S100729CO, Screener #18

[ottlukk]

This is more of a curiosity thing, since the song is definitely not contemporary. you
say, in your critique, that the line, "it's just that I'm thinking, of your long golden hair" is an "over-used line". Could you please reference the songs that you are familiar with that have used this lyric? Seriously, I want to hear where I might have inadvertantly picked up this line.
you further state, that the second verse uses some overused and/or predictible country lines: "so, how was it baby, way out in the West?/were you smiling and happy when you layed down to rest/did you have someone by you, in the light of the moon/ did you have someone sharing, your love and your room?
I'd like to know what songs that I'm repeating that have these verses.
I've overdone my welcome on this board recently. The song I'm referencing is "It's Not That It Matters", on my MySpace site, www.myspace.com.suspendedspidersongs.
But the # of the screener (#18) is really, really low,, so I asume he or she has been there a long time. So, I'll repeat: what songs use the phrase, "It's just that I'm thinking, of your long golden hair"?
Enquiring minds want to know.
Ott

[Len911]

Well Ott, the line that immediately popped into my head was, " well I keep on thinkin' 'bout you sister golden hair surprise", and it's probably stuck in my head all these years because I never understood it, very cryptic, and figured it must have referenced the drug culture at the time in some way, because on the surface it sounds goofy. That's the only one I can think of. The record probably was overplayed on the radio, and I had an album the song was on, and come to think of it, I don't think I bought it for the lyrics, because I also remember another corny lyric song "been through the desert on a horse with no name, it felt good to be out of the rain....". I'm not comparing your lyrics to any of these, by any stretch of the imagination.

[Len911]

Well Ott, the line that immediately popped into my head was, " well I keep on thinkin' 'bout you sister golden hair surprise", and it's probably stuck in my head all these years because I never understood it, very cryptic, and figured it must have referenced the drug culture at the time in some way, because on the surface it sounds goofy. That's the only one I can think of. The record probably was overplayed on the radio, and I had an album the song was on, and come to think of it, I don't think I bought it for the lyrics, because I also remember another corny lyric song "been through the desert on a horse with no name, it felt good to be out of the rain....". I'm not comparing your lyrics to any of these, by any stretch of the imagination.

I listened to your song Ott. It sounded to me like Anne Murray singing an Anne Murray song, until it got to the "long golden hair" part. Then it reminds me that this is a demo with a woman singing a man's song, otherwise it's Anne Murray.

[ottlukk]

Len:
You're very perceptive. It was originally written from a male point of view, about a friend who overdosed on drugs. I had it recorded by a female singer, because, frankly, I loved the sound of her voice. Not sure how I rationalized it. At any rate, I had it redone by a male singer, via Beaird Music Group in Nashville. His name is Sean McGraw. The guy's on the verge of being famous (in my opinion). I'm proud that he did two of the demos on my site.
Ott