Nice band

Last night caught “Gates OF Salt”(???), a novice band playing at a watering hole in CP. The guy on the electric guitar was nice, the guy on the drums was ok, the guy on bass was awesome and the guy on vocals sucked. They did covers only and had no originals. All in all an ok band but all they need is a nice vocalist, a little more devotion and the dire need to understand the importance of a good sound check. Although I am not into house and hip-hop but still this song by Flipsyde caught my attention. The song is about a guy who has apparently aborted his baby girl and now dedicates this song to the would have been angel. Here are the lyrics:

Happy Birthday...so make a wish Verse 1: Please accept my apologies, wonder what would have been Would you've been a little angel or an angel of sin? Tom-boy running around, hanging with all the guys. Or a little tough boy with beautiful brown eyes? I payed for the murder before they determined the sex Choosing our life over your life meant your death And you never got a chance to even open your eyes Sometimes I wonder as a fetus if you faught for your life? Would you have been a little genius in love with math? Would you have played in your schoolclothes and made me mad? Would you have been a little rapper like your papa da Piper? Would you have made me quit smokin' by finding one of my lighters? I wonder about your skintone and shape of your nose? And the way you would have laughed and talked fast or slow? Think about it every year, so I picked up a pen Happy birthday, love you whoever you woulda been Happy birthday... Chorus: All I thought was a dream (make a wish) Was as real as it seemed (happy birthday) All I thought was a dream (make a wish) Was as real as it seemed I made a mistake! Verse 2: I've got a millon excuses to why you died Bet the people got their own reasons for homicide Who's to say it woulda worked, and who's to say it wouldn't have? I was young and strugglin' but old enough to be your dad The fear of being a father has never disappeared Pondering frequently while I'm zippin' on my beer My vision of a family was artificial and fake So when it came time to create I made a mistake Now you've got a little brother maybe he's really you? Maybe you really forgave us knowin' we was confused? Maybe everytime that he smiles it's you proudly knowin' that your father's doin' the right thing now? I never tell a woman what to do with her body But if she don't love children then we can't party Think about it every year, so I picked up a pen Happy birthday, love you whoever you woulda been Happy birthday... And from the heavens to the womb to the heavens again From the endin' to the endin', never got to begin Maybe one day we could meet face to face? In a place without time and space Happy birthday...



The band comprises of Piper on vocals, Steve Knight on vocals and acoustic guitar, Dave Lopez on electric and acoustic guitar and D-Sharp as their DJ. The guys have a very bohemian sound and offer you an eclectic mix of Hip-Hop and rock. The acoustic part handled by Steve Knight is soul stirring. After listening to Happy Birthday, I googled on the guys and found out what I had guessed. Every band has a common thread that links all its members, except music of course. Piper, Steve and Dave are passionate about the new world politics and social issues. Steve is the resilient force in the band. The guy started dabbling with spirituality, moved on to serve in US Coast Guard and then plunged full throttle into a chemical trip (and i thought one does drugs, army and then spirituality!!) from which he has come clean and more focussed . The band may not be here to radically alter the music-scape but they surely will pen down lyrics that have a message and Happy Birthday is a nice start. I am quite gung ho about the guys. May God bless the sane mortals.