Komplettes MP3 Album von Andrew Jackson
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Veröffentlichungsdatum: 2006-01-12
Kurz-Beschreibung von CDbaby: Personal, profound, intimate alternative rock with psychedelic edges; songs from the deep recesses of Andrew Jackson’s mind.

Käufer, die sich für (Lou Reed Beck Tom Waits) interessieren sollten sich dieses Album anhören.

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These songs have a fresh, un-washed, intimate feeling, as they were recorded in mostly first takes, and few overdubs were used on most songs. I wanted to keep the feeling that Iâm playing just for you, in your bedroom or living room, and let the songs speak for themselves. Hereâs the song-by-song breakdown:

âLove Believerâ â inspired by the designer clothing worn by manga heroine Elie, a girl with no memories in the Rave Master series, this is a tight, charming pop song for love believers everywhere. OK, so thereâs some Lou Reed influence there. I canât help it. Lou is one of my all-time heroes, in the realm of singer-songwriter-guitarists.

âProfoundâ â âIâm not profound, Iâm just writing down what comes in my head / Iâm not profound, Iâm just killing time until Iâm dead.â This tune came together with a simple acoustic guitar riff, a fuzz bass, and a driving drum track providing the one-man power trio backing for a sung-spoken homage to songwriting from the heart. Quite unexpectedly, it came out sounding a little like the Violent Femmes on the final mix.

âUnwindâ â Languid rock ballad about welcoming numbness that feels on the verge of breaking out, but Iâm so committed to my state of laid-back, unwound, semi-detachment that the song ultimately stays mellow, albeit tense, from start to finish. Lovely.

â1985â â a trip back in time to simpler days (okay, they werenât really any simpler, just f**ked up in a different kinda way). Jam-worthy rock song with clean electric guitars (reminiscent of early Talking Heads, according to a friend).

âYou Didnât Have To Break My Heartâ â Moody, warm, rhythm-infused ballad in which I reminisce on days of a broken heart that might have been avoided. âThere was another way, you just didnât see it.â

â3 Words of Lessâ â The full title was âStating The Obvious In Three Words Or Less,â but I decided to go with the short title instead for this whimsical, yet slightly dark, song peopled with characters like the woman with a clipboard counting the words over machines in the Laundromat, and the cop parked next to the local gym (âbut thatâs not strange, âcause itâs adjacent to the donut shopâ). We went with minimal production on this track, keeping it to the acoustic guitar, vocal, and shaker.

âRainbow Brownâ â a surreal/nonsense lyric sung with perfect earnestness and feeling. This song is actually about something, believe it or not. Recorded live to digital hard disk in one studio take.

âHijackerâ â Beautiful, haunting, mysterious song about a computer program named âCamper, the dream destination softwareâ and âthe hacker who developed a strain of Hijackerâ that can hijack your dream. The creepy song lyric is juxtaposed with lovely piano playing by Rick Cuevas and echoed dream vocals for a luxurious trip-worthy experience.

âThe Composerâ â Of all the tracks on this CD, this one sounds most like the music I do under the name Zru Vogue. Itâs got a funky wah-wah bass line, subtle e-bowed guitars, and minimal synths, but the production still focuses on the acoustic guitar and vocal, so it ties in nicely with the rest of the songs on âMemories.â âThe Composer is a creator, but he also is a destroyer / He is crouching there in the foyer, struck by a wave of paranoia.â

âHappy Being Normalâ â Despite the title, this song is about quite the opposite: âWhat Iâve got to say is simple, nothing big and formal / I thank your god Iâll never be happy being normal.â My personal favorite on this album, this song sets up a smooth groove at the get-go and never lets it go. My whispered voice adds to the ominous quality that pervades the track, and the computer voice at the end leaves no doubt in your mind that ânormalâ is not happening here.

A word about the cover art: the title, the cover, and all images used on the cover, as well as the lyrics, were all taken from a single notebook â my personal journal â in fact, the cover is a scan of the inside cover, where I had written âMemories of Things That Never Happenedâ (before I knew it would be the name of my album).

Andrew L. Jackson