Ira and I became fast friends, and began writing together.
We were definitely on a mission to push the limits of popular music, as evidenced by our first song, "Vital Signs":
1) The verses throw a 5/4 bar into the mix, and you can still dance to it.
2) The lyrics are really twisted (probably due to the fact that I wrote them in my car outside my dealer's house at two in the morning).
3) The opening sound you hear is the automation track that was used by the MCI console to recall the volume levels and mutes of the mix (this was before disk based systems so the automation was alternately recorded to two tracks of the analogue 24 track tape). When we realized the pitch of the automation was in the same key as the song, we decided to use it as an appropriate opening.
It was a "beautiful concept".
Ira and I spent so many hours together recording and mixing, that we achieved a "hive-mind".
We don't see each other very much (even though we live just 15 miles from each other*), and we don't really talk that much, but we feel each others pain or pleasure, on at least a weekly basis...
Vital Signs
you can say what you want to
but I can't believe
a taste of humanity
is all that we need
you know what you're after
just chasing the beat
it's a matter or rhythm
stress and relief
an ancient virus in the air
straps you down to the electric chair
finding your pulse you search the skies
you're checking up on your vital signs
fused convolutions
in interior folds
and magnetic fields
of grey matter I'm told
and monitors turned on
autonomics don't rest
the functions are bound to reveal
the success of the test
an ancient virus in the air
straps you down to the electric chair
finding your pulse you search the skies
you're checking up on your vital signs
Britt Bacon: vocals
Ira Ingber: guitars, bass, bg vocals
Pat Mastelotto: drums
Paul Delph: synth
Steve Allen: sax
Written by Britt Bacon and Ira Ingber
© 1982
Source: 2 track 1/4" tape, 30ips
(to be remixed at a later date)
*405 hell.
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