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Ian McNabb
Feb 4, 20212 min read
Utopian Track Breakdown: 20) Melody
A love letter to music and a fitting end to the album. 20) Melody Every time I hear you I will float away upon your beautymelody, every...
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Ian McNabb
Feb 3, 20211 min read
Utopian Track Breakdown: 19) No One Tells A Lie Like A Dude With A Tie
No one tells a lie like a dude with a tie, says that he cares but he wants you to die, try as you might but you'll never know why, man...
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Ian McNabb
Feb 2, 20211 min read
Utopian Track Breakdown: 18) Great Spirit
Great Spirit, I wanna thank you, Great Spirit, I wanna dance with you, Great Spirit in the night, Great Spirit shine your light, Great...
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Ian McNabb
Feb 1, 20212 min read
Utopian Track Breakdown: 17) Jivin' Miss Daisy
They threw a little party down in old Keystone, in a maximum security nursing home, I was just a DJ tryna pay the rent, wonderin' where...
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Ian McNabb
Jan 31, 20213 min read
Utopian Track Breakdown: 16) We're Never Gonna Grow Up
Nobody wants to get old and have to stop doing some (hopefully not all) of the things we did when our bodies and minds were young. Ageing...
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Ian McNabb
Jan 30, 20211 min read
Utopian Track Breakdown: 15) The Old Grey Lady
Me and the old grey lady, she knows where to find me alright, she comes around when the curtain comes down, and the people spill into the...
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Ian McNabb
Jan 29, 20212 min read
Utopian Track Breakdown: 14) Swiss Army Knife Of Fuerteventura
My friend Paul Rooney, a fellow strummer who's given me a few tips on stomp boxes and the like here and there over the years, went on...
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Ian McNabb
Jan 28, 20212 min read
Utopian Track Breakdown: 13) Goin' To A Place
13) Goin' To A Place Goin' to a place, goin' to a place I'm goin' to a place, goin' to a place I'm goin' to a place, goin' to a place I'm...
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Ian McNabb
Jan 27, 20212 min read
Utopian Track Breakdown: 12) Gigolo Days
I awoke from a nap with the melody in my head, did that thing of trying to work out which song it was and then released that Dame Muse...
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Ian McNabb
Jan 26, 20213 min read
Utopian Track Breakdown: 11) Anamorphic Anodyne (Twistin' In The Wind)
Riffs, like chord sequences and melodies appear to be swirling around in another dimension ready to reveal themselves to you if and when...
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Ian McNabb
Jan 25, 20211 min read
Utopian Track Breakdown: 10) Runnin' Outta Stuff
Hurry up get your ass in gear 'cos we're runnin' outta stuff we're freakin' out cos we're comin' down and there's never quite enough, we...
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Ian McNabb
Jan 24, 20213 min read
Utopian Track Breakdown: 9) YOLO
For anyone not familiar with the phrase, where the hell you been?! YOLO means You Only Live Once. This was written as a celebration of...
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Ian McNabb
Jan 23, 20213 min read
Utopian Track Breakdown: 8) The Outlaw
The day before I opened for Neil Young at the Echo Arena in Liverpool on July 13th 2014 I was so wired I had to do something creative. I...
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Ian McNabb
Jan 22, 20212 min read
Utopian Track Breakdown: 7) You Bring Good Things
in 2019 we celebrated the 35th anniversary of Icicle Works' debut album and the 25th anniversary of my sophomore solo effort Head Like A...
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Ian McNabb
Jan 21, 20214 min read
Utopian Track Breakdown: 6) Jonesin'
My friend Charles Rees who is the manager of Paul Weller's Black Barn Studio offered me some gratis time with the blessing of the...
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Ian McNabb
Jan 20, 20213 min read
Utopian Track Breakdown 5) Rollin' On (The Things We Gave Away)
This tune was written in 1998 and demoed at Pete Thomas's home studio in Richmond in February 1999 along with Whatever It Takes, What You...
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Ian McNabb
Jan 19, 20213 min read
Utopian Track Breakdown: 4) Deserter
This is an anti-war song the like of which I'm prone to write occasionally. I love John Lennon's I Don't Want To Be A Soldier off...
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Ian McNabb
Jan 18, 20213 min read
Utopian Track Breakdown: 3) Mesmerised
This was written late into the process. I often knock off something quickly when I think I'm about done with writing for a project. There...
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Ian McNabb
Jan 17, 20212 min read
Utopian Track Breakdown: 2) Harry Dean Stanton
I've always loved HDS. The first time I would have seen him would have been in Kelly's Heroes (1970). We were on a family holiday in...
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