A Kiss to Build a Dream On Part One

Howdy.

It’s been a few days, but I doubt anyone noticed. I’m on Spring Break, and, while I avoid applying for internships, I thought I’d take this chance to post about my songs. (Plus, I can’t watch Dexter right now, because someone else is using the BluRay.) So, this is entry is a breakdown of what the basic concepts for 6 of my February Album Writing Month songs (+ my Dollhouse song) were. It’s not going to be too in-depth, because I do plan to do song commentaries at some point, but here it goes.

Song 0: Tell Me Where to Sign (Dollhouse)
I’m calling this song zero, because it was supposed to be one of my FAWM songs, but the series ended a week or so before February, and I wanted to get it posted before the finale. The idea for this song was always about someone wanting to join the Dollhouse, as told in three parts: joining, being a doll, and leaving. It was one of the first FAWM song concepts I developed.

Song 1: Slushie Skeptic (Glee)
I knew what this one was going to be as soon as I started picking shows. I was a little bit nervous about writing a song about such a musical show, but I realized that it didn’t really matter. The idea was simple: I love Glee, but I’m beyond sick of people thinking that the show is perfect. It’s not perfect. It has a ton of flaws. Anytime I try and explain these flaws, I always sound nitpicky and people think I don’t like the show, which isn’t true. I thought a song would be a great way to prove that I love the show, while still being able to point out some of the issues.

Song 2: Red Shirt Dead Shirt (Star Trek)
I’ve had this idea since before I decided to do a TV theme for FAWM. I’m participating in a Star Trek musical on LiveJournal, and I thought it would be cool to have a song that was basically a list of the dead red shirts on Star Trek: The Original Series. It didn’t work out for the musical, so I decided that I had to do it for FAWM.

Song 3: Maybe Maeby (Arrested Development)
I’m not really sure where this idea came from, to be honest. I’m not even sure if it really has an idea. It’s mostly just a list of all the tongue-twisting names and puns on the show. I think I thought it would be a good way to tie all of those into a single song.

Song 4: A Daughter’s Lament (How I Met Your Mother)
Whenever I watch HIMYM, I am always struck by the fact that this whole thing is actually a story that Ted is telling his children. Those poor kids! I wanted it to be one of the kids moaning about having to hear this epically long story, and I also thought it was the perfect chance for me to finally write a song with a fast interlude kind of thing like “Getting Married Today” (from Company).

Song 5: Bazinga! (The Big Bang Theory)
This was another song I had pretty much planned out from the start. I knew I wanted to write a song about how Sheldon viewed the world, and that’s exactly what I did.

Song 6: That’s What She Said (The Office)
This idea kind of came from a conversation with my friend Jessica. We were talking about how unprofessional Dunder Mifflin: Scranton is, and she thought it would be cool if I wrote my song about that. That idea evolved into the concept of one, long That’s What She Said joke. And, I’m not going to lie, it was pretty hard.

Okay, that’s it for now. I’m going to go read fanfiction and wait impatiently until I can watch Dexter.

-Tally

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