FAWM: "Differing Perspectives"

Differing Perspectives

1 week ago by @berni1954

Skirmish: Pheromones (@atornberg)

Differing Perspectives

berni1954

00:00

Liner Notes

This was for the "Pheromones" skirmish. Written yesterday, but only recorded this morning. The most frequent way in which attraction works is through the basic visual apparatus - the eyes. Maybe some people get off on perfumes, the sound of a voice, etc. But my narrator explains about a couple whose relationship started with him eyeing her up and deciding to follow her.

Guys who do this may not be aware that the lass in question is reading their behaviour as stalking. In this case, he gets his comeuppance for his folly.

Two Ukuleles are used here. The finger picked one is a "Les Paul" Concert Uke tuned ADFA - the other is an Oscar Schmidt 8 String playing at being the rhythm section.

#fuc #alternatetuning #ukulele

Lyrics

Differing Perspectives Ukuleles tuned ADFA & GCEA

(Am) He followed her up the path way
This beauty to him unknown
Dreaming of romance
(C) Tired of being on his (Am) own
She became aware of his presence
And nervously quickened the pace
Worriedly, he mimicked her
A(C)cross this lonely (Am) space

He didn't mean to frighten her
That was the last thing on his mind
But fascinated by her
He kept the pace behind
Her heart was beating faster
There could not be any doubt
This stranger was now following her
So, she prepared to lash out

(Dm) Differing Perspectives
Of the same event
(Am) What to one was torture
To the (1) other (2) might (3) be (2) well (Am) meant

He liked the way her body swayed
She'd a sensual rolling walk
He played out contact in his mind
As the path began to fork
"Left or right?" she wondered
Which would keep her safe
She didn't know the area
What's the best way to escape?

He decided to take the initiative
His opening remarks he'd planned
But he saw before he could utter them
There was something in her hand
She span around unexpectedly
He remembers to this day
The burning stinging hurt of
That can of pepper spray

CHORUS

(1) 0033 (2) 0011 (3) 000

Comments

@willow1 6d

Great tune and wise cautionary tale. I remember when that Gillette commercial addressed ‘is this the best that a man can get?’ and it caused such an uproar, the beginning of a shift in how to approach random women that men (especially men in groups) have never met and the hinting of how not to. It was kinda cool to see those seeds of empathy starting to be sown, as a young woman back in the day whose automatic response was not rocking boats, laughing sexism and weird intrusive hyper masculine behaviour off along with culturally ingrained people pleasing masking actual discomfort, fear or anger… from what I remember at least, different now that I’m not a teen or remotely near my early twenties. And here you are, Berni, bringing sensitivity training awareness in song to such uncouth ill fitting old school behaviours, which I think is very cool. I did sometimes travel with bear spray in my youth! 😆

oh here’s a good quote…

“Men are afraid women will laugh at them
and women are afraid men might kill them.”

-Margaret Atwood

@coolparadisoMod 1w

Yup the clash of two times! Yeah whose truth eh! Really clever apt and well done.

@billwhite51 1w

more than simply teo differing perspectives, these people lived in different eras. the boy, from sa more romantic time when following girls was the first step toward courtship and there was no nefarious intent, and the girl, in the paranoid and violent world of today, when any attempted contact from stranger to stranger is judged pre-assault behavior with criminal intent. oh, for the days when stealing kisses was looked upon as gallantry.