Things that are tagged songwriting

Where the lyrics come from

Posted on February 22, 2005 by Porter Mason

comic strip | panel 1 - KULA: Kevin, I’m a huge fan. First, I have to ask, the lyrics of “Spiral Away”, so moving. I mean, I wept the first time I heard– |comic strip | panel 2 - KEVIN EDO: I copied them off a condon ad I saw sitting on the can in Detroit. KULA: W-what? |comic strip | panel 3 - KEVIN EDO: “Kevin,” I thought. “You spend all this time, you know, thinkin’ a words, when there’s all these words already written all over the place!” |comic strip | panel 4 - KULA: But… y-you… there’s…. KEVIN EDO: “Too Little Time” is from my VCR manual. |

Song about Carole

Posted on April 12, 2005 by Porter Mason

comic strip | panel 1 - JOHN: OK. I’m finishing the lyrics to “Screw You Carole” and I need another word that rhymes with “Carole”. DAN: OK. |comic strip | panel 2 - JOHN: So… so far I’ve used… “Clairol”, “barrel”, “feral”, “sterile”, and… “NARAL”. |comic strip | panel 3 - |comic strip | panel 4 - JOHN: What? Carole and I had a complicated relationship, dude…. DAN: “Feral”? |

A unified sound

Posted on August 2, 2005 by Porter Mason

comic strip | panel 1 - TRUDY: Hey, you played great up there. Did you write all the guitar solos. DAN: Oh, heh, thanks, no, I used to. But not anymore. |comic strip | panel 2 - DAN: John said it would be a more unified sound if he wrote all the parts. He also said my solos “lack urgency.” |comic strip | panel 3 - TRUDY: Jesus… sounds like a real pretentious dick. JOHN: Who sounds like a pretentious dick? DAN: You do, man. |comic strip | panel 4 - JOHN: Yeah, well, so did Lennon. You wanna give a hand with these amps? DAN: Hey, I gotta go…. |