Do You Remember (What the Music's For)

from SHIFTINGEARS by Rich Arithmetic

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In "Do You Remember (What the Music's For)," I imagine the meeting of some friends and a former lover meeting at a reunion 50 years after the release of "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." I attempted to write a Pepperish-type song that could have been released during that time. Here's a special shout-out to my co-producer, James Nicholson, for providing the Sixties-appropriate AM radio sounds on the track.

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DO YOU REMEMBER (What the Music’s For)
words & music by Richard Horton © Hortones

Fifty years and it blows my mind
(A wrinkle here, a gray hair there, you know)
Can it be such a long, long time, dear?
Do you remember (my name)
Remember what the music’s for?

A new guitar and a song so fine
(I see you’ve gained a pound or two, my friend)
Our road to fame was just a matter of time, dear
Do you remember (my name)
Remember what the music’s for?

Parking at midnight to the sounds of the AM radio
You touched the dial, dear, and
changed the song from loud to low
Do you remember?
Remember?
Remember?

Could it be we’re still two of a kind
(That frame of yours still puts on quite a show)
I see you’ve aged like a fine, old wine, dear
Do you remember (my name)
Remember what the music’s for?

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from SHIFTINGEARS, released January 29, 2021
Produced by Richard Horton & James Nicholson
Guitars, piano, bass & vocals: RICH ARITHMETIC
Drums: MARK HORTON

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Rich Arithmetic Bellingham, Washington

Rich Arithmetic serves up power pop, psych-pop, and folk-meets-surf-and-sand harmonies that "eliminate the gaps between the ‘60s, ‘80s and the 2020's" - Steve Stav, stevestav.com

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