I Still Got My Guitar

by @jeremykazoo

Liner Notes

A protest song but much more personal than you might read into it.

I tried Oblique Strategies (think Skirmishes but in the 70's) while assembling this. Helped me sculpt the lyric a lot. I always wanted to try a song using some.

I broke out a Kazoobie plastic #kazoo for this one to get that extra cut that my usual Schilling tin kazoos don't give.

I think this is the end of my first #FAWM. What a damn trip, I'm so delighted to end on a song like this. I had no real idea where this month would take me but it exceeded all expectations. Thank you FAWM community you guys are astonishing. All of you.

Lyrics

I still got my guitar

Hateful words are all you are I can withstand your war If a biome of hate is all that you have Then leave your place and mine separate

I still got my guitar And still got my voice I still got my kazoo And you can pry it from my cold dead hands

Revenge on a screen from afar fills my heart with tar Then I remember what you are And it suddenly doesn't matter anymore

Because

I still got my guitar I got my voice I still got my kazoo And you can pry it from my cold dead hands

Ive got rhythm And you just rhyme I have a dream ahead You go back in time I have an account You are unaccountable We've both made mistakes But yours are indictable

I still got my guitar I got my voice I still got my kazoo And you can pry it from my cold dead hands

Comments

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I love the dynamic contrast between verse and chorus. There's an understated power in the verse but it's rather obvious in the energy of the chorus. And I love how you make a kazoo seem like a weapon (which music and instruments and art all are, of course) with the "you can pry it" line.

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Really cool chord walkdown on the turn around. So glad the first song I heard by you did in fact, have a kazoo. Definitely killing the 70s vibe

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@slusk

I think this is great. It resembles some early 1970ies songs I (almost) remember. Not often you hear a kazoo these days. It's like a fuzz guitar. The contrast between the verses and the choruses keeps the attention up. Strong lyrics as well.

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@regis

Dude, that kazoo almost sounds like a fuzzy sitar - far out. Digging the contrast between sections, and the opposites part had some great wordplay.

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@smudge

First off...Love the verse melody. Guitar moves so gracefully with the vocals. Really like the change to the next section. Reminds me a bit of Jethro Tull. Love the contrast between sections. Lyrics are very strong too and the story is really consistent. I hope you get this out to the world! Great job!! :)

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@haloquin

I love this! Never expected a kazoo to sound so perfect.

Great lyrics (this line in particular got me: "Ive got rhythm /And you just rhyme") and powerful guitar.

Welcome to FAWM!

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Protest kazoo is the future, I demand a choir. I love the stops in the guitar in the chorus l, makes it feel like a proper anthem, and then main riff has a real rhythmic quality.

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