Oldie - Green
May 12, 2008 7:39 am SinglesThis one literally came to me in a dream back in 2004. I had been living through a series of recurrent nightmares, the kind where you wake up before dawn, panting, covered in sweat. After a few weeks of this, things turned slightly better when I began running outside into our courtyard as soon as I awoke from the dream. Being outside in the cool pre-dawn air made it somehow easier.
So one night, in my dream, I started chanting the words to this song. And when the dream became nightmare I shot out of bed, grabbed my guitar and pocket recorder, and literally came to consciousness in the courtyard, strumming this melody and singing these words. It was a lot slower and dreamier, of course, but most everything that is in this song now was somehow in that first, freaky pre-dawn recording. I think it would be interesting to dig it out from my personal archives, but if you must know, what I modestly call my archives is actually a gigantic digital mess - so it will take some time to find. But I’ll get it done sometime soon and throw it up here for comparison.
This recording is from sometime in 2005, and was the most complex thing I had recorded to date.
jonathan Wolfe :
Date: May 13, 2008 @ 8:07 am
Way to turn a wicked nightmare into something beautiful! I dig the cool intro sounds, which remind me a little of the instrumental Jeff Beck love song Nadja. Just a bit.
And hey - thanks for putting in the “Share” links to make it easier for us to pass along these great songs you’re sharing. Way to go!
jonathan Wolfe :
Date: May 13, 2008 @ 8:19 am
Wow, having downloaded it into iTunes and listened to it twice now, I REALLY like what you’ve done with this piece. It’s grandiose, complex, introspective… and beautiful.
Some more influences I hear and enjoy: Eric Clapton, Allman Bro’s, and of course, the master dreamspinner, Roger Waters of Pros and Con’s of Hitchhiking fame. Great job on this awesome song.