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Satellite Man

by The Harpoonist

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Jonas Shandel and I set out to write the story of a reclusive guy living out a careless vision of a dream via his TV set, and the inevitable jonesing that one experiences going down that path. When Bradford Reed showed up to the recording session from NYC, he encouraged all the players to channel Bobbie Gentry’s approach to the song (sleepy & dusty). As the session went on, It ended up sounding more and more like ‘War’s version of Ode to Billy Joe, or Harry Nilsson’s Lime in the Coconut. Either way, someone was spending a great deal of time cocktailing with Sammy Davis Jr.

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Televisions all I see
frequencies fill my dreams
I’ve been running all night long
I’m a double chin chain smoking satellite bomb

hot steppin with a beggars stumble
Han Solo with the legs up mambo
cool ranching on a hollywood chick
watching hollywood boys doing hollywood tricks

-Cool Ranching x 2 -

A ringy ding ding what’s this that I hear
Mr Bojangles with the Candy man cheer
Old Sammy Davis coming thru the screen
He’s got a swat team swinging in my spatula drawer

– Swat team swinging – x2

Fat back bacon butty half shell crunch
half cooked, half cocked, half open for lunch
I’m a moscow mule on a bobblehead dash
lo ballin on a hi ball hurricane stash (rpt)

cause I’m cool ranching x 2
(tell em Sammy)

Pigeon fried chicken this is saturday night
I’m watching bob ross cloud toss
and stars in the sky
I need a few good strokes
and I'll be saying goodnight
cause if you're doing this well
you know I’m doin it right.

I’m cool ranching x mucho

Said I’m never gonna leave it
this careless vision of a dream
I've been waking up terrified
from what I've never seen
said there’s nothing in between us
nothing but the screen/green
you've been livin down in paradise
and you don't wanna see it

As we fall down and down

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released June 22, 2020
Second single from Satellite and the Harpoonist.
Produced by Shawn Hall
Mixed by Graham Lessard at Wembley Zoo
Mastered by Harris Newman at Grey Market Mastering
Created with the support of FACTOR Canada

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The Harpoonist Nanaimo, British Columbia

SHAWN HALL of the acclaimed blues duo The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer assembled three talented friends with whom he had previously worked, yet had never met each other. During an intense three-day exploration of creative collaboration they recorded a 6-song EP – all under the gaze of a film crew. So, as the rain smashed down on the City of Glass, SATELLITE and The HARPOONIST was birthed. ... more

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