Today, I would like to pay tribute to The Attic and one of the greatest pop albums of the 00s: “Remember Tomorrow”
The Attic I am talking about is those guys, not to be confused with those guys (iTunes and others seem to have them mixed up)!
Hunky and Funky
The Attic are (were?) Swedish DJs/songwriter-producers Michael Feiner and Eric Amarillo, two childhood friends who started in 2003 as “Stereopol”, subsequently re-branded themselves as “The Attic”, and now go by their stage names “Michael Feiner & Eric Amarillo”, both together and separately.
Michael Feiner is the hunky one, also on lead vocals and saxophone. Eric Amarillo is the funky one, also on guitar...
"Naughty Dreams" started with a lyric from David B. The lyric naturally invited a sexy pop-dance feel, and that’s what I tried to do with the music.
My original treatment of the song was a bit “eighties” and not up to the standards of today’s pop-dance music productions. So we brought in my friend Viceroy to update the production. Viceroy also came up with a new interesting chord at the end of the choruses and suggested that we double up the bridge.
The result is still a bit “eighties”, but rather than “stuck in…” it’s now more of an “homage to…”
Overall I’m very pleased with the song, which could equally work for a female singer.
At night when I go to sleep I creep into bed under my silk sheets I close my eyes so don’t you wake me up It gets so hot, I can’t get enough I can’t get enough of…
Chorus:
Naughty dreams Naughty dreams Doin’ all kinds of dirty things – dirty things Feel the heat Feel the steam Deep inside my naughty dreams Naughty dreams Naughty dreams Doin’ all kinds of dirty things – dirty things Feel the heat Feel the steam Deep inside my naughty dreams
Hot hands all over my body Deepest pleasures take over completely It’s so crazy, so freaky, so hot Don’t want it to stop. I can’t get enough Can’t get enough of…
Chorus:
Naughty Dreams…
Bridge:
Fireworks goin’ off around me Exploding with sexuality No self-control, I feel so free Fantasies become reality
The drums being a rhythmic – as opposed to a melodic – instrument, songwriting is not a natural progression for drummers. But drummers can be multi-instrumentalists and well-rounded musicians, and do cross over, sometimes to outstanding results.
As a songwriter who started with drums as a teenager, then learned to play basic parts on the keyboard – just so I could play the melodies I was hearing in my head – the following drummer-songwriters have made particularly strong impressions on me:
Today, I would like to pay tribute to The Attic and one of the greatest pop albums of the 00s: “Remember Tomorrow”