Stuart Newman

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Radio Airplay - 15th July 2008 - BFBS Radio:

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'51st State' played:

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New song: "Summer Messin' " now up on Trig:
http://trig.com/stuartnewman/media/song/36778

The song basically (I don't like explaining songs, because it's each to get their own meaning, but I think with some songs that can be had with explanation too, so listen to it before you read the explanation if you like), is about all my frustrations recently. The 'waiting for a phone call' bit is pretty obvious. The 'Paul Simon...' just elludes to the fact I'm having to go back to 60s music for my listening (all this whilst the character is waiting for 'the call')... 'Ringo and Paul and that is all' shows how that music era is going (gone), how music 'moves on'... As for the second verse, well, let's say I have a mind, let's say it's not always controlled. The character battles with going crazy... I'm not saying any of these themes are 'new', but the song's got an off-the-cuff feel (as it should having been virtually just that) and what flows from my mind you can hear... There are other things in there... In my head it's a guy who's laying on his bed waiting for that someone to call, listening to sixities music, whilst slowly going crazy, in a drugged up, high, sort of way. You be the judge. Let me know if you liked/disliked me explaining the song. I can't work out if people want 'insight' or feel this blogging lark is just not needed. Let me know.