Artist: Steam Powered Giraffe
Song: Brass Goggles
Genre: Steampunk
Background Information:
Steam Powered Giraffe is a band that was originally a pantomime musical group which began in 2008 in San Diego. It contains 5 members where three of them are robots and two are human. They all met after they had joined a local San Diego mime group Troupe SD. The Spine (David Bennett) and Rabbit (Christopher "Bunny" Bennett) have been robots since the beginning with Hatchworth (Sam Luke) becoming the new robot in October 2012 from his former human role. Former members included the robots Upgrade (Erin Burke) and The Jon (Jonathan Spargue). The two current humans are Michael Reed and Steve Negrete. This unique band holds many live shows that incorporate these imaginative songs andcomedy. The band has most of its songs derived from improvisational skits and street performances. Most instruments that are included in their songs are the melodica, guitar, mandolin, and the tambourine.
Their first album was available in 2008 named "Album One". For two years, no other albums were released. Currently one its most popular song "Honeybee" which was created in their second album or first single that titles "Honeybee" after a popular demand for this song that was performed int their shows (Steam Powered Giraffe). They even received an award for being "Best Comedy Live Act" on the A-list of Sand Diego ("Steam Powered Giraffe").
The song "Brass Goggles" is their second most viewed song on Youtube and was featured in their first album. It contains a variety of pitches that the band uses in their voices alternating frequently. The tune is lively and a comedic act is presented in the beginning of the music video. The instruments that are included in the song are the drums, the electric guitar, the bass, and a keyboard. The beginning of the song, Rabbit improvised a speech that was a huge success with the audience.The makeup is always done by Christopher Bennett who also does the art that sometimes appears on their CD's.
Lyrics to Brass Goggles :(Attune your ears to the grinding gears)
Come with me I'll show you how to be a metal man
When the gears are turning and the fires are burning
When the world ticks around you,
voices tocking all the time
And you live for sleep you've never slept
because you cannot sleep
Colonel Walter was shocked
when he learned from the Nile
Copper African elephants turning hostile
So he built these wonderful automaton blokes
And a very big steam powered giraffe what smokes
Now the war is passed and over
We're left to sit and wonder
What is life and what is real?
And why do living things need feeling?
(One, two, three)
Chorus:
La-Da-Da-Da-Da (x3)
La-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da
La-Da-Da-Da-Da (x2)
La-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da-Da
How'd you like to try pumping
lead through your veins
Or have a heart so wet and cold it starts rusting
When the world ticks around you,
voices tocking all the time
You live for feelings you've never felt
because you cannot feel
And what is this leaking affecting my eye?
Does the oil that is dripping mean this is a cry?
Will I ever be something with feelings to hide?
Or am I just a boiler with nothing inside?
I want all today
Don't want to hear you say
You can't do this, you can't do that
You're not a living thing with feeling
(One, two, three)
(Chorus)
Wind me up, turn the gears (Brass goggles!)
Wind me up, turn the gears (Brass goggles!)
Wind me up, turn the gears (Brass goggles, goggles, goggles!)
Wind me up, turn the gears (Brass goggles!)
(Part 1 & 2 together)
Part 1:
I want all today
Don't want to hear you say
I love you, I love you
I love-love-love you
Part 2:
Colonel Walter was shocked when he learned from the Nile
Copper African elephants turning hostile
So he built these wonderful automaton blokes
And a very big steam powered giraffe what smokes
Wind me up, turn the gears (x4)
(Chorus)
The song talks about the creation of these automatons in their fantasy world. It also talks about how they are lost in life due to being abandoned by their creator and their desires of being human in life.
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