bookmark_borderOde to Frank Zappa Politics

“Politics is the entertainment arm of industry.”
— Frank Zappa

LYRICS
Beam me down, Scotty

Beam me down
All our sensors have found
There’s nothing around

Scottie

Beam me down

On the ground
What I fear
Was found…
No intelligent life around

I mean know
Of the human species
No, no know, no know

I said, “Take me to your leader.”
They said, “We have none in which we can trust.”
Then, we agreed it’s a must
In a leader, you must trust

At the very least, that’s a must
A leader you can trust
And, we all agreed,
We’ve had too much greed

We sat down
For a little picnic
So, we can think quick
Where’s Frank Zappa when ya need ’em

I suppose you’re right
Who would listen to him
cause he already ready said it once
Know need to say it twice
Are we men or mice?

I had to think twice

(A chorus of how the other animals of Earth try to get the *alien’s* attention e.g. how the baboon could tell ya they’re buffoon)

Ode To Frank Zappa Politics.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Em Dm

What if aliens landed and said, “Take me to your leader.”

Ode To Frank Zappa Politics Soundcheck and Concept.mp3

A 1-track stereo recording made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards (performed in an extemporaneous fashion, simultaneously, impromptu, freestyle and on-the-fly)

From the The Beatless Sense Mongers‘ album of music Protest Anti-songs
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderVisible Life

LYRICS
Oh, can’t they see
The invisible me
Why, oh, why
Can’t they see

Do they need special glasses
Or, are they just detrimental asses?

Oh, can’t we be
The positive we
Why, oh, why
Let us be!

Do they need special passes
Or, are they just ignorant asses?

Chorus

Visible Life.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Capo 2
Em Am
D A D A D Em

A 1-track stereo recording made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the The Beatless Sense Mongers‘ album of music Protest Anti-songs
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderHear Comes The Sun

Hear Comes The Sun.mp3

Writing and Recording the Song *Hear Comes The Sun*
Writing and Recording the Song *Hear Comes The Sun*

LYRICS
Whatcha gonna do
If a cloud rolls through
Sun’s outta view
Whatcha gonna do

Ya gonna huff and puff
Try n’ blow away the fluff
Ya can huff and puff
But, you can’t blow it away

Chorus

Maybe if I praise n’ pray
The sun will come back today

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — C D G
G Em G

A 1-track stereo recording made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the The Beatless Sense Mongers‘ album of music Protest Anti-songs
By Daniel Brouse

HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR PART

bookmark_borderBlack Magic

Black Magic.mp3

LYRICS
That would be tragic
If you fell victim to black magic

“From there I shall come to judge the quick…
And, the dead.”

Lively up yourself
Don’t be no dread

That would be tragic
If you fell victim to black magic

For you mental health
Don’t cast a spell on yourself

That would be tragic
If you fell victim to black magic

You are my sunshine
The only sunshine
Bring love and feeling fine

That would be tragic
If you fell victim to black magic

Abracadabra the white magic
Cure the ill… heal the sick

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — B EM7aug EbmM7

An extemporaneous 1-track stereo recording made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Effects
From the Narley Marley album of music Mind Your P’s & Q’s, Oates and Barley
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderFlash Mob Flamenco

Flash Mob Flamenco.mp4

Flash Mob Flamenco — How to Play Guitar.mp4

LYRICS
Clap your hands
Stomp your feet
Go!
Take flamenco to the streets

Robin Hood
Understood
Flamenco flash mob
The rich you rob
The poor you feed
Good deed indeed

Chorus

Repeat

Flash Mob Flamenco.mp3

 

Writing the Song *Flash Mob Flamenco*
Writing the Song *Flash Mob Flamenco*

THE SONG
Chords — Capo 1
Am E
Am C

The song was inspired by Flamenco Flash Mobs.

A 6-track stereo recording made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar, Percussion, Shoe, Clapping, Snapping

From the The Beatless Sense Mongers‘ album of music Protest Anti-songs
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderA Maized

LYRICS
The children run through the corn
Wonder what I can learn
Amazed at the maize
The genies of indigenous Americans

The rats at Monsanto… don’t know know… engineer rat tolerant maize
The health effects of Roundup-tolerant genetically modified corn
Maybe instead we should get on the horn
And, warn about the Roundup… instead
(Call a Roundup round-up)

Glyphosate intolerant primate
Herbicides I’d rather not be fed
Poisons I wished I wouldn’t have ate

Children can’t hide from a herbicide

A Maized.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Capo 5
A D G A
A Em

A 1-track stereo recording made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the The Beatless Sense Mongers‘ album of music Protest Anti-songs
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderDike

How to play guitar to *Dike*
How to play guitar to *Dike*

LYRICS
Can you take a look
Help me get a grip
Do I have a big fat lip?

Chorus
Been insulted… been assaulted
Victim of Lady Justice
No mate for Goddess Maat
Isis ain’t in this thesis
“If some god has been holding the balance of Dike….”
Imbalance they strike

The Man comes
Knocks you down
Logic runs
Down the drain

Fat Cat’s rats
Mow you down
While the clown
Lost his brain

Chorus

 

Chords — Aadd9 E
D7 Am
D7 G E

Lady Justice Blindfolded with the Scales
Lady Justice Blindfolded with the Scales

The song is about the justice system. Lady Justice can be traced back to Goddesses Maat, Isis and Dike. The quote is about Goddess Dike.

The personification of justice balancing the scales of truth and fairness dates back to the Goddess Maat, and later Isis, of ancient Egypt. The Hellenic deities Themis and Dike were later goddesses of justice. Themis was the embodiment of divine order, law, and custom, in her aspect as the personification of the divine rightness of law. However, a more direct connection is to Themis’ daughter Dike, who was portrayed carrying scales

“If some god had been holding level the balance of Dike” is a surviving fragment of Bacchylides’s poetry. Ancient Rome adopted the image of a female goddess of justice, which it called Justitia. Since Roman times, Justitia has frequently been depicted carrying scales and a sword, and wearing a blindfold.

A 1-track stereo recording made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the The Beatless Sense Mongers‘ album of music Protest Anti-songs
By Daniel Brouse

HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR PART

bookmark_borderYou Shine Through

Songwriting in West Chester, PA
Songwriting in West Chester, PA

LYRICS
It ain’t that funny having no money
It ain’t that kind being cruel
You’re not the honey… rather the fly
Of course we mind being the tool
Acting the fool as you defy (destroy)

In the end, I’ll come through, and you know it
In the end, you’ll shine through, and I don’t doubt it

You Shine Through.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Capo 2
C E
E G D E

A 1-track stereo recording made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the The Beatless Sense Mongers‘ album of music Protest Anti-songs
By Daniel Brouse

HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR PART

bookmark_borderThe Final Solution

LYRICS
Are you tired of greed and hypocrisy
Are you sick of pollution
Are you tired of need and discrepancy
… sick of exploitation?

Have had enough
Hot air huff and puff
Enough of the small stuff
Have you had enough

Are you ready for deed — independency
Are you set for Destination
Holding steady… seeds of legacy
Paradise’s plantation

Have you had enough
Get off the cuff
Tough in the rough
Get in the buff
Create from raw stuff

Here’s the final solution:
Avoid the final solution

The Final Solution.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — A D A
A E A
A C

A 1-track stereo recording made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

From the The Beatless Sense Mongers‘ album of music Protest Anti-songs
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderAround

LYRICS
Did you know
God’s all around
Did you know
God’s easily found
Did you know
God does abound

Right before your eyes
You can come to realize
God’s all around

God can be found all around
Did you know
Are you aware
God is everywhere
Did you want to feel an inner peace
An outer peace
Do you want to share everything
Less the dread
(God’s not dead!)

God’s all around
Wanting to be found

Don’t ever let it be said
That you went to bed
Without giving the proper kudos
About the Good News

If you want to see
If you want to be

She’ll be with me
She’ll be with you, too
’cause She’s in plain view
She doesn’t want to hide
She doesn’t want anywhere near the darkside

God’s everywhere
If you declare
God will be there
If you justify
If you testify
I saw Her with my eye

God is here
God is now
No need for “somehow”

Around.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Cm F C6 F#dim

An extemporaneous 1-track stereo recording made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Effects
From the Narley Marley album of music Mind Your P’s & Q’s, Oates and Barley
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderCan Do

LYRICS
If you are living in fear
Thinking the end is near
Let it be forgot
’cause it’s not
But, can’t you see the tragedy
Living in slow, lingering misery

There could come the day when you pray
The End is near
But, for now there’s nothing to fear

So, if we can steer clear
We can see through tragedy
We’ve got to see it
We’ve got to do it
Follow through
Me and you… let’s do!

We can make every day a little brighter
We can make love a little tighter
We can do it if we choose
I don’t think anyone would rather lose?

Can Do.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Am G
C Am

An extemporaneous 1-track stereo recording made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Effects
From the Narley Marley album of music Mind Your P’s & Q’s, Oates and Barley
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderRise!

Rise! .mp3

 

LYRICS
When you lookout, lookout, lookout
From behind your eyes
Is it any… surprise?!?!

Got to get up, get up, get up
And, rise

When you stand up, stand up, stand up
For what you believe
You will bring… relief
Surmise — rise!

Got to get up, get up, get up
And, rise

When you speak out, speak out, speak out
About injustice
You raise consciousness
A prize for those that rise

Got to get up, get up, get up
And, rise

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Capo 4
Am E

An extemporaneous 1-track stereo recording made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

Learn more about what we are doing to ourselves.

From the Narley Marley album of music Mind Your P’s & Q’s, Oates and Barley
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderOwn Worst Enemy

A song inspired by a friend’s Facebook post:

So, 88-98% of corn, cotton (cotton oil–as in what a lot of potato chips are cooked in), canola oil, and soybean crops grown are genetically engineered. About 80% of the crops are to feed livestock. So what evolution has taken 3 billion years to create, humankind can destroy in 40 years. Maybe that’s the plan, to kill off our own kind to revert back to the beginning, with a little plastic and holes in the ozone as a special bonus. Kudos, Homo sapiens. We’ve really “outdone” ourselves.

LYRICS
What is it that I walk upon?
I wish we had the insight to look on and on and on
And, we found the ground
Underneath our feet
Are we going to be our own defeat?

What is that that I breath
Has the air gone up in thin air
Is there something more than just our air in there
What is it we breath
Are we our own disease?

Will we beat
Into defeat
Will we beat
Our own defeat

What is that in our food
Is it any good
What we eat
Are we our own defeat?

I don’t think we can cheat Mother Nature
It’s us we beat into defeat

We’re going to beat ourselves into defeat
And, I would say it’s time to change the seat
This game of musical chairs is going nowhere
I don’t want to be the last one standing
It won’t be any fun if I’m the only one that does remain
It might even drive you insane

Own Worst Enemy.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Also know as “We Eat Defeat”

Chords — Cm Fm G7

An extemporaneous 1-track stereo recording made in the USA (West Chester, Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.)

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards, Effects

Learn more about what we are doing to ourselves

From the Narley Marley album of music Mind Your P’s & Q’s, Oates and Barley
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderRough And Tumble

LYRICS
Are you rough and tumble
’cause the boys want to rumble
Are you tough and nimble
They want to bust your bubble
A-ha

Ain’t trying to find trouble tonight
Just trying to run to broad daylight
Don’t want your trouble… Don’t want to fight
We’ll watch you stumble
While we choose flight

Chorus

Ain’t trying to find trouble tonight
Just trying to run to broad daylight
Don’t want your trouble… don’t want your blight
We’ll watch you crumble
While we choose in-sight

Rough And Tumble.mp3 (Free Streaming MP3 or Download)

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — Asus Esus Dsus

Daniel — Vocals, Guitar

A 1-track stereo extemporaneous recording made in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America that was inspired by last night’s songwriting and recording session with Rick Reinhart and Eric Loos at Out In The Woods studios.

From the album Beg For Mercy
By Daniel Brouse

bookmark_borderJust In Time

LYRICS
What you see
Let it be

The seven seals
Were unsealed
The tusks
Untusked
The opening to the abyss
Among us
And, now we cause all the fuss

I guess it was the fuss
Because of the mess
I must confess
There should be a fuss about the mess caused by us
It’s not that you need to be a ruckus scientist
Or some sort-of brain surgeon… or even journalist
Trying to get a grasp on this reality TV that is thee… me

Let it be that what you see
Is the fusion
Of reality with your dream

Just In Time.mp3

ABOUT THE SONG
Chords — C7#9 C EmM7

Daniel — Vocals, Keyboards

A 1-track stereo extemporaneous recording made in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

From the album Beg For Mercy
By Daniel Brouse