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Episode 9 won't disappoint you like a Big Boy Yoda. We talk brushes with fame and our biggest bombs before both writing bangers
Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we are challenged to write a song demo from scratch every episode.
If you'd like to download the demos we showed off, you can go to our Bandcamp or website to pay-what-you-want to support us!
and our brand-new discord is here
-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW --
--Bug's Song--
Title: Just Because
Prompt Page: San Diego Comic-con --> San Diego Pride --> June Gloom
Lyrics:
There's no funeral, there's no wedding
it's just a random weekend in February
but the gang's all here and ready to hang out
This ain't sick leave, this ain't work-from-home
this is pure shit, uncut PTO
3 full days, no chores, no plans somehow
The kids grew up and all moved out but everyone's back in town...
Just Because! We put it on the Calendar
Just Because! we liked the way it sounds and we're
just some buds travellin to hang around Just Because...
And just because is as good as any reason
Because Just Because just makes it easy
Just believe it does, Just Because
It's not a diet, or a lifestyle
its just a little unexpected but I thought I'd try it
my friends are looking at me like they're shocked
It's not a burger, it's not nuggies
It's not either of the two foods you'd expect of me
Its a brand new side of the menu that I've unlocked
The kid's grown up his palette, I have just ordered a salad...
Just Because! I'm monchin' on a salad here
Just Because! I liked the way it sounds and we're
Just some buds taken on the salad bar Just Because
And just because is as good as any reason
Because Just Because just makes it easy
Just believe it does, Just Because
I can tell ya something if ya say I never told ya
The secret is the vinegar, your ears are baking soda
I need to keep it quiet if you lean a little closer
The only thing that's keepin ya from doin' what you're doin'
is often not enough to stop ya if you wanna do it
It doesn't take much to get the motivated movin'
you may have thought you hit your limit
but here's two words to fix it:
Just Because! we're having such a better year
Just Because! we liked the way it sounds and we're
just some buds finding out the power of Just Because
---- Matt's Song -----
Title: Criss-Cross Applesauce
Prompt Page: Rube Goldberg-> Boob McNutt -> Jester (via Buffoonish)
Lyrics:
you might be guided by the cards
or the full moon's gravity
pick a path by plotting stars
or the patterns in the leaves
add up numbers in the bible
til you land on sum you like
if you're really having trouble
ask your friends for some advice
feed a universe of data
to a planet-sized machine
maybe god will call back later
within 7 working weeks
baby throw yourself at anything
at anyone at all
to get the sense that this direction you are stumbling in's the one that leads you home
but if the cards are shuffled badly
and the moon pulls only tides
and the leaves clump all together
and the stars slip out of line
and the bible's numbers add up to
42069
and your friends suggestions get you guessing they're out of their minds
if the algorithm feeds you only ads and right wing news
if god's call center's automated
and no one puts you through
baby throw yourself a party
invite everyone you know
sit beside them criss-cross applesauce, this chaos is the closest thing to home
grab yourself a cushion make yourself as comfortable
as the uncarpeted kitchen floor allows
friends, i love you endlessly but you would never know
cause I never say that sort of thing out loud
above us see the sky fissures and rends itself apart
while beneath us magma boils at the core
and in between this room of us, the circle will break only once
the last of us has fallen to the sword
