Milkman

from Evil Songs for Evil People by DOUG the Eagle

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When I was about 14 I came up with some lyrics for a sham of a band I used to be part of at school, PYF (Purple Y Fronts). Hopeless as a musician, I came up with some interesting lyrics. More recently I either found or remembered the fragmentary lyrics to this song and wondered if it was worth developing into something recordable.
I came up with the parting verse of the chorus and it started to fall together.

The vocals were recorded more-or-less in a single take. I could probably have done better and I was tempted, but each time I thought to rerecord them I decided I liked the rough-and-ready sound of the old recording. So that's what I used in the end.

Originally I had hoped to use some very aggressive phasing in the style of the Boomtown Rats' "Like Clockwork". Couldn't quite get it to sound the way I wanted so I quietly dropped that idea and mixed it straight.

The ending was done with brutal efficiency by hitting the STOP button on the Otari deck during mixdown. Most late generation tape decks will mute the audio to prevent this kind of starting and stopping sound from happening, but the Otari has a way to disable it via the DIP switches. Which means I can do all kinds of nice slowdown/speedup effects.

lyrics

MILKMAN

I was feeling sleepy, I had to go to bed
I lay down on my pillow to rest my weary head
I woke up in the morning, I dunno where I am
But I open up my eyes and I see – The Milkman

It’s The Milkman
Red top, green top, gold top
He’s coming for you

I was in a panic, I had to get away
I dunno what he wanted
But it wasn’t safe to stay
I walked around the dairy
To find a place to hide
But it didn’t really matter
‘cause he knew I was inside

I leaned on a milk crate
It fell down with a crash
The Milkman was distracted
So I had to make a dash
He very nearly caught me
But I had to keep on running
You better hide away
‘Cause The Milkman’s coming

It’s The Milkman
Red top, green top, gold top
He’s coming for you

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from Evil Songs for Evil People, released March 19, 2016

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