Author: Gregor McCole

Someone mentioned to me during this last rotation period that the problem with my songs is that my lyrics aren’t emotional enough. Maybe this will do the trick. 🙂

This one’s pretty simple. Have you ever had a moment in a relationship where someone acts so far beyond the pale that it changes how you view them permanently? That’s pretty much what this song is about. I see through you now, and you’re not getting back to where you were. I might not shut it all down right this second, but it’s the beginning of the end.

I’ve taken off “Where I Belong” this week.

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This is one that I rescued in the song restoration process five years ago. The original had all sorts of speed issues and a really bad bridge. It got better with a new bridge.

 

We took off “You’re Not It” this week. Thanks for listening.

I think this is the first song I’ve posted from a relationship that sort of changed my life, years ago. The end of that thing resulted in a batch of 10 songs that I’ve long referred to as my best work. It feels like they’ve held up over the years.

This one is about the effective goodbye. And she said just what I wrote—take me home, I’m sorry, but it’s what we have to do. She made the right choice.

She’s a good person. I hope she’s doing well. I seriously doubt she’s on this site.

I took off “I’d Rather Be Anywhere.”

I’ve been feeling like the song list’s been a little eclectic lately. This one might center it a little, since it’s pretty simple all-around. It’s about taking 21 days off from a relationship to break the addiction/habit/inertia.

I tried this a couple times, one well over 20 years ago. It doesn’t work. I figured out later the science actually suggests it takes 66 days (even worse, the standard deviation is high—by person, it can range from 18 days to 250+). “66 Days to Kick This Habit” didn’t have quite the same ring to it, even with the right number of syllables. So a magical 21 it is.

We took off “Unjustified” this week.

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I feel like I should say something this week because there’s no question that Petty was one of my top 5 influences. You can hear it in my vocals, you can see it in the structure of bridges in my songs—I see it all over the place. I adored his first five albums from start to finish (yes, even Long After Dark). The early-era Petty—feisty, fighting for his existence—was glorious.

In his last interview, he talked about being an artist. “It was about something much greater. It was about moving people…I really believed in rock-n-roll. I believed in it in its purest sense, its purest form.”

I hope some of the spirit of that quote comes through here on this site. I can safely say this site doesn’t exist without that man.