This is a remixed and augmented version of this track.
Another song of Lyn Kalley Ingram’s has piqued my interest.
This song, ‘Dandelions and Daisies’, despite its nursery rhyme quality, has sinister undertones.
At the very least it speaks of an obsession; – for 20 years David yearns for this woman, and finally she gives into him and becomes ‘his’.
His wish comes true ... or does it?
I quickly improvised a stark, one-off bluesy backdrop to accompany the acapella vocal, with one guitar, bass and a drum machine, keeping the texture sparse, with a dialogue between the guitar and bass like that between the dandelion and daisy of the song.
Lion’s tooth, and day’s eye.
Symbolically, the dandelion represents flirtation, hope, endurance and dreams – eventually – coming true. The name is from the French, literally meaning, ‘lion’s tooth’.
The name daisy derives from the Anglo-Saxon ‘day’s eye’, and symbolises innocence.
The implication being that David’s yearning began innocently, and therefore dubiously.
Yes, very cool, but very, very oryginal.
Made the another fantastic musical world, no use spec synthetic instrumental, its very cool.
loving the fractured duet between bass and drums, and how Lyn ambles in and out.
- I'm glad it came across like that - it's always a gamble with a collab made this way. In fact, I was working on another track, and just as a break listened to Lyn's SC and happened on the song, and then did it quickly, dropping the other track. It just had that immediacy ... but would it work? Luckily some alchemy happened. I love Lyn.
the ruins of a filling station. windows broken. torn chair behind the old counter. a scorpion in the shadow of a pump.
train wheel and axle rusting in the noonday sun. a snake. a smoke.
: I love those cinematic images - they spring up through the gaps in the sounds, fugitive memories
This captures the genuine desolation of middle of nowhere Americana,
It's a fine place to be, providing one does not need the conveniences of city living. I'm in my own version and have been for 19 years, the mountains where Butch Cassidy and the Hole and the Wall Gang roamed.
Almost a clockwork collapse going on.
Extreme behind the bridge stuff on the Jaguar - only guitar used on this track in one take. Love the way you can go from insane spiked treble of one circuit to the throaty mellow nasality of the other circuit - truly schizoid guitar - the trem is great too
Yea, it's honestly Leo's finest moment (and not including those electronics in the modern Fender stuff is just appalling, honestly)
I agree - the Jag is a completely different experience to anything else - if I had to have only one ax, the Jag would be it - what do you mean about the mod Fender stuff, Robert?
Fender's attempts at "reviving" the Jaguar (like it needed it!) for modern players has been to variously remove the trem and electronics - the newest $1500 USD version has *no* strangle switch or rhythm circuit and maple fretboard.
The modern Fender stuff on the offsets tries to eliminate the fun elements.
Damn enter key. The new $1500 USD Jaguar has no rhythm circuit, no strangle switch, and ...a maple fretboard. The now-discontinued non-Squier VI didn't have a strangle switch and they put a bucker in the bridge that was masquerading as a Jazzmaster pickup under a cover. This is what happens when you hire the Nike/DIsney marketing guy to run the show I guess.
You are so right! thank the gods for Squier and their Vintage Mod!
Yea, I was going to buy a VI (because it was the first one they'd done in years and I missed the boat on the original MIJ reissues, I was offered one on 'walk out the door, pay it off sometime' credit from my normal dealer then...but thought to myself..."it's $600.....I've never paid that much for a guitar...." and balked). Regretted it ever since, as they jumped up at one point to almost $2k on the market here and just couldn't justify that expense. I was saving up for the Fender VI when the Squiers were announced, I was lucky and got a tip on one of a half dozen of the first run in the US (and no more would come in for six months!) and had it in my hand three days later.
Through the looking glass to a twisted 50s dive bar somewhere.
I should never have watched Blue Velvet 50 times
Joke: how I was given a copy of "Blue Velvet" back in VHS days when tapes were still $90 a pop or more. My father's new wife swore upside down that it was her favorite movie, so my father tracked down a copy for her birthday. She, of course, hated it - had meant the horse film, "International Velvet." He gave it to me, muttering about how I'd probably like it.
Ha ha! Loved to have seen her reaction to Dennis Hopper's Frank. Man, I got so obsessed with that movie ... might explain tracks like this
She didn't even get that far, just finding the ear in Lumberton was where the tape was at when he handed it to me.
Most excellent tones! Floating dry leaves, peering in amber...What shall we find?
- using innocent tones we can hint at the forbidden -
lyrics
Dandelions and daisies.
He picked them for her daily.
I was thinkin' maybe, could you, would you,
wanna be my gal?
Oh, my sweet David. My best friend.
My buddy. My pal.
You know I love you dearly, but I would make you weary.
Some day. Some way. Some how.
Roses and candy.
He had bought her many.
I was thinkin' maybe, could you, would you,
wanna be my gal?
Oh, my sweet David. My best friend.
My buddy. My pal.
You know I love you dearly, but I would make you weary.
Some day. Some way. Some how.
Cause, my heart is in the city.
Where the night life is busy.
Not like this-
"One Horse Town."
A ring and a question.
He had often mentioned.
I was thinkin' maybe. You could be my-
Sugar Pie, Honey, my gal.
Oh, my sweet David. My best friend.
My buddy. My pal.
You know I love you dearly, but I would make you weary.
Some day. Some way. Some how.
Cause, I'm leaving for the city.
Where the night life is busy.
I think I'll go running around.
Goodbye, to you. You, "One Horse Town."
Twenty years of calling.
But, he had not forgotten.
"I still love you dearly, but I am so weary.
And, I was thinkin' maybe, could you, would you,
wanna come around?
Or, I could come to the city. If you're not too busy.
Having fun and running around."
"Oh, my sweet David. My old friend.
My buddy. My pal.
I have missed you dearly.
And, I have grown so weary of the night life,
and running around.
And, I was thinkin' maybe, I could be your baby.
Your Sugar Pie, Honey, your Gal.?"
He cried, "I'm coming to get you!
Pack your things.
I'm a leavin' right now!"
Dandelions and daisies.
He picks them for her daily.
Cause, she is his Baby,
His Sugar Pie, Honey, his gal.
[words by Lyn Kalley Ingram]
credits
from The Dark, Secluded Path,
released November 23, 2017
Lyn Ingram; vocals, songwriter
Bill Boethius; instrumentation, arrangement & production
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