{"id":102,"date":"2005-12-25T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-25T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/?p=102"},"modified":"2015-11-02T14:49:37","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T22:49:37","slug":"baby-said","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayearofsongs.org\/blg\/2005\/12\/25\/baby-said\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Said"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Baby<\/p>\n

B<\/span>aby was the ultimate be-careful-what-you-wish-for present. A pretty little Pandora’s gift box of trouble that any red blooded young man would be delighted to find lying under the Christmas tree.<\/p>\n

Requiring more maintenance than a fleet of Jaguars, Baby could accelerate from zero to absolutely insane in 6 seconds flat, swinging in dizzying arcs between coyly demure and wide-eyed man-eater, from maudlin sentimentality to steely disdain to weeping, soul-melting anguish. And back again.<\/p>\n

Best left to connoisseurs and aficionadi…<\/p>\n

A note on these recordings…<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ve included both a (more or less) straight folk version as well as a (hopefully) funky (but still quite acoustic) version. You can also hear the\u00a0‘studio’ version on my one blue nine<\/a> soundclick page. The one blue nine<\/span> version is, I think, kind of droll. The basic mix has been kicking around for a few years and was DL’d thousands of times at the old mp3.com (where it made the ‘hard house’ top 10). Earlier this year, I came up with an acapella harmony intro that’s good for a chuckle or two, I think. I wish I could tell you I was a natural whiz at harmonizing with myself, but technology played a big roll in the new intro.
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\nBTW… the inclusion of two AYoS versions today puts us even after the Holiday Clip Show<\/a>. I’m now back on mission. A song per day. I won’t try to slack off again. Clip show… what was I thinking?<\/p>\n

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folk version:<\/span><\/p>\n\nhttp:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/Baby_Said_folk_version\/20051225_Baby_Saidfolk.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

acoustic funk version:<\/span><\/p>\nhttp:\/\/www.archive.org\/download\/Baby_Said_funk_version\/20051225_Baby_Saidfunk.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

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Baby Said<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

baby said she’d love me
\nshe’d always stand beside me
\nbaby lied . . . but that’s all right
\nbaby said forever
\nbaby said never say goodbye
\nshe left that night<\/p>\n

baby said a lot of things a<\/span>
\nfool wouldn’t buy<\/span>
\nshe got caught a thousand times<\/span>
\nI sorta let it slide<\/span>
\nbaby said she loved me<\/span>
\nI think she thought she did<\/span>
\nbaby said a lot of things<\/span>
\nshe was such a crazy kid<\/span><\/p>\n

baby said honey
\nyou ain’t got no money
\nI like that so
\nmy old man’s made of loot
\nand it don’t buy no truth
\nand Baby knows<\/p>\n

baby said a lot of things<\/span>
\nit was such a crazy time<\/span>
\nBaby said remember<\/span>
\ncause I’ll see you when you die<\/span>
\nbaby said its over<\/span>
\nover and over again<\/span>
\nbaby said forever and then we <\/span>
\njust begin again<\/span><\/p>\n

baby said save me
\nsometimes I think I’m crazy
\nShe’d say anything–even the truth
\nBut once you surrendered
\nit really was forever and
\nthere wouldn’t be nothing anyone could ever do<\/p>\n

baby said a lot of things a<\/span>
\nfool wouldn’t buy<\/span>
\nshe got caught a thousand times<\/span>
\nI sorta let it slide<\/span>
\nbaby said she loved me<\/span>
\nI think she thought she did<\/span>
\nbaby said a lot of things<\/span>
\nshe was such a crazy kid<\/span><\/p>\n

(C)1991, TK Major<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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