The Regular Friday Post
Rando Lyric: There's something in my hat
Welcome to The Regular Friday post!
Last week’s rando lyric: “No, you don’t fool me” is from the song “In The Air Tonight” written and performed by Phil Collins. It was recorded in 1980 and released as a single in January 1981 and in February 1981 on the album “Face Value”. The song is Track 1 on Side 1 on the album. It was released by Virgin Records in the United Kingdom and Atlantic Records in North America.
Produced by Phil Collins and Hugh Padgham
From Wikipedia: Link: Face Value (album)
Note: This is probably the single version at 4 minutes 54 seconds. The album version is listed as 5 minutes, 34 seconds. The single version, according to some, featured “real” drums up to the point of the “magic break”, where the album utilized a drum machine until the magic break.
What is the “magic break”? For us non-drummers (they’re “special”), it’s when the quiet drums in the background stop and the solo drumming across the different drums in the drum set happens. Here’s how that came to be:
Also, my very favorite version….Miami Vice
If you’re enjoying our content, please let your friends and musician acquaintances know about us!!! Thanks for supporting this free newsletter!
Some Stuff:
That recipe is a life saver if, like me, you’ve been battling sniffles, chills, sneezing and whatnot…just sayin’…
A Song To Play: Key of Dminor
(relative minor of the Key of FMajor - See Circle Of Fifths above)
4/4 common time, a moderate 94 BPM. I haven’t played along with this chord chart in awhile - I thinks the magic break happens around measure 18., don’t remember for sure.
From Chordify Link: In The Air Tonight
From Genius Link: In The Air Tonight Lyrics
[Chorus]
I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord
And I’ve been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord
Can you feel it coming in the air tonight? Oh Lord, oh Lord
[Verse 1]
Well, if you told me you were drowning
I would not lend a hand
I’ve seen your face before, my friend
But I don’t know if you know who I am
Well, I was there and I saw what you did
I saw it with my own two eyes
So you can wipe off that grin, I know where you’ve been
It’s all been a pack of lies
[Chorus]
And I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord
Well, I’ve been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord
I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord
And I’ve been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord, oh Lord
[Verse 2]
Well, I remember, I remember, don’t worry
How could I ever forget?
It’s the first time, the last time
We ever met
But I know the reason why you keep your silence up
No, you don’t fool me
Well, the hurt doesn’t show, but the pain still grows
It’s no stranger to you and me
[Drum Solo] (Ed. “The Magic Break”!)
[Chorus]
And I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord
Well, I’ve been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord
I can feel it in the air tonight, oh Lord, oh Lord
Well, I’ve been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord
I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh Lord
Well, I’ve been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord
I can feel it in the air tonight, oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord
Well, I’ve been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord, oh Lord
I can feel it in the air tonight, oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord, oh Lord
Well, I’ve been waiting for this moment for all my life, oh Lord, oh Lord
I can feel it in the air tonight
The “ME!” Section…..
This week’s Spotify playlist - don’t have one - sorry, cold taking its toll this week…
My song is out- Link: “>Long Road Back<”click on this link for streaming options, then scroll down for links (or just click on these links) to Amazon, Apple, Pandora, iTunes and even Spotify
If you’re enjoying our content, please let your friends and musician acquaintances know about us!!! Thanks for supporting this free newsletter!
Disclaimer Section
This Substack is free, I receive no compensation of any kind from companies or products I mention (except when you click on one of the links above for my song - then I might make 0.003 cents - yes 3/1000ths of a cent… just sayin…). Some linked or quoted material may be copyrighted by others, and I credit them. I rely on the “Fair Use” doctrine for educational purposes (Link: Fair Use). *I do not use AI for any of the text that’s found here, things I embed or link to (such as some images) might…
-Michael Acoustic
Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support this newsletter.
Thank You To Our New Subscribers and Followers!!
This Week’s Conversation With Mikeneko and Kageneko:
Pretty tame really. Lots of lengthy stare-downs and a few growling matches.
Meh, cats….
Cheers and keep playing!!
Michael Acoustic
“It’s never really final - you just run out of things you can bear to change…”