MP3 Basement Days - POP: Power Pop

Letting you in on what a kid sounds like as he's learning the process of songmaking and recording creative ideas, "Basement Days" is a compelling collection. Features "Whenever You Come Around", "In My Dreams", "Pride" and others.

9 MP3 Songs
POP: Power Pop, ROCK: 80's Rock



Details:
Produced and Performed by Bobby Rivers except:
1. Drums on "Pride" and "Drift" played by Jef Jaeger.
2. Bass guitar on "Pride" played by Paul Jaeger.
3. "Pride" was engineered by Dan Huettner and recorded at Dynamic Sound Studios in Neenah, WI.

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Cover photo by Sandra J. Peters.
2006 Glen Records.

The Top 5 Bobby Rivers':
*PARODY BOB RIVERS - Seattle DJ famous for Twisted Tunes CDs and The Bob Rivers Radio Show. Similar to "Weird" Al Yankovich. Visit him at www.bobrivers.com.

*TV BOBBY RIVERS - Ex VH-1 Vee-Jay and currently The host of "Top 5" on the Food Network. Hails from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and is now in New York. Some claim he is similar to Marc Summers in style. Visit him at www.bobbyrivers.com.

*INDIE BOBBY RIVERS - Independent Original Recording Artist and vocal impressionist from Green Bay, Wisconsin. Nicknamed Big City Bob. He's at www.cdbaby.com/bob.

*AUSSIE BOBBY RIVERS - Australian sitcom character played by JON ENGLISH on the Australian TV show "All Together Now", which ran from 1990-1993. Similar to "The Partridge Family". Visit www.tvdads.com/tvdworld.shtml

*UNCLE BOBBY RIVERS - Indiana DJ who passed away at 53 years of age, real name was Steve Bokor.

Q: Which Bobby Rivers is this at CDBABY.COM?
A: This is the Indie (Independent Original) Bobby Rivers.

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This page contains an album analysis and printable lyrics for individual song downloads.

ALBUM ANALYSIS:
"Basement Days" is a collection of early Bobby Rivers demos that have been doctored just enough to make them listenable. All the original tracks are still in place, letting you in on what a kid sounds like as he's learning the process of songmaking and recording creative ideas.

Bobby Rivers lyrics

IN MY DREAMS (Cea-Rivers)

YOU BREAK DOWN IN TEARS BUT NOTHING COMES OUT
I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT
YOU MAKE UP LIES AND TELL ME THEY'RE TRUE
IT'S ALL OVER NOW, I'LL FIND SOMEONE NEW
IN MY DREAMS

ONE DAY I'LL FIND A GIRL THAT'S FOR ME
BREAK OUT OF THESE CHAINS AND SET MYSELF FREE
UNTIL THAT DAY I'LL PICK AND CHOOSE THOSE KINDS OF GIRLS
THAT I'LL NEVER LOSE, IN MY DREAMS

ONE DAY I'LL FIND A GIRL THAT'S FOR ME
BREAK OUT OF THESE CHAINS AND SET MYSELF FREE
UNTIL THAT DAY I'LL PICK AND CHOOSE THOSE KINDS OF GIRLS
THAT I'LL NEVER LOSE, IN MY DREAMS

WHENEVER YOU COME AROUND (Rivers)
(Later became "The Apostle's Weakness")

I GET A FEELING WHENEVER YOU COME AROUND
IT SETS ME REELING LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING COMING DOWN
OH I'M A FIGHTER BUT I JUST CAN'T EVER WIN
YOU'RE THE LIGHTER BURNING ME WITHIN, BURNING ME WITHIN

GET A FEELING WHENEVER YOU COME AROUND
IT SETS ME REELING LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING COMING DOWN
SOMETHING'S COMING DOWN...

PRIDE (Jaeger-Rivers)

I'M SO IN LOVE WITH YOU
THAT THERES NO WAY TO CHANGE MY MIND
MY POPULARITY DON'T CHOOSE
I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE TALKING KIND

THEY THINK THAT I'M A FOOL BECAUSE
YOU'RE ALWAYS ON MY MIND
BUT I KNOW WHAT I CAN DO
THINK I'LL LEAVE THEM ALL BEHIND

I WON'T LET PRIDE GET IN THE WAY
ALL I WANNA DO IS MAKE YOU STAY
I LOVE YOU STILL AND WILL ALWAYS
I WON'T LET PRIDE GET IN THE WAY

I'M SO CAUGHT UP IN YOU
THAT THERES NO WAY TO CHANGE MY WAYS
MY FRIENDS AIN'T GONNA CHOOSE
HOW I SPEND THE REST OF MY DAYS

THEY SAY THAT DESPERATION IS WHY
I'M SHOWING LOVE TO YOU
BUT OUT OF ALL OF MY FRUSTRATION
THERE REMAINS A PHRASE THAT ALWAYS TRUE

I WON'T LET PRIDE GET IN THE WAY
ALL I WANNA DO IS MAKE YOU STAY
I LOVE YOU STILL AND WILL ALWAYS
I WON'T LET PRIDE GET IN THE WAY

AND SO I'LL WALK ON WITH YOU BESIDE ME
AND HOLD MY HEAD UP HIGH
AND SHOW THEM ALL THE REAL MEANING OF PRIDE

I WON'T LET PRIDE GET IN THE WAY
ALL I WANNA DO IS MAKE YOU STAY
I LOVE YOU STILL AND WILL ALWAYS
I WON'T LET PRIDE GET IN THE WAY

WHEN I HOLD YOU CLOSE (Jaeger-Rivers)

If I were a rich man
with a pocket full of gold
You would take me
This I know
But if I were a poor man
with just a head full of dreams
Would you want me?
Well, I hope so

'Cuz when I hold you close
Something inside
tells me I know
This is right
When I hold you close
oh it feels so right
When I hold you close

I know I'm not the kind
who knows what love's about
'Cuz I keep falling
in and out
But there must be something wrong
'cuz something's feeling right
within me
I have no doubt

DRIFT (Jaeger-Rivers)

YEARS GO BY AND BY
AND THINGS THAT I LIKED, I DON'T LIKE ANYMORE
BUT I'M STARTING TO LIKE AGAIN
SOONER OR LATER I MIGHT MAKE UP MY MIND
BUT MAYBE I WON'T
'CUZ I JUST CAN'T SEEM TO DECIDE

WHAT GOES ON?
WHERE DOES IT GO?
WHY DOES IT CHANGE?
WHY DON'T WE KNOW?
EVERYTHING IS SO UNSTABLE
EVERYBODY SO UNABLE
NO WANTS TO CHANGE BUT DOES
AND ALL WE DO IS DRIFT

NOW AND THEN I HOPE
BUT IT SEEMS SO HOPELESS
AND WHAT DO I CARE
WHEN THE CYCLE BEGINS AGAIN

WHAT GOES ON?
WHERE DOES IT GO?
WHY DOES IT CHANGE?
WHY DON'T WE KNOW?
EVERYTHING IS SO UNSTABLE
EVERYBODY SO UNABLE
NO WANTS TO CHANGE BUT DOES
AND ALL WE DO IS DRIFT
ALL WE DO IS DRIFT

-REPEAT CHORUS-

YEARS GO BY AND BY
AND THINGS THAT I LIKED, I DON'T LIKE ANYMORE
BUT I'M STARTING TO LIKE AGAIN
SOONER OR LATER I MIGHT MAKE UP MY MIND
BUT MAYBE I WON'T
'CUZ I JUST CAN'T SEEM TO DECIDE
NOW AND THEN I HOPE
BUT IT SEEMS SO HOPELESS
AND WHAT DO I CARE
WHEN THE CYCLE BEGINS AGAIN

"SLOW MOTION" (Rivers)

YOU SAID YOU LOVED ME AND YOU SAID YOU NEED ME
YOU SAID YOU'D BE MINE THAT WHAT YOU SAID
NOW CAN'T YOU SEE THAT WHAT YOU DO TO ME
IS DRIVING ME INSANE I'M GOING OUT OF MY HEAD

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN RIGHT FROM THE START
THAT YOU WERE ONLY TELLING ME LIES TO WIN MY HEART

ONE LOOK, THAT'S ALL IT TOOK
AND YOU WERE GONE OUT OF MY EYE SIGHT
AND THEN YOU CAME BACK AGAIN
TO TELL ME LIES, IT'S AN ORGANIZED CRIME
-CHORUS-
OOOH I GOTTA WATCH YOU IN SLOW MOTION SO
YOU CAN'T GET AWAY
I GOTTA WATCH YOU IN SLOW MOTION
IN ORDER TO MAKE YOU STAY
-VERSE ONE-
-CHORUS-
-MIDDLE-

ONLY 4 U & ME (Rivers)

AH, OH SAY YEAH!
ONLY FOR YOU AND ME, SAY YEAH!

GIMME GIMME ALL YOUR LOVE
GIMME GIMME ALL OF YOU TONIGHT

AH, AHA HA YEAH!
ONLY FOR AND ME, SAY YEAH YEAH!

THE KEWAUNEE IDOL THEME (Rivers)

-instrumental-

(This is the intoduction music played at the "Kewaunee Idol Superstar Search" show held each year at the Kewaunee Fair in Wisconsin, where Bobby is the show host)

THE PIANO ROOM (Rivers)

-instrumental-

(I got this idea from the piano rooms I was sent to in college to practice in. They were hollow sounding and as I played the boring sheet music they gave me, I envisioned a band jumping in and doing something exciting instead.)