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diff --git a/album/ithaca.yaml b/album/ithaca.yaml index c484b3f..a743289 100644 --- a/album/ithaca.yaml +++ b/album/ithaca.yaml @@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ Date: January 1, 2012 Date Added: February 12, 2021 URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/album/ithaca -Has Track Art: false Cover Artists: - Michael Guy Bowman Color: '#c82537' @@ -15,8 +14,16 @@ Groups: Commentary: |- <i>Michael Guy Bowman:</i> <i>Experimental aircraft, lost civilizations, mythic quests, the Philippines, true love, utter loss, and the transience of life - the many subjects of Ithaca, the first independently released Bowman album. Scattergun in its genre and chaotically retro in its fashion, Ithaca is an eclectic mix of songs both personal and abstract. Bowman once again brings his familiar voice and ever-changing production style along with several friends from the Homestuck music project and elsewhere. Ithaca is calling.</i> - After spending years making music exclusively for Homestuck, I branched out with 2012’s Ithaca, my first independently released album. Following up on my album-within-a-web-comic [[album:mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido]], I moved away from my palette of digital synths to focus on a classic rock style. Out come the guitars, the bass, the little toy harp. Shades of Eno, Bowie, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, even a swing tune. It’s a freaky affair. - The ideas came from everywhere. There’s a song based on something I heard in a dream when I was eight years old, ([[Old Buggy Now]]). There’s one about an engineer who falls in love with an experimental aircraft ([[Tacit Blue]]). There’s a carriage ride through a Manila’s Chinatown district ([[Kalesa In Binondo]]). The title track [[Ithaca]] recalls Odysseus, a bowman himself. All of it is peppered with guest contributions from Internet friends. + After spending years making music exclusively for Homestuck, I branched out with 2012's Ithaca, my first independently released album. Following up on my album-within-a-web-comic [[album:mobius-trip-and-hadron-kaleido]], I moved away from my palette of digital synths to focus on a classic rock style. Out come the guitars, the bass, the little toy harp. Shades of Eno, Bowie, The Beatles, Pink Floyd, even a swing tune. It's a freaky affair. + The ideas came from everywhere. There's a song based on something I heard in a dream when I was eight years old, ([[Old Buggy Now]]). There's one about an engineer who falls in love with an experimental aircraft ([[Tacit Blue]]). There's a carriage ride through a Manila's Chinatown district ([[Kalesa In Binondo]]). The title track [[Ithaca]] recalls Odysseus, a bowman himself. All of it is peppered with guest contributions from Internet friends. +# Additional Files: +# - Title: Photos +# Files: +# - photo_1.jpg +# - photo_2.jpg +# - Title: Album Credits +# Files: +# - credits.jpg --- Track: Old Buggy Now Duration: '3:35' @@ -28,7 +35,7 @@ Lyrics: |- Hear me radio, play the song I know Take me where I long to go - 'Cause there’s nobody nobody now + 'Cause there's nobody nobody now Who can hear me or stop me now In this old buggy old buggy now In this old buggy old buggy now @@ -39,6 +46,8 @@ Lyrics: |- Watches with its lonely eye --- Track: Ascension +Directory: ascension-ithaca +Always Reference By Directory: true Artists: - Michael Guy Bowman - James Dever @@ -46,7 +55,7 @@ Contributors: - Luke Benjamins (eight bit sequencing) - Andrew Huo (violin) - Solatrus (lead synth) -- Peter Turner (synth solo) +- Paige Turner (synth solo) Duration: '3:55' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/ascension @@ -55,15 +64,15 @@ Lyrics: |- The ancient ones lived in the sky A kingdom built upon the stars A million tiny points of light - Do you ever wonder where they’ve gone? - Don’t you ever wonder why? + Do you ever wonder where they've gone? + Don't you ever wonder why? The ancient ones they rose and fell - For reasons that we just can’t tell + For reasons that we just can't tell Cataclysm - maybe so - Perhaps we’re just not meant to know + Perhaps we're just not meant to know Empire never lasts or so it seems - But some say they’re still with us in our dreams + But some say they're still with us in our dreams Ascending off to god knows where the ancient ones took parole Legend says they were running from a force beyond their control @@ -75,7 +84,7 @@ Lyrics: |- Of demons slain and cities smashed The ancient ones they reached too far And thus for now the world is ours - And though it’s just a legend so they say + And though it's just a legend so they say Perhaps they will return again someday --- Track: Come With Me @@ -88,20 +97,20 @@ URLs: Lyrics: |- Your weak young heart keeps playing its part for show And though you never say never you never say yes or no - Even if you never grow up you’ll still grow old + Even if you never grow up you'll still grow old So why do the warmest welcomes leave you cold? Dust in the shadows, smoke in your eyes Heart full of anger, head full of lies - There’s no way of knowing which way you’re going - But at least you’re free, at least you're free - So when the wind is blowing and the stars aren’t showing + There's no way of knowing which way you're going + But at least you're free, at least you're free + So when the wind is blowing and the stars aren't showing You can come with me, come with me Your weak young heart is resting safe and sound But the child you were is nowhere to be found - Well I’ve read in books that most folks feel this way + Well I've read in books that most folks feel this way But the game cannot resume 'til you press play No place to run to, no use pretending @@ -116,15 +125,15 @@ Duration: '2:15' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/tacit-blue Lyrics: |- - Back in the lab I’m running the test - If you won’t fly then I won’t rest + Back in the lab I'm running the test + If you won't fly then I won't rest Turbines turning in the tunnel of love Upon that perch sits my dove Built for stealth like a silent blade My cobalt queen adorned in jade Navy seal but Air Force-made - Please be true, the things you’ll do + Please be true, the things you'll do Tacit Blue Hear my siren sound her bell @@ -132,7 +141,7 @@ Lyrics: |- Sapphire spy you were built for war My best girl a government whore - I should have known that’s what you’d be + I should have known that's what you'd be I set you up they set you free How could you do this to me? Like a shrew the tramp just flew @@ -159,93 +168,122 @@ URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/rodeo-clown Lyrics: |- I'm just a good machine - You turn me on and I’ll get by - But you’re just like gasoline - You burn right up until you’re dry, oh why? + You turn me on and I'll get by + But you're just like gasoline + You burn right up until you're dry, oh why? - I don’t want to have to hold your hand + I don't want to have to hold your hand But you have always been unpredictable, bless your soul - Why can’t you see? + Why can't you see? You are a rodeo clown Does that not get you down? We only keep you around for a laugh - But i just can’t help but frown + But i just can't help but frown Do you just like to be hurt? You see the danger and flirt - And they laugh while you’re face down in the dirt + And they laugh while you're face down in the dirt Does that just get you high? Making a good friend cry - I’d stay but I’m not gonna watch you die + I'd stay but I'm not gonna watch you die I sometimes envy you - There’s magic each time you arrive - But i just can’t get into you + There's magic each time you arrive + But i just can't get into you You never live you just survive, oh why? I just want to walk by your side But you have always walked on the tightest rope Is there no hope? - Why can’t you see? + Why can't you see? --- Track: Cerulean Skies Duration: '3:22' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/cerulean-skies -Lyrics: "I never had the best of health\nJust a lot of time and a little wealth\n\ - I never failed, I only tried\nJust a moment too late, the dream had died\n\nI\ - \ never saw cerulean skies\nOr the light of the truth behind the lies\nI never\ - \ received, I only took\nFrom the few pages left of every un-burned book\n\nI\ - \ never once saw time well-spent\nOr a wise man who was not hell-bent\nI never\ - \ spoke, I only screamed\nAs the men upstairs shot down my dreams\n\nCome on (come\ - \ right on) \nCome on (sit down with sin)\nCome on (no way to win)\n'Cause if\ - \ you can’t kiss ass then you can’t begin\n\nCome on (no chance in hell)\nCome\ - \ on (think for yourself)\nCome on (you might as well)\n'Cause a good student\ - \ has nothing on a good sell\n\nCome on (write your own role)\nCome on (no lump\ - \ of coal)\nCome on (just rock and roll)\n'Cause if you’re not damned yet then\ - \ you’ve sold your soul\n\nAt first I tried to fight the law\nBut I never pulled\ - \ the very first straw\nI could not fight my mom and dad\nWhen the sins of the\ - \ parents were the ones I had\n\nI fought for all the underdogs\nWho turned out\ - \ to be hive-mind cogs\nI fought for love - of course I lost\nBut I was the one\ - \ who named that cost\n\nI tried to fight the last of my friends\nBut all i found\ - \ were long-dead-ends\nI’d lost my time, I’d lost my wealth,\nAnd I’d never once\ - \ tried to fight for myself" +Lyrics: |- + I never had the best of health + Just a lot of time and a little wealth + I never failed, I only tried + Just a moment too late, the dream had died + + I never saw cerulean skies + Or the light of the truth behind the lies + I never received, I only took + From the few pages left of every un-burned book + + I never once saw time well-spent + Or a wise man who was not hell-bent + I never spoke, I only screamed + As the men upstairs shot down my dreams + + Come on (come right on) + Come on (sit down with sin) + Come on (no way to win) + 'Cause if you can't kiss ass then you can't begin + + Come on (no chance in hell) + Come on (think for yourself) + Come on (you might as well) + 'Cause a good student has nothing on a good sell + + Come on (write your own role) + Come on (no lump of coal) + Come on (just rock and roll) + 'Cause if you're not damned yet then you've sold your soul + + At first I tried to fight the law + But I never pulled the very first straw + I could not fight my mom and dad + When the sins of the parents were the ones I had + + I fought for all the underdogs + Who turned out to be hive-mind cogs + I fought for love - of course I lost + But I was the one who named that cost + + I tried to fight the last of my friends + But all I found were long-dead-ends + I'd lost my time, I'd lost my wealth, + And I'd never once tried to fight for myself --- Track: Noun +Directory: noun-ithaca +Always Reference By Directory: true Duration: '5:14' URLs: - https://bowman.bandcamp.com/track/noun Lyrics: |- Somewhere in a jungle grove a candle burns denoting Saint Therese - A prayer that those we’ve left behind are troubled not with heart and mind at peace + A prayer that those we've left behind are troubled not with heart and mind at peace Nurse attending close at hand with wine to cast its old familiar spell An elder soul looks into you but cannot speak in things the tongue can tell - I’m sorry I forgot your name + I'm sorry I forgot your name I only have myself to blame - If you were me you’d do the same + If you were me you'd do the same Somewhere in this downward race A person, name, a thing, or place Solution to my endless chase - I’m sure I’d recognize its face + I'm sure I'd recognize its face Though I forget myself - I’m sure there’s something else - I’ll come around + I'm sure there's something else + I'll come around I'll make the sound The noun - In my car I’m on my way from where I live to where you are right now - And though I’ve been here many times it seems as though it all has changed somehow - I’m sure I’ve seen this busy road a million times or was it in my sleep? - My minivan was in the sky, but never mind - I’m thinking far too deep + In my car I'm on my way from where I live to where you are right now + And though I've been here many times it seems as though it all has changed somehow + I'm sure I've seen this busy road a million times or was it in my sleep? + My minivan was in the sky, but never mind - I'm thinking far too deep Familiar signs have gone away - I’m sure if it was not today - I’d be there now - I'd find my way + I'm sure if it was not today + I'd be there now - I'd find my way --- Track: Ithaca Duration: '4:04' @@ -256,7 +294,7 @@ Lyrics: |- For this moment A time to call my own, a place to call my homeland - It’s come here far too soon + It's come here far too soon I sit around my room Hatching my plans and schemes I mostly leave forgotten @@ -264,8 +302,8 @@ Lyrics: |- Amused but still deranged, divided on the inside Returning to the core - The place I can’t ignore - The wonder behind the fear I just can’t seem to shake off + The place I can't ignore + The wonder behind the fear I just can't seem to shake off Oo-ee-oo To dream or do @@ -282,7 +320,7 @@ Lyrics: |- To Ithaca I sailed And though I have not failed - My home is a fleeting camp, the journey’s just beginning + My home is a fleeting camp, the journey's just beginning I spent the morning hours awake writing down the lyrics Resolved to get it right - to capture the true spirit @@ -315,9 +353,9 @@ Lyrics: |- I should have known there would not be a use Underneath it all - I’m sure it’s no one’s fault (feels like it’s my fault) + I'm sure it's no one's fault (feels like it's my fault) Why bother to explain? - There’s nothing left to gain (I need someone to blame) + There's nothing left to gain (I need someone to blame) No time for regrets Repenting leaves you stranded in the past @@ -325,9 +363,9 @@ Lyrics: |- I should have known the good times never last Underneath it all - I was always bound to fall (I’m just so scared to fall) + I was always bound to fall (I'm just so scared to fall) Behind the blood and tears - I’ve been running dry for years (running from my fears) + I've been running dry for years (running from my fears) If you only could have seen All the things we could have been |