Best Shot

Track 21  On  The Evolution of Noise  By  Wahray and Soul

Written by Ric Albano Song Length: 3:27
Listen to the Song:
[audio:WAS/31-BestShot.mp3]
1990
Lyrics
It’s a clear and sunny day but I can hardly see
If there is any civilization, any town beyond these trees
The maples and the oaks have gladly shown me the way
But the pines are all pissed off and have nothing to say
The woods are cool but there is nothing new
I don’t think here will be much fun any longer

Maybe yes, maybe not, I’ll still give it my best shot
I’ve got to find a way out of this terrible rut that I am in

Now, it’s a true but funny play and the actors take their bows
Their talent has come natural, when they need it, it’s here now
From the back of an audience a playwrite wonders why
Every time he has ideas, those ideas slowly die
He knows he can do much better than he has seen
But he can’t get his point accross

Maybe yes, maybe not, he still gives it his best shot
Someday, someone will recognize the talent he possesses within him

Now, it’s a blue and strange way that the pessimist works
He needs to feed his ego, he needs to be a jerk
To listen to the small guy, he’ll never understand
How two could do much more than just one ever can
‘Cause all alone he’ll never break the stone
That will drag him down in the end

Maybe yes, maybe not, he must be taught to give his best shot
He has to somehow realize that this idea may just work

Composition © 1990 Ric Albano
Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano
Composed on May 27, 1990
Recorded May-June 1990
at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA
Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
Electric Guitars, Bass Guitar, Drums, All Vocals

Listener Guide
Grade

Analysis: This may have been my own “best shot” ant writing a single, or popular song. Musically, it is very entertaining but it is sub-par vocally, which has given me an eternal love/hate opinion of this song.

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Wilderness

Track 20  On  The Evolution of Noise  By  Wahray and Soul

Written by Ric Albano & Jim Morrison Song Length: 2:02
Listen to the Song:
[audio:WAS/30-Wilderness.mp3]
1990
Lyrics
Ledger domain, wilderness pain
Sweet swimming fish-hook smile
Keep off the walk, listen to the children talk
I’ve loved you all the while

Earth, air, fire, water, mother, father, sons, and daughters
The politics of ecstacy are real
Can’t you feel them working through you?

The walls scream like a mad machine of poetry, disease and sex
The computer faces of all the men can’t program which muscles to flex

Spraying verbal fire flies, in the east there is a hum of light
An angel runs through the sudden light, Do you know what to do?

Drugs, sex, drunkeness, stand up there and give your best
The dark dreams of conquest
I new act joins my head’s procession
I create my own sword obsession
Cities of clouds, pirates of air

The grand highway is crowded with lovers and searchers and givers
So eager to please and forget the wilderness, wilderness, wilderness

Composition © 1990 Ric Albano
Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano
Composed on May 25, 1990
Recorded May-June 1990
at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA
Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
Electric Guitar, Bass Guitar, Drums, Vocals

Listener Guide
Grade

Analysis: A simple and entertaining rock song, fueled by a nice crunchy guitar and lyrics made of Jim Morrison’s poetry from the collection of the same name – Wilderness.

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Got to Abide By the Rules If You Want to Play

Track 19  On  The Evolution of Noise  By  Wahray and Soul

Written by Ric Albano Song Length: 3:22
Listen to the Song:
[audio:WAS/28-You’veGotToAbideByTheRulesIfYouWantToPlay.mp3]
1989
Lyrics
Feeling a conscious, making a stand
Doing what it takes to become a man
Keeping my own, holding off tears
Wasting away the most magic of years

I should have quiet, that’s what they say
You’ve got to abide by the rules if you want to play

Making a strong comeback, not quite as bitter
I could be a Veggie, but I’m not a quitter
Finding a throne halfway up a ladder
But no one here roams, so what does it matter

I should have quiet, that’s what they say
You’ve got to abide by the rules if you want to play

Losing my love for the thirty-sixth time
She’s not yet quite ready to join in my clan
Keeping feet on the ground, reaching for stars
Wasting our oxygen playing guitars

I should have quiet, that’s what they say
You’ve got to abide by the rules if you want to play

Searching long through time and space
For love and peace and help to make things right

Keeping feet on the ground, reaching for stars
Wasting our oxygen playing guitars
Finding a throne halfway up a ladder
But no one here roams, so what does it matter

I should have quiet, that’s what they say
You’ve got to abide by the rules if you want to play

Composition © 1989 Ric Albano
Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano
Composed on November 2, 1989
Recorded November 1989
at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA
Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
Harpsichord, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Drums, Vocals

Listener Guide
Grade

Analysis: I wrote and recorded this song the day before leaving for audio tech school in Ohio and it reflects the melancholy mood of leaving behind the life, friends, and girl who I would not see again. It is a simple harpsichord song with simple drum beat put together spontaneously and beautifully.

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Disagree

Track 18  On  The Evolution of Noise  By  Wahray and Soul

Written by Ric Albano Song Length: 4:15
Listen to the Song:
[audio:WAS/27-Disagree.mp3]
1989
Lyrics
I say three and one and four and eight plus one is seventeen
You say three times four plus five instead just to try and disagree
You say I’m the one who makes you sad by treating you so cold
I say you’re the one that makes me mad by strutting out so bold

But when it seems that everything’s gone
Then I fall back in love with you
If I treat you so cold and you treat me so bold
It would take our two souls to just rise, rise, rise!
But we’d still disagree

I say someone, somewhere has got to change your narrow mind
You say life is fine the way it is, I say you must be blind

But when it seems that everything’s wrong
Somehow we two pull through
If I think that you’re blind, you don’t think I’m too kind
If we’d just change our minds then we’ll go, go, go!
But we’d still disagree

But when it seems that everything’s gone
Then I fall back in love with you
If I treat you so cold, then you’ll treat me so bold
It would take our two souls to just rise, rise, rise and shine
Rise, rise, rise and shine, rise, rise, rise and shine, rise

I say someone, somewhere has got to change your narrow mind
You say life is fine the way it is, I say you must be blind
You say me and you could never be because it’s not your style
I say me and you have got to be because I love your smile

But when it seems every drop of blood in my bones has gone to rest
You give me a smile, against your own style
You take me away from this place until we

Get back to being ourselves and we disagree
Get back to being ourselves and we disagree
Disagree, yeah when we disagree now

Get back to being ourselves and we disagree
Get back to being ourselves and we disagree
Disagree, disagree now

Composition © 1989 Ric Albano
Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano
Composed on October 13, 1989
Recorded October 1989
at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA
Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
Electric Guitars, Bass Guitar, Drums, Vocals

Listener Guide
Grade

Analysis: This bass-led song has a strong classic rock vibe with nice movement, changes, and drum rolls. The lyrics are full of riddle-esque wordplay, which makes the song a fun rap.

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The Telephone

Track 16  On  The Evolution of Noise  By  Wahray and Soul

Written by Ric Albano Song Length: 3:16
Listen to the Song:
[audio:WAS/25-TheTelephone.mp3]
1989
Lyrics
You say live is treating you unfairly
If you only knew how much more you possess than me
I shouldn’t try to burden you or use you to complain
But this is the only thing that saves me from insane
Shit, if you only knew how much I am in love with you
But that is an untold story, I won’t get to that yet

Yes, I’m just trying to get through
On the telephone of “I love you”

Somewhere in an ancient cave a magic, tiny door lit
A witch has cast her on me, yet I cannot afford it
Shit, if you only knew how much I have gone through for you
But that is an untold story, I can’t get to that yet

Just trying to get a line
On the telephone of “make you mine”

Once is hard, but twice ain’t nice
I might understand it once but twice is two too many times
The stronger in my ways, the shorter to my happy days

Just trying to make a call
On the telephone of “I won’t fall”

Composition © 1989 Ric Albano
Publication © 2011 Cygnus Wave Music

Song Info
Produced & Engineered by Ric Albano
Composed on October 11, 1989
Recorded October 1989
at Rathole Studios, Hazleton, PA
Mixed in 2003 & Mastered in 2011
at Cygnus Wave Studios

Performers
Ric Albano
Electric Guitars, Bass Guitar, Drums, Vocals

Listener Guide
Grade

Analysis: A very catchy bass riff, which would be reused 20 years later on a different project, backs this song. The recording is sharp with good sounding drums and wild guitar effects, making it one of the best of the era.

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