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| The first verse says it all: "Better than the memory, even better than the deed itself, sweeter than them both is the anticipation first." |
MP3.com CD: Foul Weather Friend -  buy it!
CD: Foul Weather Friend
Credits: Written by Frank Marzano |
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| What do you need to do if you're interested in a shy person? Don't play hard to get! |
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| You know what the great thing about the weekend is? It cuts through all the barriers; everyone loves the weekend. |
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| How many times have you seen an incredible woman with some jerk of a guy? Just once, I'd like to see the nerd get the girl. |
MP3.com CD: Best of 4-Track Vol. 3 - buy it!
CD: Best of 4-Track Vol. 3
Credits: Marzano |
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| Life can really stink sometimes, but it helps to have sad songs which remind us we're not alone in our suffering. |
MP3.com CD: Best of 4-Track Vol. 1 - buy it!
CD: Best of 4-Track Vol. 1
Credits: Marzano |
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| Some "new country". My favorite line in this one is, "If you can't live without me, then why aren't you dead yet?" |
MP3.com CD: Best of 4-Track Vol. 3 - buy it!
CD: Best of 4-Track Vol. 3
Credits: Marzano |
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| In Verse 1, she's at fault; in Verse 2, he's at fault. In Verse 3, we learn that both parties are a little bit responsible. |
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| I wrote this song the day after Princess Diana died. I had a former girlfriend who was very interested in English royalty. |
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| You've heard of Johnny Cash's song "A Boy
Named Sue"? Well, here's the other side of
the coin. |
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| With this song, I deliberately set out to write an opening track. It started out about a possessive girlfriend, but then evolved into something more general. |
MP3.com CD: Foul Weather Friend - buy it!
CD: Foul Weather Friend
Credits: Written by Frank Marzano |
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| We all have our careers: doctor, professor, lawyer, but each of us has another career also: the career of being a human being. |
MP3.com CD: Best of 4-Track Vol. 2 - buy it!
CD: Best of 4-Track, Vol. 2
Credits: Marzano |
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| I wrote this one in the bar of a Mexican
restaurant in Greenwich Village. I figured
someone who's written as many songs as I have needs to have the obligatory Xmas song. |
MP3.com CD: Best of 4-Track Vol. 3 - buy it!
CD: Best of 4-Track Vol. 3
Credits: Marzano |
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| I wrote this 3/4 waltz in San Antonio. I really like some of the rhymes in this one. |
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| I use a C-G-C-F-A-D tuning on this; it's the same tuning used by Leo Kottke ("Louise") and Stephen Stills ("Love the One You're With"). |
MP3.com CD: Best of 4-Track Vol. 2 - buy it!
CD: Best of 4-Track Vol. 2
Credits: Marzano |
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| Have you ever heard that old saying: "what goes around comes around"? Do you think it's true? I certainly wish it were true; it would explain a lot of things. |
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| In Verse 1, she's at fault; in Verse 2, he's at fault. In Verse 3, we learn that each party was a little bit responsible. |
MP3.com CD: Best of 4-Track Vol. 2 - buy it!
CD: Best of 4-Track Vol. 2
Credits: Marzano |
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| Q: What happens when you play a country song backwards?
A: You get your job back, you get your wife back, your dog comes home... |
MP3.com CD: Best of 4-Track Vol. 1 - buy it!
CD: Best of 4-Track Vol. 1
Credits: Marzano |
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| The idea here is emotional nakedness. When you're really involved with someone, you can't hide behind your defenses anymore. |
MP3.com CD: Best of 4-Track Vol. 1 - buy it!
CD: Best of 4-Track Vol. 1
Credits: Marzano |
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| I used to watch "All My Children" my freshman year in college. In one storyline, Tad is trying to convince Hillary to marry him instead of Bob. Sure, life with Bob wouldn't be bad, but "you and I have the love that poets write about..." |
MP3.com CD: Foul Weather Friend - buy it!
CD: Foul Weather Friend
Credits: Written by Frank Marzano |
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| My friend JoElle asked me to write a song with her name in it, but after I wrote it, she didn't like it. Rather than waste a perfectly good song, I changed the name and included it here. |
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Credits: Written by Frank Marzano |
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| The very 1st song I recorded on 4-track. What I could do on 4-track that I couldn't do in a band was overdub complex backing vocals. |
MP3.com CD: Best of 4-Track Vol. 1 - buy it!
CD: Best of 4-Track Vol. 1
Credits: Marzano |
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| How many cliches can you fit into a song? Listen for the mandolins in the solo. |
MP3.com CD: Best of 4-Track Vol. 2 - buy it!
CD: Best of 4-Track Vol. 2
Credits: Marzano |
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| A little "stadium rock". I wanted to write a song that would be a good opener for a rock concert. |
MP3.com CD: Best of 4-Track Vol. 3 - buy it!
CD: Best of 4-Track Vol. 3
Credits: Marzano |
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