Evolution

There are some really big questions behind "Evolution" and it has to do with ego and power. What happens when a person loses his/her ideals? When does a leader become a dictator, when do we lose our own grip, go corrupt, and how can we notice, when that happens?

I believe the human ego is what´s ruining the world and our lives the most, and preventing good decisions to be made. But I also believe it gets harder the more power we got. (And that´s why we need systems that distributes power. And money )

This is the first song I wrote for this album. I have been very thorough with the syllables and the rhymes, wanting to get a pounding, heartbeat-like feeling in the verses. This is the first song me and Diana did together, and we still love it, the beautiful viola solo, the atmosphere, the dramatic expression, everything. After Anders started we have put a voices in the chorus, and now there´s a whole choir, which really lifts it. So does Martins tight drums, we worked quit a lot with getting all together while rehearsing and recording. When playing it live we have often prolonged the intro with a Pink Floydish guitar solo and a bas solo, to make a desert like atmosphere. But this is a song that has sounded great with only an ukulele playing along. But here it is, our album version:




Evolution by Simone Says

You live for your mission
you live for your faith
you read all the books
and you learned all the rights
but people they are if a different mind
and you don't understand what goes on in the crowd

Once you where also a curious child
you were chasing the rainbow
your hopes were held high
I wish you'd remember the times you were best
when your happiness lied in a dead seaman´s chest

It´s not black or white
It´s not wrong or right
but you hold on, you hold on, you hold on, you hold on
you hold on far too tight

Let go of this burden
it makes you go wild
there are oceans to cross
there are mountains to climb
you're more than your power
you're scared but let go
you can´t stop the river
the water will flow

It´s not black or white
It´s not wrong or right
but you hold on, you hold on, you hold on, you hold on
you hold on far too tight
They're just asking for evolution my friend
they're just asking for evolution
They're asking for evolution my friend
they're just asking for evolution

Not black or white
Not wrong or right
but you hold on, you hold on, you hold on, you hold on
you hold on far too tight


*What triggered the writing of this song was the demonstrations in Iran in 2009, the beginning of the arabic spring. All these people silently gathering in the streets for freedom. I followed a medical student from Teheran on Twitter @NextRevolution. He was very active fighting and reporting from the field tought it obviously was of great danger for himself. He had a small daughter. Suddenly he disappeared, never to be heard of again. The 12th of September 2009 he wrote his last Tweet: Everythings going to be ok. Bless him and his daughter, I really hope they are all right. And I hope it gets better for the people in Iran.

One song

The lyrics of "Label" is about the situation when somebody close to you is judging and devaluating you, and that you should ignore that.

It seems simple, but it is not. Before you can fight this you have to detect it, and it comes in many forms. And it is often not only about one person, but also norms of a bigger society. And it might also be inside of you.

Now I want to write a lot about prejudism, feminism, normality and Simone de Beauvoir, but I will save that until a later occation.

This is a groovy, blues inspired song, and one of our best live songs. The very beginning of this song was the bas line, and that is still the fundament. In producing this it we have six choir voices, an organ and string synth in the chorus, so the sound gets really big! This is a song musicians tend to like, especially drummers and bassists, who plays so tight here btw! I like the last part of the song, I like the modulation, the guitar solo, and the choir going: It´s your loss, it´s your loss anyway. These words me and Didi have shouted out a lot, and it ALWAYS feels good, try it! :-)



(sorry, no video yet, although I have many ideas)

Label (Simone Says)

I´m kind of stuck with you and we can´t hit it off
there´s noone to turn to there´s nowhere to go
I try to ignore you but it is kind of hard
cause you keep talking all the time and try to push me down

You put a label on my head
You put a label on my head
You put a label on my head
But you haven´t seen anything yet

I´m kind of stuck with you and we can´t hit it off
in the middle of the show of your big ego
I know, you´re no man who can see who I am
you are cool, you are smart, but you are missing one thing

You put a label on my head
You put a label on my head
You put a label on my head
But you haven´t seen nothing yet

You´re jumping to conclusions I am not an open book
you think you know somebody just by taking one first look
I don´t care who you are I have come this far
I don´t care what you say, I move on
it´s your loss anyway
(it´s your loss, it´s your loss anyway)

You put a label on my head
You put a label on my head
You put a label on my head
But you haven´t seen anything yet

New year again!

Last year was special because we made the album, it took the whole year more or less. This was all I was hoping and wishing for last new years eve, I remember it clearly. Then we also have been playing several gigs during the year. So it has been an extraordinary productive year. I am so releived we manage to finish the album, but most of all I am happy I still got a family and a job and friends left, really, I have been so focused on the music so much and so long.

I am grateful for people listening, liking, and sharing the music! And for great words, like these written by our friend Alex at his blog:

I personally think it is one of the best albums I have heard for a very long time. And believe me, when it comes to music I am very picky. The songs and lyrics are very catchy and they grow quickly on you. But besides being very well written and composed, they all have a message and a story.
Now, I am not a critic nor journalist, so I am not going deep on my review but I am definitely going to recommend this band/album and their uplifting and refreshing music. The sound is very unique and I can tell that this is only the beginning for Simone Says.

Thank you Alex! <3 It is so great when somebody sees, hears, beleives in you, and expresses this.... Original, intelligent, and "it´s getting better the more you listen", "the lyrics are great" are also things we have heard several times, and then people hear a bit different influences concerning decades, geography. I still kind of hope for something more to happen, but I also get that we have to do more marketing work to make people notice us. We have to find a way to get outsides of our own circles, outside of this city. I realize that it´s not over when the CD is out and that theres still work to do. And we´ll do some: I am so proud of this album, I can stand for every song. We beleive in it, me and significant people around me, and that gives energy to carry on. :)

Fjordenes Tidende

Here is an interview about the release in the norwegian newspaper "Fjordenes Tidende, the 16th of December:



It is about my background since childhood, and about the band now. I will translate if I get time later :)