Grateful (Simply Today)
Genre: 1969 Bubblegum comical Garage pop, 132 BPM. major key, Vibe: Manic, sugary, driving, raw energy. Vocals: Male, nasal, aggressive grit, playful shouting staccato delivery, slight tape slapback (80ms), double-tracked gang chants. Guitars: Rickenbacker 360 12-string, bridge pickup, treble booster, into cranked Vox Super Beatle amp, aggressive downstrokes, jangling metallic texture. Bass: 1965 Fender Precision, flatwound strings, hard pick attack near bridge, Ampeg B-15 Portaflex, slight tube overdrive, melodic fills. Keys: Farfisa Compact organ, piercing high register, fast rhythmic stabbing chords. Drums: Vintage Ludwig Club Date kit, 20" kick, Supraphonic snare with tea towel dampening, dry dead room sound, heavy Fairchild 670 compression, pumping. Mix: Analog tape saturation, Studer A80 warmth, audible tape hiss, mid-forward EQ, EMT 140 plate reverb, hard L/R panning, 4-track limits, warm tube preamps, aggressive limiting, punchy mono-compatible mix, vintage console coloring.
Grateful (Simply Today)
Genre: 1969 Bubblegum comical Garage pop, 132 BPM. major key, Vibe: Manic, sugary, driving, raw energy. Vocals: Male, nasal, aggressive grit, playful shouting staccato delivery, slight tape slapback (80ms), double-tracked gang chants. Guitars: Rickenbacker 360 12-string, bridge pickup, treble booster, into cranked Vox Super Beatle amp, aggressive downstrokes, jangling metallic texture. Bass: 1965 Fender Precision, flatwound strings, hard pick attack near bridge, Ampeg B-15 Portaflex, slight tube overdrive, melodic fills. Keys: Farfisa Compact organ, piercing high register, fast rhythmic stabbing chords. Drums: Vintage Ludwig Club Date kit, 20" kick, Supraphonic snare with tea towel dampening, dry dead room sound, heavy Fairchild 670 compression, pumping. Mix: Analog tape saturation, Studer A80 warmth, audible tape hiss, mid-forward EQ, EMT 140 plate reverb, hard L/R panning, 4-track limits, warm tube preamps, aggressive limiting, punchy mono-compatible mix, vintage console coloring.
Lyrics
(Verse 1)
Feel so thankful, thankful
Hey, you see, it’s such a golden light
The breeze is cooling on my skin
And I know that everything is alright
Ah, ah, ah, ah
(Verse 2)
I’m tasting tea in the kitchen
Or I’m watching the birds on the tree
Oh, simple, simple life goes on
Without any trouble for me, and I’m singing to you
(Chorus)
So grateful, grateful, so grateful to be
So grateful, grateful, grateful to be
So grateful, grateful, so grateful to be
So grateful, grateful, grateful to be
Come on!
Grateful baby!
(Verse 3)
The folks are chasing the power
And they’re so used to a-running for fame
Ah, but truly now I found the secret
And I’ll never go back to the game
So stay quiet with me
(Chorus)
So grateful, grateful, so grateful to be
So grateful, grateful, grateful to be
So grateful, grateful, so grateful to be
So grateful, grateful, grateful to be
Let’s go!
(Interlude)
Oh so grateful now
Yeah, yeah, yeah, come on
Oh babe, so grateful
Yeah
Oh, you know know know know know
(Chorus)
So grateful, grateful, so grateful to be
So grateful, grateful, grateful to be
So grateful, grateful, grateful grateful grateful
So grateful, grateful, grateful on everybody sing
(Outro)
So grateful, grateful, so grateful grateful
So grateful, grateful, grateful to be
So grateful now, so grateful now...