“a = Dancing” – Ancient Human League Song Discovered
Or, My Best Phil Oakey Impression
Last night I started singing some stupid lyrics to myself, as I am wont to do. Weirdly, these lyrics are more appropriate for a crap early ’80s song, as opposed to the vaguely sincere ’70s music where I am usually stuck. So perhaps I’ll enter into the ’90s in a few years.
Regardless, please enjoy this silly little song. I apologize that I haven’t released any “serious” music in a while, but there are some tracks in the works. However, this does have a very “Mike” section as the bridge.
Listen to it here: http://mphtower.net/web/content/category/4/14/26/ (by hitting Play)
Or download it here: http://mphtower.net/web/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,7/
a = Dancing
Lyrics:
[Bridge]
(Our hero’s thoughts:) Just make your choice, A or B, make your choice for me
(Said to the “7.3”:) Make up your mind, do it right now, we’re running out of time
(The “7.3”‘s response:) Oh! Give me some more time, I can’t decide
(Dance club manager:) Hey, if you’re not gonna dance, get off the floor
[Chorus reprise]
If anyone in the Chicago area would be interested in helping make a super ’80s-tastic video for this, that’d be awesome. Key-tars, white suits, and rain slicked streets with bad dancing. Oh, and the survey that the dude gives the chick would be in crayon.
Because I’ve been asked a couple times, yes, that’s me doing the backing vox that sound like a girl. Shockingly, it’s unprocessed, so I think it’s just the mix that makes it sound so very feminine. I hope.
Yr bddy in a sknny tie,
Mike
80s-tastic
Funny, I don’t get the “crayon” reference…
But, should you film it, for the love of God, don’t forget the slightly feminine/gayesque “cool male jacket” (possibly with gratuitous zippers), big hair with lots of mousse (er…never mind that for you Mike) and pastel colored clothing with sockless loafers, LOTS of pastels baby (Crocket and Tubbs rule)!
Oh, and the Ah Hah “sketchy animation” video! You gotta have that in there!
Pity, I’d consider growing my hair out into it’s David Hasselhoff/white man’s 80s fro for that kind of gig. Of course, in about five years the chances of that happening will be gone…damn it all…