FUN FACT: I assembled this orchestral version from TWO separate bed tracks. The drums, piano, and bass were from drummer Terry Draper's cassette copy from early 1978 - that had to been cleaned and speed corrected. The strings were from a separate take a month later recorded to 1/4" reel-to-reel in singer/guitarist/piano player John Woloschuk's band archive which was baked and cleaned and speed restored. In Sound Forge I tinkered with both tracks in stereo and created the composite that we put on the Klaatu boxed set "Sunset" in 2005
It started off a routine day I got through the morning in the usual way I caught the bus on time Good morning, Mr. Driver, drive As I sat inside my overcoat I clutched my cane And pressed my nose against the foggy window pane Ho hum The life I lead would even make a dead man yawn Midday comes I break for lunch With my sandwich and a beer I go on a hunch To the park where I hope to find A little bit of peace of mind As I sat there on a bench amidst the rodent race I felt a strange sensation that without a trace appeared But then as quickly disappeared again So tell me what's the bloody point of playing the game With so much to lose yet so little to gain You sell your life away Can't you see you're just a cog working like a dog You trade your future for a dead-end job That's full of routine days Routine days I race the clock to the end of my day The paycheck in my pocket makes me feel okay But was it worth the grind Just to keep from falling behind I stand here in the queue behind a foul cigar My face discreetly buried in a book on Mars Humdrum And I'm waiting on the pier 'til Charon comes
Gotta appreciate the superb mixing here. Incredible sound :)
FUN FACT:
I assembled this orchestral version from TWO separate bed tracks. The drums, piano, and bass were from drummer Terry Draper's cassette copy from early 1978 - that had to been cleaned and speed corrected. The strings were from a separate take a month later recorded to 1/4" reel-to-reel in singer/guitarist/piano player John Woloschuk's band archive which was baked and cleaned and speed restored. In Sound Forge I tinkered with both tracks in stereo and created the composite that we put on the Klaatu boxed set "Sunset" in 2005
@@bullseyecanada great work my dude ! Thank you for your efforts
@@omarel3648 It was a pleasure.
It started off a routine day
I got through the morning in the usual way
I caught the bus on time
Good morning, Mr. Driver, drive
As I sat inside my overcoat I clutched my cane
And pressed my nose against the foggy window pane
Ho hum
The life I lead would even make a dead man yawn
Midday comes
I break for lunch
With my sandwich and a beer I go on a hunch
To the park where I hope to find
A little bit of peace of mind
As I sat there on a bench amidst the rodent race
I felt a strange sensation that without a trace appeared
But then as quickly disappeared again
So tell me what's the bloody point of playing the game
With so much to lose yet so little to gain
You sell your life away
Can't you see you're just a cog working like a dog
You trade your future for a dead-end job
That's full of routine days
Routine days
I race the clock to the end of my day
The paycheck in my pocket makes me feel okay
But was it worth the grind
Just to keep from falling behind
I stand here in the queue behind a foul cigar
My face discreetly buried in a book on Mars
Humdrum
And I'm waiting on the pier 'til Charon comes
so beautiful
Thank you. It sounds amazing 🤩
We have the same profile photo 😮