its amazing how far music can come.. 24 years after it released and its one of the most heartfelt songs ive heard
Sorry is the fool who trades his soul for a Corvette
Thinks he'll get the girl, he'll only get the mechanic
What's missing? He's living a day he'll soon forget
That's one more time around, the sun is going down
The moon is out, but he's drunk and shouting, putting people down
He's pissing, he's living a day he'll soon forget
Counts his money every morning, the only thing that keeps him horny
Locked in a giant house, that's alarming
The townsfolk, they all laugh
Sorry is the fool who trades his love for hi-rise rent
Seems the more you make equals the loneliness you get
And it's fitting, he's barely living a day he'll soon forget
That's one more time around, and there is not a sound
He's lying dead, clutching Benjamins, never put the money down
He's stiffening, we're all whistling, a man we'll soon forget
Thinks he'll get the girl, he'll only get the mechanic
What's missing? He's living a day he'll soon forget
That's one more time around, the sun is going down
The moon is out, but he's drunk and shouting, putting people down
He's pissing, he's living a day he'll soon forget
Counts his money every morning, the only thing that keeps him horny
Locked in a giant house, that's alarming
The townsfolk, they all laugh
Sorry is the fool who trades his love for hi-rise rent
Seems the more you make equals the loneliness you get
And it's fitting, he's barely living a day he'll soon forget
That's one more time around, and there is not a sound
He's lying dead, clutching Benjamins, never put the money down
He's stiffening, we're all whistling, a man we'll soon forget
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"It's a beautiful little song, sentimental and fun at the same time," Gossard said. "I think it was something that everyone in the band immediately responded to. As soon as we heard him play it, we were like, 'Oh, that's gotta go on the record.' I think Ed was just joking around."
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Jeff A: Well, in the recording process, when we were working with Tchad Blake, the producer, one of the techniques that he likes to use is a binaural head - which is a foam facsimile of a human head that has a microphone in each, the left and right, ear. So, supposedly its picking up music the way that a human would pick up music. And he would do all sorts of crazy stuff, like put giant plastic PVC tubes, pipes, over the ears to make it like a tunnel effect. I think the song that you can really hear it on is Soon Forget, which is just the ukulele song at the end that Ed sings. I think it's all binaural head. He's singing through a PA in the room, and you can really hear just the stereo effect of it.
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