Jack's Obsession (The Nightmare Before Christmas) Synthetic Orchestra Cover

Details
Title | Jack's Obsession (The Nightmare Before Christmas) Synthetic Orchestra Cover |
Author | The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra |
Duration | 2:45 |
File Format | MP3 / MP4 |
Original URL | https://youtube.com/watch?v=k3LdgUEy05k |
Description
Another obsession this week. This time it's Jack's. I originally started this cover of "Jack’s Obsession" from The Nightmare Before Christmas as a straight remake for practice... but somewhere along the way, it morphed and I had some fun on the bass and guitar.
Coming to the usual platforms very soon! Check here for updates and links or keep an eye on https://blake.so/r47
Danny Elfman's original is, of course, untouchably brilliant, so this is more of a lovingly unhinged half-tribute, half-improvisation. Think of it as a Halloween Town fever dream, part orchestral, part rock.
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Lyrics:
Something's up with Blake, something's up with Blake
We tried to feed him but he's only eating cake...
He's all alone up there, locked away inside
Never says a word, hope he hasn't died
Something's up with Blake, something's up with Blake!
Christmas time is buzzing in my skull
Will it let me be? I cannot tell
There's so many things I cannot grasp
When I think I've got it and then at last
Through my bony fingers it does slip
Like a snowflake in a fiery grip
Something here, I'm not quite getting
Though I try, I keep forgetting
Like a memory long since past
Here in an instant, gone in a flash
What does it mean, what does it mean?
In these little bric-a-brac A secret's ready to be cracked
These dolls and toys confuse me so Confound it all, I love it though
Simple objects, nothing more
But something's hidden through a door
Though I do not have the key
Something's here I cannot see
What does it mean, what does it mean?
What does it mean? Hmm
I've read the Christmas books so many times
I know the stories and I know the rhymes
I know the Christmas carols all by heart
My skull's so full it's tearing me apart
As often as I've read them, something's wrong
So hard to put my bony finger on
Or perhaps it's really not as deep as I've been led to think
Am I trying much too hard?
Of course, I've been too close to see
The answer's right in front of me
Right in front of me!
It's simple, really, very clear
Like music drifting in the air
Invisible but everywhere
Just because I cannot see it
Doesn't mean I can't believe it
You know I think this Christmas thing
Is not as tricky as it seems
And why should they have all the fun?
It should belong to anyone
Not anyone, in fact, but me
Why I could make a Christmas tree
And there's no reason I can find
I couldn't have a Christmas time
I bet I could improve it, too
And that's exactly what I'll do
Hee hee hee hee Eureca, I've got it!
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