{Demo} The Opposite Gender
by DwAN
(The Opposite Gender on SoundCloud)
I remember when I was writing this song, I had this idea of creating an anthem song. A song that you can sing along when you’re feeling happy, a song that you can sing along to lift yourself from depression and a song that you can sing along even if you can’t sing. The premise is there but, can I execute that? Let’s hear the song.
The Lyrics:
The Opposite Gender
[Interlude]
I’m just a boy that can’t stand for a minute.
You just a girl that can stand for a minute.
It’s you that I adore, I control for a minute.
You that I adore, I control for a minute.
If I’m like a girl that can stand for a minute.
You like a boy that can’t stand for a minute.
You that I adore, I control for a minute.
You that I adore, I control for a minute.
[Bridge]
If I’m like a boy and you’re like a girl,
does it makes us norm?
Does it makes us strong?
Does it grow us faster?
Does it grow us larger?
Does it really matter
for the things that I adore?
[Chorus]
If I want to recognize you girl.
I want to impress you girl.
I want to embrace you girl.
I want to impress you.
Girl, don’t make me stop.
Girl, just stay awhile.
Girl, please bare with me
for the things that I adore.
(2x)
[Rhythm]
[Interlude]
I’m just a boy that can’t stand for a minute.
You just a girl that can stand for a minute.
It’s you that I adore, I control for a minute.
You that I adore, I control for a minute.
[Bridge]
If I’m like girl and you’re like boy,
does it makes us weird?
Does it makes us strong?
Does it grow us faster?
Does it grow us larger?
Does it really matter
for the things that I adore.
[Chorus]
If I want to recognize you girl.
I want to impress you girl.
I want to embrace you girl.
I want to impress you.
Girl, don’t make me stop.
Girl, just stay awhile.
Girl, please bear with me
for the things that I adore.
(2x)
[Bridge 2]
If I’m like a boy.
If I’m like a girl.
If I’m like them both.
Does it make me weird?
Does it make me wrong?
Does it make me norm?
Does it really matter
for the things that I adore?
[Chorus]
If I want to recognize you girl.
I want to impress you girl.
I want to embrace you girl.
I want to impress you.
Girl, don’t make me stop.
Girl, just stay awhile.
Girl, please bear with me
for the things that I adore.
(3x)
The Story:
When the first time I come out with this song, I was in the shower thinking about a girl that I used to like (and no, I’m not doing that ‘thing’ while in the shower), I really want to write a song to this girl. My mind start to explore, I began to think about how the story should be, then I come out with this simple and catchy tone that cheerleader used to sing. After that, I had this moment of ‘enlightenment’ where the song start to flow like a river (Actually, I always have this moment of ‘enlightenment’ when I wrote a good song).
Immediately, I began to think about the lyrics. I have this story on my mind that I had to translate and transform it to became lyrics. Because this song is about how I felt that day, I start the lyric with a simple sentence “I’m just a boy that can’t stand for a minute” because I remember the first time I have a crush on her is when I was younger.
The song is questioning on how to embrace a girl, a girl that might be to far to reach, because she is too pretty and too high class for me. At that time, I’m not the famous guy in school, instead, I’m just the nerdy guy. And although the girl knew I like her, she didn’t return the sign. Instead, she enjoy the situation and likes on how I kindly treat her. She even didn’t stop me for being foolish.
I decide to wrote a simple lyrics that simply hide the story behind it. I carefully choose every single word that absolutely cheesy when you first read it and absolutely makes none sense when you didn’t know what the story behind it.
The Vocal:
Oh my gosh, even though my voice sound horrible in this song, somehow I like how my voice sounds like. I try to record another one, but it seems that I can’t recreate a better vocal version for this song, so I leave it that away.
The Music:
As I mention earlier. For this song, I come out with a simple and catchy tunes that some people might find in cheesy, sissy, pussy or whatever they want to call it. At first I create the drum loop, a simple drum loop that you can find in almost pop songs. Then I create this simple bass tunes that abselutely easy to play. Somehow, from that simple bass tunes, I manage to create a more bass tunes that although it seem hard to play, it actually very easy when you know the notes. And then I added a very simple guitar sound to layer the Chorus part. And that’s it, I manage to create a full song with only 3 instrument.
With that simple lyrics, simple tunes and simple music, I’m hoping this song will be easy to listen and catchy enough to stuck in your mind.
honestly, not to be mean, your voice is horrible dwan hahaha…you’re not a kind of singer whose song will be in my playlist deh. but the song is a good project, I probably am not so into it because I’m a pop music lover who loves good vocals. please keep up the good work <3
I notice that neng Fitce, that’s why my next project would be Re-record all the vocal in all my songs again
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Aku sudah dengar daaann….. musiknya sih lumayaan, tapiii suaranya kurang vocal *bukan berarti jelek lho ya, hehe* liriknya bagus tapi kurang nendang! haha.. kaya gue yg jago aja. Eniwei, banyak belajar lagi yaa, biar makin ok (gym)
Makasih neng sofce atas masukannyo, Hooh mesti perlu banyak belajar lagi ini. (blush)
itu suara lw.. dwan……????
(misalnya… hehehehe…)
kok kedengeran beda..
tapi easy listening loh… gampang di hapalin juga… bisa langsung nempel di kepala.. mungkin karna simple lyric..
cute story juga….
semoga ada producer yang dengerin terus lw dijadiin.. backing vocal
hooh suara aye, emang beda banget yah?
gak ngerasa beda karena keseringan dengerin sendirimisi, apa di sini saya bisa jual BB 9900 dibawah 7 jt? 10 biji aja ko.. ga banyak #eaa melipir…
tapi ngemeng2 soal musikalitas, karena
aye anak band jadi tau rasanya bikin lagu versi beta sampe catchy dan gimana rasanya didenger orangdulu pernah ngeband, kaeknya ni masih potensial untuk di poles lebih lanjut..ya ampun sia abang, lapak udah beda masih mikirin 10 biji [mustachespongebob] [mustachepatrick]
untuk musiknya, emang bisa banget di improve, soalnya cuman pake 3 instrument dan melodinya sangat teramat simpel
kurang jalang… tp gw suka (intronya doang yg menurut gw agak aneh) … gaga pasti bisa rilis ulang ini lagu jd semakin mencekam (ninja) (gagak)
ya ampun, pake bawa2 si gagak. Ow depannya agak aneh ya bang?
notedI’m still with my autotune and les vokal ideas, go Dwan!
Hooh neng fitce. Bayarin leh lokal dong *eh (ninja)
ehh sorry bukan depannya tp [Bridge] … yg the lier yg Ai gak suka depannya (doh lagu ini kerendahan bgt buat gw*
Eaa, komennya di lapak yg beda (headspin) Ow thx bang, iya itu sengaja rendah biar bagian chorus ke 2-nya bisa lebih tinggi (secara kalo dinaekin 1 oktaf lagi udah gak kuwat)