Grabit! for E. Guitar and Boombox by JacobTV
by Emmanuel Graglia
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Originally composed for tenor sax November 1999 for Arno Bornkamp with financial suport from the FPK. After a performance by Arno at the World Sax Congress in Montreal, July 2000, Grab it! became popular and is now a repertoire piece for the tenor sax.
Growing up in the sixties with blues, jazz and rock, American music had a strong impact on my work. I believe that language is one of the origins of music, which is obvious in Afro-American music. In GRAB IT! I tried to explore the ‘no-man’s-land’ between language and music.
When people get emotional, the musical quality of their speech is often increasing. So I prefer to use sound bytes from people in extremely emotional situations. Crying is almost a kind of singing, for instance.
Grab It! is based on voice samples from life-sentenced prisoners. The rough vitality of their verbal abuse matches the harsh sound of the tenor sax. GRAB IT! is a kind of duet, a 'dual’ if you like, for tenor sax and speech grooves. The horn competes in unison with a perpetual range of syllables, words and sentences, which demands intense endurance from the performer. The meaning of the lyrics becomes gradually clear during the piece, as well as the hopeless situation for the prisoners. In jail suicide is not uncommon: 'He tied one end around the pipe, and he hung himself. So he went out the back door rapped up in a green sheet with a tag on his toe....You lose everything!' But in a way, death row is also a metaphor for life: The piece is not just sad, but can also be understood as a ‘memento vivere’. Life is worth living: Grab it!’
Growing up in the sixties with blues, jazz and rock, American music had a strong impact on my work. I believe that language is one of the origins of music, which is obvious in Afro-American music. In GRAB IT! I tried to explore the ‘no-man’s-land’ between language and music.
When people get emotional, the musical quality of their speech is often increasing. So I prefer to use sound bytes from people in extremely emotional situations. Crying is almost a kind of singing, for instance.
Grab It! is based on voice samples from life-sentenced prisoners. The rough vitality of their verbal abuse matches the harsh sound of the tenor sax. GRAB IT! is a kind of duet, a 'dual’ if you like, for tenor sax and speech grooves. The horn competes in unison with a perpetual range of syllables, words and sentences, which demands intense endurance from the performer. The meaning of the lyrics becomes gradually clear during the piece, as well as the hopeless situation for the prisoners. In jail suicide is not uncommon: 'He tied one end around the pipe, and he hung himself. So he went out the back door rapped up in a green sheet with a tag on his toe....You lose everything!' But in a way, death row is also a metaphor for life: The piece is not just sad, but can also be understood as a ‘memento vivere’. Life is worth living: Grab it!’
lyrics
GRAB IT!
SPEAK IT UP …. I SAID SPEAK IT UP MICKEY MOUSE, SPEAK UP!
GRAB IT MOTHER I SAID
I STILL HEAR M RING GRAB IT MOTHERFUCKER, GRAB IT! FIFTY GIMME AND I WANT YOU TO HAVE THAT SAY NOW
WHEN YOU WALK OUT THAT DOOR GOING DOWN HERE
‘CAUSE I'LL BE SQUADIN’ ON YOU IT'S A NO- LE IT’S A NO -LE
MOTHERFUCKER PUNCH OH MAN,HA HA HA HA
SEE THIS NOBODY
WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER FOR EVER 54 936 LIFE AND FROM MOTHERFUCKING NOW ON
ANY TIME WHEN YOU GO I-HOW-KEEP-YOU LOSE TAKE OFF I STILL HEAR 'M RING HOW MOTHERFUCKING TOUGH COULD I HAVE BEEN
YOU TAKE THAT YOU GET A KICK OUT OF THAT? DO YOU GET A KICK OUT OF THAT?' WONT YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK DRUGS HU HU HU HU
GET YOUR SHOES I BITE YOUR FUCKING NOSE OFF
TELL ME DON'T WASTE MY TIME TELL ME
WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER
GRAB IT MOTHERFUCKER GRAB IT!
GET THE FUCK OUT .GET UP AND GET OFF THE STAGE WHILE
54 936 LIFE AND FROM MOTHERFUCKING NOW ON
HIS MOTHERFUCKING MANHOOD MIGHT JUST BEEN TESTED
REPRISE:GRAB IT! MOTHER I SAID (ETC.) WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER?'
JUST REMEMBER THIS: I PERSONALLY DON’T GIVE A FAT RAT ASS WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU LEAVE HERE TODAY; YOU LOSE EVERYTHING HE WENT OUT THE BACKDOOR RAPPED UP IN A GREEN SHEET
WITH A TAG ON HIS TOE TIED ONE END AROUND THE PIPE AND HE HUNG HIMSELF AND WHEN THEY STUCK HIS DUMM ASS IN THE GROUND TO GIVE HIM THAT LITTLE WOODEN GRAVYARD MARKER SO HE WAS PROBABLY THE ONE THAT KEEPS THE PARTY GOIN' JUST STANDING ON THE CORNER, PUT LIPSTICK ON YOUR LIPS
SMOKE A LITTLE REEFER, DRINK A LITTLE WINE I GOTA VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM, I'VE SEEN IT A THOUSAND TIMES
YOU GONA WALK AROUND THIS JOINT - OR ANY JOINT YOU MIGHT BE IN
YOU LOSE EVERYTHING .AND FOR YOU TOUGH MOTHERFUCKERS LIKE YOU
TIE ONE END AROUND THE PIPE I WILL TELL I. . EVERY MAN YOU SEE BEHIND ME IS DOING OVER 25 YEARS OR LIFE
EVERY MAN YOU SEE BEHIND ME, HE'S GOT ALL THE RESPECT IN THE WORLD
WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER? IT STOPS RIGHT HERE MY LIFE STOPS THIS IS IT NEVER NEVER NEVER, ALRIGHT,YOU SHOULD STAY COOL, YOU TOO! TIE ONE END AROUND THE PIPE
AND FOR YOU TOUGH MOTHERFUCKERS LIKE YOU: YOU LOSE EVERYTHING!
GRAB IT MOTHERFUCKER GRAB IT! 54 9 3 6 LIFE WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER I SAID : SIT UP!!
SPEAK IT UP …. I SAID SPEAK IT UP MICKEY MOUSE, SPEAK UP!
GRAB IT MOTHER I SAID
I STILL HEAR M RING GRAB IT MOTHERFUCKER, GRAB IT! FIFTY GIMME AND I WANT YOU TO HAVE THAT SAY NOW
WHEN YOU WALK OUT THAT DOOR GOING DOWN HERE
‘CAUSE I'LL BE SQUADIN’ ON YOU IT'S A NO- LE IT’S A NO -LE
MOTHERFUCKER PUNCH OH MAN,HA HA HA HA
SEE THIS NOBODY
WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER FOR EVER 54 936 LIFE AND FROM MOTHERFUCKING NOW ON
ANY TIME WHEN YOU GO I-HOW-KEEP-YOU LOSE TAKE OFF I STILL HEAR 'M RING HOW MOTHERFUCKING TOUGH COULD I HAVE BEEN
YOU TAKE THAT YOU GET A KICK OUT OF THAT? DO YOU GET A KICK OUT OF THAT?' WONT YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK DRUGS HU HU HU HU
GET YOUR SHOES I BITE YOUR FUCKING NOSE OFF
TELL ME DON'T WASTE MY TIME TELL ME
WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER
GRAB IT MOTHERFUCKER GRAB IT!
GET THE FUCK OUT .GET UP AND GET OFF THE STAGE WHILE
54 936 LIFE AND FROM MOTHERFUCKING NOW ON
HIS MOTHERFUCKING MANHOOD MIGHT JUST BEEN TESTED
REPRISE:GRAB IT! MOTHER I SAID (ETC.) WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER?'
JUST REMEMBER THIS: I PERSONALLY DON’T GIVE A FAT RAT ASS WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU LEAVE HERE TODAY; YOU LOSE EVERYTHING HE WENT OUT THE BACKDOOR RAPPED UP IN A GREEN SHEET
WITH A TAG ON HIS TOE TIED ONE END AROUND THE PIPE AND HE HUNG HIMSELF AND WHEN THEY STUCK HIS DUMM ASS IN THE GROUND TO GIVE HIM THAT LITTLE WOODEN GRAVYARD MARKER SO HE WAS PROBABLY THE ONE THAT KEEPS THE PARTY GOIN' JUST STANDING ON THE CORNER, PUT LIPSTICK ON YOUR LIPS
SMOKE A LITTLE REEFER, DRINK A LITTLE WINE I GOTA VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM, I'VE SEEN IT A THOUSAND TIMES
YOU GONA WALK AROUND THIS JOINT - OR ANY JOINT YOU MIGHT BE IN
YOU LOSE EVERYTHING .AND FOR YOU TOUGH MOTHERFUCKERS LIKE YOU
TIE ONE END AROUND THE PIPE I WILL TELL I. . EVERY MAN YOU SEE BEHIND ME IS DOING OVER 25 YEARS OR LIFE
EVERY MAN YOU SEE BEHIND ME, HE'S GOT ALL THE RESPECT IN THE WORLD
WHAT’S YOUR NUMBER? IT STOPS RIGHT HERE MY LIFE STOPS THIS IS IT NEVER NEVER NEVER, ALRIGHT,YOU SHOULD STAY COOL, YOU TOO! TIE ONE END AROUND THE PIPE
AND FOR YOU TOUGH MOTHERFUCKERS LIKE YOU: YOU LOSE EVERYTHING!
GRAB IT MOTHERFUCKER GRAB IT! 54 9 3 6 LIFE WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER I SAID : SIT UP!!
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released March 31, 2023
Jacob Ter Veldhuis
Jacob Ter Veldhuis
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Emmanuel Graglia Buenos Aires, Argentina
Pablo Emmanuel Graglia ( Temperley, 1981) guitarrista y compositor.
Estudio guitarra eléctrica con Ignacio
Valle.
Es profesor superior de guitarra egresado del Conservatorio de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, alumno de Silvina Elijovich.
Participa de Corleonne y Leonard Zelig, ademas de acompañar al cantante Norberto Rodriguez.
Integra el ensamble Seres/Parlantes del compositor y director Jorge Sad.
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