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Where's the Soul

by Storytown

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I’m not much of a dancer, but I love a good groove. My favorite may be a mid-tempo shuffle (if you know what that is), but I love them all. A lot of today’s indie music doesn’t seem to embrace the groove. The groove, the beat, was and continues to be a big part of what moves me musically, along with melody of course. OK, and lyrics. And soul. Of course there’s plenty of music that’s soulful that’s not all about the beat. Maybe I just wanted to talk about the beat. It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.

Actually. there’s something about a great groove that gets way down there, down to the core, almost as if it stimulates the deepest nerve endings connected to one’s sense of being human. Maybe that’s the soulfulness I’m talking about.

I aspire to more soulful grooviness — you know what I mean, I think. I’m sharing a song that came out of that aspiration. I do like it, but … I’m still not satisfied. I wish my guitar playing was better, I wish the groove was funkier, I wish the song was catchier. The lyrics are kind of fun, but …

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Smooth and groove on Saturday night
Neat and sweet with a band so tight
Moves me but not enough to prove we are getting to the core

It’s got a beat you can dance to it
Can’t take a seat cause we’re needing it
Stalled at a simmer we need more than a glimmer we need more

Where’s the soul
Where’s the soul
I know you’re gonna ask me the same damn thing
Where’s the soul

So very logical perfect sense
So methodical no defense
Like a trapped animal I wanna lash out I’m a punk

Band aid masquerade gasp for air
Grand charade custom made don’t despair
When the goys make it junk bring in the noise and bring in the funk

Where’s the soul
Where’s the soul
I know you’re gonna ask me the same damn thing
Where’s the soul

Lots of luck finding it somewhere
Kinda like it vanished from our world
I can’t breathe without it somewhere
Can’t breathe at all
Lots of luck finding it somewhere
Kinda like it vanished from our world
I can’t breathe without it somewhere
Can’t breathe at all

Where’s the soul
Where’s the soul
I know you’re gonna ask me the same damn thing
Where’s the soul
Where’s the soul
Where’s the soul
I know you’re gonna ask me the same damn thing
Where’s the soul

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released March 9, 2022

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Storytown New York, New York

Get yourself a big pot. Fill it with a broth rich with grooves. Toss in liberal, flavorful handfuls of The Beatles, XTC and Talking Heads. Add dashes of the Allman Brothers Band, World Party and Tom Petty. Let it simmer for a long, long time, until all those flavors meld into the unique, melodic, catchy and indescribable deliciousness we call Storytown. Correct the seasoning. Dig in. ... more

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