Song #29: Make It Good (1983)

Early on, attempting to push popular music boundaries, and always "working without a net", Ira Ingber and I made a strict pact to write NO LOVE SONGS.

This song is the closest we came to violating that pact. Using one of our favorite "Twilight Zone" episodes, "It's a Good Life" as the inspiration, we crafted a "love story" where one partner does whatever it takes to keep the other partner happy.

In 1983, the Linn Drum Machine was a ubiquitous device in most recording studios. It was the first commercially available drum machine to feature well-recorded samples of actual drums. 

It did not show up late or hung-over, and didn't complain when you wanted to try (yet) another take.

The sounds could be altered in pitch, or be altered completely by physically replacing the chips that produced each sound (some Linn's had John Bonham bass and snare drum samples). 

Attempting to give some human feel to this new robot drummer, we altered the drum machine's sound by feeding it into the speakers of the main recording room, and recording the resulting sound.

Make it Good

What's your pleasure

I'm your treasure

Shall we dance in the rain

Change the landscape

Plan our best escape

We'll take the midnight train

You are here this is true

And this is good

We're alive you and I this is real

Now that is good

You can think any single thought

But make it good make it good make it good

We can make love any way you want

But make it good make it very good

I can feel you

As I touch you

Please don't be afraid

Slow my blood flow

Funny how the time goes

In locked embrace

You are here this is true

And this is good

We're alive you and I this is real

Now that is good

You can do anything you want

But make it good make it good make it good

We can make love any way you want

But make it good make it good make it good

We can be anything we're not

But make it good make it very good

We can make love any way we want

But make it good make it very good

Britt Bacon: vocals

Ira Ingber: guitars, bass, drum programming, bgs

Katy Moffatt: bgs

Mark Morgan: keyboard

Written by Britt Bacon and Ira Ingber 

©1983

Source: 1/4" analogue tape 30ips