Well, it's been a year since my last blog, so I figure it's about time to write another one. hoho. My new years resolution was to write an entry at least once a week. I didn't even make once a month, or quarter! Oh well...I guess I didn't have much to say, and as the great Willie Nelson sings in "Shotgun Willie" - You can't make a record if you ain't got nothin to say. Well, I have shitloads to say now, so we'll see what happens.
The biggest news I have to share as of right now is that we have a new album coming out this fall! I've been in Nashville off and on over the past year recording and I'm all but finished. We've recorded about 16 songs, but only 11 or so will make the final cut. The release date looks to be towards the end of November (just in time for Christmas!) Does anyone listen to albums anymore anyway? So, for the next few weeks I'll be highlighting a specific song and it's lyrics, and talk about the story behind the lyrics.
So let's jump right in with what could be the lead off tune we will push to radio, Pickup Truck. I know if you're a fan then it seems like that song has been around forever, but it's really only a year old, and it was one of the first songs from the new batch I decided to record. It's one of the poppiest songs I've ever written, and certainly one of the most radio friendly. More importantly, it took me out of my comfort zone. By that I mean that I'm naturally a story song writer. I really excel at writing novels, or sections of novels, scrunched down into a 3 to 4 minute tune. Pickup Truck is just a song with a moral about getting back to a simpler way of life. There is no plot line, just a statement. That might sound simple but it was really hard for me.
Anyway, I've always been behind the times technologically speaking. If it weren't for my job and family I wouldn't own a cell phone. I'm the guy who scoffed at the internet the first time I saw it. I think I said something like "yeah, like that'll last...now where'd I set my beer." Nowadays I make my bread and butter here on the internets, but at least you get the picture of where I'm coming from.
In coming up with background material for fleshing out the song I simply looked around me. Money is what couples I know seem to fight about the most, us included. I was so tired of fighting about money, hearing about money or the lack thereof, how bad the real estate market is, blah blah blah. I just want to get into my old truck and drive off into the sunset and not think about it for a good little while. That's the premise and that's all I say in the song. The underlying message is "let's not forget about what got us here in the first place...love." Back when we were first starting out we lived in a 600 sq ft. house and didn't have a pot to piss in, but we had fun and we were in love, and that's all we really needed...most of the time:) That's it.
The original draft includes a 3rd verse that I chose not to record, but I left it in the lyrics here so you can read it. It's just a fun little tune about getting back to the basics. Whats more basic than a pickup truck, a bottle of sweet lucy and your baby riding shotgun?
Once you've read the lyrics please go to http://www.mattposs.com/ and click play on the jukebox down at the bottom of each screen and listen to Pickup Truck for yourself. Let me know what you think!
So here it is: Pickup Truck
Chorus:
Roll on with me now baby
Roll on tonight
I wanna go do something with you mama now
Even if’n it ain’t right
I wanna hear you call my old nickname
Let’s ride until we run outta luck
I wanna take a ride with you tonight
Oh baby in my pickup truck
V1:
There’s hard times no matter where you go
Don’t wanna fight about money anymore
All i need is you by my side
You sweet lovin under the moonlight
No gps just a radio
No cell phone, leave that at home
Just you and me and sweet lucy makes three
Getting lost in love out in the boondocks
(Chorus:)
V2:
The future's just a mystery
The Past is gone so let it be
All we got is tonight honey
Yeah but that's enough
It’s been so long since we just took time
To kick back, relax and let it all unwind
So hop on in, we’ll leave our troubles behind
And get back to the basics of love…
Bonus V3:
No bailout for the workin man
So i came up with my own damn plan
I stimulate you, you stimulate me
We’ll be doing just fine baby wait and see
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