Don't You Need Me?

by Proletariats Are Making Pizza Book Club And Rock And Roll Band

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I started writing and recording this in my apartment in Chicago. At some point I revisited it at my apartment in Los Angeles. When I started I was going through in intense period of alcohol abuse and withdrawal. I was writing a lot about my own relationship with alcohol and listening to the first american football record. I wanted to create a song that imitated the guitar work of Steve Holmes and Mike Kinsella on that record. I think I vastly deviated from that goal and the song ended up getting a more pop feel to it.

This recording sat for a long time and I wondered if it was considered finished. I recorded as much of it as I could on a tascam syncaset 238 which is a great rack mounted cassette recorder that does up to 8 tracks. Since the bandwidth on cassette is so low, it ended up getting very bass heavy. As I was going through alcohol withdrawal I remember having a difficult time playing the parts accurately. Nevertheless I pressed on and left all the mistakes in their glory in tact. At one point I was recording bass and the tambourine fell on the floor.

I'm not sure if it is considered done but I am going to be content with it as it is.

For mastering I dumped it into a teac cassette deck and then bounced it to pc for final touches.

lyrics

I see all for myself
That I'm selfish
Only Think About
What pleasures me
What makes me see three
don't you need me?

And you took a breath
Of the dragon sea
And you thought about
You and me
And you ride the wave
Until it comes crashing down

Don't you need me?
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You could keep it all around
Or you could take it out of bounds
Just don't pass it to me
I've got my own sadness to treat

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released November 17, 2018
Andrew McCall

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