Sometimes, when in the shower, I am struck by a barrage of ideas for songs, albums, odd musical projects, etc. Here are a handful that I will likely never find time for:

• A Latino death metal band called Sotomayor (after the first Latina Supreme Court justice, natch). The set list is ever-evolving, but most of the titles are either legal terms of art or goofy political memes. Examples: “Endless Liability,” “Blood of the Tyrants,” “Death Panel,” “Goin’ Rogue,” “Constitutionally Flawed Tribunal,” “Tiny Starbursts,” and so on. Some of them are already dated, but there are more every day. My friend Shayne is in law school and she gives me some awesome fodder for songs. My goal is to have Sotomayor featured on the Al Jazeera music program, “Behead the Music.”

• Remember the other fake band from This is Spinal Tap? They were called Duke Fame, but you never actually got to hear them play. I imagine them to be the hair metal equivalent of Morris Day‘s The Time in Purple Rain. I bet I could record their album in a weekend. Alas, I likely never will.

• This morning, I was singing a made-up song called “Is This Your Homework, Larry?” in my best Peter Murphy voice while banging out industrial beats on the shower walls. It was at that moment I decided that I needed to record an album called The Goth Lebowski. I imagine it to be like this classic Silence of the Lambs-inspired ditty, “It Rubs the Lotion On its Skin”:

• Speaking of goth, I’ve always wanted to reunite Skathedral — a joke supergroup that a bunch of us Burlington rock stars formed in the 1990s. We played live, but never recorded an album. I’d love to correct this tragic wrong, but it’s extraordinarily unlikely.

• I’d also like to perform and conduct a live reading of the Beach Boys‘ Love You album, which is possibly the most fucked-up record in the universe. If you haven’t heard it, do yourself a favor and track down a copy. I picture this to be my final show (I actually retired from performance years ago, but I think a gig like this should culminate in onstage self-immolation, just to seal the deal).

• There’s a song called “Goin’ for a Ride (On the Wild Side)” from a porn movie I saw in the 1980s. The tune is INCREDIBLE, but I’ve never been able to track down a copy. Still, it plays in my head every day, so I’m confident that I could accurately record it. But I probably never will.

• Another tune that gets stuck in my head a lot is this funky Boy Scouts anthem, “Be Prepared,” which used to run nonstop on Boston’s Channel 56 in the 1970s. I’d love to record it, but I’d need a horn section:

• There’s a song in the original Mad Max called “Licorice Ride” that blows my mind. I’d get a sex change to record this:

I’m sure I’m forgetting something. . .

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Casey Rae-Hunter
Casey Rae-Hunter is a musician, public policy wonk and the editor/publisher of The Contrarian Media. An in-demand speaker, he gives frequent talks at conferences and campuses on issues at the intersection of creativity, technology, policy and law, and is a go-to source for major media outlets from NPR to the New York Times. Casey works alongside leaders in the music, arts and performance sectors to bolster understanding of and engagement in key policy and technology issues, and has written dozens of articles on the impact of technology on the creative community. Casey is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University and the Deputy Director for Future of Music Coalition. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Media & Democracy Coalition and the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture. The Contrarian does not necessarily represent the views of the organizations to which he belongs.

7 Comments for Stupid Music Ideas I Will Never Get To

BenMac

I’m in for the Skathedral reunion. I’ll even come to DC!

In addition to your numerous awesome ideas, might I suggest:

“Diamond Death” – A death-metal Neil Diamond cover band. I can totally see you singing Neil tunes in the old Rocketsled voice.

Wes Covey

I’d like to do a TTTT cover record of the Liquid Sky soundtrack.

chris parizo

Uhm… yeah you are forgetting something. We came up with a band in 1997 called Saviour Soul – it was our Christian Hair Metal band. We wrote songs called “Urgin’ for the Virgin (Mary)” and “Tribal Bible”.

Joanna

On behalf of the world, I’m afraid I must insist that you create the Goth Lebowski. Also, “It rubs the lotion on its skin” is by the actually pretty good band The Greenskeepers – I’ve seen the vid passed around a lot without the artist info.
http://www.myspace.com/greenskeepersmusic

Chris Parizo

I still want to create “The Burt Reynolds Experience” – four people on stage dressed as Burt and only play songs from Burt films. In between songs, all four smack their gum and laugh in that Norm McDonald manner of Reynolds laughter.

casey

Chris: Wow. Saviour Soul. I can’t believe you remember that!

Joanna: I think I will have to do The Goth Lebowski. Might as well, as I’m between albums. Thanks for the attribution on the “it rubs the lotion on its skin” band!

Woodrow Wary

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