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Richard Vission’s musical career started when DJ culture was taking flight in Los Angeles. There were no superstar DJs to follow. It was just two turntables, a mixer and hours spent perfecting mixes, buying records, and making mixtapes. In 1994 Vission Co-founded the indie-label Aqua Boogie Records based in Los Angeles with long time friends and partners AJ Mora and DJ Tony B! The label had domestic and intentional success with club hits like The Feeling by Sugar and Energy by Devone’. Vission's DJing style was so addictive that when he and his friends starting throwing house parties - literally, in someone's backyard - 2,000 kids would show up and be happy to pay $3 to get in. Local club promoters couldn’t help but notice, and booked the DJ responsible for them. As his club DJ career took off, Vission began working at a local radio station. He started at the bottom, working his way up for two years, building his street credibility at local events, always a mixtape ready in his pocket, until the chance came: “They didn't have a DJ to mix so they played my tape. More than 100 people called in asking, ‘Who was that mixing?!?’” The response opened the door to hosting and mixing Power 106's POWER TOOLS. Now at fourteen years, it’s the longest running underground mix show in America, and it won Vission the 2003 DanceStar Award for Best Radio Show.
Vission didn’t leave the clubs behind: he continues to DJ more than 80 shows every year. New Year’s Eve 2001 he played at the L.A. Coliseum for more than 35,000 screaming fans – and the polar opposite of the party spectrum, at Madonna’s private birthday party at her house for 60 people. That comes close to performing with her at the Grammy’s, the same year he received his Grammy Remixer of The Year nomination in 2000.
That Grammy nod kicked his remixing into high-profile gear, with everyone wanting a little Richard Vission twist: recently The Killers, The Bravery, Usher, Sting and Felix da Housecat. Already under his belt are over twenty #1 hits on Billboard's Dance Music Chart. His DJ mix compilations have made him one of the best selling American DJs, with SoundScans exceeding 700,000 units, numbers usually unheard of in electronic music, much less DJ mix compilations
Automatic
Richard Vission Lyrics
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I'm utterly at your whim all of my defenses down
Your camera looks through me with it's X-ray visions
And all systems run aground
All I can manage to push from my lips
Is a stream of absurdities
Every word I intended to speak
No way to control it, it's totally automatic
Whenever you're around
I'm walking blindfolded, completely automatic
All of my systems are down, down, down, down
Automatic, automatic
What is this madness that makes my motor run
My legs too weak to stand
I go from sadness to exhilaration
Like a robot at your command
My hands perspire and shake like a leaf
Up and down goes my temperature
I summon doctors to get some relief
But they tell me there is no cure, they tell me
No way to control it, it's totally automatic
Whenever you're around
I'm walking blindfolded, completely automatic
All of my systems are down, down, down, down
Automatic, automatic, automatic, automatic
Look what you're doin' to me
I'm utterly at your whim all of my defenses down
Your camera looks through me with it's X-ray visions
And all systems run aground
All I can manage to push from my lips
Is a stream of absurdities
Every word I intended to speak
Winds up locked in the circuity
No way to control it, it's totally automatic
Whenever you're around
I'm walking blindfolded, completely automatic
All of my systems are down, down, down, down
No way to control it, it's totally automatic
Whenever you're around
The lyrics to Richard Vission's song "Automatic" describe the complete loss of control and overwhelming effect that being around someone has on the singer. The singer compares their reaction to being like a robot at the person's command, with their hands perspiring and shaking, their temperature fluctuating, and their ability to speak coherently slipping away. This reaction is described as being "totally automatic" and uncontrollable whenever the person is present. The use of the phrase "all systems run aground" adds to the sense of being overwhelmed and out of control, as if the singer's entire being has come to a halt in the presence of this person.
Despite the overwhelming effect that this person has on the singer, the lyrics also suggest a sense of obsession or addiction - even though the singer knows that their reaction is automatic and uncontrollable, they still can't resist being around the person. The use of the phrase "look what you're doing to me" implies a sense of blame or responsibility on the part of the other person for the singer's reaction. However, the use of the word "madness" to describe this reaction suggests that the singer is aware of how extreme and irrational their response is.
Overall, the lyrics to "Automatic" describe a feeling of being completely consumed and overwhelmed by someone else's presence, to the point where the singer feels like a robot or machine operating on autopilot.
Line by Line Meaning
Look what you're doin' to me
You have a great influence over me.
I'm utterly at your whim all of my defenses down
I am completely under your control and have no defenses left.
Your camera looks through me with it's X-ray visions
You seem to see right through me as if you have some kind of superpower.
And all systems run aground
Your power over me causes me to malfunction and fail.
All I can manage to push from my lips
The only thing I can say is
Is a stream of absurdities
something completely nonsensical and ridiculous.
Every word I intended to speak
I can never express my true thoughts and feelings.
Winds up locked in the circuity
It seems like I'm programmed not to reveal what I truly think or feel.
No way to control it, it's totally automatic
It's as if I have no say in what I do or say when I'm around you.
Whenever you're around
I can't help but react in this automatic way.
I'm walking blindfolded, completely automatic
I'm blindly following your every command without any thought.
All of my systems are down, down, down, down
I am completely powerless and unable to resist you.
What is this madness that makes my motor run
There's something inexplicable about the way you affect me.
My legs too weak to stand
I'm so overwhelmed by your influence that I can't even stand up straight.
I go from sadness to exhilaration
My emotions are completely at the mercy of your whims.
Like a robot at your command
I'm completely robotic in my response to you; almost like I'm fulfilling a programmed function.
My hands perspire and shake like a leaf
Your effect on me is so strong that my physical body reacts with nervousness and fear.
Up and down goes my temperature
Your influence on me seems to cause a physical change in my body temperature.
I summon doctors to get some relief
I've sought medical help to try to understand or alleviate this experience.
But they tell me there is no cure, they tell me
But even medical professionals can't offer any explanation or treatment for me.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Brock Patrick Walsh, Mark Goldenberg
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Ahsan Ashraf
This is my soundtrack for the homestretch on 495 just before the 270 spur. It's pretty much where I earned the title of Best Driver in the World. Zonin'!
CareBearRDH
Love this entire cd with humpty vission'S autograph on it from ghost bar in Dallas! Xoxo
michael bertucci
just found this again 6 years later lol
michael bertucci
Been trying to find this mixx for years No one has the original thsanx!!