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Songs I like - "Total Disaster" - Rhett Miller

I took the high road once
It was lonely
I find the low road
much more fun 

The truth is I'm a total disaster

He rolls up his vocal sleeves and takes the bridge to new heights.
"There is no such thing as perfect
Why even TRYYYYY?"

"Total Disaster" Begins with a peppy guitar picking that makes you think oh maybe this will be a happy tune. But hen you dig intot h lyrics. Miller says "I told you lies then you got WISE" I imagine him singing that line with a wry smile while  shaking his floppy hair accordance.

 The melody is full of flip yet elegantly places guitar chords.  Kinkesque riffs abound in this slight turn of direction for solo Miller. Rhett's lustrous, rhythmic voice glides like a gentle September breeze that has the potential to whirl like the Santa Anas at any second.

This song is o simple which makes it the best type of structured dong.  Rhett this tall the elements He recently wrote a piece about Song Writing for No Depression. He discusses stream of consciousness writing and another way of crafgting top songs. He claims the chorus often comes first.
"The chorus is the thesis statement of your song. The chorus is the apex moment. I cannot overstate the importance of a strong chorus."

An inkling into his mind's thoughts about this song seemed perfectly summed up in the  beautiful self effacing veracity.
Girls name, and the color of her eyes, street name and the phase of the moon
Writer them own in  beat up notebook
set them down in a catchy tune
This is what I do
To all of you.

The song is about getting own and dirty with yourself and accepting  you have become perhaps always were. I wish more people (especially guys) would be more like this than those who think hiding behind a façade only to let the air pop from the tires a few hundred miles down the road aka a few months, years into a relationship. "Total Disaster" ends with an audible sigh and the splunk strum of his 6 string.

The song is a true Miller statement about succinct tight songwriting that provides the catchy tune and the "deal with it" lyrics. A master at his craft. I read he doesn't believe in a one and done approach to song writing. He wrote an article detailing his approach that basically boil down to you must put in the work "the required 10k hours of work to write even a semi good song" Thankfully a master of his craft he put in the work and is still creating songs for the deep at heart. And well You know Rhett is only happy when he is singing a sad sad song. A lyric from an overlooked lyrical gem "Out of Love".

Favorite youtube comment
Pretty as a penny, talented as civilization."

No Depression Article
http://nodepression.com/article/how-do-magic-songwriting-made-simple

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-fRMNrMfvA


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