2025 Competition Entry:

Under Blue Sky by Honk Shoo

Genre

Rock

Artist

Co-writer(s)

no

Performer(s)

Gary Schotz: guitar, lead vocals
Jason Narducy: guitar, bass, backing vocals
Gerald Down: drums

Description

We had just attended a march and rally supporting Black Lives Matter. It was a clear and sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. But as the rally continued, it became clear that in our little homogeneous white suburb, this was all lip service. Nothing was actually going to change. The lyrics reflect that day, going from sunny optimism, to mild frustration to finally, the harsh reality of the establishment stepping in and stopping things in their tracks. Maybe some other day.

Bio

Honk Shoo is a dream born out of COVID restrictions and deferred maturity. Helped by modern technology enabling countless home-recordings, five songs were selected to be professionally produced and recorded at Electrical Audio in Chicago. From that comes an emerging band with the hopes of achieving just some of the rock and roll dreams from our youth.

Lyrics

Under blue sky
Nothing in our way
Under blue sky
Seize the day
Under blue sky
Make our hay
Under blue sky
Have our say

No more foolin’ around

Under blue sky
Wasting away
Under blue sky
Kept at bay
Under blue sky
Our nerves fray
Under blue sky
Demand a say

No more foolin’ around

No more blue sky
Turn it gray
No more blue sky
Time to execute the play
No more blue sky
Push them all off the quay
No more blue sky
Maybe some other day

No more blue sky

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