{"id":47,"date":"2010-08-29T06:50:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-29T06:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brownium.com\/BrownianMusic\/2010\/08\/29\/rhymes-with-orange\/"},"modified":"2017-04-20T13:18:36","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T18:18:36","slug":"rhymes-with-orange","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brownium.com\/BrownianMusic\/2010\/08\/29\/rhymes-with-orange\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhymes with Orange"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4363\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-47-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/brownium.com\/media\/audio\/RhymesWithOrange.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/brownium.com\/media\/audio\/RhymesWithOrange.mp3\">http:\/\/brownium.com\/media\/audio\/RhymesWithOrange.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/brownium.com\/media\/audio\/RhymesWithOrange.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/brownium.com\/BrownianMusic\/?powerpress_pinw=47-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/brownium.com\/media\/audio\/RhymesWithOrange.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"RhymesWithOrange.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>I wrote this song for FAWM 2010 (see fawm.org).\u00a0 I only did four songs for FAWM, but it was four more than I would otherwise have written.\u00a0 I recorded the song using my iPhone and GigBaby (I&#8217;ve since moved on to GigDaddy).\u00a0 It&#8217;s rough, but it&#8217;s magical.<\/p>\n<p>I should say that I&#8217;ve had complaints about whether or not I am legitimately rhyming &#8220;orange&#8221;.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t sing it well here, but if you want to take a crack, the trick first to pronounce &#8220;orange&#8221; like &#8220;ore-ange&#8221; not &#8220;are-ange&#8221;, then use the syllables thus: &#8220;or-ange-though&#8221;, &#8220;poor-ban-jo&#8221;, &#8220;more-an-jer&#8221;.\u00a0 It really works, you just have to practice.\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t practice enough before recording.<\/p>\n<p>I had the first half of a third verse in my head for a long time.\u00a0 I just finished writing the verse so I could post it here, but haven&#8217;t recorded it yet.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s the recording:<\/p>\n<p>\u00a92010 Stephen G Brown<\/p>\n<p>Green&#8217;s my favourite color<br \/>\nIt might as well be orange, though<br \/>\nNeither one would look so good<br \/>\nPainted on my poor banjo<br \/>\nAnd if you want to play her right<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re going to have to practice more<br \/>\nAnd your gonna play a lot better<br \/>\nIf you never let her<br \/>\nLanguish on the floor<\/p>\n<p>Now green is nice<br \/>\nBut that don&#8217;t mean that I don&#8217;t like purple<br \/>\nLovely colour of the kings<br \/>\nBut I will not usurp<br \/>\nLong as I get left alone<br \/>\nI won&#8217;t go Wyatt Earp<br \/>\nLetting Tombstone<br \/>\nBe the seat of my throne<br \/>\nBad guys in the dirt<\/p>\n<p>Purple, Orange, they&#8217;re both nice<br \/>\nBut half way in between<br \/>\nIs the color of the rainbow<br \/>\nMy favorite to be seen<br \/>\nRed, yellow, blue<br \/>\nAin&#8217;t the worst<br \/>\nOf colors that there have been<br \/>\nBut seeing those colors<br \/>\nMakes me wish for others<br \/>\nBring me back to Green<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/brownium.com\/media\/audio\/RhymesWithOrange.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadI wrote this song for FAWM 2010 (see fawm.org).\u00a0 I only did four songs for FAWM, but it was four more than I would otherwise have written.\u00a0 I recorded the song using my iPhone and GigBaby (I&#8217;ve since moved on to GigDaddy).\u00a0 It&#8217;s rough, but it&#8217;s magical. 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