Spaghetti Eastern Music, the solo project of genre-bending Hudson Valley guitarist (and our book reviewer) Sal Cataldi, returns with a searing Chicago blues-style jaunt, full of old-school protest lyrics reflecting these troubled political times, “Disinformation Blues.”
Spaghetti Eastern traverses three distinct musical genres: acid-jazz-fueled electric guitar instrumentals, lush ambient soundscapes, and bare-bones acoustic vocal balladry straight out of the Nick Drake school. With “Disinformation Blues,” Cataldi has moved more mainstream in his musical approach, delivering a straight-ahead electric blues sound that wouldn’t be out of place at Chicago’s legendary Checkboard Lounge. His smooth vocals are set against a driving rhythm track and stinging guitar stabs that hammer home his insightful protest lyrics, a musical form the artist laments is in very short supply these days.
“This song came about because I’m just sick of the nonstop river of misinformation and division created by right-wing media – Fox News, Alex Jones, Megan Kelly, and the like. It’s a scientific system of 24-hour propaganda that has infected so many minds, including so many of America’s poorest. It’s a nonstop fuel for a culture war that is making the neediest Americans vote against their own best interests, a plague that is dividing families, friends, and our nation.”
Sal Cataldi, on “Disinformation Blues”
“While a lot of my music is pretty progressive, venturing into ambient, electronic, worldbeat, and jazz fusion, I worked to make this tune a classic old-school electric blues,” adds Cataldi. “Where my past work’s guitar influences tended toward folks like Robert Fripp, here I kept it simple and direct – with a walking bass, a four-on-the-floor beat, 12-bar blues changes, and guitar fills inspired by the serviceable minimalism of The Band’s Robbie Robertson and Booker T and the MGs’ Steve Cropper.”
Readers can also watch the video for the track below, one where Cataldi employs clips of Trump doing his “sorta lewd YMCA dance,” along with “the cast of guilty characters from Fox News hosts to press secretary Karoline Leavitt to Alex Jones” per the musician.
“Disinformation Blues” Lyrics
ONE AND ONE IS TWO, TWO AND TWO IS FOUR, BUT THAT’S NOT THE WAY OF THE WORLD ANYMORE
IT’S TRUE, IT’S TRUE, WE’RE ALL DROWNING IN THE DISINFORMATION BLUES
RUSKIES ON MY FACEBOOK, CHINESE IN MY TOK, FEEDING THE ANGER THAT MAKES SOCIETY ROCK
IT’S TRUE, IT’S TRUE, WE’RE ALL BEING POISONED BY THE DISINFORMATION BLUES
(Bridge) WHEN FACTS AREN’T FACTS, CONFUSION REIGNS, SOON THEY’LL BE BOARDING US ALL ONTO TRAINS
THEY HAVE A FEVER FOR A FUHRER, A MAD ORANGE KING, AND NONE OF US CAN DO A GODDAMN THING
HYPNOTIZED BY FOX NEWS, SUCKING DOWN YOUR ALEX JONES, THINKING THE DEEP STATES BUGGING YOUR TELEPHONE
IT’S TRUE, IT’S TRUE, WE’RE ALL BEING DIVIDED BY THE DISINFORMATION BLUES
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