albums
Underway
2023 Battle of the E-Bands
2006 Wonday
Compilations
1993 Songs to Sleep By
1997 Songs to Sleep By 2
2002 Sunday Sampler
2002 Dad's Picks
1999 Mix 1 (sy55)
2010 Mix 2 (triton vocal)
2010 Mix 3 (triton instr.)
SY55
1991 Archives
1992 College Collection
1993 College Collage
1994 The Hermit
1997 Where's My Muse
1999 South or Southeast
Triton
2001 In the Margins
2002 Renewal
2002 Re-treat
2002 Convenience
2002 Back Up
2003 So So
2003 So On
2003 So Long
2003 Baby Steps
2003 Baby Talk
2004 Schmocial
2004 Brroom
2004 Chuckadee
2004 Disco Hike
2004 Extra Extra
2005 Coma Pill
2005 Ourboretum
2005 Jaminy
2005 Padden Drift
2005 Gorilla Love
2005 Aminals
2005 Vegibles
2006 Fruitine
2006 Dignored
2006 Miner
2006 Mouseculine
2006 Yata
2007 Zipit
2007 Sixawon
2007 Halfdosin
2007 Whatcom Home
2008 What Roses
2008 Pho Kit
2008 Composed Pile
2009 Decomposed Pie
2009 Swaddlicious
2010 Lost Train
Soft Synths
2011 Out the Margins
2011 Redebut
2011 Reprogression
2012 Working Progress
2013 Tripico
2014 Aerosol Concrete
2015 Reduced to Clear
2016 Motions
2017 The Walking Dad
2018 Mockolate
2019 Still Testing
2020 Slow Wins Teddy

Track List

# title lyrics time download listen started recorded rating
1 Charitease - 3:42 download listen locally 2005-06-20 2005-06-21
2 Hi Chair lyrics 4:54 download listen locally 2005-06-23 2005-06-28
3 Dupid - 3:56 download listen locally 2005-06-29 2005-06-30
4 No That lyrics 4:40 download listen locally 2005-07-05 2005-07-07
5 Badvice - 5:35 download listen locally 2005-07-07 2005-07-11
6 Meekend lyrics 5:04 download listen locally 2005-07-11 2005-07-12
7 Dumplate - 4:13 download listen locally 2005-07-13 2005-07-14
8 Juicer lyrics 5:49 download listen locally 2005-07-14 2005-07-19
9 Fantarctica - 5:02 download listen locally 2005-07-20 2005-07-21
10 Security lyrics 3:44 download listen locally 2005-07-21 2005-07-22
11 MondayN - 6:43 download listen locally 2005-07-25 2005-07-26
12 Monkey Spin lyrics 5:24 download listen locally 2005-07-26 2005-07-28
13 Buy Buy - 3:13 download listen locally 2005-07-31 2005-08-04
14 LCD lyrics 3:19 download listen locally 2005-08-05 2005-08-06
15 Snorissimo - 3:54 download listen locally 2005-08-06 2005-08-07
16 Gorilla Love lyrics 8:40 download listen locally 2005-08-07 2005-08-08
Total 77:52 play all locally album rating:

Notes

For this album I had a rule that every other song had to have vocals. I wanted to force myself to get back into creating catchy, memorable pop songs. I didn't want yet another mostly-instrumental album like Padden Drift.

Not that Padden Drift is unpleasant (as background music); it's just not memorable. I'm trying to wrench Tripecac away from the usual reggae/jazz/funk formula. But it's hard, very hard! Just listen to "Dupid" a couple hundred times. Oh wait, you already have; it's the same old listenable but forgettable Tripecac "boremula" that's been putting us to sleep since 1993 or so.

Now, imagine this big gorilla pummeling Tripecac back into songwriting shape. Rambling instrumental? Pow! Long, muddy, forgettable jam? Bam! Annoying little new-age ditty? Whap! You get the drift (no pun intended).

If the instrumentals wander into boring noodling, the vocal songs snap the focus back to the essentials. Well, in theory. Actually, some of the tightest songs on this CD are instrumentals. I just don't remember their names. And that's what's been bugging me.

So anyway, this album is the flotsam and fruit of tough-love. Gorilla love.

There are vocals on every even-numbered song. The rest of the sounds are from the trusty Triton.

Songs

Charitease

I wanted to kick off the album powerfully. Unfortunately, I think I confused "powerfully" with "weirdly". This is an artsy-farty blech-fest. It starts with a weird time signature, has a dorky instrumentation, and never gets a groove on. It sounds like something off of Baby Steps. Not cool.

Tbe title is a pun on "charity" and "ease". Or maybe "charity" and "tease". I'm not sure! Whatever is wittiest; you decide! This song and my ego need all the help they can get at this point!

Well, not really. My ego is fine. And the song isn't that bad. I just wish I had started this album more strongler. Yeah, much more strongler.

Hi Chair

The title is a pun on "high chair". If you didn't figure that out, then you probably belong in one.

This started off as gentle jazz. I quickly got bored of it, so funked it up a bit. It was still boring, so I added vocals about the disillusionment of growing up. Does this mean Tripecac is growing up? Or afraid to grow up? Who knows? Who cares!

Lyrics to "Hi Chair":

hop up on your hi chair
what can you see from there?

i can see nothing
i can see nothing in the oven

i can see nothing

get down from your hi chair
it was no good up there
come down from your hi chair
there's no food up there

no, you're gettin' nuttin
nuttin, nuttin from the hi chair

nothing, nothing from the hi chair

no, you're gettin' nothing

i can see nothing

1 and a 2 and 3 and a 4
i can say my abcs
1 and a 2 and 3 and a 4
hey everybody look at me

1 and a 2 and 3 and a 4
aren't i a cute baby?
1 and a 2 and 3 and a 4
hey everybody look at me

i'm in my hi chair
i can see what's up here
i do not like it
i want to go back down

let me down now
let me down now
where's my crib?
gimme a bib

and a spoon
a wooden spoon
and a piece of tupperware

bang bang on the drummy drum drum

and a spoon, and a spoon
and a drum drum drum
a spoon, and a spoon
yum yum yum

music is my food i see
now let me down so i can pee

sometimes we think it would be better
if tripecac were all instrumentals
sometimes we think it would be better
if travis had laryngitis

laryngitis, laryngitis
everybody sing along laryngitis
laryngitis, laryngitis
everybody wish travis had laryngitis
  

Dupid

The title is a pun on... Hmmm. Should I tell you? Or leave you in suspense? No, that would be dupid. A very dupid thing to do. And I don't want to do dupid things on this album. No way, this is supposed to be a bundle of brilliance, not a dump of dupidity.

Um, so, can you say reggae jazz funk number X? Where X is approaching three digits? And Y is what you ask yourself every time you hear Travis crank out yet another bland RJF instrumental?

Do you know what "RJF" stands for? Do I need to define all my terms? Can't I leave some mystery in here, some illusion of sophistication? Is sophistication alluring? Not really, IMO. You know what "IMO" means, right? No? Do you know what "no" means? No? Huh?

No That

I told G that I'd name this after the next two words she uttered. She said "No", and then "That..." and so there you go.

I started with the drums, and didn't add any other instruments the until the second day. I really didn't like the music, and felt the drums alone were more interesting. To make things better/worse, I added vocals, which were completely improvised. The chorus ties in with the song title. Yeah, I know: what wit!

Lyrics to "No That":

clickety clack, clickety clack...

step 1: place the cursor on the other side of the house
step 2: place the cursor on the other side of the house
step 3: place the cursor on the other side of the house
step 4: place the cursor on the other side of the house

'cause you gotta get out
you gotta get out

i bet they wonder if i'm a vampire
never leave my room
i bet they wonder if i have some skin disease

i bet they wonder if i'm okay
it's okay with me
i bet they wonder if i am related to jodie

gotta get out
gotta get out
gotta get out
gotta get away from the 1s and the 0s
and all that mechanical stuff

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
i laugh from my ivory tower
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
i feel the volts and the power

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
i laugh from my computer screen
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
while the world explodes and screams

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

no, that's not the way to be (they say)
no, that's not the way to see (okay)
no, that's not the way to live
no, that's not the way to give

if you hermit away this way
if you hermit away your way
if you hermit away you might get away
for another day

but it'll catch up to you

no, that's not the way to live
no, that's not the way to give
no, that's not the way to live
no, that's not the way to give

it'll catch up to you

no, that's not the way to be
no, that's not the way to see
no, that's not the way to live
no, that's not the way to give

it'll catch up to you

no, that's not the way to see
you've got to follow me
that's not the way to think
your isolation stinks

that's not the way to live
that's not the way to give
stop thinking for yourself
come down from your shelf

toy
  

Badvice

Bad advice. Did I give it or receive it? I don't remember.

Oh yeah, I just remembered. Someone on the Sonar forums was trying to get started in computer-based music production. He was fishing for advice on hardware, software, and techniques. Since he said he already had instruments, I recommended that he think about using hardware synths instead of software synths. Some other people disagreed with my advice. The original poster ended up disregarding me too. Sigh. So there you have it!

The music: yet another jazz/reggae/funk instrumental. Yeah, I know: big surprise. The good news is that there's a verse/chorus structure. The bad news is that it sounds like a cheesy keyboard, the mix is mud-city, the tempo's sluggish, the drums are too busy, and most of the solos are boring. My favorite bit is the doubled notes at the end of the (fake) guitar solo. My least favorite bit is the rest of the song! Zzzzz...

Meekend

The title is a pun on "weekend" and either "me" or "meek". So, it means either a me-weekend or a meek-weekend. Same diff.

I was listening Cure reissues on the day I started it, and wanted to see if I could create something Cure-ish. Minor keys abound, but somehow it sounds more loungy than goth. Oh well!

The lyrics follow the title pretty closely. They're intentionally morose (to stick with the Cure theme). I spent about five minutes writing them. That's pretty good, actually; for the first time in years, I don't think I improvised more than a line or two (in the bridges). Hey, you know, that's progress, right?

Hmm. Okay, fine. Snooze-fest, mope-fest. I gotcha. And yeah, I agree. It's up there with "Solid Blue" in terms of mopey cheesiness. Well, at least the lyrics are heartfelt (if a little whiny and self-centered) and not completely BS.

:(

Sniff.

Lyrics to "Meekend":

VERSE 1:
  i'm all alone on this weekend
  i wish this week didn't have such a meek end
  i'm all alone on this weekend
  i wish this week didn't have such a meek end

CHORUS 1:
  i wanna have my fridays back, my fridays back
  i wanna have a fun saturday and sunday

BRIDGE 1:
  but i can't control everything
  no, i can't control everything
  no, i can't control everything
  no, i can't control everything

VERSE 2:
  i'm all alone on this weekend
  i wish this week didn't have such a meek end
  i'm all alone on this weekend
  i work so hard i deserve a good weekend

  i'm all alone on this weekend
  this doesn't feel like a real weekend

CHORUS 2:
  i wanna have my fridays back, my fridays back
  i wanna have a fun saturday and sunday
  i wanna get my girlfriend back, my girlfriend back
  i wanna feel our connection growing

BRIDGE 2:
  no i don't got control
  no i can't get control

  i want my weekends back
  i want my weekends back

  gimme gimme my weekends back
  i don't have any control anymore

VERSE 3:
  i'm all alone on this weekend
  when will this purgatory end?
  i work so hard i deserve a good weekend
  but i am stuck by myself again

  and if i go outside it feels empty
  and when i take a walk i feel i lonely
  it's just not the same without you
  i feel so lame without you

CHORUS 3:
  i wanna have my fridays back, my fridays back
  i wanna have a fun saturday and sunday
  i wanna get my soul mate back, my soul mate back
  i wanna feel our affection glowing

  yeah
  

Dumplate

Smooth mellow jam, started with a brand new template. My goal was to get rid of the muddy-sounding effects and keep the mix nice and crisp. At the same time, I wanted to avoid electronica, so I made the music extra jazzy and swingy.

The title is yet another pun. I always seem to do puns these days. Okay, well, this one is a little geekier than the others. It can mean either "dumb template", "dump template" (as in sysx dump), or "dump late" (as in I wanted to make sure I didn't forget to dump the new template until it was too late). Yeah, ugh is right!

At least the music is nice and direct!

Juicer

If you drink too much juice, it makes you hyper. If you're hyper, you make songs like this.

Or at least I make songs like this. Even though I don't drink juice. Unless you count the "juice" of fermented grapes. Or hops. Or rice. Oh yeah!

The lyrics are incredibly dumb. This might come as a surprise, but I actually wasn't drinking when I recorded them. They're sort of a sequel to "Early"; I even added a musical "wake up" as yet another lame joke. If anything, the lyrics are about my occasional tendency to over-flavor things... like this song.

Lyrics to "Juicer":

uno, dos, tres, catorce

yep, you guessed it
the obligatory vocal song
bookended with two rather lame instrumentals
this one's called "juicer"

j.u.i.c.e.r.
juicer, that's what you are
you're a juicer
j.u.i.c.e.r.
it's a juicer, that's what you are

  gimme gimme gimme something to eat

a little bit of jazz
and a cup of funk
a sprinkle of reggae
and a pinch of punk

  oh yeah
  uh huh, uh huh
  fill in the blank with some real lyrics, please
  next time

a little bit of jazz
and a cup of funk
a sprinkle of reggae
and a pinch of punk

did you add punk, travis?
'cause i can't taste it
yes, i think i did
well, i don't feel very wasted

a little bit of jazz
and a cup of funk
a sprinkle of reggae
and a p-p-p-p-pinch of punk
and a pinch of, a pinch of punk

everything gets jumbled in the juicer
everybody thinks i'm a careful producer
i gotta girl and i gonna seduce her
with my wingy wingy blends of flavor

again

everything gets jumbled in the juicer
everybody thinks i'm a careful producer
i gotta girl and i'm gonna seduce her
with my wingy wingy blends of flavor

ha ha, how funny, how funny, travis
ha ha, how funny, how witty, travis
ha ha, how funny, how funny, travis
ha ha, how funny, how funny, travis

will you pay me, pay me, pay me, pay me money, travis?
will you pay me, pay me, pay me, pay me money, travis?
will you pay me, pay me, pay me, pay me money, travis?
will you pay me, pay me  money to listen to your song?

  got tobasco in my head
  got tobasco in my blood
  got tobasco in my brain
  got the spicy spicy spicy spicy pain

everybody, everybody, everybody listen up
everybody, everybody, everybody listen up
everybody, everybody, everybody grab a cup
everybody, everybody, everybody grab a cup

juicer
gonna taste the juice-uh
we're gonna taste the juice-uh
we're gonna taste the juice-uh
it's time to taste the juice-uh

everything gets jumbled in the juicer
everybody thinks i'm a careful producer
i gotta girl and i'm gonna seduce her
with my wingy wingy blends of flavor

it's too spicy!
  no, it's not too spicy
it's too spicy for me
  no, i just added lots of flavor

[lots of indistinct arguing and partying]

this gives me an idea
you want a travis margarita?

[more indistinct partying noises]

dizzy, dizzy, dizzy, dizzy...

that stuff is strong
travis

i think you put much spice  in the juice
i think you put much flavor in the juice
i think you put much spice  in the juice
i think you put much flavor in the juice

i think you put too many spices in the juice
i think you put too many spices in the juice
i think you put too many spices in the juice
i think you put too many spices in the juice

i always put too many spices in the juice
i always put too many spices in the juice
i always put too many spices in the juice
i always put too many spices in the juice

dizzy, dizzy, dizzy, dizzy
dizzy, dizzy, dizzy, dizzy

ah, man
you lost it, dude
get off the floor
travis, get off the floor
what are you doing?
you're drooling all over the place

  they think i am a careful producer
  but they just don't know

[puking]

stop puking

gonna
wow!
ah, spicy hot!
wow!
a that's really a fire
wow! [instinct]
wow!
not puke

everything gets jumbled in the juicer
everybody thinks i'm a careful producer
i gotta girl and i gonna seduce her
with my wingy wingy blends of flavor

  a little bit of jazz
  and a cup of funk
  a sprinkle of reggae
  and a pinch of punk

  did you add punk, travis?
  'cause i can taste it
  i think you put too much
  'cause i'm feeling pretty wasted

but you know what?
if you drink too much juice
you get diarrhea
  

Fantarctica

I was reading a book about Antarctica. And then I got a map of Antarctica. So that makes me a fan, right? Do you get the joke?

Okay, the real joke is the music. Sigh. Here's the deal. I wanted it to sound "cold". I started with strings, and then went trancy. I tried to keep it sparse and not add any "jazz" notes, but couldn't help the jazzy organ solo near the end. Oh well. So much for my attempt at a concept song!

Yeah, and so much for making up for the song's faults via entertaining liner notes, Trav! These and the tune are about as finesseful as icebergs. Groan.

Security

As an experiment, I grabbed some old lyrics (from 1999) and decided to start a song from them. There were some chord progressions scribbled down too, but I mostly ignored them. So technically, this isn't completely new, but who's counting?

Lyrically, it's a sequel to "The Trap", but is simpler and (hopefully) funnier. I pre-wrote all the words except the bridges, which were adlibs. And no, this is not autobiographical in the least!

The music aims to be simple, short, and (I hope) catchy. Only time will determine whether we (I) remember this as enjoyable or irritating (can anyone say "My Old School"?).

Lyrics to "Security":

INTRO:
  y'all ready for some old-school tripecac?

VERSE 1:
  she's a little bit older than me
  but that's my security
  she's a little bit dumber than me
  but that's my security

CHORUS 1:
  she is plainer, duller, fatter, shier
  lazier, uglier, smellier, and stupider
  she's a loser in anyone's eyes but mine
  conveniently

VERSE 2:
  she's a little bit uglier than me
  but that's my security
  and she's a little bit meaner than me
  but that's my security

CHORUS 2:
  she is plainer, duller, fatter, shier
  lazier, uglier, smellier, and stupider
  she's a loser in anyone's eyes but mine
  luckily

BRIDGE 1:
  i made a bet with her the other day
  i said, "if i pay will you go away?"
  she said, "that's not a bet, but it's okay
  'cause i understand that i'm pretty lame"

  f.e.y. spells fey for those of you
  who do not go to dictionary.com
  if you do not know what dictionary.com is
  then you are just like her

VERSE 3:
  she's a little bit backwards from me
  but that's my security
  and she always needs things from me
  but i guess that's my security

CHORUS 3:
  okay maybe i made a mistake when i picked her
  maybe i was being a little too hasty
  maybe i should throw her back in the water
  and catch me another fish

  go fishin'

BRIDGE 2:
  run, run, travis
  escape her embrace for just one day
  run, run, travis
  and you find yourself running away

  i thought she's a blessing
  but maybe she's a curse
  come to think of it, things can't get much worse
  they can't get much worse

  but i'm stuck 'cause...

VERSE 4:
  she's a she and I am a he
  and that's her security
  she knows i can never leave
  and that's her security

CHORUS 4:
  i am trapped here, tethered, imprisoned, ensnared
  but my own doing, oh it's just not fair
  inertia has caught me at my own game
  and now i know just who is lame

  i am trapped here, tethered, imprisoned, ensnared
  but my own doing, oh it's just not fair
  inertia has caught me at my own game
  and now i know which one is lame
  

MondayN

This felt like yet another boring jazz/reggae/funk jam started on yet another Monday, so I called it "Monday N". It also means "mundane".

The music was similarly uninspired. I purposefully tried to make it as raw and uncompromising as possible, despite the typical Tripecac framework. Hence the long EP solo, the aggressive drums, and the lack of a melody. It's not "A-list" material, and is probably one of those songs that will drift by unnoticed, but hey, I started it, so I had to finish it.

You know, it's sort of like a job. Just because you don't feel enthusiastic doesn't mean you can skip work. We've gotta earn our rent money, and with Tripecac, I've gotta earn the few good songs by plowing through lots of duds.

Check, please.

Monkey Spin

Okay, this time I dug wayyy back for some lyrics. These clunkers are from 1994. I think they were inspired by a "Faces of Death" movie, where monkeys were put in boxes with their heads sticking out of a hole. The monkeys spun around in circles, shrieking, completely panicked. Eventually someone grabbed a monkey and then cracked open and peeled back its skull so that its brains could be eaten. Yum!

The lyrics are really dumb. So's the music. I... uh... hmm... don't have much to say about this puppy. No pun intended. Ha ha ha!

Lyrics to "Monkey Spin":

okay, this one is mindless
no pun intended
i said it's mindless
no pun intended
don't worry - you'll get it soon
here we go

they say that you don't feel anything
when they drop you into two hundred and twelve degrees
do they wear their headphones to drown out your pleas?
or do they bop you on the head like those poor monkeys?

that was mindless
oh, it's mindless
mindless
so mindless

okay here we go

i was swinging on my vine
just minding my own mind
when a hunter came through the trees

so i ran the other way
but got captured anyway
and ended up in the hands of a something-ese

will they bop me on the head?
until they think I'm dead?
will they bop me on the head?
just like those poor monkeys?

spin, monkey, spin
make a real din
there's a hole in the bucket just for you

cry, monkey, cry
'cause now you're gonna die
your brains are gonna be dessert for two

oh, so bad!

ee-ee-ee-ee-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-ah!
ee-ee-ee-ee-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-ah!
ee-ee-ee-ee-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-ah!
ee-ee-ee-ee-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-ah!

spin, monkey, spin
make a real din
there's a hole in the bucket just for you

so cry, monkey, cry
'cause now you're gonna die
your brains are gonna be delicious!

i was sitting in my box
just minding my own business
when a hammer came towards my head

suddenly a pounding
and then i felt a cracking
and then i guess i was dead

spin, monkey, spin
spin, monkey, spin
spin, monkey, spin
spin, monkey, spin

they say you don't feel anything
when they drop you into two hundred and twelve degrees
  (like a lobster)
they say you don't feel anything
when they bop you on the head like a poor monkey

but they're wrong, but they're wrong
but they're wrong and here's my song
about the monkeys getting eaten
and the puppies and the kitties

and they're wrong, and they're wrong
and they're horribly wrong
it is not a painless death
but i've gotta have my monkey meat

my monkey, monkey, monkey, monkey, monkey, monkey meat
my monkey, monkey, monkey, monkey, monkey, monkey meat
my monkey, monkey, monkey, monkey, monkey, monkey meat
my monkey, monkey, monkey, monkey, monkey, monkey meat

my kitty meat, my puppy meat
my little baby bunny meat
but what about the fishy meat?
the birdie meat, the piggy meat?

but i prefer my puppy meat
my kitty meat, my monkey meat
yes i prefer my monkey meat
i gotta have my monkey meat

yes i prefer my monkey meat

spin, monkey, spin
spin, monkey, spin
spin, monkey, spin
spin, monkey, spin

yes i prefer my monkey meat...
  

Buy Buy

The title refers to G's last minute shopping spree before leaving to visit her family. The music, which I used to test Sonar 4.0.3, was intended to be melodic (heartfelt), but steadied by routine.

When it came time to finish this song, my heart wasn't in it anymore. I felt it was boring. Bye bye, grand idea, if there ever was one. Hello, next song.

LCD

This is a snobby little song about conformity. I made the music brain-dead simple. The lyrics are simple too. Simple, simple, simple.

Lyrics to "LCD":

VERSE 1:
  we like the big beats
  we like the big bucks
  we got the big cars
  we got the big butts

  we shop at k-mart
  we wear our matching socks
  we are the big sheep
  we are the idiots

  we drink our canned beer
  we live on fried food
  we love our tv
  we follow football

  we love our aol
  we love our top 40
  we love our parades
  we are the idiots

CHORUS 1:
  l c d
  l c d

VERSE 2:
  [same as verse 1]

CHORUS 2:
  l c d
  l c d - we are the
  l c d
  l c d - what does that stand for?

VERSE 3:
  we watch the basketball
  we orbit the mall
  we frequent the bars
  we worship our cars

  we watch the evening news
  we are political
  we think we know it all
  but we're all idiots

  we wear our bellbottoms
  we honor fashion
  we follow our friends
  who follow tv trends

  we are majority
  we are the overweight
  we are the masses
  we are all idiots

CHORUS 3:
  l c d - we gotta be
  l c d - hey look at me
  l c d - we gotta be
  l c d  (you and me)

VERSE 4:
  [same as verse 3 except last line:]
  we are all asses

CHORUS 4:
  l c d - we gotta be
  l c d - come on you gotta be
  l c d - you gotta be
  l c d - you gotta be like me

  l c d
  

Snorissimo

You like my fake Italian? You like my fake song? Actually, it's not too bad. It starts with an atypical rhythm: 123 123 123 123 12 12, but then devolves into the usual 1234 jazz/funk/reggae. Fortunately, it's driving and builds in intensity. So it's not as boring as it sounds!

Umm... Did I say that right?

Gorilla Love

I wanted to end the album with an epic vocal song. I also needed to end the album quickly so that I could send it to G in Sicily. So I went with the first thing that popped into my head: a title track.

At first, when I was building the music, I didn't see how I'd fit vocals in there, since the music was already thick. I forced myself to start humming along, and then singing along... and finally I made myself switch on the mic and started recording vocals. I figured that it'd be better to squeeze in the vocals early rather than waiting. I wrote out most of them (very little improv), and they're heartfelt.

The bassline is very heavy ("gorilla-like"). The verses are sparse and cool. The rest is pretty muddy and repetitive. Ah well. At least it's long enough to finish the album! :)

Lyrics to "Gorilla Love":

VERSE 1: [intro]
  un due tre quattro
  amore de gorilla

CHORUS 1:
  gimme gimme gorilla love

  gimme gimme gorilla love
  gimme gimme gorilla love
    amore de gorilla

VERSE 2:
  flying over the sea
  leaving me
  for her family

  what becomes of me?
  do i moan and weep
  in self-pity?

  do i collapse and cry
  do i shrivel and hide
  and hope to die

  do i long for black
  or at least oblivion
  until she's back?

CHORUS 2:
  gimme gimme gorilla love
  gimme gimme gorilla love

  tell me, tell me,
  what should i do
  when my love is 5000 miles away?

VERSE 3:
  you got to get a grip
  you got to get a grip
  you got to get a grip
  you got to get a grip

  you've got to get a grip
  it's just a 4-week trip

CHORUS 3:
  gimme gimme gorilla love
  i gotta have my gorilla love
  where is my gorilla love?
  how i miss my gorilla love

VERSE 4:
  ok i think i have a plan
  i'll do what i can
  to act like a man

  i'll keep myself busy
  make lots of songs
  and jog 'til i'm dizzy

  i'll stay productive
  never give my mind
  any time to dwell

  on the depressing fact
  that it's another three weeks
  'til she gets back

CHORUS 4:
  where is my gorilla love?
  i've gotta have my gorilla love
  where is my gorilla love?
  i'm missing my gorilla love

VERSE 5:
  it's okay, it's okay...
  i'll be okay, be okay...

  don't curl up little baby
  don't lock up little baby
  just stand up little baby
  and think of your little lady

  i know you miss your gorilla love
  but you cannot just
  curl yourself into oblivion

  i know you miss your gorilla love
  so you must make her proud
  by keeping busy and finding fun

CHORUS 5:
  oh gorilla love
  oh gorilla love
  oh gorilla love
  oh gorilla love

    amore de gorilla
    when will she come back to me-a?

VERSE 6:
  see the monkeys through the trees
  look at the monkeys on the beach
  dodge the monkeys in their cars
  how can they stand the heat of mars?

CHORUS 6:
  oh gorilla love
  oh gorilla love
  oh gorilla love
  oh gorilla love

    amore de gorilla
    when will she come back to me-a?
    amore de gorilla
    i'll be so glad to see her

VERSE 7:
  watch the monkeys eating lunch
  why are they always in a bunch?
  do the monkeys hate being alone?
  do they have anything more sophisticated than a phone?

CHORUS 7:
  oh gorilla love
  oh gorilla love
  oh gorilla love
  oh gorilla love

    amore de gorilla
    when will you come back to me-a?
    amore de gorilla
    i'll be so glad to see ya

VERSE 8:
  she's coming back to me
  she's coming back to me
  she's coming back, you see
  she's coming back, you'll see

CHORUS 8:
  oh gorilla love
  oh gorilla love
  oh gorilla love
  oh gorilla love

  i want my gorilla love
  i miss my gorilla love
  i want my gorilla love
  i miss my gorilla love

  oh gorilla love