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Being the odd one out

from A long cold summer by Hola la Poyana!

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The origin of the song is very old: several years ago I created a rather rudimentary drum pattern with an old software, to which I added a xylophone line played on a tiny instrument and recorded with the Windows microphone. The idea was to support a guitar riff that I made a few months earlier while adding a different element to my music. When I decided to record the song in a studio and include it in the new album, we tried to hire someone to play the same backing track, but in a more professional way.
Leaving aside the fact that the original file of the backing track was contained in a broken PC hard disk and that in order to access it, I had to go through the twists and turns of Chinese technology, at first we tried to mix the song using the professional version of the arrangement, without getting any good result. The song indeed works only with its original drum pattern, and any improvement attempt has only resulted in
a substantial loss of dynamics. After a few months and several lost battles, we decided to keep the original, rudimentary backing track I had recorded, and discard the pro version.

lyrics

If you feel suffocated, you had better stop choking yourself
if you feel all alone, you had better start brushing your teeth
being the odd one out is the best feeling ever, ever
feeling different from everyone else is so good, so good
if you feel bored and sad, you better take at least another pill
if you feel misunderstood, better not to talk with your mouth full
being the odd one out is the best feeling ever, ever
feeling different from everyone else is soo good, soo good
being the odd one out is a tricky thing, to live your life like you wanna do
being the odd one out is a tricky thing, lead you to not belonging anything
being the odd one out is a tricky thing, to live your life like you wanna do

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from A long cold summer, released October 20, 2020
written by Raffaele Badas
Produced by Simone Sedda & Raffaele Badas
Recorded, mixed, engineered and mastered by Simone Sedda at Electrical Studio
Raffaele Badas: guitars, voices, drum programming
Andrea Cherchi: synthesizer
Simone Sedda: keyboard
Marina Cristofalo: Bass

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La Poyana was born and grew up in a wood, he got rid of his parents, then he decided to not do anything. La Poyana met the one who taught him the "guitaristic arts", Sig. Gufo (Mr Owl)....

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