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A Review of “I’m Nobody”:
“With charmingly disarming vocal tones and a timeless Rock piano foundation, Kenny Bunco and the 12 Notes’ first track from their full-length album, Love and…, takes listeners out for a whirlwind night on the town – describing and fulfilling promises of singing, dancing and sweet whoopee between an entity of established pedigree and the song’s narrative voice, repeating the everyman’s mantra, “I’m Nobody”!
From the first moments to the last, “I’m Nobody” bears a sound and style that simply feel fun! The initial introduction displays Ken Hurley’s considerable piano chops with levity and grace before dropping listeners into the deep pocket of immortal rock-and-roll piano – with a moving bass line that bounds rather than walks and gives rise to colorfully informed and tastefully executed runs from Ken’s right hand. The supporting instrumentals do their work diligently and without obscuring the song’s intended focus – Ken Hurley’s bright rich vocals and nimble fingers! The artist’s warmly engaging voice belies a strong sense of play and serves to enrich the tune with a dose of amiability and color that are absolutely perfect for the style. There’s a lot of talent at work here!” – Jon Wright
About the Reviewer:
Jon Wright is a trained multi- instrumentalist, vocalist, and music educator with nearly twenty years of experience in the field.
SONG REVIEW: We All Live a Life.
Kenny Bunco and the 12 Notes has put forward the new tune We All Live A Life. Pulling inspiration from the blues, folk, and British rock, We All Live A Life has something for every type of listener, if they are willing to hang out for a few minutes. The tune features bluesy piano as the primary support for Bunco’s vocals, and moves along at a moderate pace perfect for reminiscing. Bunco sings his thoughts on life, and its absurdity, with a matured tone and witty sensibility. Each lyric provides a snapshot of human life, colliding into one another to create a rough collage of the world around us. With its rolling nature and vivid imagery, the tune would pair well with a night cap and a little Vonnegut. Overall, We All Live A Life by Kenny Bunco and the 12 Notes gives listeners ample opportunity to look back and think about life while providing a laid back sound. The lyrics are the stand out with We All Live A Life. The debate between lyrics vs music is common. This tune is a clear example of lyrics first. Fans of blues, folk, and rock will enjoy We All Live A Life by Kenny Bunco and the 12 Notes. Nicely done, this is a cool tune. – Zachary Larson
About The Reviewer: Zachary Larson is a professional touring guitarist and multi-instrumentalist. Getting his start in high school rock bands, he has since toured as a classical chamber musician, onboard luxury cruises, and with the Broadway musicals Finding Neverland and Escape To Margaritaville. His recorded work spans from classical works and pop tunes, to mind-bending experimental music. His arrangements of orchestral music are published through Clear Note Publications. Classically trained, he holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Denver.
Kenny Bunco and the 12 Notes: Love and . . .
All music and lyrics by Ken Hurley
All songs Copyright © 2021 by Ken Hurley
All rights reserved.
Produced by Adam Snider at Funny Chamber Studios
Back-up vocals: Lucy Nord, Adam Snider
Drums and Guitars: Adam Snider
Piano and keyboards: Ken Hurley
All other instruments Adam Snider, Ken Hurley
Cover Artwork: Chris & Brie
Photographs: Lucy Nord
Manufactured in the USA
Adam Snider is much more than 12 notes!
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SONG REVIEW: Hey Baby
“Darkly dancing across the keys, Kenny Bunco and the 12 Notes’ “Hey Baby” brings a Bluesy, Jazzy sound to life beneath a lyrical depiction of mortal beauty wrapped up in indulgence and fatigue – couching observations of recklessness and self-abuse in the appreciative double-entendre depiction of an angel about to take flight! The feel and flow of “Hey Baby” is mesmerizing! Sparingly applied keys sit well in the mix with walking bass and dutiful drums in order to give rise to Ken Hurley’s uniquely engaging vocal tones – illustrating a portrait of a woman approaching the end of her rope with reckless abandon through characteristically colorful and stylistically gripping deliveries. Ceaselessly moving piano carries the torch between verses, maintaining a brilliant balance between levity and languish in keeping with the theme. Skillful performances keep the pace brisk and the vibe strong as the nearly improvisational tone of Ken’s lyrical flow holds listeners rapt!
Flirtatiously darker themes and accompanying musical drives lie at the core of “Hey Baby” – making it easily accessible to fans of more experimental and independent versions of Blues and Rock and especially to those that enjoy well-played piano at the center!
Kenny Bunco and the 12 Notes’ Love and… shows a diverse range of stylistic ability and a genuine creativity at the helm – prompting eager ears towards whatever the artist produces next! Excellent work! – Jon Wright
About the Reviewer:
Jon Wright is a trained multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and music educator with nearly twenty years of experience in the field.
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L Y R I C S
I’M NOBODY (3:39)
I’m nobody
And that’s alright with me
I’m nobody
And that’s alright with me
My name will never be in lights
Or up on up on up on a marquee
You’re somebody
It’s very plain to see
You’re somebody
It’s very plain to see
You fill the world with glee
Cause you got you got you got
The pedigree
I’m nobody
And that’s alright with me
I’m nobody
And that’s alright with me
I’m just sitting on the front porch
Dreamin’, schemin’, thinkin’, of places I want to be
You’re somebody
It’s very plain to see
You’re somebody
It’s very plain to see
You’ve got the miles of smiles
Of somebody somebody somebody
I’m want to see
I’m nobody
And you’re somebody
I’m nobody
And you’re somebody
Your somebody
Ain’t never met never met never met
Nobody like me
I’m nobody
and you’re somebody
I’m nobody
and you’re somebody
Not just anybody, you see
Cause tonight we’re gonna sing we’re gonna dance
and make sweet whoopee . . .
THE BILLIONAIRE’S SONG (4:09)
We’re just too busy to stop and lend a hand
We may get involved in something
we don’t understand
We walk the other way
Not hearing what you say
We think you’re wrong and feel we’re right
We’re glad you do what we say
We got giblets in our gravy
Our hair is Sassooned and wavy
Montego Bay Maid does our slaving
Upstairs and down in all our houses
A well-stocked bar with drinks of eight ounces
We got stock in IBM
A condo in Magdalen
A solid gold fountain pen once used by Sen Yat Sen
An original Picasso hangs on our hall wall
The original Rembrandt we keep in the vault
And lots o CDs we count them happily
This is the billionaire’s song
We don’t care if we’re wrong
We’re zero zero zero zero one percent strong
We can buy the competition
We can buy the politicians
We can buy your religion
We don’t need your permission
So don’t be forlorn
We know you’ll play along
We hope you’ll play along
We want you to play along
Just start singing our song
We got lots o money
We really are well-to-do
Our Swiss Bank has a scenic mountain view
We got money in horses
Money in oil
Money in real estate
So much we can’t tabulate
Money in gold
Our billfold is hard to hold
We know we’re growing old
But it’s a great way we’re told
When no taxes no taxes no taxes no taxes no taxes
Have been withhold
This is the billionaire’s song
We don’t care if we’re wrong
We’re zero zero zero zero one percent strong
We can buy the competition
We can buy the politicians
We can buy your religion
We don’t need your permission
So don’t be forlorn
We know you’ll play along
We hope you’ll play along
We want you to play along
Just start singing our song
NOWADAYS (2:16)
No way
Nowadays
Nowhere
No how
Should now eclipse
The heart of tomorrow
Unless
Mr. Foochow is told during a powwow
With Landau his purple spotted cow
Mr. Foochow is told tomorrow is disavowed
Mr. Foochow is told tomorrow must not be allowed
Mr. Foochow is told tomorrow thrown in the hoosegow
No tomorrow will cause
Landau the Purple Spotted Cow
To wipe Mr. Foochow’s brow
The thought of no tomorrow will cause
Mr. Foochow to kow-tow to now
And Landau the purple spotted cow
May ride a snowplow to Sapchow
To take lessons in meow and
bow bow bow bow bow -wow
You too may vow a new wow at the idea of now
You too may vow a new wow at the idea of now
You too may vow a new wow at the idea of now
You too may vow a new wow at the idea of now
If there is no tomorrow
No way
Nowadays
Nowhere
No how
Should now eclipse
The heart of tomorrow
LOVE AND . . . (3:57)
Love and smiles
Always try
Love and blindfolds
At the start
Love and friends
Just friends
Love and tears
In-between
Love and jealousy
Can be hell you see
Love is a choice
A beautiful voice
Love is an action
A compassionate voice
Love and hate
Sometimes just wait
Love pure love
Fairy tales
Love and children
Always love the children
Love is a choice
A beautiful voice
Love is an answer
A compassionate voice
WE ALL LIVE A LIFE (6:03)
Man with the black lung still smokes through a tube
The girl with the president is just another boob
$90.95 gets you wipers and a lube
Are you trapped with a mouse in your corporate cube?
Dead rats lying on a mosque floor
A gallon of milk sits sour in the door
Painted lady is dressed like a whore
It’s all good smiles the conquistador
The boys in the band play off key in the garage
They don’t seem to mind. It’s a Swedish massage
One day they’ll be big and have their entourage
Or is it just a dream? A rosy glass mirage?
Some of us die with flies on our eyes
Some of us live with lies in our eyes
Some of us pray to win the lotto prize
Some of us grow old and finally realize
We all live a life
You want to be unique but you’re one of many
Some have none, others too much plenty
Do you still wear shoes? The ones with the penny
Your money or your life. “I’m thinking.” – Jack Benny
Little boys. Little girls. Playing in the breeze
Swapping tongues. Scraping dung. Learning the ABC’s
Giggles and wiggles, they laugh when they fight
When the moon is hung and the swinging stars swung
Jefferson and Hemings made quite a pair
Slave girl and freedom master. Wonder was it fair?
Slaves were ⅗’s human. Weren’t you aware?
There’s something about justice, just isn’t all there
Some of us die with flies on our eyes
Some of us live with lies in our eyes
Some of us pray to win the lotto prize
Some of us grow old and finally realize
We all live a life
Mrs. Cowpoke said to Mango down under
“Does the subway chime in the Congo I wonder?
“No. No. No, it rolls like thunder.”
“I’d give you a call but I can’t shake this slumber.”
Judas alone walking down the street
Wondered aloud about the kissing disease
He knew what he’d do but not what he done
The weight of his kiss can’t be undone
Same-sex marriages polarize Vermont
Look at Uncle Harry he’s now the wacky Aunt
Sweet boys and tough girls endure all the taunts
Is her name Elliot, Catlin, Kinesh, or Lamont?
Young man looked through her wide eyes to her soul
Said, “Let’s get married. Then we’ll be whole”
Three wives later he’s trying to cajole
Back off. Let go. Don’t don’t don’t don’t control.
Some of us die with flies on our eyes
Some of us live with lies in our eyes
Some of us pray to win the lotto prize
Some of us grow old and finally realize
We all live a life
HEY BABY! (6:23)
Hey baby
I saw you the other night
You looked like an angel
About to take flight
Glass of red in one hand
The other a bottle of white
Dangling from your southern lips
A fat boy rolled tight
Hey, baby
Saw you the other night
You looked like an angel
In the twilight of your life
Hey baby
Saw you the other night
You lived a good life
Loved everything in sight
Looking for your shiny knight
Now you’re an Angel
About to take flight
Hey, Baby
I saw you the other night
You looked like an Angel
About to take flight
Your smile was tired
Twinkle in your eye was slight
Something about you
Just wasn’t quite right
You looked like an Angel
About to take flight
You looked like an Angel
In the twilight of your life
Doc shoppin’
Veins poppin’
Your stock’s droppin’
Hey, baby
You looked like an angel
About to take flight
In the twilight of your life
Hey, baby Hey, Baby Hey, baby
Time is what we pay to live
Hey, baby Hey, Baby Hey, baby
Time is what we pay to live . . .
TEAR IN THE STREET (6:03)
I found a tear in the street
Friend said it was rain
I found a tear in the street
Friend said it was rain
I know this tear
I see it clear
It carries my pain
She said don’t sit around
Acting like the saddest clown
She said don’t sit around
Acting like the saddest clown
Put your sorrow down
Spin me around and let’s dance
Put your sorrow down
Spin me around and let’s dance
Let’s dance!
Lady in the window yelled, The tear is mine!
Lady in the window yelled, The tear is mine!
I dropped it years ago over candlelight and wine.
I dropped it years ago over candlelight and wine.
I said, don’t sit around
Acting like the saddest clown
I said don’t sit around
Acting like the saddest clown put
your sorrow down
Spin me around and let’s dance
Put your sorrow down
Spin me around and let’s dance
Let’s dance!
YOU AND ME (3:30)
You and me gonna skip down the street in our bare feet
You and me gonna sing gonna dance to our own beat
You and me make ‘em feel the heat from across the street
You and me gonna sail thru the clouds in our sunbeam
You and me gonna float down stream on our daydreams
You and me gonna enjoy the trance of our romance
And you and me
We will love
You and me gonna play all day on Broadway
You and me gonna make every Wednesday a birthday
You and me gonna share our smiles as a giveaway
You and me gonna enjoy gourmet at the café
You and me gonna sachet around to the cabaret
You and me gonna sleep with a smile in the milky-way
And you and me
We will love
You and me gonna disagree about toothpaste
You and me gonna sometimes be in each other’s face
You and me gonna understand it’s not a waste
You and me gonna never misplace our joyful embrace
You and me gonna enjoy running with the human race
You and me gonna help the world be a better place
And you and me
We will love
And you and me
We will love
FORSAKEN (3:29)
Talkin’ bout the favored nations
Drinking their bully libations
Where the hell’s effective communication?
Don’t need no special occasion
To want human salvation
And, no one should be forsaken
Yeah, you talk about your education
But mostly about your churchy-station
Your self-appointed congregations
Enjoying collection plate masturbation
Applauding the child’s deportations
And, no one should be forsaken
You believe your beliefs are an obligation
Mostly self-made obfuscations
Can’t wait to show your indignation
No toleration without assimilation
While sheep graze on golden field sensations
Yet, no one should be forsaken
Love is hope for our preservation
There is no other explanation
Lift your head high and start the observation
Love is hope for our preservation
Love is hope for all generations
And, no one should be forsaken
I’m talkin’ bout human salvation
It’s not one or the other but both
There is no hell no damnation
Except for Love’s confrontations
There is no hell no damnation
Except for Love’s confrontations
There is no hell no damnation
Except for Love’s confrontations
There is no hell no damnation
Except for Love’s confrontations
I’m talkin’ bout human salvation
Where no one should be forsaken
SOFT (4:01)
Questions are all we know
Desires are all we feel
I need I know I feel
Your warm hand
Soft
The need diminishes
The want continues
The images racing around my head increase
Big talk begats small talk
Small talk begats touch
Touch begats you
You increase the need
The need is a question
Questions are forever
Your touch
Your touch
Your touch
Is for now
Soft
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