this is the song bec and i wrote for the 20th project today. i dare say, it's unlikely to end up on a telafonica release, but i was in the mood for rockabilly and acoustic guitars. this came about for two reasons - the soundtracks to where the wild things are and nowhere boy, movies we've seen in the last couple of weeks. i actually have a half finished album of rockabilly/rock and roll stuff that i started a number of years ago - if it ever gets finished, this will probably end up on it.
a teacher from uganda visited our school today and spoke about uganda. bec wrote the lyrics after coming home and doing some research on the country. lobelia is the name of a tree common in uganda (it also reminded me sonically of cecelia, hence the simon and garfunkel reference in the melody of the beginning of the chorus).
i'm enjoying the movement that the track implies even though there is no bass, no kick, and only a snare drum and rim shots in terms of rhythm instruments.
