Radio Orphans, who have previously been kind enough to play Lizards music on their fine podcast, have graced us with another spin. They’ve included Dance Theodora as part of their latest cast, number 217. Please head over to the Radio Orphans site and check it out – quite a long list of cool songs on the show, a perfect way to ease into the new week.
Archive for August, 2009
LFA On Radio Orphans Podcast 217
Posted in Music with tags free music, indie rock, Lizards from Afar, Radio Orphans Podcast on August 23, 2009 by choppernewtLFA’s Loud New Song, “My Collection”
Posted in Music with tags free mp3, free music, guitars, hard rock, Lizards from Afar on August 23, 2009 by choppernewtLizards continue to evolve with this new track, just finished this week, featuring lyrics by SirPent and music by the Gecko. Influences on this one seem to be Foo Fighters maybe, Iron Maiden maybe; whatever it is, it’s loud and best played accordingly. We hope you like it – as always, it’s a free download if you want it on your portable music playing thing of choice. Listen here.
NEW SONG: Dance Theodora!
Posted in General, Music with tags Emperor Justinian, Empress Theodora, Lizards from Afar, New Music, pop punk, power pop, Procopius, prostitution on August 5, 2009 by MattBeing a historian by profession and a guitarist by hobby, I just had to put music to this lyric, written by Sir Pent (aka Pentupboy) after he saw a documentary of the most famous Byzantine Empress on the History Channel. I regularly teach ancient Greco-Roman and Medieval history, so the basic outlines of the pious Christian Emperor Justinian’s wife were known to me. Of course, I imagine one day an LFA concept album full of history songs. That would be sure to sell well, no?
For those who don’t know Theodora (circa 500 – 548 C.E.)–the pagan, commoner, prostitute, actor who became the spouse of the famous and highly pious Christian Byzantine Emperor, Justinian–I simply refer you to Wikipedia, but the real fun is in the primary sources, especially the Secret History by Procopius of Caesarea. He probably made up most of the really scandalous stories about Theodora in a spiteful rage toward the end of his life after he had become disillusioned with Justinian and his entire regime. As with most ancient sources, we simply don’t have enough corroborating evidence to determine where fact ends and fiction begins.
This tune is, I suppose, power punk pop or something along those lines. I wanted something bouncy, but heavy at the same time–something decidedly decadent. The most exciting part for me was the double-time solo which I played in a scale I’d never played before, but which was–obviously–appropriate for this tune: A Byzantine. The rest of the tune is in good old A major.
Thanks to Chopper Newt for coming up with a great vocal track and accompanying guitar, lead guitar, and bass, and to Sir Pent for his skinpounding–and for writing the lyrics, of course!
As usual, download the song for free on our Reverbnation website:
Enjoy! And tell all your friends….
