Hey Margarita from Good Songs by Busman's Holiday
Addison's Notes:
This is as close as we've ever gotten, or possibly will ever get, to a disco song and we're thrilled about it. We did a ridiculous dance in the studio with microphones on booms, the drum track playing in the big room while we ran around to different spots, trying to see if we could get a fun aural effect on the drum machine. Listen for the results! (May not be detectable)
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Stephen Deusner wrote of the track:
Few songs mutated as completely or as organically as “Hey Margarita,” the album’s raucous first single. It opens with a verse about crashing your Toyota into a paint store and enjoying the swirls of thick color on your windshield, but the brothers struggled to devise a sound that evoked that colorful surrealism. “It started out as this weird Joe Meek rockabilly thing,” says Lewis. “It wasn’t bad, but it felt like something we’d done before. One day I was messing around with a drum machine and singing over this weird beat, and I realized, that’s where the song needed to go. The next demo ended up sounding like some kind of William Onyeabor African disco song.”
Tracklist
| 3. | Hey Margarita | 3:12 |
Lyrics
In a small town near New England
Crash my Corolla thorough a paint shop on Main
All the colors mixed my window
Hallelujah, what a beautiful dream!
Next I hear is, people screaming
Won't be long; just wait for fireman's hands
Margarita
How I need ya
Mix the colors, marbled lovers slow-dance
Hey Margarita, I hold your hand
Hey Margarita, I hold your hand
Hey Margarita, I hold your hand
We were lyin' at the drive-in
Side-by-side after the movie would end
Constellations
Brief vacation
Crossed my eyes and felt my fingers extend
On reflection our connection
Was beyond a place that I'd ever been
Margarita, can't I see ya?
Tell me lies like we was playin' pretend
Hey Margarita, I hold your hand
Hey Margarita, I hold your hand
Hey Margarita, I hold your hand
And when I call you up
On the telephone
I wish that you'd pick up
I know you're not alone
Hey Margarita, I hold your hand
Hey Margarita, I hold your hand
Hey Margarita, I hold your hand
Credits
The Cast
(In order of appearance)
Lewis Rogers - Drum machine, Moog bass, vocals, guitar, bottles
Strings:
Graham Cullen - Cello
Lyrica Smolenski- Viola
Abby Fuchs - Violin
Dylan Naroff - Violin
Ben Lumsdaine - Drums
Addison Rogers - Vocals
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All songs & music by Busman’s Holiday - Addison Rogers & Lewis Rogers
Mark Lawson - Producer, sound engineer, & mixing in Montreal, QB
Jake Belser - Additional engineering in Bloomington, IN
Evan Berg - Assistant engineering in Bloomington, IN
Matt Nowlin - String & horn arrangement along with Lewis Rogers
Alex DeTurk - Mastering at The Bunker in Brooklyn, NY
Big Man - Hondo Kirby
Recorded at Sonovox Studios in Montreal, Quebec, CA
and Primary Sound in Bloomington, IN.
Additional recordings made at The Bungalew in Bloomington, IN.
License
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