Another Challenge I Won't Win, A Villanelle
A Vocal Writer's Lament
Another challenge I won't win,
I clicked "submit" but now I'm filled with doubt.
My entry's live, the wait begins.
I refresh the page, my head's a spin,
Checking views and votes (still zero out).
Another challenge I won't win.
The winner wrote of loss and sin,
While I wrote jokes about my gout.
My entry's live, the wait begins.
I watch the Top Picks rolling in,
Each one's profound, while mine's a route
Another challenge I won't win.
The judges must think I'm on gin,
My metaphors are all played out.
My entry's live, the wait begins.
I swear next time I'll play to win,
No comedy, just tears and clout.
Another challenge I won't win.
My entry's live, the wait begins.
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Tim Carmichael
Tim is an Appalachian poet and cookbook author. He writes about rural life, family, and the places he grew up around. His poetry and essays have appeared in Bloodroot and Coal Dust, his latest book.
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'20/20'
"Do It Again" the track that would ultimately open the Beach Boys final album on Capitol Records which was released on February 10th 1969 had originally been released as a single in August of 1968. The track was the first of many post-Pet Sounds era throwbacks to the early Beach Boys sound which would become continually more cliched and eventually lead the Beach Boys to the level of self-parody they would eventually succumb to in the 1980s while their closest contemporaries The Beatles nearing the end of their run in 1969 would go on to be viewed as the most influential band of all time. However, the song itself is not bad on its surface, and it opens with a futuristic sounding (for 1969) drumbeat captured by then-Beach Boys engineer Stephen Desper using tape delays on the drums performed by Dennis Wilson and John Guerin. The song has been re-recorded numerous times over the years on various Beach Boys-related projects most notably the 2011 re-recording at Capitol studios featuring the five surviving Beach Boys at the time backed instrumentally by various members of both the Brian Wilson Band and Mike Loves touring "Beach Boys" to promote the then upcoming Beach Boys 50th Anniversary reunion tour in 2012. The hammering and power drill sound at the end of the song was an excerpt from a track called "Workshop" that was to be a part of the uncompleted "SMiLE" album.
By Sean Callaghan6 days ago in Beat
Comments (5)
Boy, did I feel that
Clever writing Tim! I hope that you win again!
exactly how we all feel so often!
Oh, this is so relatable! You’ve captured that exact mix of hope, doubt, and compulsive refreshing we all know too well.
Ha! Feels like you wrote that for the bulk of us. The wait begins... Nicely done!