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    Matthew Kerns
    Jan 14, 2020

    Love In The 4th Demo





    Previously floating around the web in an inferior version, here is a much better quality version of the demo for Love In The 4th, the source of the vocal used on the version over at https://www.walterbeckermedia.com/forum/rarities-unreleased/love-in-the-4th-aka-lies-i-can-believe

    Love in the 4th (Demo)

    (a.k.a. Lies I Can Believe)

    Walter Becker and Dean Parks

    Zeon Music: Runaway Inflation © 1992

    Round and round - The words are spinning

    Why don't we take it - From the beginning

    I know it hurts but - Babe don't you worry

    Let's take our time honey - What's the hurry?


    Your eyes are moving - Yes I can see them

    The words are soothing - Why don't I believe them?

    Your eyes are beaming - But I can't receive them


    You say our love just - Needs some attention

    Maybe it's stuck in - The fourth dimension

    You say it wants more - Kissage and huggage

    Maybe it just got - Lost with our luggage

    Maybe our love just - Needs space to grow in

    A place to go to - A vector to grow in

    Maybe what I need's - A towel to throw in


    Don't you remember that rainy night?

    Riding the dog in the pale moonlight

    Making love up in the very last row

    Lord have mercy - Halfway to Jersey


    Spare me the details, the guts and glory

    The truth is just another story

    Why don't you give me

    Why don't you give me

    Lies I can believe?


    I never said I was a diplomat

    I guess I got no country to be true to

    Don't you tell me not to be like that

    Don't you blame me when I do like you do


    Life is a gamble - You're never ready

    The sands are shifting but - The winds are steady

    They never let up - So keep your head up

    Don't let 'em blow you away


    To every man goes - His share of passion

    But I'm way under - The legal ration

    I think you nailed it - Right down to the letter

    It's getting older - But it ain't getting better


    Maybe our love just - Needs a vacation

    The train is rolling - Out of the station

    Across the platform - Another train is pulling in


    Lovers sighing in exotic places

    Holding hands with all the aces

    Making love up on the captain's table

    All the way, all the way home


    I see my past stretched out before me

    The truth is just another story

    Why don't you give me

    Why don't you give me

    Lies I can believe?

    7 comments
    Moderator: D-Mod
    Jan 14, 2020

    His vocals are matchless on this. I'm glad you (Matt) could make this Vox work with the Signet track (folks, that was a hell of a job he had to do, and it's absolutely seamless).


    But those vocals....man...and the phrasing, like someone noted on the other post. There are so many reasons this is a great song (and a great demo IMHO). This was probably my favorite of the demos floating around back in the day. The song's simply peerless, a real showcase for what he does best in so many ways. It's nice to have a cleaner version to listen to - thanks .

    Dan Belcher
    Jan 14, 2020  ·  Edited: Jan 14, 2020

    Kind of crazy that these vocals are just the guide vocals on a demo track! Beautifully sung, and the sound is perfectly balanced with the right volume, EQ, and reverb like it would be for a release-ready track.


    Also, this audio quality on this one in general is pristine. Of all the demos we've been fortunate enough to hear, this is the best "sounding."

    Matthew Kerns
    Jan 14, 2020

    @Dan Belcher It really speaks to how good Walter was as a singer. Not perfect, but so seemingly comfortable in his voice that the imperfections add to the overall effect and charm. I think he knocked this one out of the park. A great vocal and a great song.

    Frank Black
    Jan 14, 2020

    Love this. I'd quite happily pay for a CD of this stuff

    tmailander
    Jan 29, 2020

    All the aces...dealt so rarely.

    Lary Dixon
    Jan 30, 2020

    Right from the very first time that I heard it, this Demo flooded my mind with all of these sweet, sweet images of grandeur.. It came at me from several layers, all of them unfolding at once.. To me, this Demo is that unique, semi-luminescent Oyster, hoping for a grain of sand, to cultivate a beautiful Cultured Pearl..

    The structure of the song, or the Pearl, is perfect.. Cultured.. What I believe to be, perhaps, Walter's best lyrics, are the focal point of this song, with his vocal delivery wrapped magically around and through this array of photo thoughts from the fourth dimension.. I wrote about his vocal delivery on the other page, and how well the new arrangement, with the solid, more basic band, allowed his voice to sit back in the mix a bit. That approach really gave Walter's voice a little more expression, so his phrasing and intonation became much more interpretive than ever before.. You don't have to be perfect to be a Great singer.. Perfect is Boring.. Perfect takes the mojo away, the Human element.. This Demo has all of the Human magic in it ! Walter's singing is full and moving and expressive, a Cultured Pearl performance.. Matthew had the opportunity to sit in the Producer's chair and combine this Demo and a solid foundation track, and using Arranger skills he was able to create a New track that is really Powerful ! Thank You Matt.. What an achievement.. Lary

    Lary Dixon
    Jan 2

    Well worth revisiting, time and time again... Lary

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