Livin the Dream

from No Anesthesia by Speedfossil

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$1 USD or more
Buy the Full Digital Album

about

It’s a lyrically short song, and a new direction for us as band. I didn’t play any guitar on the song at all (although I did record the bass track on ’69 Jazz Bass through the ACME Motown DI box). Dan came up with a GREAT guitar part on his Les Paul Deluxe and Hector just instantly found the groove. I also got to get my son, McCoy and video collaborator, Harold, in on the action in the horn section. I actually came up with the horn charts over the period of a week during COVID isolation where I was walking through the woods 4 miles everyday (so that I didn’t go crazy at home!). I’d listen to what we had recorded over and over again on the walk, singing the horn parts in my head, until I felt they were where they needed to be. I then had my son, McCoy, write out the parts as charts for him and Harold so we could record them. As far as the lyrics go- Everyone gets frustrated in life, and we all have different coping mechanisms for getting through a day. Sometimes those mechanisms are self destructive or massively depressing. The point is to live, and to chase whatever dream you have. Some days you chase it, some days you live it-we’re all kind of the same-livin’ the dream!

lyrics

50 shades of whatever, I can tell that you just don’t care.
Trying to find the genie a bottle? Guess what? There’s nothing there!

We all grind our way through the day to day routine, trying to find a way to start livin’ the dream.
Livin’ the dream!

Every day 9 to 5 sucks the life out of your sould.
The dead end world makes you feel like you got no self control

We all grind our way through the day to day routine, trying to find a way to start livin’ the dream.
Livin’ the dream!

credits

from No Anesthesia, track released February 25, 2022

license

about

Speedfossil Boston, Massachusetts

Melodic rock from Boston. The band has been hailed by fans and critics alike as a return of great pop songwriting in the vein of The Replacements, The Kinks, The Beatles, The Smithereens, even the Ventures. Catch video premiere today: bigtakeover.com/news/VideoPremiereTheLuckiestManintheWorldbySpeedfossil ... more

contact / help

Contact Speedfossil

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this track or account

If you like Speedfossil, you may also like:

Hansen's Pop 'n' Rock Music '22
by Gymnasium

supported by 5 fans who also own “Livin the Dream”

So many great songs, so much great playing. Tavern at the End of the World is just one song, this is an album you must listen to and experience all the way through. Rob Moss
go to album
Moon Shot
by The Lees Of Memory

supported by 4 fans who also own “Livin the Dream”

Like most songs on the album this song shifts between two distinct modes that work great separately, but when they combine, they become Voltron and are unstoppable! bradykoch
go to album
Site Out Of Mind
by Evolfo

The Brooklyn band deliver a blissful psychedelic rock album steeped in sci-fi and spirituality, awash with organs, strings, and reverb. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 23, 2021
go to album
This Could Be Texas
by English Teacher

The UK upstarts' debut veers from sunny, psychedelic folk to bristling post-punk with reckless abandon without ever missing a beat. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 18, 2024
go to album
Lords of Data
by ASTRAL HAND

Sustained by seismic psych riffs, proggy shifts, and vivid sci-fi storytelling, these Milwaukee cosmonauts command respect. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 29, 2023
go to album
Blue Basin
by Rare Seed

A slow drip of Tropicália-infused psychedelia from New Orleans rock outfit Blue Basin: balmy one moment, aggressive the next. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 22, 2022
go to album
Strange, Strange Times
by The Ugly Kings

Combining crooned murder ballads with raw, angsty hard rock hooks, Melbourne's The Ugly Kings are a wrecking crew well worth watching. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 15, 2021
go to album