Chuck Maiden

This song was written back in the mid-80's in Channel Islands, California. I was heavily into R.E.M. back then. The lyrics don't make much sense, but are generally about living a carefree life. Arlan did his psychedelic organ thing (which I think he gets by playing with the on-off switch or playing around with the Leslie or something). Like a couple of other songs on Morris Road, this one veered considerably from my original vision of it, which was more simple and poppish. With this, being my first album, I was reluctant to assert myself, but then again, these guys were all amazing players and I sort of wanted to see what they could come up with, which was pretty cool. The Who-like ending where David comes back in on the drums was completely spontaneous, so we left it in.