Resurrecting Golden Girls from the Grave

this is the first song i heard from Alex and Kiko sometime in 2004, and i immediately got hooked in its melody – like a Last Song Syndrome thing. the lyrics were written by Alex and the music was written by Kiko – and while this song had been criticized for lack of structure, to me it can be a sleeper hit by a not-so-handsome pair of guys who could easily pass for Dante Basco and Craig Montoya. after i heard it back then, i immediately wrote down the chord progression on a piece of paper so that i could learn to play it myself. about five years later, armed with the only surviving recording of the song, Alex and Kiko tried to reconstruct the song – recalling the music and lyrics while repeatedly listening to the recording which was a couple of minutes away from completely dying. i provided rhythm guitar work on the 4th take – the only good take, by the way – while Alex did the vocals and Kiko did lead guitar work. ironically, Kiko was the one messing up on the first three takes, probably getting pressured by the rolling camera. the following notes about the song’s history were written by Alex in his YouTube channel:

“this is an attempt to resuscitate golden girls from the grave. golden girls was the first collaboration made by this group and the song is approximately 2-3 years old. it was criticised for lack of structure and merit thereof. the original song was recorded using a software so we could put in another track for the second voice.

the origin of the song itself came from our decrepit landlady who is trying to hold on to her glory days as a sort of sumptuous society girl in her own right, what with her skimpy attires and vaudeville-like make up while on the verge of fighting it out with father time. the lyrics itself doesn't really makes sense. i think it was part influenced by the fungi-filled odor of our room in evangelista coming from the horrendous shoes and eat-me-i-want-to-die medyas of a person we're just gonna name g-force.”

here’s the link of the good take as well as the lyrics:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aSXbYq18Dk

coming out of nowhere calls of bleak and blue swirl like candlesmoke
and we can feel serenity giving up our safety valves
heart that seeks the same old breeze
causing our hearts to beat in one causality

we are one, none still none, we are sons of salt and slush
no one knows but you and me
we can plead reality
and we can feel serenity
giving up our safety valves
heart that speaks the same old breeze
melting our souls to beat in one causality

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