While I usually avoid touching on real-world politics, I was feeling a bit bitter about the state of the world and came up with this. Musically it's a weird fusion of punk and 1960s psych with the ubiquitous combo organ along with a pinch of The Stranglers.
While nearly everything I've recorded in the last 6 years has been done on a 24-track machine of some kind, this was done entirely on the 8-track TSR-8. Which made it easier to mix for the most part.
lyrics
Dictator
I sold the kingdom for a pair of magic beans
I gave our enemies the key to all their dreams
I watch the people and I laugh at all their screams
And there’s nothing you can do about it
Shut up and take it
Shut up and take it
Shut up and take it
I sold you poverty and dressed it with a lie
I watched you cheer as I hung you out to dry
I’ll call you traitors if you dare to question why
And there’s nothing you can do about it
Shut up and take it
Shut up and take it
Shut up and take it
I’ll leave the nation lying gutted on a slab
I’ll keep on taking ‘till there’s nothing left to grab
I’ll leave you broke and make your children pay the tab
And there’s nothing you can do about it
Shut up and take it
Shut up and take it
Shut up and take it
supported by 6 fans who also own “Dictator (shut up and take it)”
Siguiendo la evolución de Michael Whiteman , encontramos temas con desarrollos más largos introduciendo piano , xilófono y flauta . Buscando un estilo más propio digamos . Igor Huertas
The hard-hitting, genre-agnostic songs on the latest from Dan Webb were inspired by conversations he had with a wide range of musicians. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 18, 2023
supported by 6 fans who also own “Dictator (shut up and take it)”
Basically a great album with top-notch songwriting... unfortunately bloated with annoying improvisations and other distracting noise, which wreck the wonderful musical arcs in an instant. As people sometimes say, "less would have been more"... Sven B. Schreiber (sbs)