Singing lessons at Appell Voice Studio rock! Listen as Matt Johnson’s voice soars in this kicking tune. Can Matt sing a HIGH C without straining? Absolutely. And he learned how by training with me at my studio in south Orange County.
I write and produce music for many of my students. I produce in many genres but classic rock is one of my favorites. Matt and I were inspired by radio and talk show host Mark Levin. Mark has a way of bringing to light eye-opening new information about what politicians are doing that’s so compelling we felt it was time to write a 2018 song about these issues.
We wanted this song to reflect on how disenchanting it can be to live in a country as great as America, yet filled with corruption by many of our elected officials. And they way they think! There’s a lyric “they bomb paradise and smile like it’s all right…” That’s a direct reference to the Bikini Atoll nuclear testing.
It’s unfathomable to me to bomb a beautiful island with a nuclear warhead just to “try it out” leaving behind a wake of displaced and starving inhabitants, many of whom died or were seriously injured by radiation poisoning. Hopefully Utopia for the Disenchanted will wake us up and make sure something like this never happens again.
If you enjoy Utopia for the Disenchanted and would like to hear more songs I’ve produced for Matt, check out Matt Johnson’s website by clicking here.
– Thomas Appell
Utopia for the Disenchanted
I’m livin’ in Utopia
For the disenchanted
Funded by the billionaires
Takin’ their share
Takin’ their share
I’m livin’ in Utopia
Livin in a lawless state
Livin’ in utopia
For the disenchanted
Deep in the bowels of your hidden bunker
Speaking words
No one else can
He found the key
It opened up my mind
Realized that he is on to something
I must find
Exposed do gooders
Do no good
Wrecking all they touch
But they mean so well
Just a bunch of liars
Keeping people down
All about control in every city and town
I’m livin’ in Utopia
For the disenchanted
Funded by the billionaires
Takin’ their share
Takin’ their share
I’m livin’ in Utopia
Livin in a lawless state
Livin’ in utopia
For the disenchanted
All the brown shirts On the edge never satisfied
They pick a target
Then make it personal
When riots break they blame the other side
They bomb paradise and smile
Like it’s alright
Taken to the streets
Chains for all our feet
All the miscreants
Breeding malcontent
They make the storm
Then spread their wings and fly
Off to hiding places not
For you and I
I’m livin’ in Utopia
For the disenchanted
Funded by the billionaires
Takin’ their share
Takin’ their share
I’m livin’ in Utopia
Livin in a lawless state
Livin’ in utopia
For the disenchanted
Our foundation is shakin’
But our sight is clear
We’ve all got our X-ray vision
We can see it all
From here
I’m livin’ in Utopia
For the disenchanted
Funded by the billionaires
Takin’ their share
Takin’ their share
I’m livin’ in Utopia
Livin in a lawless state
Livin’ in utopia
For the disenchanted
