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"Cult of Personality" 2003-05-06 - 3:41 a.m. older - previous - next - profile - host - my band - my lj I guess I feel better today I don't know I haven't given that much thought to how I feel lately I've just been so shallow so calloused I'm probably tired of thinking about how I feel because I always feel bad but lately, I don't know it's just been: "I should play Silent Hill", or "I should watch this movie I rented" or "I should shower" but instead I sit in front of the tv and flip channels for hours because tv sucks for the next three days I will have the house all to myself for a few hours which means I will hook up my mic, turn my amp up, and really practice my guitar I'm really proud of myself today, because I learned "Cult of Personality" by Living Colour and if you've never heard that song you should because it kicks ass but it's hard to play because the riffs are complicated and fast as hell but I learned it the only problem is the solo the place I got the tab from didn't include the solo(they never do, the fuckers) so I'm stuck improvising and even though I usually don't mind improvising my solos that song has a much more complicated solo than I can do I improvise Dinosaur Jr style solos and that song sounds nothing like Dinosaur Jr but I won't mind as long as I can come up with something passable if not then I know how to get around it, it just won't sound as good either way, I figured out why I could hammer on bass but not on guitar [hammering = that nifty Metal-Solo trick where you play like, three notes really fast(that's the best way I can describe it, I can never describe hammering. But other guitar players know what it is)] I mean, I knew how to hammer, and like I said: I could do it on bass, but on guitar it always came out really quietly well, the reason was, you can't just hammer on, you have to absolutely slam your fingers onto the fretboard(yeah, I realize "hammer" kind of connotates that; but I didn't have to do it that hard on bass, and bass actually has bigger strings) so whatever good song, really complicated, and I can play it I'm so fucking boring Sweet Dreams Look in my eyes what do you see? the cult of personality I know your anger I know your dreams I've been everything you want to be I'm the cult of personality like Mussoulini or Kennedy I'm the cult of personality the cult of personality the cult of personality neon lights Nobel prize when the leader speaks the nation rise you don't have to follow me only you, can set me free I sell the things you need to be I'm the smiling face on your tv I'm the cult of personality I exploit you still you love me I tell you one and one makes three I'm the cult of personality like Joseph Stalin and Ghandi I'm the cult of personality the cult of personality the cult of personality neon lights Nobel Prize when a leader speaks that leader dies you don't have to follow me only you, can set you free you gave me fortune you gave me fame you gave me power in your God's name I'm every person you need to be oh! I'm the cult of per son al ity I'm the cult of I'm the cult of I'm the cult of I'm the cult of I'm the cult of I'm the cult of I'm the cult of personality *ask not what your country can do for you...* *the only thing we have to fear is fear itself!* -Cult of Personality Living Colour � � |