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Yer Neighbor


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bug67

 Genre: Rock

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Oh man! This song was originally recorded by my band, Incite Out, on my Roland VS-1824. I had to re-record each track into GarageBand and then re-mix, add effects and EQ. Took me about 13 hours!

The original recording's sound quality wasn't that great. The original tracks from the 1824 where all done live so, there was a huge amount of track bleed. I tried to take care of it as much as possible. I'm fairly satisfied with the results. However, it will be re-done sometime in the future with better room acoustics and isolation.

Anyhow, "Yer Neighbor" was inspired by a gripey, downstairs neighbor who kept banging on the door telling me to turn things down. I instead wrote this song and turned it up...just for him. Enjoy!
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Lyrics
Yer Neighbor
Dave Placko © 1995

Here I stand, alone. I'm lookin' out my window
What's goin' on outside?
I don't know and I really don't care to
Just leave me alone. Don't be afraid. I won't hurt you

It's not fair for you to judge me
'Cause you don't get along with my kind of people
Don't criticize me. If you want to antagonize me
I'll be right next door

I think the sky is blue
But it may be gray
I'll have to wait for the clouds on my own eyes to go away
Maybe there's an answer. Maybe if I pray

It's not fair for you to judge me
'Cause you don't get along with my kind of people
Don't criticize me. If you want to antagonize me
I'll be right next door

I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know!
Maybe if we live today; forget about tomorrow
Maybe if we weren't so afraid we'd forget about the sorrow
And maybe if we bit it off we'd chew it up and swallow

It's not fair for you to judge me 'Cause you don't get along with my kind of people
Don't criticize me. If you want to antagonize me
I'll be right next door
Song Stats
Hits: 1498
Comments: 10
Fans: 1
Plays: 130
Downloads: 85
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Uploaded: Apr 11, 2005 - 07:12:45 AM
Last Updated: Mar 16, 2010 - 09:48:42 PM Last Played: Dec 05, 2009 - 10:12:05 PM
Song License
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Hardware:
Roland VS-1824
MOTU 828mkII
Dual 1gig PowerMac G4
Fender Strat
Gibson Les Paul
Mesa Boogie DC-5
Spaun Custom Drums
Pedula Bass
Various Mics from Shure and AKG
Vocals
Software:
GarageBand
Comments
thetiler said 1801 days ago (April 11th, 2005)
Good going
This seems to be a very nice rock tune.
The harmonies are very nice.
Good going.

Hey, nice ending as well.
Check out my latest song called Wade In The Water Variations
bug67 said 1801 days ago (April 11th, 2005)
Good going
Thanks!
aclarke said 1800 days ago (April 11th, 2005)
Cool stuff
Makes me wonder how this situation with the neighbor
turned out.

Sweet guitars and always nice to hear a song that has a
higher purpose :)
Check out my latest song called Little Tiki Bar (Russo Mix)
bug67 said 1797 days ago (April 14th, 2005)
Cool stuff
It's amazing to remember where my head was at the time I wrote this.
Nothing happend with the neighbor except he got more of an ear full than he
would've had he not said anything. I've always had somewhat of a problem
when people tell me to turn it down :)

I also remember that at the time this song was evolving, a friend of mine was
being exposed to some bigotry. So, the song kind of took a turn to deal with
that.

Thanks for listening.
K.I.S.KISMET said 1800 days ago (April 11th, 2005)
Hey neighbor
Thought I would slip over and listen to your tunage. Wow, you really put a lot of work into this and I think it paid off. Seems we kinda share the same sentiment. Makes me happy my NEIGH-bors are horses. Ha! Rock on!
Check out my latest song called 2M3NT4L (danceinthedarkmix)
bug67 said 1797 days ago (April 14th, 2005)
Hey neighbor
What nice neighbors you have! Thank you for listening.
said 1800 days ago (April 11th, 2005)
Very Fine Work
Very, very good song and performance.
I think the mix sounds a bit thin and distant to my ears
and someone with more production experience than I
might be able to suggest something - unless, of course,
that's the way you wanted it to sound - but a little more
bass would really rile the neighbor. ;)
bug67 said 1800 days ago (April 11th, 2005)
Very Fine Work
Thanks for the coment. Yeah, bass. I didn't have a very good bass track to
begin with. I dinked with that track (and the snare drum) for the longest
amount of time. I never could get it to sound the way I wanted. I gave up,
finally, at about 2 in the morning.
Dead End said 1795 days ago (April 16th, 2005)
Good one
We wrote a song about a similar situation called "Greet the
elderly." Living in an area with older folks, ha. Anyway, I
really like this song, great vocals and guitar work.
Stellar job!
Check out my latest song called July 3rd
said 950 days ago (August 10th, 2007)
THIS R O C K S ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow I LOVE IT !!!!!!! If the production had been a bit better it would be TENS ACROSS THE BOARD ! I bow for You Bugs : ) Haven't heard Your stuff yet:( SO MANY GREAT MUSICIANS HERE BUT THIS.... Well I just LOVE IT ALL Great Lyrics too - for me lyrics can mean more than the music at times but THIS ...Music & Lyrics together are SOOOOOO GREAT Man I wish I could rock like You do !A Young woman moved in in a neighbour house recently & SHE GOT A VOICE WOW...always singing-she goes to a Musicschool in a town ½ an hour from here, anyway she's looking for her tuning-thing to get a guitar in tune when she finds it she'll be coming over to tune my sons elguitar-my son stopped playing a year ago so now its my turn to try LOL !She has 2 kittens named "Messy" & "Tassa"(Tassa means tiptoe or sneak)
To hear this is totally MY PLEASURE THANKS ///lena
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