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Down the M8
by Skyscraper Stan
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Skyscraper Stan and the Commission Flats let us know the things they’ll do for love with “Down The M8”, the next single taken from the forthcoming 3rd studio album due this August through Cheersquad Records & Tapes.
Skyscraper Stan and the Commission Flats continue to display the pedigree their reputation affords with another standout gem from the expat New Zealander’s well-thumbed songbook. “Down The M8” again finds the writer and his cohort difficult to pin down by any genre other than classic, as Stan resists his aversion to writing love songs, admitting that, “for a long time I resisted writing them. I always said there were so many other things to write about. Maybe I’d just never had the right kind of love”. Nawww…
Captured at Melbourne’s Head Gap studio, with the Commission Flats painting in warm vintage hues, Stan details the lengths (about 110 kms, actually) that he and his partner are willing to travel for love. “Down the M8 is a song about the things we do for love”, Stan explains.
“When my partner and I first got together I was living in Ballarat, and she was living in Melbourne. For six months or so, we would take turns driving the M8 so we could spend weekends together. We called it ‘Crossing the Desert’ - an inside joke that gets a nod in the first verse”.
Then adding, “usually, if I write a song about a relationship, it’s about a fractious one, but not this time. Down the M8 is a celebration. It's a straight-up love song”.
After the release of his recent single “Strange Things Happen” and the triumphant micro tour through the front bars of Melbourne’s inner North where the buzz in each bulging barroom was indeed palpable, “Down The M8” has been road tested (sorry) for danceability, with Stan confirming that, “it came to me easily and feels great to play. It’s a real hit in the live set and gets the dance floor moving every time”.
With the tide on global awareness for Skyscraper Stan and the Commission Flats extended by the songs “I Fell Over” and “Always Thinking of You” featuring on the first season of the TV series Colin From Accounts, and a further tune "21st Century Lullaby" featuring in season 2, “Down The M8” is further proof that the forthcoming Skyscraper Stan album will be more reason for us Australians to claim another New Zealander as our own!
Skyscraper Stan and the Commission Flats continue to display the pedigree their reputation affords with another standout gem from the expat New Zealander’s well-thumbed songbook. “Down The M8” again finds the writer and his cohort difficult to pin down by any genre other than classic, as Stan resists his aversion to writing love songs, admitting that, “for a long time I resisted writing them. I always said there were so many other things to write about. Maybe I’d just never had the right kind of love”. Nawww…
Captured at Melbourne’s Head Gap studio, with the Commission Flats painting in warm vintage hues, Stan details the lengths (about 110 kms, actually) that he and his partner are willing to travel for love. “Down the M8 is a song about the things we do for love”, Stan explains.
“When my partner and I first got together I was living in Ballarat, and she was living in Melbourne. For six months or so, we would take turns driving the M8 so we could spend weekends together. We called it ‘Crossing the Desert’ - an inside joke that gets a nod in the first verse”.
Then adding, “usually, if I write a song about a relationship, it’s about a fractious one, but not this time. Down the M8 is a celebration. It's a straight-up love song”.
After the release of his recent single “Strange Things Happen” and the triumphant micro tour through the front bars of Melbourne’s inner North where the buzz in each bulging barroom was indeed palpable, “Down The M8” has been road tested (sorry) for danceability, with Stan confirming that, “it came to me easily and feels great to play. It’s a real hit in the live set and gets the dance floor moving every time”.
With the tide on global awareness for Skyscraper Stan and the Commission Flats extended by the songs “I Fell Over” and “Always Thinking of You” featuring on the first season of the TV series Colin From Accounts, and a further tune "21st Century Lullaby" featuring in season 2, “Down The M8” is further proof that the forthcoming Skyscraper Stan album will be more reason for us Australians to claim another New Zealander as our own!
lyrics
Just call me Moses, out in the sun,
Making my way across the desert
Up ahead, the promise of green
Where fruit is sweet and the water is clean
I took a taste and now I'll never forget it
Now I've got a fever and it's driving me on
My heavy foot burns the tank out
There are places I'm meant to be but my oasis is calling to me
From the brown brick flat down by the big house
And I've been thinking maybe
This girl might have got me crazy.
Dodging and weaving and sliding and speeding
Down the M8 to the City and her
Oh my lover, my friend, ain’t it strange
I never knew I wanted you, but things have changed
And now the moon is in aries. Or something like that.
I gotta say it's not my usual way of thinking.
But she can see things that I don't see, she's got me being the best I can be,
Sleeping well and hardly drinking.
Still I've been thinking maybe
This girl might have got me crazy
Dodging and weaving and sliding and speeding
Down the M8 to the City and her
Oh my lover, my friend, ain’t it strange
I never knew I wanted you, but things have changed
Now days are endless, nights are longer
Nothing dulls my thirst it's getting stronger
If she forgets me I'll fade away
So leave your porch light on, lover,
I'm on my way
Dodging and weaving and sliding and speeding
Down the M8 to the City and her
Oh my lover, my friend, ain’t it strange
I never knew I wanted you, but things have changed
Making my way across the desert
Up ahead, the promise of green
Where fruit is sweet and the water is clean
I took a taste and now I'll never forget it
Now I've got a fever and it's driving me on
My heavy foot burns the tank out
There are places I'm meant to be but my oasis is calling to me
From the brown brick flat down by the big house
And I've been thinking maybe
This girl might have got me crazy.
Dodging and weaving and sliding and speeding
Down the M8 to the City and her
Oh my lover, my friend, ain’t it strange
I never knew I wanted you, but things have changed
And now the moon is in aries. Or something like that.
I gotta say it's not my usual way of thinking.
But she can see things that I don't see, she's got me being the best I can be,
Sleeping well and hardly drinking.
Still I've been thinking maybe
This girl might have got me crazy
Dodging and weaving and sliding and speeding
Down the M8 to the City and her
Oh my lover, my friend, ain’t it strange
I never knew I wanted you, but things have changed
Now days are endless, nights are longer
Nothing dulls my thirst it's getting stronger
If she forgets me I'll fade away
So leave your porch light on, lover,
I'm on my way
Dodging and weaving and sliding and speeding
Down the M8 to the City and her
Oh my lover, my friend, ain’t it strange
I never knew I wanted you, but things have changed
credits
released May 16, 2024
Words by Stanley Woodhouse
Music by Stanley Woodhouse, Oskar Herbig, Martin Schilov, Samuel Boon & Andy Lloyd-Russell
Words by Stanley Woodhouse
Music by Stanley Woodhouse, Oskar Herbig, Martin Schilov, Samuel Boon & Andy Lloyd-Russell
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