"MAMA GONNA WHOOP YOU" - Track of the Week

A friend mentioned something to me his mom used to say, "Mama gonna whoop you"  So, used the title and went from there.  I knew this Blues/Rock song had to be fun with a title like that.
All vocals and instruments performed by me.  Recorded and mixed with Logic Pro on a MacBookPro. (That's a "laptop", for the non-techies) ;)

***** LYRICS *****

MAMA GONNA WHOOP YOU

Sneakin' out back
Kickin' at the cat
Boy you better watch she don't run off
Jumpin' that fence
Ain't makin' no sense
You know what gonna happen when you get caught?

 Mama gonna whoop you
 You better watch out
 For cryin' out loud
 Mama gonna whoop you

 Mama gonna whoop you
 Better you quit
 Here's a little tip, now
 Fear the boom boom
 Mama gonna whoop you

Comin' in late
Makin' that face
Hoping those puppy eyes save your neck
She ain't no fool
It's the dog house for you
You're gonna get a lickin' that you won't forget

BRIDGE

You act so tough
But it's scary stuff
When she's winding up

© 2012 Steve Probst

"MAMA GONNA WHOOP YOU" - Track of the Week

Track Preview - "Mama Gonna Whoop You!"

Okay, as promised, here's a song preview of "Mama Gonna Whoop You" only available to those of you on my email list. (I figure you hopefully like me enough already to accept this piece of work in it's unfinished state and won't flee at the click of a mouse if you don't like it!)

It's a rough mix.  There's still things to add to it like background vocals, but I think it's still fun to hear and I wanted to share.  Once you click "play" it should ask you to confirm that you're on the email list before you're allowed to hear more than 30 seconds of it.  (Now, if 30 seconds is enough for you, then maybe I haven't done my job in hooking your ear into hearing more!!)  Hope that's not the case!

Track Preview - "Mama Gonna Whoop You!"

Song Title Summary - Real Exciting Post Title, I Know!

With 2 hours to go till we reach are Florida destination, allow me to share some titles of song projects I'm working on all at the same time.  Most of these are in the process of being recorded.

The Interesting:

"Flirty In Flannel"
"Mama Gonna Whoop You"
"She Keeps Bees"
"A Girl and Her Dog"

I would call these titles the "Not-So-Interesting" because on first reading without hearing the songs they're just....plain, but hopefully made more interesting with the lyric and melody:

"Waiting On The Rain"
"Opened My Heart"


I think I've got Country (Blues, Contemporary), Alternative Pop, and Adult Contenporary covered here.

Honorable Mention goes to:

"Farmer's Tan" (country)
"Something Summer" (alternative pop)

I've grown partial to these two of late and they're real close to finished (of course that could mean days or even months of rewrites!)

Have any that you think I should work on?

Song Title Summary - Real Exciting Post Title, I Know!

Vlog #5 - NEW SONG: Mama Gonna Whoop You!

Here's a rough version of a tune I've been working on.

Where did you ever get this song title, Steve?

Well,....traveling down the road on the bus this past year, our FOH (that's Front of House) sound engineer, Kevin, mentioned a line that became the title of this song.  I believe he said his Mom used to say this, "Mama Gonna Whoop You".  So I took up my personal challenge to come up with something using said childhood warning as a title or "hook" as it's called in the songwriting world.  Lyrics came first, then I added the melody later "whilst" tweaking the lyric as I went.

What's your excuse for such silliness? 

If anything, it's a songwriting exercise.  I have no idea who would sing this besides me.  The idea is to just keep writing!.  Hope you enjoy watching my singing head since when I film this I failed to have my guitar in the shot as well.  But there you have it.  I'm not going to record this againnnn!

Vlog #5 - NEW SONG: Mama Gonna Whoop You!