“You gotta, You gotta, You gotta”
This piece means a lot to me, because to this day whenever I hear it I think of my childhood with my hometown friend. It feels like yesterday, I remember hanging at his house, and how these girls always came over and constantly sang this song or danced to it. I couldn’t escape it! It was in all the malls, tv shows, radio, and now sung to us or played on the home stereo.
I love the idea of how powerful a memory can be – whether a song, a scent, or a physical item. The idea that something so simple can anchor feelings, emotions, and entire phases of your life simply by remembering the role it played in your past is amazing.
So I’ve been working on this piece for months, having constantly being frustrated with the unpitched vocals in the song, similar to when I arranged Rage Against The Machine. Unsung lyrics to a pitched instrument (like violin in this case) is incredibly difficult to transcribe. But after time, walking away from it or re-listening to it, I was finally able to come up with a final version I was thrilled with.
So this is a throwback song, a piece that makes me think about my childhood, the power of a memory, and a well written piece of music. It brings me back to the day when things were simple, I was skateboarding, bmx biking, trying to build a wooden life-size car, jumping on trampolines, and hanging with my hometown friends.
I hope this arrangement brings you back too, or at the very least that it makes you think of other songs that anchor positive memories and emotions in your own life.
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