{"id":3950,"date":"2018-04-17T18:40:34","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T01:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.castaliapub.com\/williamscottmorrison\/?p=3950"},"modified":"2018-09-11T18:32:38","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T01:32:38","slug":"song-demo-go-susanna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.castaliapub.com\/williamscottmorrison\/song-demo-go-susanna\/","title":{"rendered":"Song Demo: &#8220;Go! Susanna&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a songwriter I hear &#8220;Go! Susanna&#8221; as one of the most fun songs a band could ever do. The song is taken from my novel, <em>The Energy Caper, or Nixon in the Sky With Diamonds<\/em>, where it is 1971, in Paris. A 24 year-old American student, working as a go-go dancer under the name Susanna, La Cowgirl Am\u00e9ricain, is the toast of the notorious Place Pigalle. She becomes involved with Jim Morrison, lead singer of the Doors, who team up with the Allman Brothers Band, and calling themselves The AllmaDoors, make a rocked-out version with updated lyrics of what is arguably the most famous American melody of all time. Perfect for any country band, but in my head I hear it really kicking ass with the Southern Rock sound and energy of the Allman Brothers behind it. Guaranteed to fill the dance floor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;Go! Susanna&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">By<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Scotty and the Skeptics<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a9 Skeptico Music\u2013\u2013BMI \u2022 WilliamScottMorrison.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1280\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MnhfQIsPWQc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here is the scene from the novel when she hears the finished song for the first time, having fled Paris without telling Morrison her real name and hoping to remain incognito.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Jenny heard a gang of boys come rumbling up the stairs and race down the hall. Her nephew Dom burst in and thrust a 45 record into her hands. \u201cAunt Jenny, look what Rusty gave me! The Doors joined the Allman Brothers!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She gasped when she saw the title: \u201cGo! Susannah.\u201d The record jacket showed the two bands with the Eiffel Tower in the background. Morrison, cocky as ever in a beret and skin-tight leather pants, was proffering a bouquet of roses. Next to him, a grinning Duane Allman, in jeans and a cowboy hat, straddled a motorcycle. On a nearby park bench, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin were casually blowing soap bubbles. She couldn\u2019t help chuckle at the band\u2019s name: Les AllmaDoors &amp; Amis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cLet\u2019s go!\u201d Dom shouted, snatching the record from her as he and his friends went thundering up the third-floor stairs. She was breathless, unable to move, remembering the raunchy lyrics they\u2019d sung as she twirled tassels in the go-go cage. The first bars of the famous melody drifted down the stairs on Allman\u2019s honey-sweet slide-guitar. She raced into the hall to hear better just as the two bands kicked in full-blast and Morrison growled:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Well I went over to ol\u2019 Paree<br \/>\nJust lookin\u2019 for some fun<br \/>\nAnd when I saw her in that go-go cage<br \/>\nMy heart came undone<br \/>\nIn her cowgirl hat and fancy boots<br \/>\nHer tassels all a\u2019twirl<br \/>\nNo woman could be half as cute<br \/>\nShe\u2019s a go-go-go cowgirl.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She knew a hit song when she heard one, and this had number-one-with-a-bullet tattooed all over it: the most famous melody in American history, rocked out with first-rate musicianship and an extra-heavy dose of star power. They even cleaned up the \u201cWith a hard-on to Paree\u201d line for the radio. This song was good.<\/p>\n<p>Excerpt from: <em>The Energy Caper, or Nixon in the Sky With Diamonds.<\/em> by William Scott Morrison (2006):<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;Go! Susanna&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Well I went over to old Paree<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Just looking for some fun<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And when I saw her in a go-go cage<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">My heart came undone<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In her cowgirl hat and fancy boots<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Her tassels all a\u2019 twirl<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She stole my heart and sealed my fate<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She\u2019s a go-go-go cowgirl<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I\u2019m singing go Susanna<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Go-go-go for me<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I came all the way from California<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Just to love you in Paree!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Where ya from what\u2019s your daddy do<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Can I see you after work<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">No woman could be half as cute<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I\u2019m gonna love you for all I\u2019m worth<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I\u2019m singing go Susanna<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Go-go-go for me<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I came all the way from California<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Just to love you in Paree!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She took me to a place she knew<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">We made love till the crack of dawn<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But then I nodded off and when I woke up<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Susannah she was gone<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She left a note sayin\u2019 it was fun<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But she just had to go<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She was headed out to parts unknown<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">And big time rock and roll<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t go Susanna<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t go-go-go from me<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I swear that I\u2019m in love with you<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t let me die here in Paree!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Well I had a dream the other night<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">That gave me quite a chill<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I dreamed I saw Susanna<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Singin\u2019 down at Harry\u2019s Grill<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A microphone was in her hand<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A tear was in her eye<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">She said I\u2019m singin\u2019 in a band<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I said Susannah don\u2019t you cry<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Come go Susanna<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Go-go-go with me<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I swear that I\u2019m in love with you<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Let\u2019s run off to Paree<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Come go Susanna<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Go-go-go with me<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I swear that I\u2019m in love with you<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Will you marry me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; As a songwriter I hear &#8220;Go! 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