Click on the thumbnail to view a printable cd sleeve.- Title: Oh No
- Artist: Trex
- Timespan: 2003
- Theme: moody piano
- Length: 62:08
- Tracks: 6
- Lyrics: 6
- MP3s: 4 play all locally
- Rating: *** [3] (1 rating) rate this album
Track List
| # | title | lyrics | time | download | listen | started | recorded | rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sniff Sniff Sigh | lyrics | 0:14 | download | listen locally | - | 2003-06-25 | * (1) |
| 2 | Oh No (part 1) | lyrics | 12:08 | download | listen locally | - | 2003-06-25 | *** (1) |
| 3 | Oh No (part 2) | lyrics | 9:05 | - | - | - | 2003-06-25 | *** (1) |
| 4 | Oh No (part 3) | lyrics | 26:42 | - | - | - | 2003-06-25 | **½ (1) |
| 5 | Just a Mess | lyrics | 5:26 | download | listen locally | - | 2003-06-25 | **½ (1) |
| 6 | Nucleus | lyrics | 8:33 | download | listen locally | - | 2003-06-25 | ***½ (1) |
| Total | 62:08 | play all locally | album rating: | *** (1) | ||||
Notes
I had a little "disagreement" with my girlfriend. To try to make myself feel better, I jogged to the nearby college and found a practice piano. I then jammed for an hour or so, recording most of it. These tracks are all from that session.
Songs
Sniff Sniff Sigh
- Oh No track 1
- recorded: 2003-06-25
- location: Bellingham
- length: 0:14
- Travis Emmitt - vocals
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I was sniffing because I had a cold (which you can probably tell by my singing on the next few tracks).
Lyrics to "Sniff Sniff Sigh":
sniff sniff sigh sniff sniff sigh 1 2 sniff sniff sigh sniff sniff sigh
(c) 2003 Trex
Oh No (part 1)
- Oh No track 2
- recorded: 2003-06-25
- location: Bellingham
- length: 12:08
- Travis Emmitt - piano, vocals
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This song represents the manic-depressive state which follows an argument with a loved one. It's one continuous improv with lots of jamming and profanity. I've split it into multiple parts to isolate the worst profanity.
My voice was low that day because I had a cold. Sexy, huh?
Anyway, I like the gentle sentiment. And the chugging trancy part, which represents getting back on your feet... Some of the solos aren't bad either.
The second vocal section crumbles, though. I sort of fall back on profanity and self-reference.
Lyrics to "Oh No (part 1)":
oh no it happened again i got in a fight with my best friend oh no it happened again she left me angry this morning oh no it happened again i said something wrong without thinking i didn't mean any harm but i never do can you say the same thing about you? oh no it happened again i got in a fight with my best friend now i don't know what i can do i don't know which way to turn on this saturday oh no it happened again f---ed up on the piano in the practice room oh no it happened again wasting tape in the practice room uninspired again i'm uninspired again my fire is out my fingers are sucking keep on f---ing up oh no it happened again i've strayed away from perfection oh no it happened again my fingers lost the rhythm oh no it happened again voice it lost the melody voice it lost the melody i'm not perfect but at least i try
(c) 2003 Trex
Oh No (part 2)
For this part, I lapsed into a manic but not particularly effective jam. It's an almost masochistic endurance test. Yikes.
The vocal section is funny but kinda slow. The improv after it is heartfelt but sloppy and descends into chaos. Yeah, I know, lots of "x but y". This song is far from perfect, but it has some nice bits. Just like me! I hope.
After that comes another vocal section, which is full of profanity and very dark. So is the instrumental section after it.
Lyrics to "Oh No (part 2)":
oh no it happened again my ear is suffering from distortion oh no it happened again i'm getting fatigued and i'm starting to yawn oh no it happened again but this time i think i have a solution it's called an ear plug oh no it happened again putting in the ear plug and it's taking a while to expand but it will expand and that is the time that i'll begin to pound on the keys that is the time that you count yourself lucky oh f--- it i'll just improvise oh no it happened again i can't hear myself singing with an earplug in my ear but that's okay oh god oh no it happened again f---ing up at the piano every f---ing time i sit down in this room every f---ing time i turn on the tape recorder i f--- up every f---ing time i sit down to play i f--- up every single time i am my own audience i f--- up i f--- up i f--- up i f--- up i f--- up i f--- up i f--- up i'm a f--- up i'm not ??? i'm not ??? i'm not ??? i'm not ??? and i feel that i might i feel that i might i'm not ??? i'm not ??? and i feel that i had might i feel that i had might i ??? i must've ??? cold crap
(c) 2003 Trex
Oh No (part 3)
This final section is completely different. My voice is very low. It almost sounds like throat singing.
The rest of the track is weird. Very long and weird.
Lyrics to "Oh No (part 3)":
this is more like pedal on the piano sounds a little bit like this pedal on the piano sounds a little bit like this [repeat many times] oops i made a mistake but the devil made me do it i made a mistake but the devil made me do it i made a mistake but the devil made i made a devil but... f--- pedal on the piano ??? blaa blaa blaa blaa... everybody wants to fit you in the rhythm everybody wants you to be part of their routine everybody comes to greet you everybody wants you in their routine everybody wants you in the rhythm everybody wants you to be part of their routine everybody wants you in the rhythm in their dreams, in their money, in their pocket, in the cage then the dark times come and people push away the dark times come and they push them right away the dark times come and they all scream and nasty they're nasty, they're nasty, they're nasty, they push you away and sometimes, sometimes, sometimes, sometimes sometimes, sometimes, sometimes, you feel the anger is growing the tension is growing the ??? is growing the ??? is growing, is growing, is growing the tension is growing and growing and growing the anger is growing and growing and growing the anger is growing and growing and growing so what do you do to wash away the ??? what do you do to the people little boy? what do you do, do you go hide and sleep? what do you do, do you go exercise do you make up a song do you go outside do you be by yourself do you write in a journal or do you hit somebody do you call them a whore do you beat somebody up do you give them wrong medicine that's what it all is it's all wrong medicine that's what it all is it's all wrong medicine that's what it all is it's all wrong medicine that's what it all is it's all wrong medicine that's what it all is it has good intentions but it's all wrong it's all wrong medicine that's all wrong there's lots of medicine that's all wrong there's lots of medicine gotta read the label gotta think a little bit gotta think a little bit gotta read the label gotta be careful gotta be paranoid gotta be paranoid gotta be paranoid gotta be anal gotta be nitpicky gotta be like travis gotta be like travis if everyone's like travis, then everyone is happy, right? if everyone is travis, then everyone is happy, right? mmm, yeah, well not at night 'cause if everyone is like travis, then everyone's alone ok i f---ed up and prayed the wrong note i said prayed instead of played is that a freudian slip i don't give a s--- that's what i have to say that i don't give a s--- about freudian slips or saying things like pray or play just f--- it and if everyone's alone no one can have babies if everyone's alone no one gets an audience and if everyone's alone no one makes the tape recorders no one makes the computers or the notebooks or the pianos or the chairs or the buildings or the books or the paper or the watchtower or the stairs or the wires anything, anything, anything so people can't always be alone all the people can't always be alone people can't always be alone people can't always be alone which brings me back to my original story which brings me back to the original ??? which brings me back to the other story which is in a totally different key and when i hit it you're gonna get surprised in a little bit, sure but that's what life is it's a bunch of changes and some are sudden and some are sudden and some are sudden but others you can anticipate especially if you listen learn to communicate especially if you listen you've got to try especially if you listen that's the key you've gotta listen gotta listen, gotta listen got, gotta listen don't just talk gotta open your ears listen to what they say they ???, they do how they react to certain stimuli certain behaviors on my part and their part and other people's part see what happens study, examine do it, and analyze do everything like that eventually you come to some conclusion and if your music ??? not bad notes and that's okay even bad notes are okay because it's all over at the end of the day at the end of the day at the end of the day f--- the bad notes ew are there bad notes what are bad notes i can play the bad notes again but they're gonna sound weird they're gonna sound weird but i'll play them again here they go bad notes here are the bad notes let's look at the bad notes here are the bad notes here come the bad notes here come the bad moments here come the bad moments here come the bad moments here come the bad moments no matter how you try to keep it organized someone's always gonna come f--- up your plans someone's always gonna react to something in a ??? destructive way it's just a bad note that i played but there's this overreation that f---s everything up it's a sabotage it's a constant destructiveness and i think the idea is to destroy that which, which represents orders 'cause by doing that you make your own chaotic life seem more normal destroy the order destroy the thing that represents perfection break it, break it because then your own life doesn't look so bad hurt the good guy hurt the hero hurt the good guy kill the hero losers put glue on the winners' shoes they ??? tell people ??? they tell them to stop writing, stop playing songs and to conform and to be a loser too they want me to be a loser they want me to be like ??? try so hard to tell them ??? ??? keeps on trying should be organized ??? it's not a matter of temptations it's a matter of trying to disrupt the routine ??? forces ??? ??? open to suggestions he is ??? he is ??? so perfect he plays every note correctly ??? says everything people try to drag him down they pull on him ??? when it becomes like this ??? he has a bad day and he can't pull off a practical joke 'cause he just ??? and he can't say correct things ??? which brings us back to what i just said which ??? i got in a fight with my best friend today's harmony is just not in the cards someday, someday ??? somedays the piano ??? just too hard someday even the jogging doesn't even ??? smoothe ??? flow smoothly i got in a fight with my best friend i hope it doesn't happen again and if it will she'll pout she'll be still it happens all the time and i'm not perfect either witness this attempt at being witty and entertaining i can't sing so i don't try i can't do it but i won't cry i'll just pretend that i don't care am i pretending reality finds it way here 24 hours she's gonna start a 24 hour shift not got off until 9 pm tomorrow night and then the following day she just found out about a job and if it works well for her, great and if it doesn't, she's gonna be a whole lot of stress 24 hours cooped up in the h house the s.s.h. is she gonna call me 'cause i'm not gonna call her gonna wait for her to act more mature gonna wait for her to reach out to me gonna wait for her to surrender her dignity at least regain her dignity she's gotta her dignity she's gotta find maturity she's gotta find some strength in her she's gotta find some willingness to attempt to put forth energy to accept that not everything is gonna be perfect but to keep on f---ing trying trying and trying and trying and ??? trying i got in a fight with my best friend but i know it's only temporary i know that if ??? my best friend got in a fight with me i know it's only temporary i know that repetition and trying are key we got in a fight today but i'll find a way to work it out i'll find us victory and shatter her doubts 'cause that's what i do best
(c) 2003 Trex
Just a Mess
- Oh No track 5
- recorded: 2003-06-25
- location: Bellingham
- length: 5:26
- Travis Emmitt - piano, vocals
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The second side of the tape continues with more deep voice and moody music. I tried to give it more focus this time.
The chord changes are kinda cool once the song gets going. I think they're based on "C Cm F Fm", which I had started in 2001.
Lyrics to "Just a Mess":
i'm gonna tell you a song about a boy who can't play anything i'm gonna tell you a song about a boy who has nothing in his head i'm gonna tell you a song that can only be about 10 minutes long i'm gonna tell you a song 'cause then i gotta go meet at the chemistry building i'm gonna tell you a song that's not gonna be very long the notes are not gonna be very good the lyrics are gonna be way too loud or i should say the vocals because there aren't really any lyrics it's not like i'm writing this there's vocals, there's vocals, there's vocals just vocals, just vocals, just oh god days like this i should be kept away from musical instruments because if you're not inspired nothing happens that is pleasing to the ear it's just a mess just a mess just a mess that note doesn't work very well ugh that's a note by the way just imagine you hear a b b b b b
(c) 2003 Trex
Nucleus
- Piano Picks track 17
- Oh No track 6
- recorded: 2003-06-25
- location: Bellingham
- length: 8:33
- Travis Emmitt - piano, vocals
- mp3: download listen locally (flash player)(HTML5 player)
The lyrics and music are gently amusing and almost pretty. The antisocial sentiment might be a turn-off to some, but I think it's funny.
Lyrics to "Nucleus":
there's a little boy who walked through the forest and he loved looking at the trees and the trees they looked back at him but he didn't see them through the leaves not all the trees paid attention to him most just kinda of did their thing which involved staring at their roots staring at the sky it's like the earth is the past and the sky is the future travis is the present; we all look at him the trees need to pay attention to travis if they're gonna get entertainment today so all the trees turned to look at travis as he played a wrong note but that's ok because travis is forgivible he plays and he sings really crappily but that's ok because because even mistakes with him are livable and then the dead salmon slid down the stream their bodies decayed for two months and travis' nostrils thanked the rain and the world thanked travis' brain travis' brain was bigger than anything that day travis' brain just had to have its way everything aligned itself to travis' wishes 'cause travis does his own dishes ok so humor is not his forte but remember he's forgivable every day travis is forgivable because his mistakes are livable and he knows it the forest creatures tried to look at travis as he passed them as usual he was jogging and reading the moth on the trees twitched as he moved by but of course he didn't notice it because the nucleus sees nothing but itself like a black hole all thought is pulled towards the middle the nucleus sees nothing of the world except when the world comes into contact with it the creatures and the moths were too far away and so are most people - too far away and the uglies that travis doesn't go towards them he doesn't and he's gotta play now because he's getting self-conscious i should have left 16 seconds ago he says to himself in the basement of building where he doesn't belong playing the same repetitive chords of a half-baked song yet he is amused, yet he is happy making fun of himself this is the life of travis the life of the country mouse ok last, last cycle as travis slipped through the trees the world and him disregarding eachother urgently something snapped and he tripped and he fell and suddenly he was plunged into a green, furry hell the furry hell was named, um, bubba and bubba was a piece of moss that could walk bubba looked at travis and said "hey i didn't know you could exist a person who can read and run who is a nucleus unto himself who doesn't need anybody but who seems to be ok anyway you're not too clear" bubba said to travis but unfortunately travis ignored bubba, stepped on him, and kicked him into the stream where the rotten salmon mingled with bubba's twisty curly flesh and bubba stank forever bubba died, shriveled up, dead and meanwhile, travis just kept on jogging his knee slightly scuffled from the fall
(c) 2003 Trex