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I Lunch You (Smelly Tuna)


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Ummm, this song marks my triumphant return to music creation after a long battle with a Diablo 2 addiction. There's a bit of funny in it, a splash of 70's musical (I had to see Cats this fall :P), and some scatterbrained lyrics. I know--more of the same. Enjoy.

Oh damn, I played the piano! Yeah, the piano part is done by me! The non-piano player! Yay!

The cat has nothing to do with the song.
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Lyrics
Smelly Tuna
You make me wretch
Smelly Tuna
You are my friend

Though the times have been good for us
like the fire in a castle, thwarted by stone
My apparent lack of ‘fridgeration
Turned you away and made me alone (chorus)
As the water droplets fade into sunrise
and the mist envelopes apple sneeze
doggie snack provide a pleasant picture
of sadie hawkins’ knees (chorus)
(Bridge)
When we all fall down
london bridge stealing breath
strugglin ‘gainst the antique concrete
let the power of love
break the bonds of death real soon
(Chorus lots)
Song Stats
Hits: 2588
Comments: 29
Fans: 4
Plays: 573
Downloads: 105
Votes: 10
Uploaded: Jan 10, 2006 - 10:49:31 PM
Last Updated: Jan 10, 2006 - 10:14:06 PM Last Played: Aug 06, 2009 - 11:05:07 AM
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Keywords:
tuna (3)smelly (2)
Hardware:
eMac, my bass, my new beautiful bass amp (David Eden Time Traveller), wife's piano.
Software:
GB2 (finally--yay!)
Comments
MegaDonkey said 1398 days ago (January 10th, 2006)
Outstanding!
This is fantastic! I can really see some poor chap lamenting over the loss
of his tuna due to neglect that is just tearing him apart because he could
have, he should have been able to prevent it. And now he is filled with
pain over his loss.

Brillant! Faved.

Good piano playing. Glad to hear that you survived that bought with
Diablo 2. That has stricken far to many of my friends.
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pooey said 1398 days ago (January 10th, 2006)
Outstanding!
Thanks for your kind remarks. Personally, I think tuna smells when its fresh.

Now that you mention it, this is my second song (third if you include both
versions of my Milk Song) that laments a waste of edibles. Perhaps with my 3
kids I see a lot of food getting wasted. Thanks again for commenting!

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PGuillemin said 1397 days ago (January 11th, 2006)
I Lunch You (Smelly Tuna)
Absolutely stunning and creative. A song provoking all of the emotions from laughter to sadness to sheer gut-busting laughter. The piano music and singing are both professional and awesome. One of your best songs yet!
pooey said 1397 days ago (January 11th, 2006)
I Lunch You (Smelly Tuna)
Ha, I am truly flattered. Thank you pg! Glad I could hit you with such a potpourri of musical elements. Thanks for the comments ;)

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Stun Nutz said 1397 days ago (January 11th, 2006)
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYY!
Pooey has a new song! The heavens have opened up and God is
smiling down on me... for I am blessed on this Wednesday
morning and this is my soundtrack. Pooey, how do I love thee?
Let me count the ways... you're the meaning in my life, you're the
inspiration, you bring feeling to my life, you're the inspiration!

What a wonderful song you have here... it almost made me cry,
but I laughed instead....and then I cried.
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pooey said 1397 days ago (January 11th, 2006)
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYY!
Umm, Stun, I never knew you felt this way..(quickly minimizes window as fellow staff member walks by). But thank you. Getting back into the GB thing fells really good. And it's nice to know that my composition has somehow enhanced your Wednesday (and apparently your life). Just for your awesome comments i will write another. And have it done in less than 8 months.

And we will collab again. Aight? Let's see what the voice enhancers do to the macspeech eh!?

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Doadars Uncle said 1397 days ago (January 11th, 2006)
Wow!
Nice work!

I deeply enjoy tuna. From a certain point of view.

Thanks for confronting the issue of antique concrete!

Torrents don't cause real tidewater restorations!
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pooey said 1397 days ago (January 11th, 2006)
Wow!
Thank you. I agree that for too many years children have been innocent (ignorant) to the devastation of something like a bridge collapsing. We must teach our beloved ones to sing such folk songs in a minor key, with a sombre tone.

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TobinMueller said 1397 days ago (January 11th, 2006)
Post-Cats Musical Ballad
Something truly transcendent about this track. Your lyrics are excellent.
I'm really glad they were written out, tho, cuz your do sing them like they
are not as cool as they really are. I don't mind the obvious humor in your
voice, I like it, in fact; but a more musical theatre articulation might have
brought the surreality and wit across more. Such a delightful mix of
tangentially deep meaning, poetic phrases, absurdist notions and post-
modern alienation, a great mix. What will the dancing girls sing in the
next scene?
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pooey said 1397 days ago (January 11th, 2006)
Post-Cats Musical Ballad
Thanks Tobin!

Hey wait, is that sarcasm?

You know, my wife did suggest to me that I do a musical. And funnily enough, I
had already conceived it: some kind of anti-food-wasting thing. Would be
funny. Call it: EATS! Dancing girls, eh? Now that deserves consideration...

As always, your comments are mucho encouraging. Thanks again!



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TobinMueller said 1395 days ago (January 13th, 2006)
Post-Cats Musical Ballad
I also love "Cat Food" by King Crimson. About a homeless person eating cat
food, back when cat food cost less than human food.
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Corporal Beef said 1391 days ago (January 17th, 2006)
Sounds fishy to me...
For a non-piano player, I thought you played very well. Definite show tune vibe with this, but I forgive you because of the lyrics. Nice range in your voice, and the melody was very catchy. Well done. Thanks for posting it.
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pooey said 1390 days ago (January 18th, 2006)
Sounds fishy to me...
Thank you! The piano part came out a little too perfect: yes, I hit the align button. I wasn't that far off with my timing, but I pushed it anyways, and it sounds more like a midi loop :P. I wish there was an align button that was like "nearly align" so that it left a little human error in the sound.

Thanks again!


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Myshkin said 1391 days ago (January 17th, 2006)
Awesome
This is great. It sounds like Five For Fighting with a sense of humour or irony. Loving it a lot.

Congrats on kicking the Diablo habit, BTW. That's why I've never bought World of Warcraft...
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pooey said 1390 days ago (January 18th, 2006)
Awesome
WoW is to Diablo2 as Crack is to pot. WoW is evil and yes, I too will never touch it. I was reading a Macleans magazine article entitled "XBox Widows", and it mentioned a wife of a WoW addict. She was quoted as saying "the last time we had sex was when the server was down." I wasn't that bad with D2, but bad enough. It got in the way of making songs about rotten fish!!!

Thanks for the comment!

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screamalexz said 1390 days ago (January 18th, 2006)
my tuna! im gonna cry!!
this is funny, and your voice is good. it's disturbingly beautiful for such a comedic song. if i were to ignore the lyrics it'd be something worth crying too lol. the piano is beautiful. did you lose your friend?
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pooey said 1389 days ago (January 19th, 2006)
my tuna! im gonna cry!!
Ha, a friend of mine is mad at me for making a joke out of such a beautiful
song. I have a hard time writing serious songs I guess. Thanks for the
comment!

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screamalexz said 1389 days ago (January 20th, 2006)
my tuna! im gonna cry!!
its sometimes easier to put feeling into something you don't take serious because if it seems like a joke you feel less open. sort of like the explaining a situation as "i have a friend who" instead of stating its your problem. beautiful song.

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jiguma said 1390 days ago (January 19th, 2006)
Tasty!
This is without doubt the best song about tuna that I've ever heard.
Nice playing, great voice and lyrics - still worried about the lyrics.
Excellent work- now go clean out the fridge.
Neil
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Alannah said 1389 days ago (January 19th, 2006)
The little sob part ... HA HA
this fish you sing of is either "swimming with the fishes" now .... "living with Nemo" .... or is in my sandwich as we speak ... provided we don't actually cook the Tuna ... its really quite nice and tasty ... however..... I will have a hard time eating the sandwich now without singing this song to it first and perhaps saying a little prayer ... that he bravely gave up his life so that I may eat .... the little sobbing part got me tho .... and I had to download it!
pooey said 1388 days ago (January 20th, 2006)
The little sob part ... HA HA
I've increased your awareness to the tuna sacrifice ...you have an increased
sense of loss when indulging in fish 'n' chips, and all because of me. I
am...ummm...flattered.

The sobby part was actually inspired by the Cats musical I saw this past fall.
You know, the old cat who sings with a crackly voice (at which point in the
musical I had to fight with all my resolve the urge to stand up and yell "Gimme a
f***in break!). Glad you liked it, Amanda! Thanks for the comment.

p.s. sorry if I am offending any CATS! fans. I just COULDN'T STAND IT!!!

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paintballsean16 said 1384 days ago (January 24th, 2006)
EXCELLENT
funny it makes me laugh
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perceptualvortex said 1384 days ago (January 24th, 2006)
Excellent!
Love the piano, and great singing. In fact, the vocals reminded me of Gentle Giant from Octopus in parts. I love cats too, but damn do they eat stinky food!
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pooey said 1384 days ago (January 24th, 2006)
Excellent!
I don't know the Gentle Giant from Octopus reference, but I will assume its a
good thing and say Thanks! And yeah, the cat's food smells, but the litter box
smells worse. Is it bad that I have the two fairly close together?



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perceptualvortex said 1384 days ago (January 24th, 2006)
Excellent!
Sorry about the obscure reference, but yup that's a good thing! Do the
cats care if you keep all their stinky business in one place? They might
prefer it that way. They like stinkiness.

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Tiny_Man_Inside said 1372 days ago (February 5th, 2006)
diablo 2 rules
hard not to get addicted to it.

funny song pooey...
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Ms Miss said 1352 days ago (February 25th, 2006)
Tuna
I think there is a deeper meaning here.

The song is delightful. Great singing.
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Macaudion said 1349 days ago (February 28th, 2006)
Quite pleasant to listen to
I hope that you will let us know when to take you seriously... Please -
Until then, keep having a good time.

Oh, you have a nice voice and you work the begezus outta those few
notes on the piano. All played very well.

Thanks for sharing. - Cyd


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paintballsean16 said 1027 days ago (January 17th, 2007)
Beautiful Song
I think this song is such an excellent song i would have commented on it months ago but i finally purchased the internet. Keep up the good work!
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