Jam Mechanics S1E8: Burger Stripper

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In this episode, Matt shares some old band names, Bug talks about his burger preferences, and we spread the good news about the internet's saddest raccoon video. Oh, and we write some songs, too

Jam Mechanics is a podcast hosted by Matt (The Narcissist Cookbook) and Bug (Bug Hunter) where we challenge each other to write a song demo from scratch every episode.

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-- SPOILERS FOR THIS EPISODE BELOW --

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BUG'S SONG
Matt's Challenge: And the Oscar goes to...
Title: The Opera
Lyrics:
Let me tell you all a little ‘bout the theater
if you wanna pack people deep in the seats you’re
gonna plant seeds, play follow the leader
lead’em to the end, breadcrumb, bird feeder

they say sex sells but so does drama
they’re glued to their seats despite the genre
the crowd is not complex at all they
love The Phantom, hate the opera

The curtains dropped
The camera’s stopped
make ‘em drag you off the stage

They’ve cut the lights
so my advice:
make ‘em drag you off the stage

now you’re twenty minutes deep in your Oscar Speech
you look down and the crowd’s all gone to sleep
they all cut to commercials on repeat
so you can drop the rehearsal, think on your feet

You don’t need dialog, and I’ll posit this
all your drama should all be ubiquitous
if the scripts in Spanish, no me habla
love the phantom, hate the opera

The curtains dropped
The camera’s stopped
make ‘em drag you off the stage

They’ve cut the lights
so my advice:
make ‘em drag you off the stage

You’ve got your speech all written
you can picture it now
but your scripts not finished
and you’re taking a bow

you’ve got your mantlepiece polished
and your suit clean pressed
spending all that profit
with no budget invested

You’ve got your speech all written
you can picture it now
but your scripts not finished
and you’re taking a bow

you’ve got your speech all written
but you’re playing pretend
cuz the Oscar, it goes to
The Oscar, it goes to your head
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MATT'S SONG
Bug's Challenge: Take a sad story and make it happy
Title: Fresh Cement
Lyrics:
fresh cement
brand new shoes
you and i
talking it through
though we've spun this story
ten thousand times
these exact beats
these exact lines
on this exact corner
of this exact street
the movie reel
spins endlessly
the credits roll
no cheers or claps
and when we're done
we run it back

anyone would think
we were rehearsing for something

fresh cement
on a soundstage
the dialogue
becomes cliché
we hit our marks
we play our roles
but we do it now
with our eyes closed
it's like a dance
but we don't touch
a boxing match
without the punch
take a bow
great work today
see you tomorrow
for the matinée

anyone would think
we were rehearsing for something

i blink awake
and it's my cue
nothing's changed
but something's new
we're rushing now
the reach the end
and when we do
it all begins
no subtext now
or metaphor
you kick, i spit
i scream, you roar
and then it's done
and all that's left
is our footprints
in fresh cement