The Pretzel Sisters - Meet Me in Iceland

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The Pretzel Sisters (Mamie and Trixie) Meet Me in Iceland
	As I said, our first collaboration was born one weekend on a visit I paid him in Jacksonville. Due to our limited time, we apply my "instant classic" method of recording by taking something existing and mucking around with it. He had some recordings my brother had sent him, and I selected one my brother had titled "Meet Me in Iceland".
Meet Me in Iceland (Original Version) "Meet Me in Iceland" is a good title, one must admit. As is typical of my brother's work, it was instrumental. Sort of a "Variation On The Carlos Santana Secret Chord Progression" tune. It can be found here.	Meet Me in Iceland <--Click here to listen
Meet Me in Iceland (Pretzel Sisters Mix) Well, that's all very nice and good, but it needed something. That's where we came in. It took some time to figure out where his verse/chorus scheme was (after all, it wasn't really written that way), but I doped it out and together we wrote lyrics. Iceland, honestly, is the not most topic-rich subject I could imagine. I basically made a list of keywords: Reykjavik, glaciers, volcanos, geothermal energy, whaling, Mid-Atlantic Ridge. It became a song mostly about how hard it is to rhyme anything with Reykjavik. We then went out and found samples to go with it. I take credit for the vocals, the sample of Maria Sharapova (a tennis tournament was going on that weekend), the documentary on geothermal energy, and the instructional lesson at the end. Trixie contributed the whalesong and overall production of the number (as it was his studio). The result is here, isn't that much more interesting?	Meet Me in Iceland <--Click here to listen
Lyrics I walk as a lonely child Along the icy Tundric shore I am afraid to be alive My walrus tusks are showing Meet me in Iceland Take the last train to Reykjavik Walk from my glaciers to my volcanoes What rhymes with Reykjavik? How do you spell Reykjavik? R E Y K J (betcha didn't expect that) A V I K It's really just like it sounds Meet me in Iceland Along my Mid-Atlantic Ridge The sad baby whales will be spawning We can always go back to Reykjavik What will we do when we're in Reykjavik? Pet the sad baby kitties in the animal shelter? Strangle a clown with piano wire? Have a nice dinner in a small cafe? Wanna be Donna Summer Got to be Donna Summer Wanna be Donna Summer Got to be Donna Summer Ba bah bad da bo doh - Yeah Yeah Ba bah bad da bo doh - Yeah Yeah Meet me in Iceland Let's go back to Reykjavik Two sad babies is too many babies Why did I try again to rhyme with Reykjavik?

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