For those of you who want the genuine article. This is the same CD that was available on CD Baby and at Marc's shows. It's now here at Bandcamp. (1) disc in Digipack. Booklet includes photos, credits, and lyrics. You receive automatically receive a digital download with purchase.
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Written in Los Angeles, California and Portland, Oregon in May and June of 2006. First demoed on June 6th, 2006 at Record Plant in Hollywood. Recorded for Welcome to the Danger Show in September through December of 2006, at subSpot in Venice, California, the Fun-N-Only Room in Los Angeles, California, Dave's house in Mar Vista, and Record Plant in Hollywood. Brian Moskin on drums, JD Andrew on bass, Mike Butler on lap steel, Dave Delhomme on B3 organ, Reed Berin on cello, Marc M. Cogman on acoustic guitar, lead vocals and hand percussion, and Kelli Noftle on backing vocals.
I was listening to a lot of Elliott Smith around the time I wrote this, and had decided on a sort of pilgrimage to Portland for a few days. It was also the occasion to play one of my first solo shows - I was still in a band at the time, so this was all still a new untested idea. I played a coffeehouse called the Red and Black Cafe on Cinco de Mayo of 2006. The music was pretty much finished as of Portland, and the lyrics were finished in June. I dedicated the song to 'Riz & Frogs', the two other members of my now defunt rock band. The life changes referenced metaphorically in the song aren't specific, but certainly some thoughts sprouted from my desire to move off on my own, musically. In this way, the "you can leave your friends behind" is a reference to them.
lyrics
Go to the place that makes you make sense. You can leave your friends behind; they won’t pay you any mind. And when you’re gone, you’ll realize that things have changed. The old neighborhood may fall apart, but deep inside that’s what you want. So run, run like hell, run from the stupid things you’ve done. Run for your life, run for your love, run, run, run.
Go to the place where you can breathe in deep. No more tearing at the throat, no more choking on the smoke. And when you leave, you’ll see you left an iron lung. It’s one black cloud from dusk ‘til dawn. It’s amazing you survived this long. So run, run like hell, run from every lie you told. Run for your life, run for your soul, run, run, run.
And in your new locale, you’ll fill books every day. All the poet suicides, you will bring them back to life. And when you sleep, you’ll just dream about the place you are, where no one ever talks, just sings, and telephones don’t ever ring. So run, run like hell, run from every lie you told. Run for your life, run for your soul, run, run, run. Run, run like hell, run from the mutilated world, the poison sky, the mercenary I. Run, run for your life.
credits
from Welcome to the Danger Show,
released March 27, 2007
Marc M Cogman - acoustic guitar, lead vocals, percussion
Kellianne Noftle - backing vocals
Brian Moskin - drums
J.D. Andrew - electric bass
Dave Delhomme - B3 organ
Mike Butler - lap steel guitar
Reed Berin - cello
Produced by Marc M Cogman
Recorded at subSpot (Venice, CA), Record Plant (Los Angeles, CA), Delhomme's House (Mar Vista, CA) the Fun-N-Only Room (Mar Vista, CA) and YeRusto! (Santa Monica, CA)
Mixed by J.D. Andrew at YeRusto! (Santa Monica, CA)
Mastered by Brian "Big Bass" Gardner at Bernie Grundman Sound
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