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Driving (with my girlfriend)
by michael2

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Submitted on: May 15, 2008 - 06:00:25 PM
Last Updated: May 15 2008 - 06:06:41 PM
Keywords if i was steve malkamus i'd probably kick my butt (1)
Description I know, I don't have a girlfriend (i'm married); but Nicole and I used to just get in the car and play "let's get lost" for days on end before we had a kid and real jobs.

i posted this as an open collaboration (I'm Uneasy) last week, and then figured if i didn't come up with something for it, i was lame. so here it is, this is a complete Pavement rip-off (at least in vibe), with some Rolling Stones falsetto back ups at the end. Not my best, but not horrible either. Theres also some Built to spill and Silver Jews in there (if you don't have the first Silver Jews record you really need it. Recorded on a boom box in a kitchen and brilliant).

See if you can come up with something better (RSorensen already did).
Lyrics we were listening to Built to Spill
we were rocking out, wondering
what's wrong with love?
you get the car, i'll get the map
maybe we can go somewhere far away
you get the car, i'll get the map
maybe we can go somewhere far away

(chorus)
i'm driving
with my girlfriend
anywhere we go is gonna be a little better than here
she's charming and so lively
a little off key when she's singing to the radio
ho ho ho

you wear some clothes that i find
kind of silly
but that's okay with me
'cuz you're the one that's wearing them
you get the car, i'll get the map
maybe we can go somewhere far away
you get the car, i'll get the map
maybe we can go somewhere far away


(bridge)
bah da bah da...

(chorus)
i'm driving
with my girlfriend
anywhere we go is gonna be a little better than here
she's charming and so lively
a little off key when she's singing to the radio
ho ho ho

whoo hoo hoo....


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Feter said 237 days ago
Driving (with my girlfriend)
cool rockin song my friend and so cool to listen to
while drivin .. all just fine ..thnx for sharin !!!

michael2 said 236 days ago
thanks Feter
glad you liked. the driving song is one of those class "rock" things.

Vic Holman said 237 days ago
driven to vocalize
I am so picking up on the Built To Spill inspiration. I should of picked up on that on the original.

Ahh, the good old days of road trips!

michael2 said 236 days ago
thanks Vic
don't road trips rule? ahh, simpler times. yeah this is pure Built to Spill on the verses and Pavement on the choruses. loose slop with a hint of sugar. thanks for listening.

rsorensen said 237 days ago
awesome
mabe a little range life but not a ripoff. i dont think he'd beat you up. i aped wayne coyne's voice with mine anyway so whatever haha.
great job on this. love that chorus and the bridge. i never thought to add a vocal over it. great that you did cuz it sounds really cool. like those outro whoo hoo hoo's too and how they fade out. it's amazing to me how two songs can be the same musically but with a different vocal and melody can be something completely different!

michael2 said 236 days ago
thanks
yeah it's weird that it's the same song huh? i think yours is better though. i tried to steal your idea of a solo after the bridge, but i really wanted a crappy bass heavy fuzz sound and it wasn't sitting right. i worshipped Pavement for years (and I can actually still listen to them - "Here" is one of my very favorite songs in the world), and they pop up in a lot of my songs unconsciously, but this was definitely conscious.

rsorensen said 232 days ago
yeah
pavement rules. as does BTS. do you have any of Malkmus' solo stuff? it's pretty good.
I keep coming back to listen to this. I really like your chorus.

echoroom said 237 days ago
hey
when i heard the opening i thought.... i've heard this before! Really love the chorus - great harmonies and a nice feel to it... never heard Pavement,... will check em out!

michael2 said 236 days ago
hey
thanks Steve. appreciate the listen, but 1 thing: you need to go out and get "slanted & enchanted" and "crooked rain" immediately. Pavement is a huge influence for me (they are like a blend of the Fall and the Velvet Underground with a kind of sloppy sheen. RSorensen says that their singer is "cavalier."

Moviz said 237 days ago
I like the
style of this song... good lyrics and sort of seventies light and airy... really nice performance with the vocals /harmonies and all. Love the fuzz guitar as the sound of the car and great bass too, regards M

michael2 said 236 days ago
thanks Moviz
i was going for indie rock, but the 70's thing is definitely in there as well. so gla you approved.

said 236 days ago
Nice!
Great vocals, good music work. I always enjoy your work Mikey, thanks for re-working this tune. Very nice!

Take Care
- Yeman A. Al-Rawi

michael2 said 236 days ago
Yeman
thanks so much for listening. I was just checking out Richards take on your song/world view, very nice. Glad you liked this one, it was kind of a toss off, but i still like it. thanks for listening (to the old ones as well, very cool of you).

spitlogic said 235 days ago
hmm...
...yeah. I can definitely see a difference.

dajama said 235 days ago
Very cool
I like the lo-fi vibe, and the lovely guitar riff that runs through the verse. The "I'm driving with my girlfriend" line kicks in very sweetly, and that's a great guitar sound under the chorus. Would it be corny to say I can imagine myself listening to this while I'm driving? Very cool. Nicely done. Peace.

SmokeyVW said 235 days ago
nice
i keep coming back to this tune. it's a little gem!

thanks

bud said 234 days ago
Really nice Michael - I hear the Pavement
but what I really get is Big Star - you have a certain Alex Chilton vibe cooking here. Charming and delightful.

stratcat said 233 days ago
Like
the groove. Good hook. Nice job bro. Respect! (oh and really like the artwork too)

Ibstrat said 231 days ago
I Liked
this from the 1st couple of seconds.Your songs always connect with me.Is that like a Fuzz-face guitar in the background? Cool touch. Yes Pavement is a great band.Malkmus's solo stuff is pretty great too.

Heightened said 230 days ago
As usual
super song - super cool. I never tire of listening to your awesome music!

bobnisbet said 229 days ago
Fun song
I appreciate hearing the instrumental version (which I could maybe use for a video) and the version with lyrics... Great job!

Bob

Macaudion said 229 days ago
Sweet!
Absolutely, Sweet...

You just know exactly how ta do it! Great job, man! Macca

Macaudion said 229 days ago
Oh yeah
Thanks for the traveler!

Macca

Nick_Flash said 224 days ago
great
This is a great version. There's nothing wrong with the Pavement style. Sounds great to me, especially the backing vocals at the end.

Well done

samxcor3 said 224 days ago
catchy hooks!
i like the melodies a lot!!
awesome. i dont listen to built to spill but i've heard good things.

12parsecs said 196 days ago
i thought...
i thought i recognized this. rsorensen put his stamp on this one too, didn't he. like this version too. the music is cool, no matter who's singing. nice work!

michael2 said 196 days ago
thanks
for the listen. yeah, i really loved his version (it's probably a better song than mine actually). thanks a bunch. have a go at it if you like, love to hear what you come up with.

estellie said 187 days ago
great!
your melody really added something that made those descending scales pop like they didn't before.

I like it. Happy, yes, but in a dizzy, lazy way, which makes it ultra cool.

I'm sure your wife was pleased to hear this ode :)

koike said 22 days ago
Original great
Nice song, like that walking bass line it sorta adds a homely repetition
to your description of the girlfriend.


sedasia said 12 days ago
coolness
I like the feel of this song too.

I like the guy oriented lyrics. Very cool!

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