ninehertz

1. • bad admiral
   • The SaXX will be heading down Bath way in the new year to record some tight adult soft rock with members of Trebuchet under the moniker of Mano A Mano.
     
     I wrote this song last night/this morning. It sounds like what happened when the Scorpions had a go at reggae mixed with a liberal dose of Steely Dan and is probably a bit sexist.
     
     DRINKING PINA COLADA (IT ISN’T VERY NICE)
     
     INTRO
     Whoooaaahh Wooo Whoooaaahhhh
     Na Na Na Na Na
     
     Verse 1:
     
     Well you better think twice (think twice)
     Before you make it even harder
     I have a feeling that you’ll be leaving me tonight
     
     Because it isn’t very nice (No no)
     Drinking Pina Colada
     All alone in a bad world so cold
     
     Are you gonna look back? (Memories&hellip
     And remember?
     The way we made love so right/tight (*I haven’t decided…sleeve notes will say the one that isn’t sung a la steve miller band/def leppard/all cassette inlays from the 80s)
     
     ‘Cos you gave me the sack (Cut the crap)
     Last November
     Like the devil himself was playing/dancing (see*) in your eyes (This is probably the most poignant line I've ever written)
     
     Chorus:
     
     ‘Cos she’s on holiday (Whoah oh whoah)
     You gotta let the children play
     Got me so mixed up like your Tequila Sunrise (Second cocktail reference. This time a simile. Gonna go for another one in the last verse (2))
     
     ‘Cos it’s your birthday (Ohhhhhh no!)
     Gonna drink the pain away
     In a dark and lonely motel room on the strip (this can relate to a metaphor or something if anyone accuses me of not being “real&rdquo
     
     Verse 2:
     
     Is it ever ok (Ooh Whoah Whoah)
     To be a man without a woman?
     Running around like a dog without a bone (that is some classic songcraft)
     
     Does it ever feel bad (Feels so bad)
     To be a lonely little lady? (Consonation - Incredible)
     To be missing your MAN so hard you feel like you could die (Read this as a thinly veiled sexy question)
     
     Workin’ out so hard (Getting Pumped)
     Just to try to make it better (Getting Psyched)
     With a curdled daiquiri (done it!) letting in the rain.
     
     Layin’ out my cards (like a Crazy Dealer – Trebuchet reference)
     Could I get any wetter (In the rain, In the rai – whoo whaaah - n)
     With a cigarette to smoke away the pain (At this point in the video, the samurai in his dojo starts to smoke a cigarette and look mournful/eccesiastical)
     
     Chorus:
     
     Middle Eight (Guitar Solo – Totally nuts)
     Verse: (Still guitar wailing – hard)
     Step up to key change from Em to F#m
     Key Changed Verse – SaXX comes in like a deranged beast…fade out after a meaty and tight solo.
     
     [Edited by bad admiral at 11:00 on 04/12/08]
   • [11:21 on 03/12/08]
2. • Hopkins
   • I admire a man who digs a key change
   • [12:01 on 03/12/08]
3. • bad admiral
   • this one is really obnoxious and brassy. we've been watching A LOT of hall and oates videos. they're fucking BRUTAL live.
   • [12:51 on 03/12/08]
4. • Mazz
   • This is intense.
     
     I’m wearing a grey hooded sweat top today. I had to roll my sleeves up after reading those juicy lyrics.
   • [10:31 on 04/12/08]
5. • bad admiral
   • will, jack and i have been doing a lot of research into blue eyed philly soul-isms. jack's even gone to chicago on a fact finding mission.
     
     check out the live aid footage of hall and oates doing maneater. i swear it's the greatest and most intense thing ever...
     
     apart from the promo to "she's gone" which sees daryl hall smoking in a kimono, whilst sitting in a comfy chair.
     
     will been writing some "choice" cuts for this incredible project, as well as devising videos in which he does kung fu (in a dojo) and wears a muscle vest.
     
     thing is, with geography and the 9 - 5 being as it is, we're only gonna have 3 days to lay these crazy jams down, so we probably won't sleep.
   • [10:57 on 04/12/08]
6. • Mazz
   • That's cool. I'll wear gold rimmed aviators and look past you when I talk to you.
   • [12:02 on 04/12/08]
7. • bad admiral
   • we'll fall out and split up by the end of the recording session, yet "PASSION FOR GLORY" or "THA' TIGHTNESS" by MANO A MANO will be one of 2009's seminal works.
     
     i'll try and get a "demo" for "PINA COLADA" recorded with Jack and Simon and send it to you and Will pending alteration and improvement.
   • [14:20 on 04/12/08]
8. • Mazz
   • bad admiral says:

     we'll fall out and split up by the end of the recording session, yet "PASSION FOR GLORY" or "THA' TIGHTNESS" by MANO A MANO will be one of 2009's seminal works.
     
     i'll try and get a "demo" for "PINA COLADA" recorded with Jack and Simon and send it to you and Will pending alteration and improvement.
     
     
     I must warn you that Will is no pushover. He expects the best. When we had a first listen to KISS THE GYPSY he was sat in front of the Hi Fi with a clipboard, pen and paper. 10 seconds into the song he began writing and loudly proclaiming “WEAK”. I thought "wow, this is one tough cookie" then let out a quiet fart.
   • [14:45 on 04/12/08]
9. • bad admiral
   • i hear will once killed a man with righteous judo. and he's the inventor of the handlebar "synth".
     
     he's gonna tear my piss weak attempt at generic blue eyed reggae songwriting to shit. he did refer to my lyrics as "TRUE CRAFTMANSHIP" though.
   • [15:38 on 04/12/08]
10. • Mazz
    • bad admiral says:

      i hear will once killed a man with righteous judo. and he's the inventor of the handlebar "synth".
      
      he's gonna tear my piss weak attempt at generic blue eyed reggae songwriting to shit. he did refer to my lyrics as "TRUE CRAFTMANSHIP" though.
      
      
      The handlebar synth is the best thing ever. Has it been posted up?
    • [15:43 on 04/12/08]
11. • bad admiral
    • not here i don't think.
    • [15:45 on 04/12/08]
12. • Mazz
    • Shame.
      
      
      
      I have a meeting in London tomorrow. I’m already bored of it. I was chatting to “Vino Jim” at lunch time and we worked out away to make it go better. I will wear a black t-shirt and about 1 hour into the meeting start to write “AC/DC rules!” on the t-shirt with tipex. Then turn to the person next to me (left or right) and nudge them and say “Check this out” as though no one has noticed me doing it.
      
      Another option is to write on a piece of paper “Do you like ac/dc?” and slide it along to the person next to me (left or right). They will probably ignore me. If I get no response then I will write “I think they’re awesome” and slide along that bit of paper.
      
      fuckers
    • [15:51 on 04/12/08]
13. • bad admiral
    • shitters. i've just accidently dumped christina on facebook. go me.
      
      get yourself real hot and sweaty by running up and down some stairs and enjoy the skin healing benefits of "jumper sauna".
      
      where is your meeting? i can wear my brian johnson flatcap and walk outside, at which point you can look around and say "was that brian johnson from ac/dc? out the window. yeah...i'm sure it was him." and everyone will think you're so fucking awesome.
    • [16:34 on 04/12/08]
14. • Willis
    • tell you what, I'm totally JAZZED about this project. It's going to be totally BIO. I'm getting the beige suit starched specially.
      
    • [17:43 on 04/12/08]
15. • Kev Hit Drum
    • bad admiral says:

      not here i don't think.
      
      
      here you go...
      
      
    • [18:17 on 04/12/08]
16. • Willis
    • ha ha! I'm still laughing about how much time I spent on that. I've got to make sure none of the photos/blueprints are leaked to the press. It's my brothers Xmas present.
    • [23:28 on 04/12/08]
17. • bad admiral
    • i wrote THIS last night. it's called SAMPSON and sounds like survivor meets toto. it's got loads of slap bass in it (not in a funk style though) and tries to sound hard and "edgy" but ends up soft as baby poo and a bit gay sounding.
      
      SAMPSON!!! is going crazy.
      SAMPSON!!! has gone insay - ay -ay - ayne
      
      it is centred around the second most rudimentary chord progession after "smoke on the water".
    • [11:39 on 05/12/08]
18. • Jack
    • I'm back from investigating the Chicago sound, unfortunately all i really did was eat a big steak served by a man called Eric when i was there. But I soaked in the scene a little and think that it'll give me a new edge
    • [13:03 on 06/12/08]
19. • Willis
    • hey, I lent my old precision to someone ages ago and forgot about it. I got it back last night, and it has THE BEST sound for Mano A Mano-it's also off-white to match my suit.
      It's really OFF THE WALL.
    • [15:10 on 06/12/08]
20. • bad admiral
    • is it slapable?
      
      i was listening to "adult education" last night by h&o. it made me feel very very "close" to the people around me and made me consider "relationships" between people. it was pretty powerful stuff. i then watched true lies, which made me feel very "close" to the people around me and made me consider "relationships". i wouldn't have done that if i hadn't been spinning "adult education".
      
      additionally...this weekend saw me purchase one of these...
      
      ...and i'm going to be practicing some INSANE blasts and smooth rolls.
    • [09:59 on 08/12/08]

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