This one I wrote while I was in a band for a short time with a middle aged divorced ex-yoga teacher who spent oodles and oodles of money on his kid who he barely ever saw. I'm telling you, that kid had every gadget that there was at that time (this was a number of years ago- 10?) and though I never met the little boy I had the sense that he was a lonely boy who just wanted to spend TIME with his dad. So there is some of that in the song and in general the song is about wanting things that don't make you happy, or giving things that nobody wants, or planning so much of your life that you forget to live it. I guess you could say it's a song about modern-day angst.
My favorite line of the song:
I'd give you the world if I could, if I could understand it, for you I would.
Which is an acknowledgment that I don't know a damn thing about how this crazy world works. I have no answers. I only write songs.
amen, alleluia, pass the sunscreen
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
About "Remember"
There is not really a story behind this song. I just wrote it. But there is a little story ABOUT the song:
I used to have a my space page. I set up the page, posted some songs on it, one of which was "Remember." Then I forgot all about the page, didn't check it for like two years. When I checked it after all that time, it was only because I had decided to cancel the account. (simplifying my life, that whole deal) So I logged in and saw to my extreme surprise and pleasure that Jimmy Buffett was a fan of the song. THE Jimmy Buffett! As in, "wasting away again in Margaritaville" Jimmy Buffett! I've never been a big Parrothead, but even so, it's an honor to have him as a fan.
What did I do? Like a fool, I deleted my account, without thinking about what I was doing, which was losing my connection with Jimmy Buffett. I tried to get my account back so that I could get Jimmy back, but it didn't work. So I sent Mr. Buffett a letter on his my space page, all apologetic and obsequious, like oh Mr Buffett I know you don't know who I am but you are fan of my song "Remember" and you wanted to be a my space friend but I deleted my page, blah blah blah.
Needless to say I never heard from Mr Buffett. But I can say honestly that he liked one of my songs.
I used to have a my space page. I set up the page, posted some songs on it, one of which was "Remember." Then I forgot all about the page, didn't check it for like two years. When I checked it after all that time, it was only because I had decided to cancel the account. (simplifying my life, that whole deal) So I logged in and saw to my extreme surprise and pleasure that Jimmy Buffett was a fan of the song. THE Jimmy Buffett! As in, "wasting away again in Margaritaville" Jimmy Buffett! I've never been a big Parrothead, but even so, it's an honor to have him as a fan.
What did I do? Like a fool, I deleted my account, without thinking about what I was doing, which was losing my connection with Jimmy Buffett. I tried to get my account back so that I could get Jimmy back, but it didn't work. So I sent Mr. Buffett a letter on his my space page, all apologetic and obsequious, like oh Mr Buffett I know you don't know who I am but you are fan of my song "Remember" and you wanted to be a my space friend but I deleted my page, blah blah blah.
Needless to say I never heard from Mr Buffett. But I can say honestly that he liked one of my songs.
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