Song #221 of 9999 - The Thing Most Easily Forgotten by Frankie Big Face

As mentioned in my post of July 20, I'm going to write about my own music for a few weeks as a way to get some song comments together for an updated website. My goal is eventually to have a few paragraphs written for every song on my website and I figured I'd start with all the Nur Ein songs I've written over the past six years. Nur Ein is a songwriting competition in the same vein as Song Fight!, wherein a title is presented each week and participants must write and record a song using that title. The songs are posted and listeners vote for their favorites. In the case of Nur Ein, there is a judging panel that ranks the songs and participants are eliminated each week until "only one" (nur ein) remains. There are also additional challenges that must be incorporated such as "lyrics in the form of a sonnet" or "guest rapper." Nur Ein has been around for seven years and I've entered four times and won twice. NBD. :D  This is post #5.

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Song #221 of 9999 

Title: The Thing Most Easily Forgotten
Artist: Frankie Big Face
Year: 2007
Album: Nur Ein 2

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Here's some advice: if you're going to enter a weekly songwriting competition and it may last eight weeks, don't schedule a 10-day jaunt to Spain and Portugal six weeks into it. Or actually, go ahead and do it because the truth is, you can write one of your best songs in a very short period of time if you are determined and a little lucky.

I consider The Thing Most Easily Forgotten to be one of the best songs I've ever written. I managed to come up with a bit of the chorus while in Spain, found a piano in a hotel in Seville and worked it out. When I got home, I set to work on the lyric of the verse and, in a rare instance, it just poured out of me. This has happened maybe two or three times (Towering Inferno comes to mind) and it's a phenomenon I can't really explain but it's pretty special when it happens.

Here's a quote from a friend reviewing this song: "...not only is this the loveliest FBF song I have heard for ages (and he only writes lovely songs) it is also one of the most beautiful songs I have heard for a good while. Anyone who says it is cheesy has no soul and should go to soul-growing-school." That's kind of how I feel about it too. :) The lyric is simple but effective with nothing wasted and the hook ("loving you everyday") is catchy and has a sneaky 3/4-bar insert that makes it cool. But most of all, it's an earnest song full of hope and possibilities (which is probably why some have labeled it "cheesy").

Fun fact! I stole the "ripe to rotten" line from one of my earlier songs (Tracks for Future Practice). I toiled over the decision to use it and finally did figuring no-one would notice. They did. Full lyrics below.

It's so easy to fall in love The heavens above Open all the time Showering kisses On anyone who shows The least bit of interest But oh, then you're left on your own The seeds that you've sown Require attention That you've never known And no-one's ever mentioned.   Because the thing that's most easily forgotten Is how to slow the course from ripe to rotten Forgive our foes for all the wars we fought in And I propose to put a lot of thought into Loving you every day. Loving you every day. Loving you more and more every day

It's so easy to crumble to dust The earth's thin crust Opens all the time Swallowing couples Who fail to recognize The first signs of trouble But oh, there are a million ways to get back But it's a maze, not a track So brother, don't linger And as a matter of fact Tie a string around your finger. Because the thing that's most easily forgotten Is how to slow the course from ripe to rotten Forgive our foes for all the wars we fought in And I propose to put a lot of thought into Loving you every day. Loving you every day. Loving you more and more every day.