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Proving Love Is Real

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For the last six months I’ve worked as the composer for Chuck Tingle’s podcast Pounded In The Butt By My Own Podcast for the Night Vale Presents Network. Pounded is a bi-monthly show that centers-around readings of Chuck’s “Tinglers": absurdist, homoerotic short stories that Chuck self-publishes on Amazon. The show is funny, loving, and very NSFW.

Chuck asked me to write a theme song for his show inspired by the idea of “two buds watching the big game." He also asked that it take some cues from his favorite musician Bruce Hornsby. What I came up with is a song called Proving Love Is Real.

Although I identify as straight, I have admired the works of many gay artists and songwriters whose work sometimes eschewed their own preferences in order to express something universal about love. (Acknowledging, of course, that many of these creative decisions were made during cultural times that were not as open as today.)

For "Proving Love Is Real," I decided to write from the perspective of a gay man to pay homage to these artists.

The cover art is me having fun with Chuck's Ab-Heavy Ebook Covers. I've always wanted Abs, this is probably the closest I'll ever get!

LOVE IS REAL!

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Proving Love Is Real

The TV’s on
There’s not much talking
Between two buckaroos

Good buds in plaid duds
The Big Game playing
But one of us must choose

The ball’s in the end zone
And we’re high as the ozone
Our kisses sign the deal
We’re proving love is real
We’re proving love is real

We met for Kava felt so nervous
While hippies played the drums
I wrote you poems for no purpose
Always knowing one would come

Then it hit like bolts of lightning
Inside a hug that’s ever tightening
My heart began to heal

We’re proving love is real
We’re proving love is real

Our twins reverse
They cast a curse
Kept us apart
It takes all flavors
To show our neighbors
We’re Proving love from the heart

We hit the streets out in the town of devils
Two angels on the move
Our hands so tight we almost broke some vessels
With all that love to prove

You're never far from my sightline
The finest love on this timeline
That’s how I want to make you feel

We’re proving love is real
We’re proving love is real
We’re proving love is real

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from Proving Love Is Real, released July 3, 2018
Written, Performed, And Record by Vincent Cacchione
Inspired by the writings of Dr. Chuck Tingle

Special Thanks to Night Vale Presents for the invitation to participate

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Caged Animals Brooklyn, New York

Caged Animals is the recording project of Jersey-born, Brooklyn-based songwriter Vincent Cacchione.

Cacchione emerged from his role fronting Soft Black (whose members included DIIV’s Zachary Cole Smith) to form Caged Animals alongside his sister Talya, partner Magali Charron, and childhood friend Patrick Curry. Since 2011 they have released three LPs of their soulful and noir-tinged indie-pop.
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