2014 / Vocal
DURATION
4 minutes, 41 secondsINSTRUMENTATION
voices, piano, guitar, bass, percussionTEXT
Frank Horvat
- Human Cyborg The Frank Horvat Band - Frank Horvat (piano), Ghislain Aucoin (vocals), Thom Gill (guitar), Bram Gielen (bass), Jean Martin (percussion), Felicity Williams (bg vocals), Kismet Cooper (bg vocals) 04:41
Programme Notes
Human Cyborg is a quasi-homage to all those people out there who do mundane and uninspiring jobs. The verses of the song depict scenes from three such jobs: a telemarketer, a factory worker who also lives on the premises (which is quite common in China), and a fast food server. With this in mind, I made the vocal line in the verses very melancholy and uneasy (set over a 7/4 time signature). The choruses are chipper and cute, but definitely with the intent of musical sarcasm.
– Frank Horvat
Lyrics
Good evening, Sir
I’m calling to conduct a short survey
Rest assured I have nothing to sell
You are the nine hundredth person I’ve called today
Same script, same reply, no, not today.
Welcome to my human cyborg life
Good morning, Sir
Yes, my breakfast in the mess hall was okay
I shall report to Unit C right away
One thousand X4R parts to be attached today
Welcome to my human cyborg life
Q, 1, W, 2, E, 3, R, 4, T, 5, Y, 6, U, 7, I, 8, O, 9,
P, 0, A, S, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, Z, X, C, V, B, N, M
Life, what have you brought me?
Good Wednesday, Sir
Would you like trans fat with that today?
Welcome to my human cyborg life
RECORDING
Strange Machine
The Frank Horvat Band
Frank Horvat (piano), Ghislain Aucoin (vocals), Thom Gill (guitar), Bram Gielen (bass), Jean Martin (percussion), Felicity Williams (bg vocals), Kismet Cooper (bg vocals)
Producer: Frank Horvat, Jean Martin