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Red December
Next Song (A Ship Comes)
Hear It!
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Even though HBI was on hiatus after releasing
"Itch!" in early 1993,
Mark continued to develop new ideas for song lyrics. Later,
in the spring/summer of 1993 Mark came to New York to visit
John at his Queens apartment. During this visit, Mark met John's
new girlfriend for the first (and last) time (she didn't last long).
John had prepared a nice chicken dinner for the three
of them. After serving the plates buffet style, Mark proceeded to
pick up his plate and immediately let go of it, sending it crashing to
the floor in pile of ceramic shards and mixed veggies (Mark assures
us this was an accident). Fortunately, John made extra.
The next day, Mark had planned to meet up with an old college suite-mate, also living in New York. Although John was not privy to the details of the meeting at the time, he later found out that the first thing said to Mark was something to the effect of..."Mark! You're gaining weight and going bald!" Or was it..."Mark! You're fat...and losing your hair!" Yeah, that was it. Mark had decided to come to New York in the first place because his romantic love interest had just left town for a while, and Mark figured it would be a good time for him to do the same. So, what is the point of this story? Just this...as humorous and outrageous as this song may seem, the whole thing is completely true. For a period of time in 1993, this song was Mark's life. Shortly, after the 'dinner plate' incident, Mark sent John a copy of the lyrics for a new song, 'Glue'. They shared a good laugh over the whole thing. Mark wrote the chord progressions for the song when he finished the lyrics, so 'Glue' became the next theoretical HBI song...it just needed to be recorded. That didn't happen until 1997. By this time, John and his wife were living in Florida. In early 1997, she went to visit her family for a few weeks leaving John all alone in the house. It wasn't long before all the guitars and amps found their way across the floor. John started playing with 'Glue', and within a few days he had recorded the drum track, rhythm guitar, and a guitar solo that would become one of his all time favorites! He left two tracks open so that Mark could later add the bass and vocal parts. About this time, Mark called John to inform him that Rush would be performing in the D.C. area in a few months, and asked if John was interested in coming up to D.C. for the weekend to see the show. The answer, of course, was yes. In June of 1997, the Hendersons made the drive to D.C. and spent the weekend at Mark's place. Before going to see one of the greatest concerts in history, John unpacked the four-track and recorded Mark's bass and vocal tracks for 'Glue'. Although the song was complete, HBI was not quite satisfied with the vocal recording since their equipment was somewhat limited at the time. In May of 2001, while recording more songs for the new "Red December" album, Mark decided to use the better vocal amplification equipment to rerecord the vocal track for 'Glue'. The song's eight year history and evolution was complete. It currently ranks third in the list of songs that has taken the longest time to go from inception to completion. (No. 2 = 'Trisha'--10 years; and No. 1 = 'Truth' trilogy--14 years). |
You left for Chicago Wednesday morning My world fell apart without warning as you flew the Friendly skies While you were safe in your airplane cabin What a time I'd soon be having as my life began to untie
They closed my roofdeck the other day
The World seems so against me
A friend I hadn't seen since last year
The World seems so against me
You once said on my answering machine,
If you should need to know
The World seems so against me
Lyrics by Mark Schaefer |