2007 Songs
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The Party That Started My Youth has Died
by Rob Lynch
Rob Lynch: Instruments and Vocals
Joe Rozler: Bass, Background Vocals
The Salvation Army Band
by David Mussen
In writing this song, I tried imagining Charlie Brown as an adult. Having slipped through the cracks of the educational and social services systems, I found Charlie squatting in abandoned houses, not taking his medication, and surviving on a diet government cheese and generic cola. However, all is not lost. In the midst of a dark and disturbing existential crisis, Charlie finds his bliss: playing kazoo.
Dann Carr: Tuba
Greg Horn: Trumpet
Greg Kempf: Banjo
Jeanne Lynch: Snare Drum
David Mussen: Clarinet, Vocals
Winter Wonderland
by Felix Bernard, Richard Smith
Jonathan Hughes: Instruments
Alex Lynne: Vocals
Momento Mori
by Hussalonia
Jonathan Hughes: Bass
Rob Lynch: Drums
Hussalonia: Guitars, Vocals
Joe Rozler: Piano, Lap Steel Guitar
That Empty Holiday Feeling
That Empty Holiday Feeling
by Hussalonia
Jonathan Hughes: Bass
Rob Lynch: Drums
Hussalonia: Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals
The Only Present I want
The Only Present I Want
by Jonathan Hughes
Jonathan Hughes: Instruments
Robot: Vocals
http://s3.amazonaws.com/robot_holiday/2007/the_only_present_I _want.mp3
Take Your Time
by David Mussen
I’m a dumb man, but there is some good advice in this song. I had my father (who had passed away earlier in the year), my mom, and my cousin Janet in my mind when writing it, especially the last verse. I am by no means a confessional songwriter but this one is from the heart.
Jonathan Hughes: Bass, Rhythm Guitars
Joelle Labert: Vocals
Rob Lynch: Drums
Joe Rozler: Piano, Lap Steel Guitar
Perhaps You Should Not Have Invited Us
by Rob Lynch
I tried to become a robotic version of Joelle Labert for the vocal. About when the party is in full swing, how a bad apple may appear.
Rob Lynch: Instruments and Vocals
Jonathan Hughes: Bass
Holiday Slow Dance
Holiday Slow Dance
by Rob Lynch
A simple and sparse tune which began as a drum micing test. The howling low vocal is my attempt at making things uncomfortable.
Rob Lynch: Instruments and Vocals
Joe Rozler: Lap Steel Guitar
Robot and Snowman in 3D
Robot and Snowman in 3D
by David Mussen
This was my first Robot song, and it is really only a robot song because of all the hard work that Jonathan put in to it. I wrote this after reading the article When Robots Weep: Emotional Memories and Decision-Making by Juan D. Velásquez which I came across completely by accident.
Jonathan Hughes: Instruments
Robot: Vocals
Ragdoll
Ragdoll
by David Mussen
I was probably nine years old when when I got all sulky, and most likely, indignant about not getting what I wanted for Christmas. My mother then told me the story of her 1947 “Un-Christmas”. My Grandmother was the only one working (Granddad was out on disability) and so the family didn’t get presents under the tree that Christmas. Seven years old and no toys for Christmas. Believe it or not I actually listened to my mother, and the story always stuck with me. So I wrote her this song because that seven-year-old girl would have probably been just fine with getting a rag-doll. Also, I can’t sew.
Jonathan Hughes: Bass, Guitars, Keyboards
Joelle Labert: Vocals
Rob Lynch: Drums