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The Folks Inside by Shel Silverstein
From Shel Silverstein’s Falling Up
Music by Nicolas D. Frantela
The Best Part
Ain’t No Sunshine – By Bill Withers
One thing that I do miss about unemployment was being able to take all day to record a song, instead of the rushing to do it after work. Another thing I miss about unemployment is all the interesting ways I save money to keep buying liquor (e.g. not buy food). Good times.
Blackbird by Lennon-McCartney
A Change Is Gonna Come
By Sam Cooke
Why is it we can never seem to do justice to our most cherished songs? Alas, I can not play any stringed instruments other than guitar and I only had a couple of hours to finish this. I always promise myself that I will return and record songs again when I don’t like the final outcome, but the truth is I think I just need more practice at them.
That being the case, this song has held a special significance to me for awhile (especially last year when I was both in a play, found a romance, lost a job, started this blog and then found a job), and I always feel its weight when listening to/playing/singing it. So is this rendition great? Naw, not by a long shot. Do I regret doing it? Not a chance.
Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
For some reason, no matter how hard I try, I can not sing the “k” in fork. I think a witch might have cast a spell on me when I was born. “MAY HE NEVER BE ABLE TO PROPERLY SING GREEN DAY!”
Yeah. I can see it happening.
