NEW Songs and Videos

Thursday
Apr302009

Lost--LIVE on the Back Porch

© by Bill Burnett

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Right after I showed you the plums at the front of the house for this week's intro, I walked to the back porch and sang my song "Lost" into Deb's new camera.  There are a few glitches in the video and the synch gets weird, but I still think it's a pretty darn good performance.  The camera takes a little trip south for a moment there but so what?! 

I'm very proud of "Lost".  I think it's a solid piece of writing and tells a good story.  Please, notice how in the first chorus, the lovers were "lost in the blaze and in the blue" and "prayed" that they'd be lost eternally; in the second chorus the were "lost in the roar and in the spray" and "swore" that they'd be lost eternally; and in the final chorus they are lost in a different way, "in the grays and in the blues" and the singer is "afraid" that they'll be lost eternally.  I love rhymes separated by great musical distances like that. And emotionally, the journey from "blaze" to "greys" and "prayed" to "afraid" is a journey we all take, no? 

Still, through it all the singer still believes in Lost.  And so do I. Do me a favor and check out the whole lyric.

Thursday
Apr302009

Swimming With The Fishes--From Bill Burnett's PETSET

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Here's a chance to get wet with Bill Burnett's PetSet--my kidvid about animals.  If your kids don't own this DVD, they'll grow up to be serial killers.  (Or is that cereal killers?)

Thursday
Apr232009

Let It Blow My Way LIVE

by Bill Burnett

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Here's a particularly moving moment from the gig I did with Stevie Gurr at Jennifer's Coffee Connection. (At least I found it moving.) It tells the true story of the genesis of this song, which was written for Barry Bunce, a great animation storyboard artist who was struggling with cancer when this song became his assignment. I wanted to give him something uplifing that he'd want to get up each day and work on.  The BG vocals you hear here are none other than Mr. Doug Day, who came by for the gig en route from Ojai to Maine. Thanks, Doug!

You can find Stevie and his band Emith doing High Sierra over in Other Folks Nuggets. You can find this song at Dean Stevens feature in The Great Unknown, and also listen to and purchase a version by the Backboners, if you are so inclined.

Thursday
Apr232009

Fly Away

© Bill Burnett

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It's a bittersweet message, but true.  Some things you just can't touch.  MC Hammer understood.

Please keep in mind, there is a whole DVD of songs about animals called Bill Burnett's PetSet and you can own it for a very reasonable price.  Write to me and we'll talk.

 

Thursday
Apr232009

It Is To Laugh--from Chalkzone!

by Bill Burnett

Fuggedabout da lyrics on dis one...

This was one of the silliest of the ChalkZone music videos, and the only one that didn't stick to the "mission statement" of representing some particular form of popular music.  I hadn't seen it in about three years before this morning and I thought it was pretty amazing.   Check it out for a laugh.