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You've Dressed Me Up in Black
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This song seems to have a little of everything...It started as a ballad, I played it for Bobby and he told me not to change anything,,,of course I did...went crazy in the mid section, some say it has a country feel too. It was a story...MC
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I met Bobby...at an audition...he was the guitarist filling in...they wanted me to sing some 80's Pat Benatar(Promises in the Dark).....I sang it , he played it....As Bobby once said...the rest is magic,..... History.................he was playin with another band and was getting tired of the 80's mold for songwriting...so I threw some blues and jazz his way, and he responded ....the chemistry we had when writing was the magic...We just finished each other's musical sentences..nothing was ever really discussed.....We were a duet....and then when we decided to lay some stuff down in the studio, we called Bob Catalano(Voyager,Moving Pictures)...at his studio in Seabrook NH(he was an old bandmate of Bobby's and they recorded well together, he did the Bass tracks for us, and some keys....Jeff Bishop(Moving Pictures, Destroyer)Laid down Drum Tracks in the beginning .......Bobby played all guitars,,,,,,I played piano, some keys, and sang lead and all backups......The Mary Carmel Project came to an abrupt stop in 2006, for Bobby was sick and passed on............someday I would love to finish the other songs we had lined up.....some drum tracks are there and a few scratches of acoustic from Bobby................... Thank you to all who contributed, we had alot of laughs (and some fighting), ...but I will consider all of you family forever..................especially Mike Hughes ..he held that audition for a singer...Thanks Mikey Love Always, Mary Carmel................Golden Slumbers Bobby.... Kitten XO
Song Info
Genre
Rock Rock General
Charts
Peak #247
Peak in subgenre #45
Author
Mary Carmel, Bobby Harnden
Rights
2006
Uploaded
March 01, 2010
Track Files
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MP3 6.3 MB 128 kbps 6:51
Story behind the song
I wanted to tell the story of again of a relationship past...and as the instrumentation was added piece by piece, (I added a quick piano track ...it got all these different moods, especially in the mid section...I totally went counterpoint...in my mind I could hear ideas from Paul McCartney Ram "album's Dear Boy", one of my all time favorites...I should have had more verb in some of the back ups but ...everyone seems to be ok with it...I personally fell in love with the lead, and I just went nuts on piano in back of it.....Bobby at his best...letting go of his pain through his axe.......you can feel him there.....MC
Lyrics
The song's full name is "You've Dressed me up in Black"...referring to the idea in my mind that this person was in my life for so long...I felt like a widow when it was over...for we ended it in such an abrupt way...clean , cut...no contact...so the experience left me with a feeling that resembled the aftermath of a death..... MC
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steph072992
Jul 10, 2010
wow! what a beautiful voice ! so peaceful , someone need to sign this women ! seriously. dont give up !