A brooding monster of a song, with a Led Zeppelin style groove.
We make rock with a groove.
THIRD SUMMER are a rock band from the UK. We're heavily influenced by good music, and not influenced at all by bad music.
Our first cd is now complete, and all the songs are here for you to play (if you like 'em!). We recorded it live, so what you hear is what you get, warts and all.
Feel free to visit our official website, and sign up to the forum, which all 3 of us frequent. Play the music loud and don't forget to put on your best dancing trousers!
Story behind the song
DON'T CARE
Jamie -
" This hasn't changed a great deal - from the fateful day that Martin (yes, Martin Stephens not Tom Morello) played the riff to us in rehearsal,
via the horribly-recorded demo aide-memoires that I did for the rest of the band, to the final studio version, it sounds much the same.
There were a couple of changes: the addition of an intro; the subtraction of some double-speed drum parts that made it sound like some old surf
rock song. But, mostly, it's stayed as it was way back when it was called "Oh Yeah", and was all about the kind of love that two or more men
can have for one another. Manly men, with proud moustaches and....anyway...the lyrics are kind of an affectionate piss-take of the music you
used to hear played on the radio a lot in my early teens. I tried not to play it for laughs too much with the performance though.
That knowing, nudge-nudge, "d'ya geddit?" style doesn't amuse me, even though I do it all the time. "
Martin -
" I basically wanted to write a riff that would fit nicely into a plain old 4/4 beat, and I must admit to have listened to a fair bit of Led Zep around the time.
It's the only piece of music I actually wrote down, as I normally have the knack of forgetting a new riff about a nanosecond after playing it. The song itself
has more or less stayed true to the original piece, which I like, as the laid back guitar in the verses gives me time to have a drink, or a good scratch !
A good opening track, in my opinion. "
Paul -
" This track was first to be recorded and possibly the first for us all to be happy with in rehearsals.
Its pretty much how it was first played, only minor changes over time.
Two takes in recording, first was the best, cos it was the only time I got the fast fills in the chorus right!! "
Lyrics
DON'T CARE
Jamie -
" This hasn't changed a great deal - from the fateful day that Martin (yes, Martin Stephens not Tom Morello) played the riff to us in rehearsal,
via the horribly-recorded demo aide-memoires that I did for the rest of the band, to the final studio version, it sounds much the same.
There were a couple of changes: the addition of an intro; the subtraction of some double-speed drum parts that made it sound like some old surf
rock song. But, mostly, it's stayed as it was way back when it was called "Oh Yeah", and was all about the kind of love that two or more men
can have for one another. Manly men, with proud moustaches and....anyway...the lyrics are kind of an affectionate piss-take of the music you
used to hear played on the radio a lot in my early teens. I tried not to play it for laughs too much with the performance though.
That knowing, nudge-nudge, "d'ya geddit?" style doesn't amuse me, even though I do it all the time. "
Martin -
" I basically wanted to write a riff that would fit nicely into a plain old 4/4 beat, and I must admit to have listened to a fair bit of Led Zep around the time.
It's the only piece of music I actually wrote down, as I normally have the knack of forgetting a new riff about a nanosecond after playing it. The song itself
has more or less stayed true to the original piece, which I like, as the laid back guitar in the verses gives me time to have a drink, or a good scratch !
A good opening track, in my opinion. "
Paul -
" This track was first to be recorded and possibly the first for us all to be happy with in rehearsals.
Its pretty much how it was first played, only minor changes over time.
Two takes in recording, first was the best, cos it was the only time I got the fast fills in the chorus right!! "
