Love the lead on this one, vocals are always awesome. Killed it!

A bit of story telling balladeering rock sound. Rolls.

Awesome vocals and instrumentals! Keep up the good work!

nice groove anf=d feeling rock alt throwback

Nice sound!  I like the vocal harmonies over the bed of guitars - very 90s

Great composing. The song has a cool mood with its surprising chord modulations. Cool atmosphere!

ISTA STVAR

The Fire Within

Echoing Piano

YOUTUBE

Plates version acustica: Gustavo Daniel Laino.

Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/6aAy1nWjAQJKKOgj0AgoeN?si=0e14a9e14a4f44b1
YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/58LVNbbwgWA
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Mad Hatter was remixed and remastered on 11 January 2025
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In 1972 I was heading towards South America via Mexico and other parts of Central America. I knew that certain hairstyles were frowned upon at various borders. Rather than doing anything drastic, like cutting my hair, I purchase a $15 dollar short hair wig and wore it for my passport photo. 

That wig hat served me well across a number of borders.

I actually wrote the song before I ever crossed one of those borders. At least I think so. I know I wrote it while I was travelling on my own somewhere between the US border and Silvia, Columbia. I had plenty of time in cheap hotel rooms along the way.

I like to think that this song says something about the experience of being a traveller on the road to who knows where. I'm not sure what that might be, but it feels very familiar. It takes me back.

Verse 1:
Looking for hat that comes from south of the border
He needs very big one so it must be made to order
All we really know is that he's from a northern nation
Where he took off his sombrero and he left it in the station

Chorus:
But it’s all right
It doesn’t matter
Been a long night
For the mad hatter

Verse 2:
Morning takes his head and hides it in the corner
But that can’t conceal the fact that he’s been heading for the border
So he takes a couple pills just to prove he’s not a purist
Puts a wig hat on his head so he looks just like a tourist

Chorus:
But it’s all right
It doesn’t matter
Been a long night
For the mad hatter

Verse 3:
Paradise is just a place he touches on the run
The loving and the living give him strength for moving on
The world’s out there waiting but it always strikes him funny
When he ends up in some hell hole and he’s just run out of money

Chorus:
But it’s all right
It doesn’t matter
Been a long night
For the mad hatter


Verse 4:
Can’t tell you bout his future, can’t tell you bout his past
Sometimes he says he’s happy and hopes that it’ll last
More often in the night in his hotel all alone
He wonders what he’s doing why he hasn’t got a home

Chorus:
But it’s all right
It doesn’t matter
Been a long night
For the mad hatter

Mad Hatter

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Bow bow chicka ba bow ba bow wooo!
I cut it up and think about wooo!
We’ve got the thieves on the ground
Don’t know whats up so grab my instagram yeah,
Lets fuck down here
while were out here by the bend
In this shady grove
we’re making love forever til the end
A Soo Wa Hum please let us stay
Pick up our cans its 9:30
Bow Bow Chicka Ba Bow Ba Bow Woo!
Youve got this down here my pretty little sugar
Ive got too much time on my hands
Got not much more time left
Got melons in my basket
Lets twist these little berries yeah baby!
A Soo Wa Hum please let us stay
Pick up our cans its 9:30
Bow Bow Chicka Ba Bow Ba Bow Woo!
Lets Fuck down here
while were out here by the bend
In this shady grove we’re making love
forever til the end
Falling apples in the breeze
I am down upon my knees
Shes eating saskatoons
calling fourth the birds and bees.
Underneath the cherry trees
I will make her cherry bleed
Wild roses in her hair
Oh shit theres a bear.
Oh shit theres a bear,
Shes got roses in her hair
And the ankle underwear
And her ass is pretty bare
A Soo Wa Hum please let us stay
Pick up our cans its 9:30
Bow Bow Chicka Ba Bow Ba Bow Woo!
Lets Fuck Down Here
While were out here by the bend
Picking up our cans so we don’t
Get in trouble again
A Soo Wa Hum please let us stay
Pick up our cans its 9:30
Bow Bow Chicka Ba Bow Ba Bow Woo!

A Soo Wa Hum

90's inspired hard rock written, produced and recorded in Metro Detroit.

Lyrics:
Can't find the aptitude and leave it all behind. But then again behind is where I thrive.
Pushing back on what we know. Let's pack it up, it's time to go.

And cloistered hope has gone away. Your storied past just fails to blow my mind.
Bruise your soul one last time. I'm giving up and that's just fine.
I'm going on a ride.

Compensation grifts, like stealing from yourself. Never mind it's always someone else.
Don't rely on what you see. Just grab your things, its time to leave.

And cloistered hope has gone away. Your storied past just fails to blow my mind.
Bruise you soul one last time. I'm giving up and that's just fine, I'm going on that ride today!

And we're rolling. Got me rolling. Now we're rolling in despair.

And cloistered hope has gone away. Your storied past just fails to blow my mind.
Broken soul has come to play. I'm giving up and that's Ok, I'm going on that ride today!

That Ride (remix)

Storm Whispers

A thumping, harmony-laden alt rock tune reminiscent of Polyphonic Spree and Arcade Fire. An alternate lead vocal weaves through the bridge as the song builds from bare bones to a layered crescendo, before settling into an intimate outro of piano and intertwined voices.

That Ride (remix)

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