The Day the Music Never Died
from Rhapsody & Filigree by Brian Woodbury
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about
written & arranged by Brian Woodbury
lyrics
V E R S E 1
Bach was very dead
His cantatas all ignored
His passions had been sung
And long forgotten, with the harpsichord
Till they brought him back on stage
To take one last concertgebouw
And propped him in the pantheon
Which we’re still living under now
C H O R U S 1
The day the music never died
The old beat out the new
The classics now don’t have to go
When their composers do
And everyone knows all the greats
This Western canon saves
(Saves)
’Cause they’re the masters
We’re the slaves
The future world was shoved aside
The day the music never died
The day the music never died
V E R S E 2
And thus were handed down
Timeless treasures built to last
Our golden oldies, broke-the-moldies,
Relics from an unsurpassed
Past
And while this universal art
No longer moves your average bloke
It is unchanged, imperious
It’s serious
Those recent genres are just a joke.
C H O R U S 2
The day the music never died
The world was made to wait
The hottest trends of yore
Now bore no expiration date
The great Three Bs have no more hits
To churn out from their graves
(Graves)
But they’re the masters
We’re the slaves
The classics could not be denied
The day the music never died
The day the music never died
B R I D G E
History is the river we all swim in
High water marks we rate our present by
(Bye bye bye)
The current current where we play
Could one day wash us all away
And so we’ve built a levee
But the levee is dry
C H O R U S 3 ( E X T E N S I O N )
The day the music never died
We yielded to the old
To all be crushed by footsteps
we would walk in, we were told
And all that’s new must now compete
With what drew bygone raves
(drew bygone raves)
A sumptuous feast we’re force fed
Till it’s all the blue-haired public craves
And who’re the masters?
Who’re the slaves?
When tried and true beats new untried
If it’s familiar, let it slide
Irrelevant and mummified
The day the music never died
The day the music never died
The day the music never, never, never, never died
Bach was very dead
His cantatas all ignored
His passions had been sung
And long forgotten, with the harpsichord
Till they brought him back on stage
To take one last concertgebouw
And propped him in the pantheon
Which we’re still living under now
C H O R U S 1
The day the music never died
The old beat out the new
The classics now don’t have to go
When their composers do
And everyone knows all the greats
This Western canon saves
(Saves)
’Cause they’re the masters
We’re the slaves
The future world was shoved aside
The day the music never died
The day the music never died
V E R S E 2
And thus were handed down
Timeless treasures built to last
Our golden oldies, broke-the-moldies,
Relics from an unsurpassed
Past
And while this universal art
No longer moves your average bloke
It is unchanged, imperious
It’s serious
Those recent genres are just a joke.
C H O R U S 2
The day the music never died
The world was made to wait
The hottest trends of yore
Now bore no expiration date
The great Three Bs have no more hits
To churn out from their graves
(Graves)
But they’re the masters
We’re the slaves
The classics could not be denied
The day the music never died
The day the music never died
B R I D G E
History is the river we all swim in
High water marks we rate our present by
(Bye bye bye)
The current current where we play
Could one day wash us all away
And so we’ve built a levee
But the levee is dry
C H O R U S 3 ( E X T E N S I O N )
The day the music never died
We yielded to the old
To all be crushed by footsteps
we would walk in, we were told
And all that’s new must now compete
With what drew bygone raves
(drew bygone raves)
A sumptuous feast we’re force fed
Till it’s all the blue-haired public craves
And who’re the masters?
Who’re the slaves?
When tried and true beats new untried
If it’s familiar, let it slide
Irrelevant and mummified
The day the music never died
The day the music never died
The day the music never, never, never, never died
credits
from Rhapsody & Filigree,
released July 25, 2022
vocals, harpsichord Brian Woodbury; guitars Marc Muller; piano Eli Brueggemann; bass Dan Lutz; drums & percussion Jonathan Feinberg
vocals, harpsichord Brian Woodbury; guitars Marc Muller; piano Eli Brueggemann; bass Dan Lutz; drums & percussion Jonathan Feinberg
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Brian Woodbury Los Angeles, California
Brian Woodbury is a Los Angeles composer, lyricist and bandleader who writes musicals, post-modern jazz compositions, quirky pop, country songs and music for children's TV.
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