Yes, you read that right – 50%.
Called the Love>Revenge Fund, through online voting, fans are able to decide where the trust fund money they contributed via their record purchase goes – be it cancer research, tsunami relief, AIDS hospice, anti-slavery operations, or the charity of their choice. Fans are also able to gain exposure for the causes that matter most to them on the site.
“Music has a way of welling up something inside of us to be better than we are,” says Dillon. “And then what do you do with that? To me, it’s like I’ve written these songs as a way to connect with humanity and hopefully uplift it, and I feel like it’s the responsibility of the record to act upon that and to follow through on it.”And uplift it does.
From the catchy grit of “Evil Twin” to the gorgeous lilt of “Promise Ring,” Dillon & Co. meld the bluesy, dirty guitars of The Stones and T-Rex with the lift-you-even-higher, anthemic bombast of U2, and tie it up in a hugely attractive package known as Tremolo. “I think the thing that galvanized the whole wanting to be in a band thing was going to see U2 play,” says Dillon, who began taking guitar lessons in high school. “I remember walking away from that feeling like I wanted to be a better person because of what I’d just experienced. It was transcendent.”
After going to college and getting an industrial psychology degree, Dillon still wanted to make music, so he did, playing with a band and touring until he was ready to move onto something different musically. “I felt like it was time for me to really learn how to be a songwriter,” he says. He worked hard to hone his craft. “It was like musical adolescence. I got my boobies. I started focusing more, writing my own songs, and that’s how Tremolo got started.”
Dillon reached a point where the songs he was writing “started working,” and former Counting Crows drummer and friend Steve Bowman was there to give Dillon honest feedback and mentoring. “Steve was very instrumental in moving me along,” Dillon recalls. “He caught me at the tail end of my songwriting adolescence and started moving me into my adulthood.” When the songs started working and working in a big way, Dillon began thinking about a way to get the songs out there. Tremolo, Dillon’s brainchild and alter ego, was born. “Love Is The Greatest Revenge” showcases his songwriting coming-of-age. To help frame Dillon’s songs in more of a band setting in the studio, several friends contributed their playing for the album itself: Steve Bowman (Counting Crows) on drums; Max Butler (Chuck Prophet), Julian Coryell (Aimee Mann) and Dino Meneghin (Liz Phair) on guitars; Kris Pooley (Jane’s Addiction) and Ben Patterson on keyboards; and Tim Hogan (Anna Nalick) on bass. The album was mixed by Joe Zook (Sheryl Crow, Mick Jagger, Jewel). A new version of the track “Promise Ring” was recorded in Nashville with John Painter (Ben Folds) at the production helm.
Prior to signing with FLAGSHIP, Tremolo had already seen a healthy dose of success from the EP, “You Were Born For This,” from which New Line Cinema borrowed the demo version of “Promise Ring” for their film “How To Deal” (and Capitol Records included the song on their soundtrack along with tracks by The Flaming Lips, Beth Orton, and John Mayer). MTV used the song “Evil Twin” as the theme song for their reality-based dating show “Dismissed,” while they also incorporated a number of Tremolo songs into several shows across the network (“Pimp My Ride,” “Bands Reunited,” “Newlyweds”). San Francisco radio stations KLLC and KFOG chose Tremolo as their “new emerging artist” and “up and comers,” respectively, and KFOG spun “Evil Twin” in rotation for a couple of months in late 2004. “Waiting Room” is currently in rotation on cable music service Music Choice. Tremolo has also graced network TV with play on “The Mountain” and “North Shore.”
Dillon describes Tremolo’s music as “one hand holding onto the roots of the grass and one hand reaching to the stars in the sky. I’m looking for this otherliness, this transcendence. That’s the reason I think music is here. I want to be part of touching something that is greater than the sum of its parts. Live, I strive for that collective effervescence that can happen to a group of people based around music. The performer/audience gap goes away, and it becomes this human community. Any musician who has ever experienced that is always trying to get back to it.”
Be it praxis or collective effervescence, Tremolo hopes to make a difference. “If you have the resources to buy this record, you’re doing pretty well compared to the rest of the world,” Dillon opines about the Love>Revenge Fund. “This is not benevolence as a marketing tool. Given the way the music industry is shifting these days, it is time for new ideas and new ways of doing things. In the chaos of how music is purchased today, there is opportunity for good. In this case, we wanted to connect with others in a way that hasn’t been done before. I want to release not just a record, but an idea.” www.loveisthegreatestrevenge.com
Tremolo (Tremol.O) it's the small orchestr from Třemošná in Czech Republic too. They released two album and they are very popular in their region.
3. Tremolo is noise-rock band from Bohumín, Czech Republic.
Baby Blue
Tremolo Lyrics
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Eclipsed by many moons
Dressed in my costume, Baby
Photos on the wall
Of ones who have it all
The girls the boys will call, Baby
It's impossible to fight
This is not my voice
This is not my choice
This is somebody's baby
They don't know my age
They don't know my name
They just call me
Baby Blue
Piper in the woods
Wooed me from my hood
Said I'd be a good, Baby
Sold into a world
Of oriental pearls
Such a pretty girl, Baby
I'm a million faces now
Stolen angel in the crowd
This is not my voice
This is not my choice
This is somebody's baby
They don't know my age
They don't know my name
They just call me
Baby Blue
If you hear my voice
Breaking through your noise
No you can't take long
I will send my name
On a paper plane
But you can't take long
St. Agnus don't call
The ghosts within these stalls
Den mother just calls us Baby
There's a dragon's tower
In every nation's power
This is now the hour
Sri Lanka, Katmandu
I'm in New York City too
This is not my voice
This is not my choice
This is somebody's baby
They don't know my age
They don't know my name
They just call me
Baby Blue
If you hear my voice
Breaking through your noise
No you can't take long
I will send my name
On a paper plane
But you can't take long
Baby Blue.
The lyrics to Tremolo's song Baby Blue are complex and multi-layered, delving into themes of identity, power, and exploitation. The first verse describes a dimly lit room, with a lone light bulb eclipsed by many moons. The singer is dressed in a costume and surrounded by photos of people who seem to have it all. The chorus, which repeats throughout the song, speaks to the powerlessness of the singer, who is just somebody's baby - lacking agency or control over their life.
The second verse introduces a piper in the woods who promises the singer that they will be a good, Baby. The singer is sold into a world of oriental pearls and becomes a pretty girl, Baby. The bridge describes the singer as a million faces, a stolen angel in the crowd, suggesting that they have been robbed of their individuality and are being used as a commodity.
The third verse references St. Agnus and den mother, who call the singer Baby, and describes a dragon's tower in every nation's power. The final line links the singer to locations all over the world, from Sri Lanka and Katmandu to New York City. Overall, the lyrics of Baby Blue speak to the exploitation of vulnerable individuals and the systems of power that allow this exploitation to occur.
Line by Line Meaning
Light bulb in my room
I have a light bulb in my room
Eclipsed by many moons
The light bulb is overshadowed by many moons
Dressed in my costume, Baby
I am dressed up in a costume and being called Baby
Photos on the wall
There are photos on the wall
Of ones who have it all
The photos are of people who have everything
The girls the boys will call, Baby
The people in the photos are the type of people who are attractive and desired
It's impossible to fight
It is impossible to fight
When you work a hard day's night
Especially when you have worked hard all day
This is not my voice
The voice I am using is not my own
This is not my choice
I did not choose to use this voice
This is somebody's baby
I am being treated as if I were somebody's baby
They don't know my age
The people treating me like a baby do not know how old I am
They don't know my name
They also do not know my name
They just call me
Instead, they refer to me as
Baby Blue
a name or nickname they have given me: Baby Blue.
Piper in the woods
A person (or possibly thing) called a piper is in the woods near me
Wooed me from my hood
The piper convinced me to leave my current situation and follow it out of my neighborhood
Said I'd be a good, Baby
The piper convinced me to follow it by saying I would be a good baby
Sold into a world
I was sold into a new world
Of oriental pearls
This new world is full of oriental pearls
Such a pretty girl, Baby
The people in this new world see me as a pretty girl and continue to call me Baby
I'm a million faces now
There are a lot of people in this new world, and I am just one of them
Stolen angel in the crowd
I am like an angel that has been taken from another place and put into this crowd
If you hear my voice
If you can hear me speaking
Breaking through your noise
Overcoming all the other sounds around you
No you can't take long
You cannot wait very long to act on what you have heard
I will send my name
I will give you my name
On a paper plane
I will write it on a paper plane
St. Agnus don't call
St. Agnus, the patron saint of girls, will not call out to me because I am no longer a girl
The ghosts within these stalls
There are ghosts in the stalls around me
Den mother just calls us Baby
The person in charge here calls all of us Baby
There's a dragon's tower
There is a place around here that is like a tower belonging to a dragon
In every nation's power
This tower is held by people in power in many different nations
This is now the hour
This is the time to act on what we've learned
Sri Landa, Katmandu
I am in many different places, such as Sri Lanka and Katmandu
I'm in New York City too
I am also in New York City
Baby Blue
And everywhere I go, I am still called Baby Blue.
Contributed by Alexandra W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
sunil rampuria
Lyrics:
Light bulb in my room
Eclipsed by many moons
Dressed in my costume, Baby
Photos on the wall
Of ones who have it all
The girls the boys will call, Baby
It's impossible to fight
When you work a hard day's night
This is not my voice
This is not my choice
This is somebody's baby
They don't know my age
They don't know my name
They just call me
Baby Blue
Piper in the woods
Wooed me from my hood
Said I'd be a good, Baby
Sold into a world
Of oriental pearls
Such a pretty girl, Baby
I'm a million faces now
Stolen angel in the crowd
This is not my voice
This is not my choice
This is somebody's baby
They don't know my age
They don't know my name
They just call me
Baby Blue
If you hear my voice
Breaking through your noise
No you can't take long
I will send my name
On a paper plane
But you can't take long
St. Agnus don't call
The ghosts within these stalls
Den mother just calls us Baby
There's a dragon's tower
In every nation's power
This is now the hour
Sri Lanka, Katmandu
I'm in New York City too
This is not my voice
This is not my choice
This is somebody's baby
They don't know my age
They don't know my name
They just call me
Baby Blue
If you hear my voice
Breaking through your noise
No you can't take long
I will send my name
On a paper plane
But you can't take long
Baby Blue
sunil rampuria
Lyrics:
Light bulb in my room
Eclipsed by many moons
Dressed in my costume, Baby
Photos on the wall
Of ones who have it all
The girls the boys will call, Baby
It's impossible to fight
When you work a hard day's night
This is not my voice
This is not my choice
This is somebody's baby
They don't know my age
They don't know my name
They just call me
Baby Blue
Piper in the woods
Wooed me from my hood
Said I'd be a good, Baby
Sold into a world
Of oriental pearls
Such a pretty girl, Baby
I'm a million faces now
Stolen angel in the crowd
This is not my voice
This is not my choice
This is somebody's baby
They don't know my age
They don't know my name
They just call me
Baby Blue
If you hear my voice
Breaking through your noise
No you can't take long
I will send my name
On a paper plane
But you can't take long
St. Agnus don't call
The ghosts within these stalls
Den mother just calls us Baby
There's a dragon's tower
In every nation's power
This is now the hour
Sri Lanka, Katmandu
I'm in New York City too
This is not my voice
This is not my choice
This is somebody's baby
They don't know my age
They don't know my name
They just call me
Baby Blue
If you hear my voice
Breaking through your noise
No you can't take long
I will send my name
On a paper plane
But you can't take long
Baby Blue
tessa kelly
For some reason, I think this song came on my iPod that was gifted to me for my 8th birthday, along with a couple others. It was my favorite song (along with another one that came with the iPod - Big Sky by Rachel Loy). So glad I found this again, and such a shame it wasn't released.
Papa Shock
Same here! I’ve been looking for this song for forever. Sounds different than what I remember
Savannah Todd
Same! Age end everything, I’m glad I refound it
Brittany Weeks-Binell
When I got my first MP3 I went into my music thing on the computer, and this song was one of the ones on there. They're always going to be one of the best things i've listened to. They're the first music I was introduced to.
E Alan Montgomery
Me too!! It was pre-loaded in My Music on my first Dell laptop.
inediblearrangement
Same!
GreenWeasel11
Was it a Dell computer that you got around 2006, by chance?
lyalsaba
i love this song..so powerful
Phoenix King
very powerful and heartbreaking. makes me want to fight more for those who do not have a voice. we need to look at what is really going on around this place and make some people be accountable for the lives they destroy.