The GLORIOUS gatefold vinyl version of RemarkableUnremakrable only made possible by a successful Kickstarter www.kickstarter.com/projects/exporben/exp-remarkableunremarkable-album-on-vinyl with full colour print and vinyl insert including all lyrics and track info - now re-pressed in green vinyl and with some spelling mistakes in the info/lyrics corrected thank GOD. Vinyl comes with a limited edition ExP "shiny" sticker as modelled by Herbie in the pic
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about
Kinda hard for me to get through an album without a
completely ranty track with no chorus, these kind of tracks
write themselves - subject matter that I’ve got a million things
to speak on. This sample DEFINITELY came out of a tedious
trawl through the crap vinyl left in my studio, who woulda
thought Travolta woulda had some gold? Not me. This is nice
though and it lends itself to repetition (I think) plus Steve
came in and beefed up the bass nicely.
The internet nearly killed me in lots of ways, nearly ended
my relationship with my now wife, but at the same time has
provided me with most of the opportunities I’ve had musically
and otherwise. I use it to make money and spend money, to
waste time and save time. I think finding a healthy balance
of when and where to be on your phone is crucial if you are
gonna make your life work, and mine was the first generation
to grow up with it and learn that the hard way.
lyrics
Before I get started, this is what I need to get out/
I have well over 12 different email accounts/
4 or 5 websites, yeah they’re Wordpress who gives a damn?/
I’ve got 7 Twitter accounts and 5 on Instagram/
I’ve got 4 Facebook accounts and that’s that/
Fuck off with your Snapchat/
And truly the internet’s a wondrous place/
Where the information you’re after is just on page/
...So when you sit around with a blunt with your mates/
And say, “do you remember that film with um...whatshisface/
You know the guy who was in the other film, with Ryan McGee?”/
Now you can just sit in silence and go on IMDB/
So why do I need, some wifi, every time that I pee/
So I can whatsapp back to some guys I’ve not seen/
For five weeks cos I’ve been glueing my eyes to a screen/
Sending orders and using Excel to finance my dreams?/
My dream to become...I dunno, self sufficient?!/
The internet’s been the reason I never held positions/
In offices or jobs for more than one or two years/
Cos it allowed me the opportunity to run from my fears:/
I fear getting up early every day I’m alive/
I fear doing things I don’t wanna do, and I’ve tried/
I’m not saying I won’t fight if it’s be snuffed or survive/
But if it doesn’t fit in my plans it can fuck off and die/
I’m lucky my life didn’t collapse, but because of the net/
I found beats and beat making, rap forums and met/
Some like-minded dudes who helped me on the right road/
Sites like Soundclick where I would download/
A load of people’s beats whether they knew or perhaps they didn’t erm.../
It didn’t matter I was never gonna cash in on them/
Important to build and destroy when you’re starting your craft/
Can’t get hung up on the same track when it is crap/
And the net gave me a chance to see what worked and didn’t/
Instead of thinking I was good and was worth a listen/
But look at it now, I’ve gotta say I’m tired of it/
As this album came together I was frightened of it/
Why should I sit, for hours and hours typing some script/
And post it on Facebook and no-one like or commit?/
I can admit I’ve mainly relied on the net for a buzz/
And that means listeners are disconnected from us/
And yes I can push a track fresh and mastered today/
But there’s a million other artists doing exactly the same/
So that personal touch is gone and it’s why I have to hate it/
How do you get music out there when the market’s saturated?/
I’ve done gigs, I’ve done Twitter, I’ve done Instagram/
I’ve done chatting to people after, I’ve done battle of the bands/
I’ve done emailing, releasing each month, releasing weekly/
I’ve done pay up front, pay as you go, even freebies/
But at the end it’s who you know, definitely/
Every success seems to be garnered from celebrities/
Who with an effortless tweet can make you fresh for a week/
Suddenly sell a load of albums cos they mention you. Sweet!/
Or alternatively you got someone on the inside/
So don’t think for a second that with hard work and pride/
That people will take notice you’ve gotta know someone good/
Even if they know someone who knows someone who knows someone, but/
I can guarantee every top artist is big for a reason/
It’s nowt to do with their music, but the company they’re keeping/
Or summat else, they mighta gone viral/
But then UniLad or similar controls my fight for survival/
So to be honest with you, the net has both fed and starved me/
It has everything from kittens and Kevin Hart memes/
To answers to every question I could possibly ask/
The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy in my pocket or grasp/
To be fair to it what more could it possibly have?/
But the more I spend time on it the more I want it to crash/
Couldn’t be more thankful for it, saving my time and effort/
Couldn’t hate it more, wasting my life forever/
So, mostly I’d admit: what we know is down to it/
But I’m hoping after this, we can tone it down a bit//
