ViciousKitty

In my home, we have two computers.  One for music production and one for all my school work and professional stuff.  Unfortunately, we have only one internet connection.  Now that I have become a self-professed Bandamp junkie, I find my husband Marino and I in an increasing conflict of who's computer will have the online connection at ANY given time. I am quite sure he now regrets all his badgering and insistence that  I get involved and start interacting more with the other musicians on the amp.  Hmmm, I believe this is when someone pops up and says "be careful what you ask for, you just may get it!"  Anyway, in case any of you may wonder why it takes me so long to return your emails or respond to comments, just remember that I am from a multi- Band Amp family, and I must either duke it out with Marino, or wait until he has ended a 14 hour chat/review/post session and fallen into a slightly comatose sleep across his keyboard in order to get my turn. 

Live, love and heal through your music!

ViciousKitty

Hello everyone! I have finally decided to take a moment to complete my site after leaving it practically naked for the past 3-4 months.  I realize that with all my collaboration, all my songs are already posted - via everyone else's site. Hmmm. So, here's the deal. If you want to hear my singing and lyrics basically I must reroute you to either Marino's website (my husband and favorite guitar player) or Minds at Play (my favorite electronica composer). The songs I can remember off the top of my head that are posted are the following (use the link that follows each song to get there):

RISE ANOTHER DAY: My first electronica song EVER! Collaborated with Minds at Play (MAP)http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4831.html

DIVINE: MAP, Marino and myself http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5011.html

CARRY ME:  Same as above  http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4993.html

THE HIPPIE SONG (You over there): Co-written by Marino and Me, the guys in NYC loved this one!http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4160.html

EVERYTHING: One of my favorite songs from my band "The Costellos." http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5031.html

FOR KRISTEN:  This one is my haunted "ode" to a young woman murdered in Arkansas by a serial killer. He is still at large.  http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/4150.

Lost All Memory:  A tongue in cheek song about the joys of memory loss when pertaining to lousy relationships http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5075.html

Broken Man:  A little ditty for all you commitment-phobes out there! http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5116.html

Gunslinger - Eternal Journey:  A collaboration with Minds At Play - Electronica meets the futuristic Wild West!  http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5153.html

Remember:  A song about longing for the innocence and ease of childhood.  http://forum.bandamp.com/Audio_Review/5102.html

Rocking it out Marino's and Lisa's Vicious Kitty Rock project!
Special thx to Minds at play for vocal mix guidance due too Marino's over use of reverb!
Share your thoughts please!


Lyrics!!:


Mr Goodtimes

You've been so bad,
and baby, you know I've been a fool.
I laid the law down, you have broken almost every rule.
And now you cry,
beggin' and pleadin' in your beer.
You never knew this woman scorned would be your biggest fear.

Refrain:

Where'd you go Mr. Goodtimes?
Down, down, down to the ground.
Where'd you go Mr. Messin' around?
Down, down, down to the ground.
Where'd you go Mr. Needing No One?
Down, down, down to the ground.
And look at you, now your all on your own,
and I knocked you down,
down to the ground.

And all the women in the world can never make you feel alive,
Loneliness can steal your breath,
I fear that you have almost died.

Where'd you go Mr. Goodtimes?
Down, down, down to the ground.
Where'd you go Mr. Messin' around?
Down, down, down to the ground.
Where'd you go Mr. Needing No One?
Down, down, down to the ground.
And look at you, now your all on your own,
and I knocked you down,
down to the ground.

I must confess all you have done, I've done myself before.
Karma just kicked my ass and knocked me clear out my front door.
Balance restored,
Only hypocrites would criticize.
I'll simply tip my hat,
and wish you all the best in life.

Where'd you go Mr. Goodtimes?
Down, down, down to the ground.
Where'd you go Mr. Messin' around?
Down, down, down to the ground.
Where'd you go Mr. Needing No One?
Down, down, down to the ground.
And look at you, now your all on your own,
and I knocked you down,
down to the ground.


L.Costello@ 2003

Marino and VK Hard Rock song,from our band Vicious Kitty.
Hope it rocks you guys out!

Here are the lyrics (finally)!


Another One


In dark of night, my brain gains light
a thick and suffocating sight.
Idon't know where you are,
but, who you are,
well that I've learned tonight.

Our truth is lies,
beliefs defiled,
I feel relief to grieve tonight.
This world is burning down,
burns all around,
and I bathe in firelight.

Refrain: 

I can't believe this night has come,
Oh God, look what my life's become,
when will my blindness come undone?
Another one,
your just another one.

Sit deadly still, I cease to feel,
this is surreal, your hidden life.
You're seeking sympathy,
you reveal to me,
but truth won't make it right.

I can't believe this night has come,
Oh God, look what my life's become,
when will my blindness come undone?
Another one,
your just another one.

Your not the first,
I have been cursed,
this madness chased me all my life.
I must escape,
disarm and face this,
and the end begins tonight.

I can't believe this night has come,
Oh God, look what my life's become,
when will my blindness come undone?
Another one,
your just another one.



L. Costello @ 2005

Here is the vocal version!!!Marino & VK
Ghost story!!!!!

To Helen

In the darkness of a window,
On a rainy August night.She came to me,Glimmering white.
And she beckoned me outside,With a gentle wave of hand.
And I followed her, onto the land.

As I stepped upon the sea of the dewy greenery,
I knew not where she had gone,
I had found myself alone.Then a smell I can’t forget
And a touch upon my hand, and then she smiled.
I could not turn away.

She spoke a song of loneliness,
And of seeds that had never grown.
And of birds that never sang,
And of stars that never shone.

As the evening passed us by,
I began to wonder why; we both must be alone,
Whether spirit, flesh or bone.
I said, “Although I’m not as you, still our souls reflect the same,
You are not once more alive, but through me could live again.”
Then she slowly stepped within,
She could feel life through my skin, see through my eyes.
She was alive.
Though she stayed but for a moment,
She felt new, from living life.
Then she said she could not stay,
And slipped back into the night.
As yesterday did pass, and tomorrow did rise,
I stood again alone, ‘till her silhouette was gone.
Then her voice so sweet and good
Echoed to me through the wood
That one day she would return
For she still had much to learn.
And one day I’d bare a child
And to look into its eyes and she’d be there.
She would be there.

The Costellos@2000

Here are the lyrics for the most recent song Marino and I recorded and posted. They tell a story about three people's lives in one place, a restaurant ~ Enjoy!

VK



Remember

She sits, cup in hand,
Breakfast in Dinerland.
And she dreads, going in,
wordless papers, faceless men.
Her prison trap is steel and glass,
Ladders climbed, yet life was passed.
She calls the waiter, gotta go,
and dreams of life she used to know.

And she remembers in her mind,
long ago a time.
Gentle days and playful ways,
she has left that far behind.
She believed in sunshine,
she would taste the rain.
Running up those grassy hills,
and rolling down again.

He brings her check, in hand.
Tells himself he's just one man.
A race that he can never win,
never fast enough for them.
Beads of sweat across his face,
how long can he live this pace?
Move too fast, and breaking glass.
This breath feels like its his last.

And he remembers in his mind,
long ago a time.
Gentle days and playful ways,
he has left that far behind.
He believed in sunshine,
he would taste the rain.
Running up those grassy hills,
and rolling down again.

Old man grabs a broom,
sweeps that trash up all to soon.
He'll clean the kitchen day and night,
feeds his family and his pride.
Buried in him deep inside,
hungers that he has denied.
For all he earns and all he buys,
have not bought a better life.

And he remembers in his mind
long ago a time.
Gentle days and playful ways,
he has left that far behind.
He believed in sunshine,
he would taste the rain.
Running up those grassy hills and
rolling down again.

Here are the lyrics of a new song Marino and I just wrote. He should be posting pretty soon Keep in mind the refrain is sang in a "happy" way for maximum effect (hee hee!).


Lost All Memory (I feel fine)

I don't remember where I've seen you,
I can't recall where we have met.
You claim there's someway that I know you.
I must apologize, for I forget.

I can't remember if I loved you,
I don't recall a sense of pain.
No message saved upon my phone,
No souvenirs are in my home,
No underlying,
sense of shame.

Refrain:

I'm feeling very fine,
I've lost all memory of you.
Some people say that I've
lost my mind.
I feel exceptional, now,
I've lost all memory of you.
Insanity is kind,
I feel fine.

Bridge:

Of course you'd want me to remember,
That I should suffer by your hand.
And God forbid that I be happy,
That never was part of your plan.


I'm feeling very fine,
I've lost all memory of you.
Some people say that I've
lost my mind.
I feel exceptional, now,
I've lost all memory of you.
Insanity is kind,
I feel fine.
(X2)