Hello everyone, guess who's back? Fortrack man, that's me, the man in the Fortrack. It's a very, very special occasion today, an extremely special occasion. Can you guess what it is?
It goes something like this. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear Adele.
Happy birthday to you. That's why I'm here. I would be remiss. It would be weird.
If I wasn't here to weigh in and worship this one. Adele. Adele. Yes, happy birthday Adele.
And carry on with this episode of Ron Preshons you two. Thank you Fortrack man. Indeed today is Adele's 47th birthday. It is.
Morning 1977. What a year, 1977. It's kind of sexy sounding, 77. 66 for me.
Your birthday will come in the summer. You'll get your time. I'm not a real birthday guy, I don't know if I've explained this before. I think you mentioned it on the podcast that you don't really like celebrating your birthday.
I'm kind of proud of that fact. It's a little feather in my cat and my mud cap. I like celebrating your birthday because I'm so happy you're here. I like celebrating your birthday too.
Although I've done its varying degrees of success over the years. Oh yes. I'm a challenged gift giver. I'm a little scared this year because I did get you a presence.
It is something that you requested. However, the gift itself is known. It's a notoriously lazy gift. Oh no.
Did you get me a rope? Is it a bathrobe? I got you a robes. I got you two rubs.
Would you like to see them? I'm kidding. Are you for real? You actually did get me a bathrobe?
This is going to be pissed when I'm doing this to you now because we both looked at over on Amazon. You did get me a bathrobe. Lou was handing me a box for those who are listening and not watching this on YouTube. Oh my god.
Should I go ahead and open the other one for you? That is hilarious. Oh my god. Oh my god.
Woman's hooded fleece bathrobe. That's hilarious. Oh my god. It looks like a pig is like, like it looks like Miss Piggy is coming out of this box.
Oh yes. It's a pink. It sure is. Yeah.
Oh that's a pink. Okay. Is he and I decided the pink was good for? Although actually is he wanted this crazy, even crazier color.
She did. I backed off on that. So there's one of your bathrobes. Okay.
I got a pink fuzzy bathrobe. It looks like, maybe I won't need to completely. It's a little bit too. What's the other one?
This is also a robe. Oh wow. Has anyone seen that SNL skit? We'll have a link to that in the show.
And I got a robe, the Christmas episode where I think Kristen Wigg, she goes around and gives everyone these thoughtful gifts for the holidays. And then she gets one thing and it's a bathrobe. And she's like, and then I got a robe. Mom always, I think traditionally, the joke being that Mom always gets kind of terrible gift.
She gets shafted, yeah. On Christmas because no one really thinks about it. The caregiver, the life giver, the caregiver, the behind the scenes. Mom's doing it all and then, yeah.
Behind the curtain, holding the levers. I think there's some dialogue out there about how that can shift. And I think that in the world, there's some dialogue about that and some noticing that their change should be had. So, did you give me anything else besides bathrobes?
I had an idea. Not that this isn't wonderful to hear. I had a really good idea for a gift, but it wouldn't be able to come in time. And also, I was going to go shopping today.
This was going to be my morning to hit the road and go out and go shopping. And I was going to go to Northampton. That's our local kind of fancy town. Fancy town, not really.
But no, the bustling hub of Midwestern Massachusetts, the cultural hub of Midwestern Massachusetts, the town. So, you were going to go to Northampton? I was going to go to Northampton and go to the jewelry store. Ladies like jewelry.
You know, I'd like to say this, that it's my birthday today, but you are welcome to continue to celebrate me beyond April 3rd. And so, if you happen to be in No-Ho and you happen to ever stumble into a jewelry shop, you're welcome to still buy me something. Okay. I kind of like it when you're with me and then we chop.
Maybe we should go somewhere and pick something out together. I'm not a gift-giving thing. There's a pressure to it. I find you very hard to buy gifts for.
Very hard. And maybe I'm wrong, but I feel like the gifts that would really knock your socks off are out of my budget. Because I know there are certain instruments or things. And you're not a big gear guy, but...
Well, I'm not a gear guy. You're not a gear guy. But there are things that I know you do desire in that realm, you know, instrument wise. So, I'd love to be able to present you with something so...
Oh my gosh, I never thought I would get one of these type of gifts. That's sort of my dream is to get you a gift like that sometime. There's been a few times I've noticed where you've mentioned certain things that you've seen other musicians have, and you're like, Man, I really, really like that. If only I had that.
And I'm like, Gosh, I'd love to give that to him. But anyway, so that's sort of where I feel like I kind of don't know how to get you into those special and useful things for your musical world. So I generally just get you a J. Crew, Cashmere sweater and call it a day.
You always hook me up. You hook me up for my birthday. My birthday's with you have been great. Well, I did give you your boat tour for your birthday when you're...
You did! My boat tour of the Connecticut River was great. Yeah, that was nice. I really enjoyed that.
I made it two years ago. I was. Dear Dad. I'm singing it the way that only she could.
Two. Yeah. Listen. Listen up.
Something to listen to is coming. Listen to this. This is my version of a Casey Musgrave song. My version.
I'm kidding. Good. No fans. Lou did this today for Adele.
One of the favorite songs. Lou, you want to set this one up? Yeah, I did a multi-track recording. That song commencing in four H.B.Ds.
Have a birthday. Happy birthday. Happy birthday. Happy birthday.
One, two, three, four. Don't wanna leave. That's all kinds of magic. It's hard to believe.
Don't wanna leave. That's all kinds of magic. It's hard to believe. I know the nights in our skies.
Plans that grow out. Open your mind. Things that swim with the neon glow. Oh, you're God here.
Nobody knows. It's a real thing. It's a real thing. Oh, what a world.
No one will leave. All kinds of magic all around us. It's hard to believe. Then God, it's hard to believe.
To be true. Oh, what a world. It's a real thing. Oh, what a world.
Magic all around us. It's hard to believe. To be true. It's lovely.
Minimal. I liked it. It's nice. Oh, such a beautiful song.
I love that song. It's such a good one. In the song, like, oh, what a world don't wanna leave. I'm like, it just kind of gets me every time.
Yeah. You know, and then especially if my senses are heightened, if the time is heightened, if I'm feeling, you know, if I'm feeling the fragility of life, which comes and goes, and those moments when you just really do feel in a real way, how really fragile everything is, like that song, her saying that, oh, what a world don't wanna leave. It's like, it's so touching. You know, it reminds me, I mean, it's like I listened to William's song that she wrote for her brother who passed away, but, you know, look what you lost with this world, this sweet old world.
You know, when a song really captures, like, just, like, you just saying, I'm glad I'm alive. Right. As flawed as this all is, I still hope to be here. Yeah.
I find it so powerful. And the recording of that song is really interesting because I think that there's some very, almost, I would love to meet the producers and Casey, because I do have questions, you know, and one song they have what sounds like a flaming lips reference, like a melodic, there's a little melodic clip that sounds a lot like a song off of the soft bulletin. And then that song, Oh, What A World, there's sort of a vocoder voice in it, which is sort of this robot sounding, you know, it's called a vocoder. Yeah, right.
That echoes a song called It's A Beautiful World by Divo, which is this very sarcastic, very negative, you know, it's a beautiful world we live in. You know, and it just, it ends with like, I don't want to be in this world, you know, for you, for you, not for me, not for me. That's how the song resolves. And so I feel, because they, which also, it also has a vocoder in it as well.
It also has this vocal treatment that is shared with this Casey Musgrave song, the recording of What A World. And I love it because it feels like it's a reference to that. And it feels... Yeah, and I like that it's positive.
Yeah, I do too. As much as I love the Divo version as a kid and as sort of a punk rocker and sort of like, you know, when I have that angst that now it's really nice to hear someone just, like, I love The World. Yeah, and they're not afraid to touch on The Tenderness. Yeah, and the turn just like, and then there was you, and there is you, you know.
So I think, you know, that's a, that's one of my favorite love songs, I think. And we had listened to it as Izzy and I had listened to the LP this weekend while you were away. And we mentioned this on Minimesic Monday, but it was a very, it was a very tender experience. And I thought I needed, I wanted to cover it for you.
Because last, last birthday, that was bad because I didn't get anything. But I did make a, I did make a version of Happy Birthday for you. You know, that was my gift was I spent the day making a multi-track recording of Happy Birthday. And today I mean, I, I really thought it would be important to share that song with you because I think we've been feeling it.
So. Yes. Oh, that's so true. That's so true.
And yeah, I was kind of, that was downstairs doing the dishes while you were up here working and getting ready for the podcast. And I was going through like, my mind was going through a variety of thoughts, but I kind of landed on, oh, wow, I'm just so grateful to be here. Yeah. You know, like I can spend all I want about all sorts of things, but wow, I'm just really glad to be here.
And keep trying. Mm hmm. You know. Yeah.
And then I thought, gosh, what would it be like to, you know, take this as an opportunity to go, I'd love to give myself some grace. I'd love to give myself radical self love. I'd love to try that going forward. What would that feel like?
To love myself in such a radical way, you know? I've done it a few times. It's great. Yeah.
I've shown myself radical love here and there. Mm hmm. I think there's. Like playing music for me as a big one.
I mean, that's just such a, you know. Right. You're so low shows. I think especially you get so, you get so wrapped up in this beautiful like bosom of support and love, you know, and people who I think really honor and love.
I think really honor and appreciate your craft, you know? Mm hmm. And yeah, we've talked about that. That must feel so like, just really filling you up.
Must really fill you up in a nice way. Yeah. And also recording and creating. Yeah.
You know. But I mean to besides those things where other people are giving them to you, I think just for myself, just for myself, you know, doing it, giving myself that gift. Mm hmm. Is there any way I can help you do that?
Mm hmm. Yeah. Remind me. To be easy on myself.
Yeah. Yeah. I think one of the things with like, you know, of course getting older is the wisdom. It's so totally true.
As you get older, you get wiser and you wish you had these wiser thoughts and you were younger. I feel all of that so deeply and, and that, and yet I also just kind of want to let that go, you know, like, okay, so my younger self wasn't wise. My younger self didn't know. Okay.
Let's stop thinking about that and just accept that. You know, let's maybe close that chapter on that puzzle and, you know, maybe there's nothing to puzzle out at all. It's just it was a time, it was a place, it was a season of my life. There were really hard things.
There were some good things. But, you know, I don't need, I just need to be here right now. You know. That's the most important thing.
I can't go back and change any of that and I can't change anything. You know, tomorrow I can really only work on what's happening right in front of me. Mm hmm. You know, it's always holidays and birthdays and years are always kind of a good time to reflect on that and try to refocus yourself, I think.
You know, because it's my personal nears Eve, right? Yeah, that's what you call it. I always feel that way. Your unique way of looking at it is this, every birthday is a new year's.
Yeah. This is really my new year's Eve or the last night. You know, it's like, this is my new year's day. Yep.
And, um, yeah, so I don't know. I think I'm gonna just go slowly and ease my way into 47. No, that's a soft robe. It feels okay.
It's not soft enough. Mm hmm. Damn. I mean, would you like me to lie and say this is extremely soft?
It's okay. No, I want you to tell me the truth. It's a, it's a soft ish. Yeah.
I mean, I went for the most pla, I was like, plush. Mm hmm. I'd seen some at Muji in New York when we did those shows in December. Mm hmm.
There were some super thick-ass robes there and I was like, I should get one of these. And I was there with you and we walked by them and you didn't really notice them. And I was, but I just kept thinking like, need to get robe. Robe will be appreciated at some point.
I wish I had done it. And then when I went online to try to find the Muji robe online, it was not available. I kept putting robe in the search over and over and over again and just candles would pop up. And I'm like, oh, they have robes.
I know they do. I've seen them. Candles and robes. They go together.
Now the bath robes are like bath candles. I'm like, no. No, where are those big, thick robes you had? Mm hmm.
Because that's what you were talking about. You wanted a big, thick robe. Mm hmm. Well, maybe the other one is thicker.
I got you too. It's lovely. Thank you. That one is, the other one has a hood.
Oh. As the United discussed, whether you would like a hood or not. The pink one has a hood? Yeah, but she thought because you already wear that towel around your head.
For sure. You wouldn't need the hood. But I just thought, you know. I like the option.
I could have one with a hood, one without. Mm hmm. I am sitting here pondering. Do I put this in my suitcase for an upcoming trip?
No. You know. Because it seems like it might take up too much space. Break out the pink one.
Check that one out. Or I could just leave it in that tube because it's ready to be packed. Oh. You know, it'll never be that tight again.
You kind of want to see what it looks like. You might get it there and open it up and be like, oh, this is the one that sucks. Look at me, two robes. And I just leave it.
And this is the one that sucks. Leave it outside in your front lawn in LA. You blink and it'll be gone. So I'll drape it over a bush.
Yeah, exactly. So I want to be very happy. It's one of the great things about LA. Just drag anything you don't want.
Just right in your front yard and you blink once and it's gone. It's just the magic, magic of LA. We're going back to LA. That's what I'm referencing.
We're going there for our kids spring break. When in doubt, go to LA. When in doubt, just go west. Yeah.
Go west. Yeah. Coming back to LA guys. If anyone wants to welcome us with their LA arms, I don't know.
We're going to go horseback riding. Yeah, I'm a little. I have some reservations about that, but I'm not going to let that ruin it. You know, I'm not going to be the dad.
It's like I'm not going. You know, you're going. I bought tickets. I'm not going.
I'm not getting on that horse. I've been throwing for my horse. Practice trust. Trust the horse.
Happy birthday. Thank you. This concludes the happy birthday. H.D.
Episode four. This concludes the happy birthday. H.D. episode for the Delayed Full Adele.
Very, very Delayed Full Adele. You know I'm a fan. You know that I'm somewhat obsessed. Let's be honest, but it's fine.
We've come to an understanding. Thank you very much for listening to this. This is the 72nd episode of Raw Impressions. And remember, I'm back.
And oh, oh, before I forget, I'm going to be in a very special video debuting this week. This week on the Barlow Family General's Substack, I'm going to be narrating a video of Lou trying to change his strings and believe me. It's something to see. It takes this man a very long time to do something that could actually be quite simple.
Is it any surprise that he's complicated something else? Well, you can see it for yourself. It will be debuting like I don't know when. When is it debuting, Lou?
I would think Friday. I got a little more work to do on it. More trick. Well, thank you very much, everyone.
Bye bye, alg. Bonjour. Bonjour. Bonjour.
Chews. See you.