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The Mind Electric has roots dating back to around 2002. It was previously known as Inside The Mind Of Simon<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmJJtz87gM4 Inside The Mind of Simon. Uploaded: Jan 22nd, 2020. YouTube.]</ref> and was one of many songs featured on a demo disc made for [[Rob Cantor]]. At this time, Inside The Mind of Simon had mostly non-sense lyrics, much like [[L'Frou Jibet]]. Later on, two more demos would be created, with the third being the most well known of the demos. This third demo would be released as [[Tally Hall]] in 2004. Each demo also appears on ''[[Hawaii: Part II: Part ii]]'' in remastered form.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmJJtz87gM4 YouTube upload of the demo</ref> | The Mind Electric has roots dating back to around 2002. It was previously known as Inside The Mind Of Simon<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmJJtz87gM4 Inside The Mind of Simon. Uploaded: Jan 22nd, 2020. YouTube.]</ref> and was one of many songs featured on a demo disc made for [[Rob Cantor]]. At this time, Inside The Mind of Simon had mostly non-sense lyrics, much like [[L'Frou Jibet]]. Later on, two more demos would be created, with the third being the most well known of the demos. This third demo would be released as [[Tally Hall]] in 2004. Each demo also appears on ''[[Hawaii: Part II: Part ii]]'' in remastered form.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmJJtz87gM4 YouTube upload of the demo</ref> | ||
Tally Hall [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEYxUz6nyFc performed] Inside The Mind of Simon at The Pingry School on May 13, 2005, alongside [[Spring And A Storm]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220327205624/https://tallyhall.livejournal.com/26620.html?thread=158716 LiveJournal post, October 5th, 2005]</ref> This is the only known live performance of Inside The Mind of Simon as Tally Hall. | |||
Tally Hall planned to record Inside The Mind of Simon for [[Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum (Album)|Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum]]. Tracks recorded would include a choir, harpsicord, distorted grand piano, and over 15 other instruments. However, the band soon ran into budgetary problems and ultimately had to drop it from the tracklisting.<ref>[https://tallyhall.livejournal.com/6066.html Tally Hall livejournal entry from Coz Baldwin, May 31st, 2005]</ref> | Tally Hall planned to record Inside The Mind of Simon for [[Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum (Album)|Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum]]. Tracks recorded would include a choir, harpsicord, distorted grand piano, and over 15 other instruments. However, the band soon ran into budgetary problems and ultimately had to drop it from the tracklisting.<ref>[https://tallyhall.livejournal.com/6066.html Tally Hall livejournal entry from Coz Baldwin, May 31st, 2005]</ref> | ||
At some point in 2006, Inside The Mind of Simon was confirmed to be on their next album. However this | At some point in 2006, Inside The Mind of Simon was confirmed to be on their next album. However, this never came true. [[Bora Karaca]]'s band [[Cojum Dip]] recorded an instrumental of the song likely sometime after Inside The Mind Of Simon's recording and would perform it live at [[The Blind Pig]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVUqG9txCic Inside the mind of Simon - performed by Cojum Dip at the blind pig. Uploaded: Jul 1st, 2018. YouTube.]</ref> This could suggest it could've been given to Cojum Dip, similar to Rob and [[I'm Gonna Win]]. | ||
Inside The Mind of Simon would lay dormant for years until the recording and release of Hawaii: Part II. After release, The Mind Electric would gain a cult following and is considered one of Joe Hawley's best songs by fans. | Inside The Mind of Simon would lay dormant for years until the recording and release of Hawaii: Part II. After release, The Mind Electric would gain a cult following and is considered one of Joe Hawley's best songs by fans. | ||
== Recording == | == Recording == | ||
This song makes use of a sample from the song Sunkist Hawaii | This song makes use of a sample from the song Sunkist Hawaii by Sam Ku West Harmony Boys; it particularly makes use of the lyric "Hawaii". It also samples Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Trinitatis. In the longer, "glitchier" part of the song, there are two references to other songs on Hawaii: Part II: during the climax of The Mind Electric as a synthetic instrument uses a chord progression similar to the instrumental outro to [[Labyrinth]]. The piano line of [[Murders]] is also sampled. | ||
== Song Meanings/Interpretations == | == Song Meanings/Interpretations == | ||
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* In the non-glitched version of the song, there is no synthetic instrument playing the progression. | * In the non-glitched version of the song, there is no synthetic instrument playing the progression. | ||
* In the non-glitched version, during the progression section, the backing vocals "See how they fall?" are included in the instrumental while the glitched version does not. | * In the non-glitched version, during the progression section, the backing vocals "See how they fall?" are included in the instrumental while the glitched version does not. | ||
* In the non-glitched version, during the progression, right after "You fall inside a hole you couldn't see." can be heard "Who speaks with the tongue of Apollo." while in the glitched version you cannot<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/miraclemusical/comments/1bzmq7x/i_found_the_source_of_one_of_the_background_audio/?rdt=37400 Source of background audio clip. Uploaded: Apr 9th, 2024. Reddit.]</ref>. | |||
* On the Hawaii: Part II vinyl it had to be split into two songs (The Mind Electric [+ -], The Mind Electric [- +]) because having the full song on one side of the vinyl would make said side too long. | |||
* In Demo 2 of the song, the scream sounds to be done by [[Bora Karaca]]. | |||
* Joe Hawley has confirmed that the song has inspiration from 'Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey' by Paul McCartney and 'Revolution 9' by The Beatles<ref name="Joe Hawley's Facebook comment">[https://imgur.com/a/GbOl40M ]</ref> | |||
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