Bold and the Beautiful
Where he discovers that all food is political.
Imagine a yet unknown Bukowski drinking hard and slow on a Tuesday night in winter. JFK Jr. and his latest paramour walk in and it’s like somebody turned on the lights. The world smells better. This couple orders some food to go, drinks some beer, laughs, talks loud, and leaves. The lights dim again. Bukowksi starts a poem in his head, mouths off to Stallone’s brother and wakes up later with a black eye and an idea.
The title comes from the soap opera Kramer mentions in a Seinfeld episode.
The second verse about Henry Ford and JP Morgan came from a different song that I never finished. In the book Ragtime, there is an entire section on how JP Morgan and Henry Ford formed their own secret society based on the belief they were modern day pharaohs.
This song was also written during the time of market meltdown and bank bailout and based on feelings I had about that while reading the Michael Lewis book, The Big Short.
Will Dickson played a beautifully boom snap beat during the verse and chorus and Kurt’s tambourine really pushes the chorus with its 16th notes against the 8th notes of the toms. I used a sampled Mellotron patch that doubles the oohs in the second and third choruses. Ilene also sings some oohs. Listening back they are as much Supergrass influenced as Brian Wilson.
I went for bread and circuses anger presented as a Beach Boys-Phil Spector influenced production like a troll lurking beneath a fancy bridge. Think Twin Peak meets Chomsky with a sense of humor. To all those pissed off folks trying hard to stay in a good mood, this one’s for you.
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