I can't stand it
Info for song: I can't stand it
Andy Wyatt: vocals, electric guitar Pete Bosanko: 5-string fretless acoustic bass guitar, backing vocals Jon Morse: drum kit Recorded on 10 September 2009 with the mobile mangobananas rig at Jon's house on the outskirts of Ithaca, NY.
This song was the Pick of the Week on 2016.07.24.
Here's the story:
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it's ABC now, can't you see now
ABC we've got this government
ABC now these are you and me
ABC these guys aren't out to get us
ABC though, we got these parties
this stupid two-party system
we cannot get away from it
it's gotten so fucking polarized
oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh oh!
I can't stand it
I can't stand it
I can't stand it
I can't stand it
read about it every day
(I can't stand it)
everything any got to say
(I can't stand it)
but it doesn't make any sense
(I can't stand it)
all the people who are so insensed
(I can't stand it)
I can't take anymore
(I can't stand it)
what the fuck are we doing this for?
(I can't stand it)
what is all it about?
(I can't stand it)
makes me want to scream and shout
I can't stand it
I can't stand it
no more
I can't stand it
no no no
I can't stand it
no more
oh oh oh oh! . . .
oh oh oh oh
can't stand it anymore
why'd you come up here for?
what are you doing in DC?
what are you doing in Albany?
(I can't stand it)
I can't stand it anymore
oh what are you doing that for?
I can't stand it
what is this for?
what are we doing here?
baby
what are we doing here
now
what are we doing here?
baby baby baby baby baby
let me feel your pool table baby
let me see everything
let me drink anything
let me be anywhere
except get me out of here!
I can't stand it
I can't stand it
I can't stand it
cannot stand it
cannot cannot cannot stand it
no more
no more
lyrics improvised by Andy Wyatt on 10 September 2009
music improvised by Andy Wyatt, Pete Bosanko, and Jon Morse on 10 September 2009
©2009 by Andy Wyatt
Info for album: all over the map
This album's songs are all over the map, and many were inspired by or actually recorded on trips to some far-flung locations: Anguilla, Turks & Caicos Islands, Belgium, Germany, and Jamaica:
The opening song, "ceiling fan", was mostly recorded with GarageBand on an iPad on the beach in Anguilla, BWI, in 2011. "Caico" was written soon after Andy returned home from a vacation to the Turks and Caicos Islands with a rescue puppy. A wild end to a business trip to Ghent, Belgium, inspired the song "white cat". The Eurodisco-inspired "Stuttgart" was recorded on a business trip to Germany, in the hotel the night before returning home. Andy was lying in a hammock in Jamaica with his iPad for "one and all". And finally, the songs "I can't stand it" and "baby" were improvised one right after the other by PeBo, Jon, and Andy out at Jon's house in Ithaca, NY. The rest were recorded in mangobananas studio in Andy's house in Ithaca, NY, except "wonderful" and the second part of "ceiling fan", both recorded in the new mangobananas studio in his new house in West Windsor, VT.
The album wraps with "outta town blues", a song Andy wrote in 2009 about a year before deciding to move from Ithaca to Vermont.
Jon plays drum kit on "wonderful", which is from a computer drum replacement session in 2007 for "these days"; parts of the "these days" drums were re-used for "wonderful". Jon plays drum kit and PeBo plays bass and sings b-vox on "I can't stand it" and "baby", which are from the aforementioned session at Jon's house in Sept 2009. All other instruments and singing by Andy Wyatt.
The opening song, "ceiling fan", was mostly recorded with GarageBand on an iPad on the beach in Anguilla, BWI, in 2011. "Caico" was written soon after Andy returned home from a vacation to the Turks and Caicos Islands with a rescue puppy. A wild end to a business trip to Ghent, Belgium, inspired the song "white cat". The Eurodisco-inspired "Stuttgart" was recorded on a business trip to Germany, in the hotel the night before returning home. Andy was lying in a hammock in Jamaica with his iPad for "one and all". And finally, the songs "I can't stand it" and "baby" were improvised one right after the other by PeBo, Jon, and Andy out at Jon's house in Ithaca, NY. The rest were recorded in mangobananas studio in Andy's house in Ithaca, NY, except "wonderful" and the second part of "ceiling fan", both recorded in the new mangobananas studio in his new house in West Windsor, VT.
The album wraps with "outta town blues", a song Andy wrote in 2009 about a year before deciding to move from Ithaca to Vermont.
Jon plays drum kit on "wonderful", which is from a computer drum replacement session in 2007 for "these days"; parts of the "these days" drums were re-used for "wonderful". Jon plays drum kit and PeBo plays bass and sings b-vox on "I can't stand it" and "baby", which are from the aforementioned session at Jon's house in Sept 2009. All other instruments and singing by Andy Wyatt.
Album recording info:
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| song | recording info | favorite / pick of the week |
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| ceiling fan | Andy: drums, bass, organ, clav, piano (all on virtual instruments played on iPad); acoustic guitar, vocals Recording started on 5 May 2011 on the beach at Meads Bay, Anguilla, BWI, with a first-generation iPad and GarageBand, and the built-in mic (sorry for the wind noise!). Second section developed on 15 June 2011 after transferring into Logic Pro on a MacBook Pro in mangobananas studio, West Windsor, VT. | ♥︎ 2014.05.11 |
| wonderful | Andy: piano, bass, acoustic guitar [CGCFAD], vocals Jon: drum kit (copped from 'these days') Recorded in 6-8 May 2013 in mangobananas studios, West Windsor, NY. | ♥︎ 2014.05.04 |
| Caico | Andy: acoustic guitar (Backpacker) and vocal, piano (sampled), acoustic bass guitar (Dragonfly) Recorded on 10 December 2009 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. | ♥︎ 2014.04.13 |
| I can't stand it | Andy Wyatt: vocals, electric guitar Pete Bosanko: 5-string fretless acoustic bass guitar, backing vocals Jon Morse: drum kit Recorded on 10 September 2009 with the mobile mangobananas rig at Jon's house on the outskirts of Ithaca, NY. | ♥︎ 2016.07.24 |
| baby | Andy Wyatt: vocals, electric guitar; piano, acoustic guitars Pete Bosanko: 5-string fretless acoustic bass guitar, backing vocals Jon Morse: drum kit Recorded on 10 September 2009 with the mobile mangobananas rig at Jon's house on the outskirts of Ithaca, NY. Piano and acoustic guitar tracks overdubbed back at mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY 0n 6 November 2009. | ♥︎ 2016.09.14 |
| white cat | Andy: synthesizers and samplers, acoustic guitar, electric guitar (3 tracks), 5-string fretless acoustic bass guitar, vocals Recorded in Oct-Nov 2008 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. | ♥︎ 2014.03.16 |
| untitlemental | Andy: drums [pads and EXS24 sampler], acoustic guitar [std, capo 2], vocals Recorded on 7 April 2010 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. | 2016.11.21 |
| where's your dad? | Andy: synthesized or sampled pianos, drums, and marimba; vocals Recorded in March 2009 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. | 2016.11.14 |
| hot pursuit | Andy: acoustic guitar [DADGAD], vocal Recorded live on 23 November 2009 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. | 2016.11.29 |
| Stuttgart | Andy: drum synth loop, acoustic guitar, vocals Recorded on 11 March 2010 with Ableton Live 8 on a Dell Latitude laptop with two mics via an M-Audio FastTrack Pro USB interface in a hotel room near the Stuttgart, Germany airport, while Andy was on a business trip. Mixed down back at mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. | 2017.05.01 |
| one and all | Andy: acoustic guitar (Backpacker), vocal Recorded live on 16 October 2013 with an iPad in a hammock at Rhodes Resort, Negril, Jamaica. | |
| outta town blues | Andy: acoustic guitar [DADFAD], vocal Recorded live on 21 August 2009 in mangobananas studio, Ithaca, NY. | 2016.07.31 |
Info for artist: The Andy Band
eclectic acoustics
Members: Andy Wyatt - vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, drums, mandolin, ukulele, studio. Guest musicians have included co-conspirators from other projects/bands including: Jon Morse, Tim Odell, Pete Downes, Ayman Mobarak, Paul Tuckey, Tommy Whittle, Pete Bosanko, and Eric Krivitzky Years of Activity: 1978-present Overview: There are cassette tapes by "The Andy Band" dating back to 1979, when Andy was 14 years old, and he is still an avid recording musician. Sometimes The Andy Band is all about "hit record and go" improvisation, other times it's all about one-man-band multi-tracking in the studio. Since 2010, Andy has been playing some of these songs live near his new home in Vermont at open mics. He relishes the thrill of improvising with an audience, as well as singing three-part harmonies and playing bass with players there. But he also loves building up a song with layers and layers of Andys, singing and playing everything.
