It’s Good (I Know)
I am now going to sell five copies of ‘The Three EPs’ by The Beta Band.
Do it.
Heads begin to bob to the sparse, laconic groove. Knowing glances are exchanged. A wink and a grin. A hipster asks, What is this?
‘The Three EPs’ by The Beta Band.
It’s good.
I know.
Then the lyrics: Take me in and dry the rain.
It’s a slow build, this one.
Like waking up in the morning weak from the day before. From a lifetime before. You see the sun, the sky, the world scurrying by — life going on around you — and you grow stronger and stronger, moment by moment, over the course of the morning.
It builds.
First the bass: a completely new counter-melody. It bounces and rolls along. You walk differently. You smile at a stranger.
If there’s something inside that you want me to say, you can say it allright: it’ll be ok. I will be allright. I will be allright. I will be allright. I will be allright. Yeah, I will be allright.
And then the horns: sustained, simple. A thickener, really. Icing.
Now, you’re rockin’.
If there’s something inside that you want me to say, you can say it allright: it’ll be ok. I will be allright. I will be allright. I will be allright. I will be allright. Yeah, I will be allright.
And you’re sold.
I’ll be all right.