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RobertoOrtiz
09-08-2006, 05:23 AM
"Thats me Trying"
I like this song A LOT ....So I want to try something different.
I want to use one of my favorite songs as a inspiration...

Trust me on this one...

It is called "That's me Trying (http://webjay.org/iteminfo/11780786/d3b57539e4c6ada4d294206ddb73dcb6) " (link for song)
Lyrics by Nick Hornby's (Writer of About a Boy)



It is about a dad coming back to the life of his daughter 20 years later...


That's Me Trying
Featuring: Aimee Mann and Ben Folds

I got your address from the phone book at the library
Wandered in, looked you up and you were there
Weird that you've been living, maybe, 2 miles away for the best part of 20 years
You must be, what, in your early forties now
If I remember,
You were born in June or was it May?
Eisenhower was the president although it may have been JFK

Years of silence
Not enough who could blame us giving up?
Above the quiet there's a buzz
That's me trying

You still working in that store on ventura?
You still going with--no, that's not fair
I know I haven't been the very best of dads
I'll hold my hand up there
The reason that I'm writing is that i'd like for us to meet
Get a little daughter dad action going soon
We can put things behind us
Eat some pizza, drink some beer
You still see your sister Lemli?
Bring her, too

Years of silence, not enough
Who could blame us giving up?
Above the quiet there's a buzz
That's me trying

But I don't want to talk about any of that bad stuff
Why I missed out on your wedding and your high school graduation
I'd like to explain, but I can't
So let's keep things neutral
Stick to topics that won't bug us

How 'bout this?
Let's choose a book and we'll read it before we meet
Then we can sit down at a restaurant
Have a look at the menu and talk about it while we eat
See, if we never had a problem
Then that's what life would be like
Easy
Uncomplicated
Cool

So let's just pretend that the past didn't happen
I don't really like thriller as well.
I don't want to know if I've got grandchildren
no need to tell me where I went wrong
I don't want to know what happened in your thirties
You wanna try 'cold mountain'?
Or is that too long??

Years of silence, not enough
Who could blame us giving up?
Above the quiet there's a buzz
That's me trying
I'm trying





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erilaz
09-08-2006, 07:02 AM
You forgot to credit William Shatner. :) I love this song.

Cut-Me-Own-Throat-Dibbler
09-08-2006, 01:16 PM
you also forgot to mention that Ben Folds is God

JimiPhoenix
09-08-2006, 02:48 PM
Hell, I dislike Star Trek in general, but I assure you, James Tiberius Kirk pwns Ben Folds in the Godship stakes. They're buddies though, so I don't think they'd argue about it (plus Ben know Da Shatner would win that argument...with a bitch slap to the head! No, I'm kidding. Or am I? No, I am kidding :D).

I guess I'm just from one of those backgrounds where the song itself (quite awesome) and the lyrical content (let me not be the one to spark a blaze of forum members complaining about their troubled pasts and father figures, or lack thereof) are always going to be the cause of mixed feelings. Will try to think of something for this one, but I definitely want to do one for The Crocodile Hunter first.

RobertoOrtiz
09-08-2006, 03:00 PM
There is a reason why I HAD to downplay William Shatner.

For some reason people refuse to listen to this album when I tell them it is him. So consider this thread an experiment...

-R

luciferous
09-08-2006, 10:52 PM
Theres... my daughter... on the.. wing...

Lovely lyrics... wish I hadnt have listened though now, as much as i love star trek Shatner makes me want to murder small children, his evil possesses me so... gonna have to get my singing grandad to put this to music properly.... lol

I mave have to do a another multipanel piece though for the words alone

Robertt
09-09-2006, 01:12 AM
http://img177.imageshack.us/img177/504/cgtalkdsg825web1byrjt2006bt1.jpg


Sketched in ArtRage / colored and finalized in Photoshop / 1 hour / tablet

RobertT

jmBoekestein
09-09-2006, 02:40 AM
It's his voice compared t the stochastic equivalent of a human being... but I do love this song... maybe I'll be able ot produce something. :D

lucavi
09-09-2006, 03:34 AM
Thanks, inspiring song. Didn't follow everything about it. Finished this earliy in the morning, but wanted to do a few more tweaks before I posted it on here.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e307/deceptant9/malulu_devenecia.jpg.

About 4 hours worth, pencil/PS

Surrealix
09-09-2006, 05:14 AM
I like the idea of sketching to/about a song, makes a nice change from the normal topics.

~1hr 15 / GIMP / Tablet

http://www.surrealix.com/sketch/thats_me_trying_%28song%29.small.jpg

Spiritt
09-10-2006, 10:06 AM
I'll have to start posting again soon... and "that will be me trying" ...;)

BTW: Surrealix. Great style, looks like lots of depth and layering :thumbsup:

Blessing
09-15-2006, 01:30 AM
God! I'm working on a painting inspired by a song, too. Amazing coincidence!
The thing is that painting will take me ages to finish it... :sad:
Really cool thread. I'll be watching you. ;)
Cheers!

Bless

PS: As usual, sorry for the bad english.

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