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| A Rock'N'Roll, Surfer, Christmas song in the tradition of my musical hero, Brian Wilson. But instead of Mr Wilson's patented, heavenly harmonies we have the grating voices of greedy little children! And speaking of "Little Children", this song owes a debt to the feel of that specific Brian Wilson composition. Astute Brian fans will also notice a musical tribute in the form of a reference to the chord changes in one of the songs on The Beach Boys Love You album. Can you guess which one? It's in the second 8 measures of this song. And the "clip-clop" percussion effect (I used coconuts!) from the slow 6/8 trot of "God Only Knows" (he used soda bottle bottoms!) to the livelier 6/8 gallop of "Wouldn't It Be Nice" and the "California Girls"/"Little Girl I Once Knew" organ arpeggios and wild surf guitar by my brother Kenny and sleigh bells of course! The lyrics are sarcastic, but we put a little love in there too. The image of excited children tearing open their presents in a frenzy on Christmas morning! Now, mind you, I'm not comparing my songwriting to Mr. Wilson's, I just ripped off... er..., paid "musical tribute to" him with "references". If you're going to borrow, borrow from the best! |
CD: Christmas Under The HEATLAMP
Label: Elis Eil Records- New York, NY. website: www.eliseil.com
Credits: Music and lyrics by Bobby Cormier and Ken Cormier * copyright 2003 Aeolipile Music * administered and everyone hunted down by ASCAP |
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