This song was originally written for my “Beck Strikes the Empire” demo tape back in 2000. From Thy Ashes had released “Harbinger” earlier that year. My friend Neil created the layout of that cd. For the initial draft versions he made up a bunch of bogus song titles. “Hugging Frogs” was one of them. I loved it immediately. Both, the lyrics and the music were created in almost no time. I forced everything into a 5\/4 measure to make up for the lack of originality. I decided to re-record the entire song last year in a more focused fashion. So on the 26th September 2007 I locked myself in the rehearsal room commenced recording the drums (using a different microphone than usual, hence the different sound). Everything went smoothly until I realized that I had skipped an entire verse. By then a whole lot of guitars (including electric ones) had been recorded, so I decided to shorten the lyrics instead. Eventually, I added some keyboards and a bunch of layered vocals. I’m aware that one of my fans prefers the original version, but I think that the new recording fits the “Heteroscedasticity” record better. (Edit September 2008: I’m no longer sure if I’m going to include it on the album.)<\/p>\n
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\nHugging frogs are there
\nHugging frogs won’t stare at your face, but they
\nWant to change the weather
\nWant to wear black leather
\nWant a velvet feather
\nWant to live forever<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nHugging frogs don’t cry
\nHugging frogs will die under your tire, but they
\nWant to change the weather
\nWant to wear black leather
\nWant a velvet feather
\nWant to live forever<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nHugging frogs breath air
\nHugging frogs won’t stare at your face, but they
\nWant to change the weather
\nWant to wear black leather
\nWant a velvet feather
\nWant to live forever
\nWant to change the weather
\nWant to wear black leather
\nWant a velvet feather
\nWant to live forever<\/strong><\/p>\n