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Burgelle Street (Demo 1)

from Katwalk by The Stray Katz

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“Burgelle Street” began with a few chords that I thought were interesting, then evolved from there as I experimented with a compositional characteristic of the Beatles—the descending bass line. In select sections of the song, a chord remains fixed over four bars. The bass line begins at the root note and descends in steps over the same four bars. The overall effect lends a distinctly Beatlesque sound. The name “Burgelle Street” is a made-up name that I just thought sounded unusual. The lyrics aren’t about any actual people. The song is a fiction—a story about odd people doing odd things on an odd street.

Musically, the song is sparse. I used a Korg 100 for the rhythm and played both chords and bass lines in real time on an acoustic baby grand. For lead fills, I used a monophonic Mini Moog borrowed from guitarist Keith Elliott, who engineered and played guitar. Years after recording the demo, I’d redo “Burgelle Street” as a MIDI composition, keeping much the same bass and keyboard lines (as well as the melody) but writing a completely new guitar part blending 6th and 7th chords for an even more Beatlesque sound.

lyrics

Burgelle Street (Lyrics)

Dear old Anne
writing love letters with her own hand
She needs a man
someone who’ll give meaning to her day
Reading dirty letters is her way

Leo Dan
a discriminating garbage man
He can’t stand what some throw out
He’ll pick it up and put it back on your front door
Give your garbage back to use once more

On Burgelle Street, we all get to know you
We’ll call you up late to say we’re doing well
but we have nothing to say to you

On Burgelle Street, we all get to know you
We’ll call you up late to say we’re doing well
but we have nothing to say to you

Old Man Gree
throwing bricks at people on the street
and pulling out his teeth in front of you
rolling up the daily news
to give his boy a stiffer point of view

On Burgelle Street, we all get to know you
We’ll call you up late to say we’re doing well
but we have nothing to say to you

credits

from Katwalk, released December 8, 2012
Xristopher Bland: vocals, piano, Mini Moog
Keith Elliot: guitar
Words and Music by Xristopher Bland
Engineered by Keith Elliott

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