Mood SINGS… "Sky High Blue"

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Sky High Blue
OUTERHOPE

Nakakaadik ang kantang ito. It slowly made its way to my temporal lobe at ngayon, kumalat na ng parang virus sa utak ko. Ang ganda ganda talaga. It’s one of those songs na ang sarap ulit-ulitin. The song is reminiscent of the time nung naadik ako sa ‘Cosy in the Rocket’ ng Psapp. Halos magkapareho kasi ng genre na parang easy listening ekek. Basta, ang ganda ganda talaga! Actually, matagal ko na dapat ‘tong ginawan ng entry eh, kasi matagal na nung unang pinakinig sakin ‘to ni Mariella and as usual, sya nanaman ang umimpluwensya sakin na magustuhan ‘tong kanta na ‘to. Haha!

Here’s the story behind the song…

Sky High Blue

This song was written in the same day we did Morning After, and was supposed to be an instrumental as well. We found this odd strobe sound on the keyboard. It took forever to do the lyrics, silly as they are. The image of a bewildered person deliriously chasing someone around was probably brought about by that persistent strobe sound and the out-of-place sevens in the chords. This song just seems to ramble on and on, wearily. And I thought about that feeling of being relentless while doing something that is at once urgent and futile. I realized that there is such a feeling as getting a buzz on perplexity, and found that it wasn’t easy to describe.

Sky High Blue was probably the most frustrating to record because of the uncooperative strobe we chose from Mick’s Roland – playing this live in our first gig at Conspiracy, virtuoso musician friend Joon Guillen salvaged the song when he replaced the strobe with a guitar riff which I think was inspired by my breaking into a Guns N’ Roses song in one of our practice sessions. Now you know our roots. I really like the lyrics my sis wrote. I don’t think I can ever pull off using the word “baby” in a song. The melody is meant to drag you across the floor, spin you around in circles and make you forget whatever it is you’re looking for.

-Outerhope.com

Haaaay…from now on, I like Outerhope na. Ang galing nilang magkapatid! Pagpunta ko sa Manila, hahantingin ko yung album nila sa mga record bars!!! Mwahahaha!

“You and I, on a roller coaster ride
That’s making you high, making me blue…
Walking down the street and the cars are passing me by
I’ve made a whirlwind of my life just following you…”