176 of our Kickstarter backers receive an un-released song which is not yet part of FLUX by belew. its one of the rewards they choose. Daniel and I have just finished recording the full-length 5-minute version of Im A Food For You which I am sending to the backers. the full version will never appear in FLUX though some parts of it eventually may. here is what I wrote about it: for the King Crimson song ProzaKc Blues from the CD called The ConstruKction Of Light I created an alter-ego blues singer we named Hooter Johnson. in my imagination Hooter is a gregarious man with an extensive appreciation of food and drink. he enjoys singing the blues 3 nights a week in one of those red velvet-walled night clubs with the curious little low-light lamps on each table. there he enthralls a small but enthusiastically lubricated audience. lyrically Im A Food For You is nothing less than Hooter Johnsons account of a typical day in the life of his love for eats which begins with breakfast, continues through lunch and dinner and even mentions his admiration for certain drinks and desert. musically its a bouncy little tune which features Hooters booming vocals as well as my first venture into the universe of software guitar, evidenced by two incredibly warped guitar solos. I especially enjoyed the role of groove drummer, something I dont often get to do. though Im A Food For You is only meant as a slice of humor and not intended to resemble a living person (nor to offend) ironically it turns out to be an exact list of items I consume on a fairly regular basis. go figure. perhaps somewhere inside my body there is an elephantine blues singer waiting to be unleashed. and here are the lyrics: start the day out right with two eggs over light and a whole wheat toast slice, put the butter on the side nice crispy hash browns sounds good to me with a hot cuppa coffee and a smidgen of cream (or a little skim milk) now, I know a bowl of mixed greens would be healthy for me add some tuna and tomato a little onion and potato, maybe some broccoli! but if you serve me Skyline Chili oyster crackers would be nice bring me a big Coca Cola and fill it to the top with ice (fill it with ice) an 8-ounce filet and cook it the Pittsburgh way down at the Capital Grille, mmm, that would make my day yes, you’ll have to choose a side but it’s not easy to decide let’s make it Sam’s mashed potatoes well, if Sam don’t mind cause Im a food for you Im a food for you baby Im a food for you, try to keep you satisfied, linguini linguini linguini! I’ll have a lemon drop martini put some sugar on the rim, mmmm, gonna make my head swim and to end the perfect day well you can say I’m crazed just drip a little chocolate sauce on a dip of Haagen-Dazs, haazen dog! cause I’m a food for you baby I’m a food for you I’m a food for you baby try to keep you satisfied (written on Wednesday, April 20, 2011)
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