The title track from D.C. Anderson's i am still release starts on a somber note. Just piano and his made-for-musical-theater voice singing of 'thistles where there once was grass.' But listen for a moment and hear the acoustic guitar add delicate touches as Anderson fleshes out a story of an abandoned hotel from the hotel's point of view. The unusual perspective coupled with the sonic sparseness of the song proves quite refreshing.
The rest of the album offers equal parts comedy and drama. From the hilarious 'Jury Duty Girlfriend' ('How long can she resist? I'm the only guy who's single, let's turn this trial into a tryst') to the moving 'Sad Man,' written after the death of his mother, Anderson paints pictures that you'll want to keep hanging in your mind. " - Mare Wakefield, Performing Songwriter Magazine November 2006
Welcome to my listening room. Here are a few selections from each of my CD's as well as a few bonus tracks to enjoy.
'Twenty Twenty Four' - d.c. anderson/luke wygodny
The lyrics:
In quiet and with dignity,
Love made it's way to me in pain
Unnecessary pain
I'm 2024
Before me, at my door
Worse for wear, mocked and sore
'Why?', love said, 'Why is there war?'
Love met me broken, torn
Love felt compelled to warn
'Through me alone you're born,'
Love told me, broken, torn
I've gotta to hand it to this thing
This love that calls on me to sing
When, lately, all I've known is whispering
I've gotta hand it to this thing
If guns go silent for a day
Why can't it always be that way
Why can't we all, undone, unarmed
Ensure no mother's child is harmed
The future of the human race
Depends on us, the fears we face
We set aside our hurt our rage
To harness hope and turn the page
I stand before you, all ahead
I come as witness love's not dead
By your own love you must be led
To leave no prayer for peace unsaid
In tearful equanimity
Love made it's journey home to me
Love told me, 'Twenty Twenty Four,'
I will be quieted no more.'
'first to go' from the CD 'Close Companions' - d.c. anderson/geoff packard
'what's happened since' from the CD Close Companions' - d.c. anderson/bryce kulak
'our story' from the CD 'Our Story' - d.c. anderson/geoff packard
'nine percent disgusted: an art song'; from the CD 'Our Story' - d.c. anderson/steven landau
'jury duty girlfriend' from the CD 'i am still' - d.c. anderson/ritt henn
'i am still' from the CD of the same name - d.c. anderson/steven landau
'i don't know my way around a dream' from the CD 'Ballad'- d.c. anderson/elizabeth doyle
'chocolate is fine' from the CD 'Ballad' - d.c. anderson/ricklen nobis
'i leave in doubt' from the CD 'Collected' - d.c. anderson/lem jay ignacio
'humming chorus' from the CD 'Collected' - giacomo puccini
'are you burning, little candle'from the CD 'all is calm, all is bright' - jane siberry
'hands' from the CD 'all is calm, all is bright' - d.c. anderson/steven landau
'flintstones' from the CD 'Blue Summer Day' - joseph barbera/william hanna
'paul' from the CD 'Blue Summer Day' - d.c. anderson/rick snyder
'new words' from the CD 'The Box Under the Bed' - maury yeston
'fly me to the moon' from the CD 'The Box Under the Bed' - bart howard
'arrow' from the CD 'Time Was' - cheryl wheeler
'far away from me' from the CD 'Time Was'- mare winningham
'one family' sung by sheldon and margery harnick, richard kiley and deidre kiley from the CD 'Cabaret Noel: a Broadway Cares Christmas' - sheldon harnick
'surabaya santa' sung by kristine zbornick from the CD 'Cabaret Noel: a Broadway Cares Christmas' - jason robert brown/kristine zbornick
'i hear a symphony' - sung by peter bradley adams from the CD 'in my room' - matthew ryan
'only you' sung by dakota blonde - vince clarke
Bonus: 'at the pound' from babbie green's 'in nobody's shadow' - babbie green
