Song Description:
“Skydiving Naked”
Copyright 2016 by Mary Crowell
(Written April 23, 2016)
Mary cosplaying as Lara Croft
I cosplayed as Lara Croft a couple of Octobers ago, and that’s about as
thrill seeker as I actually get in my real life. So . . . no skydiving
naked, rock climbing sideways, or tangoing with apes. Enjoy this song for
the adventure, vaguely murderous intentions, and the warning about
texting while doing all these activities.
This is a response to the song prompt “what a way to go.” I was in the car driving thinking
about the other song prompt and how I had two or three song ideas for
it, but WHAT WAS I GOING TO DO WITH ‘What a way to go’? I started
imagining really ridiculously over the top dangerous things to do
simultaneously. Then suddenly I was singing the first verse. I recorded
it into my phone as soon as I could get a chance to pull over–singing it over and
over beforehand.
The resulting song stayed amazingly true to the timing and
tune of that burst of inspiration, although I wasn’t expecting the
crankiness about being ignored for texting to turn out to be a motif
that carried throughout the song. (I text a LOT just so you know. I
don’t judge people for texting. However, I don’t plan to do it while
skydiving any time soon.) This work is in good old C major.
