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Babydoll (Post​-​Industrial Mix)

from White Collar Punk by Timon Marmex

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This version came about due to a happy accident during the recording of the "Original Version". I accidentally started the drum sequencer with the wrong backing beat, and since the computer was synchronized, all of the backing I had just recorded was overlayed on the new, slower, funkier beat. Also, the bass was playing on all of the keyboards simultaneously. I thought it sounded cool, so I worked on it a bit and turned it into a new mix.

The guitar is actually mostly the same chords as the original, but I made sure to intentionally play it with a completely different rhythm than the original, or indeed, the rest of the song. The vocals are heavily effected and were recorded at a slower speed than the final mix to change the tonal qualities. The rhythm and melody of the vocals were heavily influenced by Lou Reed, with perhaps a bit of Romeo Void thrown in.

I think it has a "1980's trashy art-rock" sound to it.

It sounds completely different than the other two versions... you'd barely know it was the same song!

Recording this version was a lot of fun, and I think it turned out the best of the three versions. I hope that you like it too!

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I've been living in fear for years
unbalanced here that I might fall
that someone would find out my tears
expose my truth and tell it all.

But I know I would die in their faces, so
that's the reason why I hide my babydoll.

When I'm making up my bed
I think about my babydoll
then I wish that I were dead
like I'd never come aware at all.

But my washing is erasing all the traces, so
I can lead a life of crime with my babydoll.

When you're in the shower
do you think about the soap?
When you're on the ladder
do you think about the rope?

When you're all alone
you know you've got a hand to hold
and you rub it up and down
and in and out.

Is this really all that life's all about?

All these lies are quite the same:
my heart, my soul, my babydoll.
I would flush it down the drain:
my flesh, my brain, my cannonball.

But the addict is engrained in the concious soul,
so I never can be free from my babydoll.

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from White Collar Punk, released June 1, 1999

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Timon Marmex Los Angeles, California

Timon Marmex never fully recovered from the fall of Atari back in the 80's.

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