Love Somebody
from Cycle by Steve Robinson & Ed Woltil
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about
Love Somebody started its life as a rather dodgy albeit well-intentioned and affectionate Bob Dylan parody. Purely for my own amusement, I'd strapped on my acoustic, slipped a harmonica holder around my neck and barked out "You don't need a therapist to show you how to love somebody; don't need to be a poet or evangelist to love somebody true" in my best Bob impression.
Like most Dylan impressions out there, mine isn't very good and it soon had the dogs suitably howling and running for cover, but I was quite enjoying myself and continued the stream of consciousness warbling undeterred. Before I knew it, the lines, "You don't need to be a Beatle or Bee Gee to love somebody; you don't need permission just to let it be" popped out and although I was amused by the silly impudence of it all, I also wondered if I hadn't stumbled on something that I could use.
On my Away For The Day CD, I'd done something similar with a Syd Barrett-style goof that eventually became the song, Bright Side Of The Moon, so I wondered if this too might have the germ of a decent song beneath the goofiness.
So, I turned on my recorder to capture a hastily recorded snippet for future reference and went about my business. In this case, my business was coaxing the dogs out from beneath the furniture.
Upon subsequent review, I discovered that the lyrics and melody sat quite well with me and set about fleshing it out a bit. I set up a repeating drum machine pattern to play along to so that I could find more of a groove for the song and it fell into place quite quickly. To avoid running afoul of the local neighborhood association (and possibly the SPCA), I dropped the mad, affected Zim-like vocal sneer and wailing harmonica and sang it straight, so to speak.
A bridge section and some harmony parts later, it was starting to sound quite promising to my ears. So, I had Ed come over with his trusty Epiphone Casino and we went out to my old garage apartment where he deftly added some lovely electric guitar parts. From there it was sent to Dave Mattacks at his home in Massachusetts where he promptly gave the song the feel and groove it needed. A bass track and a little dollop of orchestration to taste (again, courtesy of Ed) and Bob's your uncle!
Like most Dylan impressions out there, mine isn't very good and it soon had the dogs suitably howling and running for cover, but I was quite enjoying myself and continued the stream of consciousness warbling undeterred. Before I knew it, the lines, "You don't need to be a Beatle or Bee Gee to love somebody; you don't need permission just to let it be" popped out and although I was amused by the silly impudence of it all, I also wondered if I hadn't stumbled on something that I could use.
On my Away For The Day CD, I'd done something similar with a Syd Barrett-style goof that eventually became the song, Bright Side Of The Moon, so I wondered if this too might have the germ of a decent song beneath the goofiness.
So, I turned on my recorder to capture a hastily recorded snippet for future reference and went about my business. In this case, my business was coaxing the dogs out from beneath the furniture.
Upon subsequent review, I discovered that the lyrics and melody sat quite well with me and set about fleshing it out a bit. I set up a repeating drum machine pattern to play along to so that I could find more of a groove for the song and it fell into place quite quickly. To avoid running afoul of the local neighborhood association (and possibly the SPCA), I dropped the mad, affected Zim-like vocal sneer and wailing harmonica and sang it straight, so to speak.
A bridge section and some harmony parts later, it was starting to sound quite promising to my ears. So, I had Ed come over with his trusty Epiphone Casino and we went out to my old garage apartment where he deftly added some lovely electric guitar parts. From there it was sent to Dave Mattacks at his home in Massachusetts where he promptly gave the song the feel and groove it needed. A bass track and a little dollop of orchestration to taste (again, courtesy of Ed) and Bob's your uncle!
lyrics
You don't need a therapist to show you how
To love somebody, love somebody
Don't need to be a poet or evangelist
To love somebody true
You don't need to be a Beatle or Bee Gee
To love somebody, love somebody
You don't need permission just to let it be
Just love somebody do
Excuses fall like rain
Around you, lost and found you
Sing it again
Love is all around you yeah, but it's not all about you
Look before you leap is overrated
He who hesitated told me so
Don't just spin your wheels
Get your head over heels and go!
You don't have to sit and wait till kingdom come
To love somebody, love somebody
Call yourself a krishna or a dharma bum
just love somebody do
Excuses fall like rain
Above you, push and shove you
Sing it again
Love just might be everywhere, don't wait for it to find you
You gotta love somebody,
Just love someone.
To love somebody, love somebody
Don't need to be a poet or evangelist
To love somebody true
You don't need to be a Beatle or Bee Gee
To love somebody, love somebody
You don't need permission just to let it be
Just love somebody do
Excuses fall like rain
Around you, lost and found you
Sing it again
Love is all around you yeah, but it's not all about you
Look before you leap is overrated
He who hesitated told me so
Don't just spin your wheels
Get your head over heels and go!
You don't have to sit and wait till kingdom come
To love somebody, love somebody
Call yourself a krishna or a dharma bum
just love somebody do
Excuses fall like rain
Above you, push and shove you
Sing it again
Love just might be everywhere, don't wait for it to find you
You gotta love somebody,
Just love someone.
credits
from Cycle,
released April 13, 2015
Steve Robinson - Acoustic guitars, lead & background vocals
Ed Woltil - Electric guitars, bass, programming
Dave Mattacks - Drums
Copyright 2015. Across The Water Music (BMI) /Schmoopleton Heights Music (ASCAP)
All rights reserved. Unauthorized broadcast and/or copying of this material might just be the least of our concerns.
Steve Robinson - Acoustic guitars, lead & background vocals
Ed Woltil - Electric guitars, bass, programming
Dave Mattacks - Drums
Copyright 2015. Across The Water Music (BMI) /Schmoopleton Heights Music (ASCAP)
All rights reserved. Unauthorized broadcast and/or copying of this material might just be the least of our concerns.
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Steve Robinson & Ed Woltil Hendersonville, North Carolina
Ex-Roger McGuinn sideman and award-winning
Ditchflowers singer-songwriter team up to concoct
baroque folk-pop masterwork.
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Oct 2022 -
Apr 2015
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