Who Knows Who? – Michael Delgorio 5:05 w/ NASA Audio Files
If KC & The Sunshine Band were producing soundtracks in the 20-teens (are they?) and, they were influenced by Hip Hop beats driven socially conscious lyrics...it might sound something like “Who Knows Who?” Written in 2014, the song was remixed in May of 2016 and master via eMastered.com.
This fusion project attempts to be genre neutral since it blends a multitude of styles without allegiance to any one in particular. This track attached for the “Say, Oh-Hey (to the Universe)” a playlist of original music recklessly mixes mid-century NASA Audio files, with alt-rock piano licks, acoustic guitar slides, marching-band slap bass runs and lyric lines ripped from the US news. It tells the story of a life lived in another generation through his son’s eyes. There’s anxiety conveyed in this tune’s orchestration, by design, though it looks for a salvation when the song all comes home. But, if you dig into the lyrics, you’ll find a call-to-arms to get back to basic American values, clear our heads and, relax our minds. In the end, “Who Knows Who?” delivers a bucket full of hope. But, it reminds us to keep asking questions. It also reinforces the adage that we should learn from our past...or be damned to it. We have accomplished great things, collectively, as a people. We all benefit from staying focused on our guiding star…whomever we pray to…
Enjoy. This record was fun to record, cut together, mix, remix and master. Yes…this is a demo. But you’ll get the message from it despite its production values driven by an iPhone Voice Memo recording session. Likes, comments and shares are greatly appreciated.
Who Knows Who? by Michael Delgorio | ©2014-2016 delAardvark Communications, Inc.
(Chorus)
What happened to the 9 to 5? People did a job for all their lives
Old man eked out a simple wage; carryin’ letters every week day.
Dressed in blue, took his cue, paid his dues to Who knows who
Hopping jobs? What’s the good? Get a gov’ment job, just stay put
Times were tough, he rode it rough, pretty much lived off the cuff
(Verse)
So indeed a greatest generation, they called his breed
A Korean war on US terms, hard knocks was how he learned
Came back embattled, married, had his kids, and…so it goes…did his bids
Drank some suds, played the ponies, how he enjoyed his macaronis
Pursued a Mid-Century A‘Merican dream, with a rat pack sens-i-bility
(Spoken Word)
Now all ya’ hear is terrorist threats, kids claimin’ an early death
It’s just no fun, planes, trains haven’ armed guards ride shotgun
US Flags bleached white atop the Brooklyn Bridge
Missionaries found buried in an unmarked ditch
Thank God it’s a world he’ll never see, God Bless us all n’ keep us free
(Verse)
Read the Daily News, through the years, hung tin foil from the rabbit ears
Christmas and a fresh cut tree, with the kids scrambling bout his knees
Shook off the cold from his bomber coat, played some cards to which he’d note 
Everything went by some unwritten plan, was a died-in-the-wool Yankee fan
(Chorus)
What happened to the 9 to 5? People did a J-O-B for all their lives
Old man eked out a simple wage; carryin’ letters every week days.
Dressed in blue, took his cue, paid his dues to Who knows who
Hopping jobs? What’s the good? Get a gov’ment job, just stay put
Times were tough, he rode it rough, pretty much lived off the cuff
What happened to the 9 to 5? People did a J-O-B for all their lives
Old man eked out a simple wage; carryin’ letters every week day.
Dressed in blue, took his cue, paid his dues to Who knows who?


Who Knows Who - ReMix - Michael Delgorio - eMastered

Everyone loves a good story. We've enjoyed telling them in words, pictures and music. 

Please follow MichaeldelAard here and on twitter @MichaeldelAard. We've long been moved by the rough cuts, bootlegs and demos by storied artists both past and present because they show pure emotion, high creativity unfettered by auto-tune and over-production. The elimination of anything that could remotely resemble anything but a perfect track is not part of this stream. This project is more about spontaneity. You'll find perfectly human imperfections and, spare (lean and mean)demo productions throughout. On occasion, though all tracks were recorded ultra-simply on an iPhone's voice memo app, we would pull a track into GarageBand to add a track or sound effects (as in several of the originals, herein)...but all in all these are low-fat productions that reflect our most basic love for music and storytelling. Nothing more than that. Should a track tickle your ear, we'd be most grateful to here about it. Thanks for the opportunity to share with you. Follows, comments and shares are welcome.