ccxxxi. KENEALLY, Mike (1961- )
from: Dancing.
Mike has moved on, and in 2013 wrote:
"Dancing was written and recorded at a time when I was a very different person than I am now, and one whom, when I look back, I don't care for too much. I won't get into the gory details but I think I was suffering from a messiah complex and midlife crisis at the same time. Dangerous combination. I was making changes in my life without heeding the feelings of others, but I felt that all my actions were shepherded and approved of by cosmic forces. (As Frank Zappa would have said, "phewwwwww.") In a year's time I would settle down a lot and produce Wooden Smoke, by which time I'd achieved some calmness, but by my standards, Dancing documents me at my most insufferable -- so it's a bit hard for me to listen to it.
Having said that, I acknowledge that my issues with the album are entirely personal, and that it's a lot of people's favorite album I've done; I've often seen people online recommending it as a starting point for newcomers to my music, It is a strong bunch of material, and the arrangements were painstakingly arrived at and really nicely performed ... I shouldn't trash talk the album. It has brought a lot of people a lot of pleasure and I'm happy about that."
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"I just played a droning B-natural for a long time ... I started adding other notes, but I didn't want to let go of the B, so I found a simple progressional which allow the B to stay on top: A-Flat Minor, A2, A-Flat Minor, G Major. I liked the droniness and sad inevitability of that progression and the rest of the music fell into place in very short order."
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Interesting. I'm one of those folks who consider this some of Mike's finest material, and -- yes -- I would recommend it as a starting point for those new to his music.
A lot of it rocks loud and hard. And there's gotta be at least a million ways to subdivide that bar in two!
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I never passed out under your piano
Honed my tan in your console's glow
A million ways to subdivide that bar in two
Schedules were not coordinated
Nor sudden whims anticipated
I might have seen your deeper shade of blue
But I was not ready for you
We never were the crime-avenging twins
But maybe heaven knows what we could have been
I'll file away the lyrics uncompleted
Record over the call I wish I'd heeded
And go on to do what we were meant to do
When I was not ready for you
And I can feel your smile above this din
I hope you like it, outside looking in
I'll file away the lyrics uncompleted
Record over the call I wish I'd heeded
And go on to do what we were meant to do
When I was not ready for you
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