2025 Competition Entry:
Same Wolf by The Linda Brady Revival
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Genre
Rock
Artist
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Co-writer(s)
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Performer(s)
Kenny Aronoff – drums
Linda Brady -lead vocals & guitar
Jeff Murphy – BGD vocals, clavinet
Greg Speier – guitar
Jeff Comparin – guitar
Rob Mendenhall – bass
Linda Brady -lead vocals & guitar
Jeff Murphy – BGD vocals, clavinet
Greg Speier – guitar
Jeff Comparin – guitar
Rob Mendenhall – bass
Description
I wrote it as a response to my diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease. It explores the inevitability and relentlessness of the disease. It’s basically me thinking out loud.
Bio
Deep Brain Stimulator is the first album by Linda Brady in many years. Back in the day, she released her first album on a very cool indie label. After that, she left the music business to do more important things, like teach and raise humans. Years later, Linda was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson’s Disease. Her doctors told her to start crossing things off her bucket list, and here we are, album number two, almost thirty years later. This album is a plea, as she battles the disease and sees the world in such disarray. Listen to her vent and decry, mourn and laugh, snark, and finally find strength in weakness, all to the guitar-driven, melodic, hard-hitting drumbeat of her band, the Revival. Mix Magazine called her “A confident singer/songwriter with a keen melodic sense, steady pipes, and a knack for writing strong hooks.” Is it power pop? Yes. Indie rock? Yes. Singer-songwriter? Yes. All of the above? Yes. None of the above? Of course.
Lyrics
I don’t have to tremble
I don’t have to stumble
Even without trouble
It’s still coming around
Even if I medicate
Even if they operate
Even if I’m feeling great
It’s still coming around
They’ve given me a date of expiration
Hit me with some of that deep brain stimulation
Cause it’s the same wolf howling at my door
It just looks different than it did before.
Even if I choose it
Even if I accuse it
Even if I refuse it
It won’t be refused, and no matter what I do
It’s still coming around
It’s a wide-awake-can-you-dig-that-excavation
Hit me with some of that deep brain stimulation
Cause it’s the same wolf howling at my door
It just looks different than it did before.
Even if I drama queen
Even if I dopamine
Even if I fall and shake
Please don’t even blink
I’m stronger than you think
I told you that it’s alright ’cause
I’m still coming around.
I don’t have to stumble
Even without trouble
It’s still coming around
Even if I medicate
Even if they operate
Even if I’m feeling great
It’s still coming around
They’ve given me a date of expiration
Hit me with some of that deep brain stimulation
Cause it’s the same wolf howling at my door
It just looks different than it did before.
Even if I choose it
Even if I accuse it
Even if I refuse it
It won’t be refused, and no matter what I do
It’s still coming around
It’s a wide-awake-can-you-dig-that-excavation
Hit me with some of that deep brain stimulation
Cause it’s the same wolf howling at my door
It just looks different than it did before.
Even if I drama queen
Even if I dopamine
Even if I fall and shake
Please don’t even blink
I’m stronger than you think
I told you that it’s alright ’cause
I’m still coming around.
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