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Something's Goin' Right This song was inspired by the birth of John's daughter in 1978. Nothing in life is ever quite the same after looking into the eyes of your child. While adults may strive to attain unconditional love toward one another, there are often old skeletons and shadows of past experiences that get in the way. With the birth of a new life, the slate is clean, and the start is pure and untainted. The perspective to the outside world is renewed, and the view inward refocused. Tom recalls hearing the song at John's home. He just doodled on the guitar as it emerged into a song. It was like a new beginning from which the story appeared. When the song began to be produced it started with a hit-hat, but erased it from the first several bars of the first verse as the strings, bells, a bass, and a Cronus were introduced as the first verse builds to the chorus and the entry of the drums. The style of the two acoustic guitars was inspired by a Michael Frank recording that Tom was fond of at the time. The instrumental break soars with the electric guitar, and as usual Bruce Garnitz, who was a very good guitar player as well as arranger, wrote the strings to tuck in behind the lead guitar. I recall asking the guitar player to play a paradiddle along with the drum's pick-up into the solo, and he did. The background vocals were all sung by one singer, which gives them such a good blend of harmonies. The following Saturday she sang the background vocals on Popsicle Tunes and Look At That Bottom. Those were the only time she was in the Prufrock sessions. About a year after Prufrock finished Revisions, Nia Peeples came into the studio and sang the same track. Her version can be heard on the site. We added more voices on her version. |
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