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When I was with TUT in the late 90s we wrote what we called our "eco-anthem" Our Children Will Thank Us http://soundclick.com/share?songid=5094776
I thought it was about time that with the current state of the environment the child did thank us. Graeme Hobbs and I started the lyrics some time ago but never got past one verse.
I've had a hell of a time mixing this and am still less than happy but maybe I can get some ideas from you guys.
Listening to "Children" makes you realise what a difference a real band makes (especially the drummer!). A proper studio with proper mastering also helps :)
I'm not exactly a singer so excuse the rather dodgy harmonies and there are some less than spot on rhythm work but each time I did it it got worse so I went with the first take.
Quite a difference to Stay, just to show I can still rock a bit :-)
It's said that after a nuclear holocaust the only living things would be the insects with cockroaches and ants being the best able to adapt. I'm guessing that in some future climate ruined world that'll still apply
Cheers
Dick
I thought it was about time that with the current state of the environment the child did thank us. Graeme Hobbs and I started the lyrics some time ago but never got past one verse.
I've had a hell of a time mixing this and am still less than happy but maybe I can get some ideas from you guys.
Listening to "Children" makes you realise what a difference a real band makes (especially the drummer!). A proper studio with proper mastering also helps :)
I'm not exactly a singer so excuse the rather dodgy harmonies and there are some less than spot on rhythm work but each time I did it it got worse so I went with the first take.
Quite a difference to Stay, just to show I can still rock a bit :-)
It's said that after a nuclear holocaust the only living things would be the insects with cockroaches and ants being the best able to adapt. I'm guessing that in some future climate ruined world that'll still apply
Cheers
Dick
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Lyrics
A Child's Thanks © Hobbs/Langford
Take me to a time 'fore the monuments crumbled
power and money just drift away
Take me to a time when the world seemed to stumble
no-one left out there to play
Take me to a time when we sit back and wonder
How did it happen, when did it start?
Take me to a time of the cockroach king's thunder
That brings us together yet tears us apart
It's not easy looking back now it's so difficult to see
All the things you could have done and what you might have done for me
My father's father's father said there were people who would say
That it used to snow in winter and then blossom out in may,
I don't believe them
You were waiting for the revolution that was never going to come
You were always much too busy looking after number one
People getting desperate and you knew there was no escape
Just went and f***ed your conscience 'cos you'd be dead anyway
It didn't matter
So it was headlong to oblivion with the pedal to the floor
You had everything you needed and so why did you need more?
Your children wouldn't thank you, wouldn't listen to their pleas
The party wouldn't end before you were ready to leave
Ready to leave
And every village had a story, every town they had a tale
And the cities had so many words that they were up for sale
But with no-one left to buy them they were scattered to the winds
And history was a lost lament on leaden violins
I can't hear them
Now I know we can never meet but who am I to blame
Knowing all the future generations were the same
Just Put off doing something 'cos the problem will keep
But you never seemed to realise the cockroach king can't sleep
Take me to a time 'fore the monuments crumbled
power and money just drift away
Take me to a time when the world seemed to stumble
no-one left out there to play
Take me to a time when we sit back and wonder
How did it happen, when did it start?
Take me to a time of the cockroach king's thunder
That brings us together yet tears us apart
It's not easy looking back now it's so difficult to see
All the things you could have done and what you might have done for me
My father's father's father said there were people who would say
That it used to snow in winter and then blossom out in may,
I don't believe them
You were waiting for the revolution that was never going to come
You were always much too busy looking after number one
People getting desperate and you knew there was no escape
Just went and f***ed your conscience 'cos you'd be dead anyway
It didn't matter
So it was headlong to oblivion with the pedal to the floor
You had everything you needed and so why did you need more?
Your children wouldn't thank you, wouldn't listen to their pleas
The party wouldn't end before you were ready to leave
Ready to leave
And every village had a story, every town they had a tale
And the cities had so many words that they were up for sale
But with no-one left to buy them they were scattered to the winds
And history was a lost lament on leaden violins
I can't hear them
Now I know we can never meet but who am I to blame
Knowing all the future generations were the same
Just Put off doing something 'cos the problem will keep
But you never seemed to realise the cockroach king can't sleep
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And bloody hell this is good. The vocal intro really reminds me of Shriekback/ The The. Then the electric starts and you pull it back - excellent. The mix sounds feckin excellent to me Dick - the only thing I' m not keen on is the synth, which sounds a bit 80s.
This is really epic - lots of strong melodies, but a lot of clever stops and changes - bloody excellent ... and that ending (all of them!!!)
Rock on!