about
Our lives are shaped by our thoughts and our thoughts are shaped by the media we take in. I wrote this song to ask hard questions about what it is we allow ourselves to think about and how it may be affecting our lives. - Gary
I sent a rough mix of Think About It to Howard Levy and asked him to consider playing harmonica as well as laying down the acoustic keys (he has a great Steinway). He sent 5 (progressively more whacked) harp and piano tracks back, which Jason and I then culled from. Our respective harmonica parts are hard-panned left and right. In mixing, we didn’t use any of the stems from Think About It. We wanted it to be a completely different song with different reverbs and a different mix sensibility. Jason was especially proud of using the Effectron sound on the cajón, as he mused that it probably hadn’t been turned on, let alone not used, for over twenty years. So, in a very real way, this approach (as well as Howard’s more progressive approach) caused us to “Re-Think
About It.” - Paul
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lyrics
Re-Think About It
(Gary Mitchell)
The beat’s alright and you like to dance.
The words don’t phase you, they fly right past.
Have you ever stopped to hear what they’re sayin’ to you?
Do you do what they do?
They say: “Just dance all night and have a good time.
Make a little love now, oh, it’ll be just fine.
Do what you wanna do. What could go wrong?”
Cause after all it’s just a song...
Yeah, yeah, yeah, but don’t believe everything you hear.
‘Cause if that’s your reality, you’ve got a lot to fear.
Do you ever wonder, do you ever doubt it?
What are you listening to?
You need to think about it.
You should think about it.
Sit-coms & make-overs, music videos,
Teen dramas, soap operas, and those “reality” shows.
Three hundred channels and there’s still nothing on TV.
Do you see what I see? (what do you see?)
I see people fighting like jackals just to win the game.
Oh, they’ll do anything at all to win their fortune and fame.
And I see “please make me over, cause I don’t like who I
am...
Change my face if you can.”
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Don’t believe everything you see.
‘Cause not everything is right that’s on the TV screen.
There’s so much more than meets the eye, don’t you ever doubt it.
What are you watching?
You really need to think about it.
You should think about it.
What’s on your mind friend? What’s eating you?
Where do your thoughts seem to wander to?
What you say and do all starts there in your mind,
So, what’s up there all the time?
Is it money? Is it people? Is it him or her?
All the things you wish you had or that you wish that you were?
Are you stressed about tomorrow? Are you chased by yesterday?
And, who cares anyway?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, be careful how you think alright.
‘Cause whatever consumes your thoughts controls your life.
And all those things you keep inside can and will be outed.
What are you thinking? You really should...
What are you watching? You really need to think about it.
What are you listening to? You need to think about it...
You oughta think, you oughta think about it.
You oughta think, you oughta think about it.
credits
from
DooWatchaDoo,
released September 5, 2011
Gary Mitchell - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, percussion
Paul Messinger - harmonica, vocals
Richard Klecka - cajón, percussion, vocals
Buddy Hankerson - bass
Jason Merritt - keyboards
Howard Levy - acoustic piano, harmonica
© 2006 Gary Mitchell ASCAP
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