 2026
Track Files
MP3
MP3 9.3 MB 320 kbps 4:05
Lossless
WAV 44.9 MB
Meta Data
Vocals
Male
Character
Energy
relaxed, cool
high-energy
Danceable
coffee-place
dancefloor
Positivity
dark, sad, angry
happy
Appeal
unique
radio-friendly
Lyrics
[verse] The neighborhood goes rushing by The stars and street and mood are high Shadowed sounds play, back of mind It's dark beyond the painted line An easy glance for easy times Problems out of sight and mind The stars learned how to shine tonight This car could run on fumes for miles [chorus] Destination secret, we arrived unseen They all said "wow," it's easy when You've got your own machine The the cork went flying and I found the truth I raised my glass and downed a blast of Scientific proof And we're on a night ride Yeah Night ride [verse] The ceiling crashed, the band played on We ran for cover and chered them on The crowd was in a nasty mood And ev'ryone who stayed got sued We crawled politely to the door The band was dead, the crowd yelled "more!" We found a dark, deserted place And talked a while face to face [chorus] The echoes were familiar, like faces in a dream We wrote it down because, we said It was the perfect scene We never did make L.A., we headed north instead All those nights in Canada The thought ran through my head About the night ride About the night ride We're on a night ride [verse] The neighborhood goes rushing by The stars and street and mood are high Shadowed sounds play, back of mind It's dark beyond the painted line An easy glance for easy times Problems out of sight and mind The stars learned how to shine tonight This car could run on fumes for miles [chorus] Destination secret, we arrived unseen Even after all these years I dont' know what it means The party is still going, the band still plays Of course by now the singer's son Is dying of old age And we're on a night ride We're on a night ride Yeah We're on a night ride We're on a night ride
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