Underground Like Doug McClure

from Sparklemusik by Cloudland Blue Quartet

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25/03/17

Wrote a song - "Underground Like Doug McClure" - which was deemed "no bad" - the start of the new LP?

We'll see...

Finished off the day with more musicking, listening back to the demo and it still sounded "ok"...

Which was good...

lyrics

I was driving in my car, when the engine stopped
But I was too far away to get home
Broken down at the foot of a hill
With unknown assailants moving in for the kill
Far away, far from home

Then I woke up in my bed, I still had a feeling of uncertain dread
But I got up and made a start to the day,
The only thing I know for sure is I'm
Underground like Doug McClure and I'm so, so far away
I'm so far away

I was sitting in a bar when a fight broke out
But I was too far away to get home
Broken chairs crashing 'cross my head
And I'm feeling pretty sure I'm going to wind up dead
Far away, far from home

Then I woke up in my bed, I still had a feeling of uncertain dread
But I got up and made a start to the day,
The only thing I know for sure is I'm
Underground like Doug McClure and I'm so, so far away
I'm so far away

I was flying a one-engine plane, when I got that strange feeling once again
I'd flown too far away to get home
Fuel gauge reading empty and propeller failing
I jumped out of the plane with both arms flailing
I'd flown too far away to get home

Then I woke up in my bed, I still had a feeling of uncertain dread
But I got up and made a start to the day,
The only thing I know for sure is I'm
Underground like Doug McClure and I'm so, so far away
I'm so far away

credits

from Sparklemusik, released May 7, 2021
David Reilly - Vocals, SFX
Edward Spark - Synthesisers, Rhythm Bed

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Cloudland Blue Quartet Edinburgh, UK

A quartet in name only, initially influenced by Fripp & Eno's "No Pussyfooting" and The Velvet Underground's debut, songwriter & soundscaper David Reilly started musicking in 1977 by creating drones using sellotape on the keys of his dad's Bontempi Organ. The subsequent junk shop purchases of an electric guitar & fuzzbox and the acquisition of an old Beatles songbook, led him into songwriting... ... more

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