#11 – ‘Wrong Decision’
Song #11 is ‘Wrong Decision’.
I initially wrote and recorded a demo of this one in 2018 after listening to whole lot of early-70s Bowie. It’s clear I’m no Bowie. Maybe late ’80s Bowie? But definitely …
#10 – ‘Everything is Here to Stay’
Tenth song in ten weeks is ‘Everything is Here to Stay’. Hopefully not this lockdown…
I wrote the bones of this song in 2012, using some live-recorded drum loops. At its heart, it’s …
#9 – ‘United States vs the Coronavirus’
There’s this thing you might have heard about called “the coronavirus”. Pretty obscure stuff to write a song about, I know, but hey – I like to stay a step ahead of the curve.
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#8 ‘Ricochet’
Number 8 in the list is ‘Ricochet’.
When I decided to try and record and release 52 songs in as many weeks, it was songs like this that I had in mind – shit I’d had lying …
#7 ‘Earth Utopia’
Song number seven of 52 will without doubt one of those which dates back the furthest…
I first wrote ‘Earth Utopia’ in 1998 as a teenager, In early 2001 I rewrote some of the words to …
#5 ‘UVB-76’
Track #5 – almost 10 percent of the way through my song-a-week project! – is ‘UVB-76’.
I wrote this one in 2020 about a particularly well-known Cold War-era numbers station called ‘The Buzzer’, or ‘UVB-76’. Well, it’s …
#4 ‘Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse’
Track #4 in the year-long attempt to record and release 52 songs – one a week! – is ‘Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse’. Yes, only twice – we all know what happens if you say it three times.
Early …
#6 ‘108 Minutes’
Track #6 is ‘108 Minutes’, another song I’m somewhat embarrassed to say was inspired by TV show ‘Lost’…
Probably wouldn’t surprise you to know it was written literally just a few days before ‘Drill Radzinsky, Drill’…
#3 ‘Drill Radzinsky, Drill’
Time for track #3 – an itty-bitty song involving a bomb (that’ll make more sense if you actually listen to it).
I wrote this tune in 2011 as a …
#2 ‘The Last Pope’
Track #2 of my idiotic ‘A Year in the Life’ project – 52 songs in 52 weeks – is ‘The Last Pope’.
I’ve long thought of this tune as the epitome of the ‘messy’ category …
