mri

The New Oxygen

( 8 minutes w/ 3 minute piano intro based on Chopin's Prelude in Cminor and Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata )


We used an antique piano & we kept the creaks as well since the metallic tone of the old time instrument seemed fitting and looming large for the desired melancholic Phantom Of The Opera effect... We tried to produce this as close to George Martin circa Strawberry Fields Forever/Lennon/Beatles etc... you can hear echoes of this in the extended coda as the entire 8 minute track is one of those 'journey-epic-odyssey' songs. If you don't like long songs you will hate this for sure ;p

This song is about the over-medicating and over-pharmacification of the consumer public by American corporate pharmaceutical companies who market drugs with unknown side effects and or extended test periods with control groups. Additionally, it is about the death of the mom & pop drug store of my parents' era to chain conglomerates like Walgreens and CVS thus putting more nails into the coffin of the disintegrating American dream.


LYRICS:


THE NEW OXYGEN
© 2008 Daren Thomas Turner
© MRI Page Turner Publishing Ltd. All Rights Reserved


the whole thing started when i woke up late one day
a man came on the radio and said these words i say
he said "Son, can you believe the voices in your head?
it's easy
it's easy"

"You are a frequency and not a state of mind"
these are the sentences repeated every time
i drive down and visit all my local pharmacies
it's easy.
it's easy.

i can not think; i can not breathe-- this air is thin!
i even heard it on the News "There Is New Oxygen!
Down Way Beneath The Covers You Can Breathe
it's easy.
it's easy."

i am the only thing that i will ever be;
i am the only one who has to sleep with me.
Therefore, down way beneath the trampl-ing of feet
it's easy.
it's easy.

and then it ended so much faster than before
i didn't realize that the radio was off
"Settle down," i heard them say, "or cry yourself to sleep
we're easy
we're easy"

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Aqualung

Aaaaahhhhh, that's really good. I'm not sure I like how trebly the voice is, but maybe I do. Otherwise, though, I'm all for it. That's good music.

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mri

cool - i hear ya on the mix...this was recorded in 3 different studios; at current were having Eric Greedy ( producer HURT ) master it out and EQ it better. Also I want to take the creaks out of the piano ( so old it creaked ) digitally if possible. we are currently rehearsing it to play live; my idea is to have a real piano on stage etc... to make it sound as close to the recording as possible. we'll probably shoot a video for it too this summer. i appreciate you critique very much.

Cheers

-Daren

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