This one began life late one night at Jay’s house, after a long day in the studio, when he and Tim were winding down by getting stoned and watching a bootleg DVD of a Bruce Springsteen concert from 1978. The title, and most of the fourth verse, were shouted in awe by Jay as Bruce defied the laws of gravity while looking impossibly sexy and cool. We waited for him to land after jumping off the piano, but he just kept floating into the sky. Mrs. Darkness chimes in at the end, here, as she’s got a different point of view about just how great our hero is. You would, too, if you lived with a demi-god.
lyrics
LYRICS
He’s not human
He’s not human
He’s not human
But he wants to be
He’s no angel
He’s driven to excel
But it never ends well
Just catastrophe
I’m only human
I’m only human
I’m only human
I’m sure you’ll agree
He can play harmonica
He can make women cry
He leaps off pianos
He can fly
He does what he wants to do
He expects no less from you
He does what he wants to do
Yeah
He’s not human
He’s one of a few men
They oughta interview him
They oughta talk to me
credits
from Super,
released September 11, 2015
Recorded and mixed by Johannes Luley at My Sonic Temple, Los Angeles, CA
Johannes Luley: Drum and synth programming
Jay - Keyboards, Acoustic and electric guitars, Vocals
Tim - Vocals
The Bonerama Horns:
Mark Mullins - Trombone, Horn arrangements
Craig Klein - Trombone
Greg Hicks - Trombone
It's the essence of TMJ to follow up a smart song about the need to forge new memories with a killer that grooves on everything great and awful about the 1970s. Brash, confident, and deeply pleasurable -- and its vibe is punctured by the new old b-side's warning "living backwards in time/losing your mind." As always, TMJ has it all ways, beautifully. Alan S