herr-rossi14. MERLE HAZARD ft. Alison Brown And Friends – (Gimme Some Of That) Ol‘ Atonale Music Single (2019/02) (Verse 1) My dad was a composer Modern was his style His music always made you think It never made you smile He wrote for chamber orchestra Now and then for voice Tonality, in Daddy’s world Was just another choice Now Papa’s compositions Came in rigid 12-tone rows There was no tonal center To the music he composed He was a lover of complexity Some have said pretense His music wasn’t joyful It was just abstract and dense (Chorus 1) Gimme some of that ol‘ atonal music It lingers in my ears Schoenberg and Alban Berg Were the genre’s pioneers Keep your Bach and Chopin They’re melodic and passé Gimme some of that ol‘ atonal music Like Daddy used to play (Verse 2) Since dear ol‘ Daddy left us Life has been so hard There aren’t enough musicians Who embrace the avant-garde No one plays atonally At home or on the stage I miss Igor Stravinsky My dad, and old John Cage (Silence break) (Chorus 2) Gimme some of that ol‘ atonal music Like my daddy used to write It was hard to sing if you rehearsed Impossible by sight Emotion is for simple folk Art should be arcane Some compositions feed the heart My daddy’s fed the brain Gimme some of that ol‘ atonal music How I love those random hops I tried to write that way myself But I’m not as skilled as Pops Keep your Brahms and Chopin They’re melodic and passé Gimme some of that ol‘ atonal music Like Daddy used to play
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