Members LeonardScaper Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 Yeah...that's how this one got started. I read that line on another forum and called dibs. The problem is....that's about as far as I got. I tracked some stuff but........I need help. Brother Of A Friend Where are you going Where have you been If you leave me again like this I'll give in 'Cause a friend of a brother of a friend of a friend Said he saw you again with him A friend of a brother Of a brother of a friend. Honestly....that's about it. For over 4 minutes. Help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 Kinda sounds like some Van Morrison stuff. My first instinct was to use the first verse and to this ... Where did you go Did you do it again You think if you say it like that I'll give in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chicken Monkey Posted March 27, 2010 Members Share Posted March 27, 2010 Sounds like the intro to that REO Speedwagon tune... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ido1957 Posted March 28, 2010 Members Share Posted March 28, 2010 Good tune Leonard - catchy melody and lyrics.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LeonardScaper Posted March 28, 2010 Author Members Share Posted March 28, 2010 Where did you goDid you do it againYou think if you say it like thatI'll give in Good verse. Gets deeper into the story. Thanks. Not sure about that REO tune..... Thanks, ido. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chicken Monkey Posted March 28, 2010 Members Share Posted March 28, 2010 Heard it from a friend, whoheard it from a friend, whoheard it from another you'd been messin' around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted March 28, 2010 Moderators Share Posted March 28, 2010 Naw. The REO thing is about as intelligent as that power ballad Every Rose Has its Thorn. I like Leo's take. One idea, try to get some more plays on friend of a friend and other variations on the twist. You could twist into a friend of a friend pretzel! I haven't listened yet as I in a coffee bar. Tomorrow I lok forward to listening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted March 28, 2010 Moderators Share Posted March 28, 2010 Well, I was into enough to light up the Mac at home when Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Stackabones Posted March 28, 2010 Members Share Posted March 28, 2010 Good verse. Gets deeper into the story. Thanks. You're welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LeonardScaper Posted March 28, 2010 Author Members Share Posted March 28, 2010 And don't forget the countless songs where you know the melody and perhaps all the lryics? Just because you can't play the guitar part to a song, doesn't mean that you don't know it. And there it is. Hmmmm........I guess I'll stay with it anyway as I'm getting into a bit of a deeper story line with Stack's verse and Lee's encouragement. Thanks, guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rockinrobby Posted March 28, 2010 Members Share Posted March 28, 2010 Here's the REO: Oh brother! Help a brother out, if you see her again Don't for get to tell her If she leaves me again like this I'll give in Friend of a brother, the son of a mother, now she's the other... A friend of a brother of a friend till the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rockinrobby Posted March 28, 2010 Members Share Posted March 28, 2010 Oh brother! Help a brother out, if you see her again Don't for get to tell her If she leaves me again like this I'll give in Friend of a brother, the son of a mother, now she's the other... A friend of a brother of a friend till the end. A friend of a brother said now she's a wife and a mother? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LeonardScaper Posted March 28, 2010 Author Members Share Posted March 28, 2010 Oh brother! Help a brother out, if you see her again Don't for get to tell her If she leaves me again like this I'll give in Friend of a brother, the son of a mother, now she's the other... A friend of a brother of a friend till the end. Yo Robby..... This is good material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Robert Altman Posted March 30, 2010 Members Share Posted March 30, 2010 You didn't call last niteor the nite beforeDidn't answer my knock on your front doorI guess this just might be the endYou've been seen with the brother of a friend of a friend Now the jealousy is crushing meGuess I should just let you beAnother lonely nite I just can't spendWhile your runnin with the brother Of a friend of a friend You've left me coldYou've left a messI may get betterCan only guessNothin you can do to make amendsFor messin with the brother Of a friend of a friend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhino55 Posted March 30, 2010 Members Share Posted March 30, 2010 Did you ever have to do one of those exercises where you sit around in a circle with like 20 people and everyone whispers the "same" story to the next person. By the time it gets all the way around you compare it to the original and it is way different. That might be fun to do with this song. For example the orginal story is she is cheating on you with your best friend or something. Then as you eliminate people in the chain it becomes less extreme. Until finally when you talk to her she and your brother were planning you a surprise bday or something. By doing this, it would play on the REO reference that people are going to hear, but end up being something different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LeonardScaper Posted March 30, 2010 Author Members Share Posted March 30, 2010 Sounds like a good exercise. The way this story is shaping up.....she is stepping out a bit and I have heard about it from a friend of a.....well, you've got that bit. Could be someone close to both of us.....haven't worked that out yet.....oooohh, maybe it's her brother.....or maybe even the guy she's out with.:idea: The important part seems to be that this friendofa has also quite clearly advised me to hang in there with the situation. I'll most likely track new lyrics this weekend and I'll be trying to incorporate all off these ideas into a concise story line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Oswlek Posted March 30, 2010 Members Share Posted March 30, 2010 Seems like this is moving in the right direction, so I just want to add tha I hope you keep the adlib vocal at the end. "Don't give in!" "Don't let her go! No!" I really dig those, particularly melodically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LeonardScaper Posted March 30, 2010 Author Members Share Posted March 30, 2010 Yeah....you are right about that part....thanks. Sometimes the unscripted parts are the ones that make a tune very personal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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