{"id":266,"date":"2013-02-22T04:15:15","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T04:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adessomusic.com\/?page_id=266"},"modified":"2014-05-04T04:40:40","modified_gmt":"2014-05-04T04:40:40","slug":"lyric-notes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/adessomusic.com\/?page_id=266","title":{"rendered":"Lyric Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I made some notes on what inspired me to write some of the Adesso song lyrics. I do not pretend to be a poet however a writer once told me \u201cfor a guy who\u00a0doesn’t\u00a0really know how to write anything you are pretty good.\u201d \u00a0I was so insultingly\u00a0complimented!<\/h2>\n

Adesso<\/strong>
\nAdesso is Italian for \u201cnow.\u201d The chorus of the song is \u201cadesso viene il bello\u201d and roughly translates as \u201cnow comes the nice part.\u201d The expression was used in a 1940 Italian fascist song to celebrate early war victories over the English. It was subsequently used as an expression of contempt and sarcasm against the Mussolini regime as the realities and atrocities of World War 2 unfolded. I used the expression in the song Adesso as the \u201cirony of life\u201d coming back to bite you in the ass when you least expect it.<\/p>\n

\u201cLife just may be like a compass. Magnetic problems make it spin in all directions.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Scenes from a Confrontation<\/strong>
\nThis song is about my continual lack of success in altercations with assertive\/aggressive personalities (yes, we all know who they are!). After an altercation I repeatedly mull over how I could have handled the situation differently. Psychologists say people like me do this to gain back some control over a situation where they felt helpless. Soooo Kevin when did you first start experiencing this\u2026..?<\/p>\n

\u201cI play these scenes in the back of my mind and I move all the parts around\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Low<\/strong>
\nI was feeling pretty low driving back from a winter gig. Ask any Canadian about winter blues; or maybe don\u2019t ask because it would take an hour of your life you will never get back. Anyway, things got worse when I got lost in a snowstorm. I finally found \u201ccivilization\u201d (not to mention gas!) when I ended up in the town of Low Quebec. It occurred to me that it was a great name for a song and a perfectly ironic town to get roaring drunk in.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sitting here drinking in the town of Low. Been hanging out too long and I really should go\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Intended<\/strong>
\nMy \u201cwhat I think are good intentions\u201d frequently get bulldozed by other people\u2019s \u201cwhat they think are better intentions.\u201d Are all our human intentions selfish? Like the guy on TV with the Grammy who thanks God. So what is intended by people who say that? Does God really give a damn about your Grammy? \u201cSorry about all that misery world but I was busy watching the Grammys and collecting my thank-you\u2019s!\u201d Ok so am I jealous I never had the chance to get a Grammy and thank God? Did my bad intentions get the better of me?<\/p>\n

\u201cI had emotions I displayed them carelessly. Squandered them on too many hidden agendas\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Division<\/strong>
\nWhen I was young my Father did not approve of his son doing what he called \u201cbumming around in bands\u201d Well here I am decades later and still \u201cbumming around in bands.\u201d And when I am gone my epitaph will say \u201cHere lies Kevin, he bummed around in bands.\u201d I wonder if heaven has a place for musicians to \u201cbum around\u201d in?<\/p>\n

“You\u2019re on top for a while. \u00a0You\u2019re living a style that was never built to last”<\/em><\/p>\n

Life Goes On<\/strong>
\nMany believe the body dies but the soul lives on forever. If you stare at your hand for a minute and then close your eyes, you will see an image of the hand in your mind. The part of you that is seeing the image is your soul. Wow! how cool is that? But maybe I shouldn\u2019t be doing this while I\u2019m driving\u2026<\/p>\n

“Play the song like nothing\u2019s wrong.\u00a0Life goes on”<\/em><\/p>\n

Kevin Gillespie February 2013<\/p>\n

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