Written by Joe
Performed by Joe
Recorded by KC
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Melody Stone writes:
Key lyric: "You'll like Sacto if you dig the mall scene. But how about Howe-about-Arden, what does that mean?"
When I came across this song on YouTube it wasn't clear who the artist was or where this song came from. So I did some digging. Turns out this was recorded by a band known as The Preoccupied Pipers ([ Ссылка ]) and written by Joe Hayes back in the mid-80s.
"We were a bunch of bratty high school kids from Davis," explained Ned Sykes, Hayes bandmate and the Youtube user who uploaded the video. "There used to be a cross-causeway rivalry."
Sykes uploaded the video last June without asking Hayes, who had renounced the song and will not play it again live.
Hayes wrote this about "Sacramento Song,"
"I renounce that classist, self-satisfied screed as the work of an ignorant, callow youth whose delicate, pampered sensibilities were offended during one summer afternoon's drive through the outskirts of our state capital. I've since learned that the frontiers of any sizeable city are festooned with unsightly clots of chain service franchises and near-identical eight-lane highways. (Yes, even celebrated jewels like Madison, WI.)
Sacramento is a fine burg that I have the good fortune to visit frequently and I harbor nothing but goodwill towards its denizens and municipal leaders.
(The song's chord progression and melody are, admittedly, pretty nifty. Perhaps someday they can be repurposed for good instead of evil. Little help?)
love, Joe"
Because Hayes refuses to play the song live, Sykes thought it best to put the song up on YouTube so it wouldn't be forgotten. As a result of this article, Sykes told Hayes about the video. Hayes said he was ok having it online and takes full responsibility for writing the song.
