Talk:Honey I'm Home

First off, let me just preface this by saying that I am absolute sucker for finger picked jazz guitar.

I really like this song on the first few times listening to it. I like the understated vocals I think it emphasizes to the simplicity of the subject.

It feels much longer than the 4:52 advertised.

I would love to see the chords.

-Justus

hey Justus,

nice to "see" you. i HATE this recording of this song now. it's by far my least favorite thing on here. i sing it all weird at the beginning, which sounds stupid. the tune is like ten years too long. the bridge really got away from me. and do i really need to do two full stanzas each verse? still, i think the hook is good, and some of the changes are pretty nice.

i think it could possibly make sense if i cut out the second verse, and did each section differently as part of a big bandy arrangement, a sort of little suite or something. if "suite" is a technical term, i'm sure i'm misusing it.

i have the chords written down at home, i'll put them up this weekend. thanks fer askin'!

Gabemcelwain 09:28, 9 November 2007 (PST)

Gabe,

My initial thought on this song was that if you just left it at the first verse and one chorus, it would stand up really well as one little minute-and-a-half, linear, snapshot kind of song. I think if you wanted this to be a pop song, that's probably the way to go--instead of feeling played-out, it would leave the listener wanting more. The downside of that approach is that you would lose some good imagery (the razor, the assembly line) and the extended metaphor of singing a song. If this were a song in a musical, you could parcel out all your great verses separately as a theme threading through a story. Of course, then you'd have to write the rest of the musical... or not.

DannyOBrien 08:53, 19 March 2008 (PDT)