"Things have been so hard for folks like you and me / But we’ll survive if we take a stand and band together / Let’s get back to music / Lord knows where we went wrong / Let’s get back to that sweet old-fashioned music / Strummin’ along..."
"The lyrics were partially inspired by that but it’s also a sendup of kumbaya classic rock shit and I suppose a critique of this notion that rock music is a meaningful vehicle for social change or a substitute for real political engagement." - Mo Troper
LINER NOTES (excerpted / bracketed):
[This song was partially the response to a prompt Kitty of Teen Suicide et al. gave me when I was at my absolute lowest–to try and write a yacht rock song. It was tracked with Dan and Jon from the Father John Misty band at New Monkey in Los Angeles, and Jon’s arrangement ended up sounding like Abba meets Doobie Brothers meets Randy Newman, per my request.
The owner of my former record label arbitrarily insisted my producer credit be removed from an album they released. When the person in this band protested, the head of the label said something like, “We really need to stop talking about this and just get back to the music. The lyrics were partially inspired by that but it’s also a sendup of kumbaya classic rock shit and I suppose a critique of this notion that rock music is a meaningful vehicle for social change or a substitute for real political engagement.]
The owner of my former record label arbitrarily insisted my producer credit be removed from an album they released. When the person in this band protested, the head of the label said something like, “We really need to stop talking about this and just get back to the music. The lyrics were partially inspired by that but it’s also a sendup of kumbaya classic rock shit and I suppose a critique of this notion that rock music is a meaningful vehicle for social change or a substitute for real political engagement.]
LYRICS
Things have been so hard for folks like you and me
But we’ll survive if we take a stand and band together
Let’s get back to music
Lord knows where we went wrong
Let’s get back to that sweet old-fashioned music
Strummin’ along
And healin’ this wicked world
With a song
To make the hits we take some hits along the way
No matter how bad it gets we can find our strength in numbers
Let’s get back to music
Lord knows it’s been too long
Let’s get back to that sweet old-fashioned music
Let’s get back to music
Lord knows where we went wrong
Let’s get back to that sweet old-fashioned music
Strummin’ along
And healin’ this wicked world
With a song
With a song
With a song
With a song
But we’ll survive if we take a stand and band together
Let’s get back to music
Lord knows where we went wrong
Let’s get back to that sweet old-fashioned music
Strummin’ along
And healin’ this wicked world
With a song
To make the hits we take some hits along the way
No matter how bad it gets we can find our strength in numbers
Let’s get back to music
Lord knows it’s been too long
Let’s get back to that sweet old-fashioned music
Let’s get back to music
Lord knows where we went wrong
Let’s get back to that sweet old-fashioned music
Strummin’ along
And healin’ this wicked world
With a song
With a song
With a song
With a song
-Robb Donker Curtius
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"...A converging, titanic exhibition of rock "n' roll ... somewhere between the worlds of Chopin and pre-school lullabies." - Paste Magazine
"...Like Pinkerton-era Weezer as interpreted by the Chipmunks." - Pitchfork
"...One of the best power-pop artists in the underground." - Stereogum
"...A shrewd balance between noisy discord and hook-driven power-pop." - Uproxx
"...A converging, titanic exhibition of rock "n' roll ... somewhere between the worlds of Chopin and pre-school lullabies." - Paste Magazine
"...Like Pinkerton-era Weezer as interpreted by the Chipmunks." - Pitchfork
"...One of the best power-pop artists in the underground." - Stereogum
"...A shrewd balance between noisy discord and hook-driven power-pop." - Uproxx
Mo Troper, Portland Oregon, singer songwriter, power pop musician, indie rock, 70's music, 60's music, chamber pop, retro pop iterations, "Let's Get Back To Music", New Monkey Studios, "Today I Played My Guitar And Sang",
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