Happy songs are dumb.
MY GIRL WAS LISTENING AS I TRIED TO WRITE A SONG / I COULD TELL THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG
SHE SAID RONNIE WHY ARE ALL YOUR SONGS SO SAD / DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT EVERYTHING'S SO BAD
I SAID HONEY ALL THOSE HAPPY SONGS ARE DUMB / WON'T BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANOTHER ONE
I'M A TORTURED ARTIST AND MY STANDARDS ARE SO HIGH / I'LL NEVER SELL-OUT LIKE THAT HOOTIE BLOWFISH GUY
JUST FOR YOU I'LL TRY WRITE SOMETHING NOT CRAPPY / ABOUT SOME THINGS THAT SEEM TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL HAPPY…LIKE:
SUNSHINE, PUPPY DOGS, AND CANNABIS/ RAINBOWS, BUTTERFLIES, AND PORN
BASEBALL, WATERFALLS, FELLATIO / 'SPECIALLY FIRST THING IN THE MORN
SO MANY THINGS CAN BRING SUCH PEACE AND HAPPINESS / I'VE JUST LOST TOUCH WITH ALL THE LITTLE JOYS I GUESS
SUNSETS ON THE BEACH AND HOT VACATION SEX / YADA YADA RAINBOWS YADA YADA ALL THE REST
AND IF YOU THINK THAT THAT MY SINCERITY IS FALSE / AND IF YOU THINK THIS SONG IS JUST PANDERING SCHMALTZ
WELL - I LOVE PUPPY DOGS AND YOU KNOW YOU DO, TOO / AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF IS NICE ...IT'S REALLY TRUE
UPBEAT SONGS AREN'T ALWAYS SAPPY / HERE'S A SONG TO MAKE US HAPPY….
SUNSHINE, PUPPY DOGS, AND CANNABIS/ RAINBOWS, BUTTERFLIES, AND PORN
BASEBALL, WATERFALLS, FELLATIO / 'SPECIALLY FIRST THING IN THE MORN
THIS IS THE BRIDGE WHERE OTHER CHORDS ARE INTRODUCED / THE TRICK HERE IS TO MAKE CHANGE, BUT DON'T MESS UP THE MOOD
DON'T BE A DOWNER BOY, PUT ON YOUR HAPPY FACE / HIT THE VAPE PEN AND THEN FIND YOUR HAPPY PLACE
THE WORLD IS FULL OF WONDERS, I SHOULD NOT FORGET / THERE ARE STILL SOME SINGLE MALTS THAT I HAVE NOT TRIED YET
I PASSED THE BREATHALYZER, SO PASS THE TANQUERY / PASS THE SPECIAL BROWNIES THAT YOUR STONER BUDDY MAKES
A FEEL GOOD HAPPY SONG IS REALLY HARD TO TOP
THIS WHOLE STEP KEY CHANGE WILL MAKE SURE THE CHORUS POPS
MAKE THE CHORUS POP
from
Americana Motel,
released March 5, 2022
Rosco & FOR Collective:
1-62 (Selley, Reed)
2- Soaring (Selley, Reed, Robertson, Kranz)
3 -Better Off (Selley, Reed, Petty)
4-The Home (Selley, Reed, Kranz, Robertson)
5- Let It Wash Away (Selley, Reed, Robertson)
6- I’m Still Listening (Selley)
7-The Next Rodeo (Selley, Reed, Robertson)
8-Tomorrow Starts In The Dark (Robertson, Selley)
9-Happy Song (Selley, Reed, Robertson)
Produced by Andy Reed, Michael Robertson, and Rosco
Engineered and Mixed by Andy Reed, Recorded at Reed Recording, Bay City, MI
Mastered by Duncan Ferguson at The Voltage Exchange in East Nashville, Tennessee
Musicians:
Andy Reed: Drums (Tracks 3,5,8), Bass, Electric Guitar (Lead on Track 3), Acoustic Rhythm Guitar, Background Vocals (Tracks 1,5,7,9), Keyboards (Track 6), Drum And Percussion Programming
Michael Robertson: Electric Guitar (Lead on tracks 1,4,6,8), Acoustic & Resonator Guitar, Lead Vocal (Track 8), Background Vocals (Tracks 1,5,7,9)
Loren Kranz: Drums (Tracks 2,4), Keyboards (Tracks 1,3,4,5,7) , Accordion (Track 5)
Donny Brown: Drums (Tracks 1,3,6,7,9) Background Vocals (Track 1,5,7,9)
Scott Van DelL: Electric Guitar (Tracks 1,7)
Amy Petty: Lead Vocal (Track 3) Background Vocal (Track 2)
Lora Dale: Background Vocal (Track 4)
Sayge Ackerman: Background vocals (Track 9)
Dave Selley: Trumpet, Piccolo Trumpet, Flugelhorn (Track 9), Background Vocals (Track 1,5,6,9)
Joe Balbaugh: Trombone (Track 9), Background Vocals (Tracks 1,9)
Christin Nielsen: Background Vocals (Track 1,9)
Kora Nixon: Background Vocals (Track 1,9)
Rosco: Lead Vocal, Harmonica (and fake Cello, Double Bass, Horn, and Organ Patches), Electric Guitar (Track 9)
