Open  mic nights are back and trying this one out as an acoustic jam.

She Likes Girls (Acoustic jam)

People naturally follow, conform the majority, and this has allowed us to evolve and survive together as a species.  Throughout history it has also made groups of people vulnerable to totalitarian rule that tends to help the ruling class more than the people, when the people are complacent and don't realize their position until it is too late.  While there may be some parallels to governments in the world today, this song is inspired by this "cost of complacency" throughout history rather than any specific events today.

Lyrics:
Verse 1
No time being patient
It takes too long
rewrite history

You shall be programmed
And truth dictated
Don’t ask any questions

Chorus
(backing chorus)
Fill your mind
Or it will be filled for you
It’s the cost of complacency
And mindless conformity

Open your mind
And open your eyes
Get your head out of your ass
Avoid the cost of complacency

(over chorus)
Control what they see
Control what they read
The masses will conform
and shutdown the opposition

Each has their own truth
In their own reality
The war has started
Better run for your life (2nd time only)

Verse 2
Sides are assigned
believe as you’re told
Oppose and be censored

pawns are suppressed
Divided and conquered
Blindly fighting the war

[Chorus]

Cost of complacency

Endeavor (Vince's Drums)

Heroe's Overture

"Wants you to know" is one written for the ladies.  It is a post-breakup song about a strong, bright, beautiful, and confident woman who's been hurt, broken, and moved on.  She leaves town and leaves the past behind her but she isn't running away, she's running to her future and on to amazing things.

The lyrics starts off with a brand new day, going out for a ride in a hot car and feeling good.  In the second verse, she's leaving town but she's not running away.   She's "running to her future" and doing so with a new tattoo.  People tend to get tattoos for meaningful things and changes in their life.  She's making a big change and moving on to bigger and better things.  When the chorus comes in at the end, we learn that she threw away everything she was given in that bad relationship, the memories have gone away so whoever hurt her means nothing to her now, and she wants someone to know.

Lyrics
[Verse 1]
She’s ready to start a brand-new day
All those memories are so far away

Push the seat back
Drop the top down 
Fasten the seat belt
Crank up the music

Fixes her mascara
In the rear-view mirror
Gives herself a wink
Says ‘damn I look good’

[Verse 2]
Feeling free and ditching this old town
Maybe someday she’ll see you around

With a new tattoo
She’s running to her future
Like a shooting star
Bright and beautiful
Wishing you knew her
Wishing you had her
Watch her tail as 
It likes up the sky
[guitar lead]

[Chorus]
Ooo She threw it all away
All the things you gave
She threw them away

Ooo She threw it all away
The memories you made
She threw them away

She wants you to know

Wants You To Know

Mr Bojangles

Mother

Melissa

Man On The Moon

Lungs

Last Kiss

I Am Mine

Friend Of The Devil

Easy Wind

Down By The Water

Candy Man

Under The Milky Way

Althea

That's your brain, this is coked up kitty.

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Kiss my ass

Coked up kitty

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I take my sugar black

Made from a conglomeration of shared experiences.  Pairs well with a little “Coked up kitty”. 
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Nutcase

Endeavor (remix/remaster)

This year we were introduced to social distancing and basically confined to our homes while our social lives were shutdown.  For some of us it was hell and for others it's just another day.  We learned what it is like to live in quarantine like we have a disease.  Some always live that way and some like it that way, others just need a hello.

Living in quarantine

A friend of mine called me with this problem one day, and I'm not the sensitive type who is good at giving people advice on their problems. It turns out him and his wife were partying with some friends one night and after everyone went home, one girl remained. One thing lead to another and his wife brought the girl into their bed that night. Now keep in mind, this guy is calling me because he's upset about this. Apparently it continued when he wasn't around. He'd leave for work out the front door, the wife would bring her her girlfriend in the back door.
He told me "this is serious, it may ruin our marriage". I thought about it and said "you know, this would be a great song." So here you go. . .

Gonna tell a story ‘bout a lady
She thought she’d try something new
There’s a man who had some competition
Some say he bit off more than he could chew

One night they started getting busy
then in came some more company
There’s one thing they all have in common
They know when they’ve been licked

She She She, She likes girls
She likes her hand in the bush not his bird in her hand
She She She, She likes girls
Curiosity of the tongue got the cat

So he tried and tried a little harder
But now she craved something softer
girl in flannel and a purple beret
knew all the tricks he could not match

every day while on his way to work
bumper to bumper back at home
now there’s a lesson to be learned
When you have your cake, you have to eat it too

She She She, She likes girls
Which came first the chick or the chick
She She She, She likes girls
She likes them to lick softly not carry the big stick
[guitar solo]
She She She, She likes girls
She likes her hand in the bush not his bird in her hand
She She She, She likes girls
Curiosity of the tongue got the cat
She She She, She likes girls
Which came first the chick or the chick
She She She, She likes girls

She likes girls

She Likes Girls (remix/remaster)

Rockaway Beach from The Ramones, featuring Eddie Sharp and The Remains.

Rockaway beach (Ramones cover)

My objective of this song is to rock.  It's a great song for me to practice and record my vocals, record some powerful guitars and bass and some kicking drums.  It was a great Ramones tune that didn't mean anything, and one I enjoyed adding my own touches to.  There's no more political or racial message intended by me than there was by The Ramones when they wrote it in 1981.  
Now that we have that out of the way, let's rock!

The KKK Took My Baby Away (Ramones cover)

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Independent artist making songs that rock.

I don’t know about you but I miss hearing songs that just rock.  A couple of guitars, bass, drums, vocals, and harmonies make such a powerful combination.  It’s this power and energy that I’m after in the songs I record.
I perform all parts on these recordings unless otherwise specified. I’m primarily a guitar player and never considered myself a singer but I started doing it to complete my songs and I may be finding a voice for myself.
I’m open to collaboration so reach out if you’d like to work on some tracks.  I don’t have any rap on my tracks, don’t listen to much rap, but I have a couple of incomplete songs I’m interested in brining some rap into.  So let me know if any of you rappers want to collaborate with a rocker.
Recording, mixing, mastering is just as much of a hobby as playing the music is.  If you’d like another ear on your mix or some mastering done, drop me a message.  I’m not looking for money for it, just the opportunity to practice my skills on other artists work, see what I can do, and help a fellow musician.
Finally, I’m looking to put together a band to see how my songs work live.  Reach out if you’re interested and in the RDU area.  Follow me on my social media links to get the latest updates on the journey and share some music and laughs.
Cheers!

Eddie Sharp

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