Sideways From A Paper Bag
Episode #202:\xa0\xa0Sideways From A Paper Bag\xa0 \xa0(Song starts at 3:55)\nOn this episode I\u2019m going to take you back in time, with a demo recorded in the year 2000.\nQuite a bizarre title, isn\u2019t it. Something I\u2019ve noticed on this podcast is that as lyricist, if I\u2019m not really too sure what to write about, I\u2019ll look around and see what\u2019s happening around me.\nMy eyes will generally focus on a object and I\u2019ll just go ahead a describe it. This seems to have the effect of grounding the song in something real. And away I go.\nIn this case I saw a poster sticking out of paper bag, with a face on it. The face seemed to be asking me: \u201cWhat are you doing? How are your plans going?\u201d\nBack in those days, in 1998, when I composed this one (song #450), I was generally a words first, music second sort of a song writer.\nMy girlfriend (now my wife) and I arrived in Melbourne in 1997, having set out from New Zealand, making a new start. I really wanted a new band, but I didn\u2019t have one yet. I didn't let that stop me.\nSideways was written specifically for a band - a band that was going to sound something like Crowded House, Neil Finn\u2019s great band.\nThere\u2019s a line in the song \u2018You are what you listen to\u2019. Well, I\u2019ve listened to a lot of Crowded House, loved the songs, loved the production. Check the recordings out if you\u2019re not sure what I\u2019m talking about.\nHave a listen to the production ( Mitchell Froom on the 1st 3 albums) and hear great band arrangements, - and Neil Finns brilliant song writing).\nNeil\u2019s songwriting and recordings and live performances had a marked effect on me, a youngster - also from NZ - trying to make my way in the world with my music.\nIn those days, moving across to Melbourne was a rite of passage. (the day my band played at The Espy, an iconic hotel in St Kilda, was a fine day. I\u2019d seen the poster of Split Enz (billed as NZ\u2019s greatest rock n roll band, which I\u2019m not sure they would\u2019ve been too happy about, with their wild stage makeup, costumes, art rock sort of performances) of their first appearance there back in the day.\nAnyway, we finally got to play there - and it felt good - we also made the top 10 out of 100 bands in a competition, so we got to play The Espy a few times, in the end.\nThat band is now called Pete Pascoe and The Patient Hum. We\u2019ve been going a while now, our 3rd album is nearly finished.\nAt the time of writing Sideways, I\u2019d just been introduced to Ants Reed. He\u2019s the rhythm guitarist in our band today\u2026so even when it feels like things are really happening, \u2026I think they are.\nIf you put stuff out, maybe consider slowing down a bit and let the universe deliver a response to what your putting out. Because I believe it does.\nThe lines \u2018Trying to do too much soon, you\u2019ll never see tomorrow trying to fly to the moon\u2019 sort of sum it up.\nSteady progress is the key, on which I\u2019ve been focussing: doing all I can to progress with my music and art, here in Melbourne, Australia.\nSee the blog (lyrics, art and more music - 202 posts) : www.petepascoe.wordpress.com\nLooking forward to releasing more new music soon\u2026and gigs to that\u2019ll be fun.\nI hope you enjoy this episode. It\u2019s all good fun here. Here we go\u2026Sideways From A Paper Bag..\xa0 Rollin\u2019 !