DJ Ranger Den - Cassettes (Nur Ein 7 Rd 5)

from Invisible Girl by D

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This is a track I did for Nur Ein 7. The challenge was to write a villanelle.

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I mixed and had Billy's Little Trip (Chris) finish it off with some mastering.

I liked a Sylvia Plath villanelle I read as an example, but this weirdly grew a sort of country song flavor to it (which is different for me and not very Sylvia Plath-y). This song followed the rules and was helped along production-wise, and ranked accordingly.

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lyrics

I know I can't rewind us back again
so I record these new things desperately.
And you deserve a nicer word than friend.

You wrote over so many bad ends.
But my troubles thread out tiny openings.
I know I can't rewind us back again.

And you can't spool hearts inside themselves again
like with pens forced in cassettes - center spokes spinning ...
and you deserve a nicer word than friend!

So yes this is a tangled mess we're in;
but I know, we've got no plans for the leaving.
I know I can't rewind us back again

I bet there is something here...I can win
at least that's what you keep on making me believe;
and you deserve a nicer word than friend!

So yeah, I won't tape over anything you send...
but the record of these things must be made by me.
I know I can't rewind us back again,
and you deserve a nicer word than friend.

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from Invisible Girl, released December 8, 2011
Written, Recorded, Performed by DJ Ranger Den except Post Production Bass track by Billy's Little Trip.
some additional remixing and mastering by Billy's Little Trip.

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Denise Hudson Austin

I am DJ Ranger Den. This is the main musician alias for Denise Hudson. She is neither DJ or Ranger. Things change and develop around here a lot.

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