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Waiting for a Ride

from Three Nights (2010) by The Successful Failures

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WAITING FOR A RIDE: The verses for this one are probably 7 or 8 years old. I was trying to rip off/rewrite the Kinks’ song “Tired of Waiting”. I wrote the chorus more recently on the piano. Then the band gave it the old Pixies/Nirvana low verse/loud chorus treatment and it really started to happen. Lyrically it’s more about what it’s not about. It reminds me of some of my early writing for the Dipsomaniacs when I tried to focus in on the minute details of everyday life. The setting is just a kid standing on a corner waiting for his mum to pick him up; she might have forgotten about him because he’s been waiting a long time. He’s bored. He needs to rely on others to drive him around – ah the freedom a driver’s license provides, but we’re always in such a hurry sometimes there’s a peace to waiting. “I’m waiting and the day goes by, there it goes again…” – Mick

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from Three Nights (2010), released May 1, 2010

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The Successful Failures Trenton, New Jersey

"The first thing you should know about The Successful Failures is that any attempt to plug them into one genre or another is very much a fool’s errand. Hailing from Trenton, N.J., the band deftly combines Americana, Pop, Rock, and enough of a dusting of Bluegrass that serves as an appetizer to the main course without overwhelming the entire meal." - July 2020, Rock is the New Roll ... more

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