The New Oxygen (MRI) [a 'rock opera']
The New Oxygen (a 'rock opera') [demo]
http://soundcloud.com/abe...ew-oxygen-a-rock-opera basically 3 songs in 1; the intro being a somewhat lachrymose piano solo loosely inspired by Chopin's Prelude in Cminor (transposed to Eminor) and Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata; the middle is more at alternative rock; the bridge & outro echo themes of psychedelia in the spirit of George Martin circa Sgt. Pepper. All guitars are tuned to an Esus2/add9 chord [E,B,E,F#,B,E] Pianos used in recording are vintage antique Cable-Nelsons older than my parents :)
The New Oxygen © 2009 MRI Words & Music by Daren Thomas Turner -----------------------
the whole thing started when i woke up late one day
a man came on the radio and said these words i say
he said "Son, can you believe the voices in your head?
it's easy
it's easy"
"You are a frequency and not a state of mind"
these are the sentences repeated every time
i drive down and visit all my local pharmacies
it's easy.
it's easy.
i can not think; i can not breathe-- this air is thin!
i even heard it on the News "There Is New Oxygen!
Down Way Beneath The Covers You Can Breathe
it's easy.
it's easy."
i am the only thing that i will ever be;
i am the only one who has to sleep with me.
Therefore, down way beneath the trampl-ing of feet
it's easy.
it's easy.
and then it ended so much faster than before
i didn't realize that the radio was off
"Settle down," i heard them say, "or cry yourself to sleep
we're easy
we're easy"
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MRI is
Daren Thomas Turner: pianos, guitars, synths, vocals, loops
Alan Cruz: drums
Daniel Denial: bass
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