`Could've Been You' from the current btach of ID demos available on Weed is the perfect marriage of longing &amp; vulnerability.  The lyrics of that song display what only the best songwriters can do.  That is take everyday happenings and put them in a unique perspective.  Right now there is a teenager somewhere who feels the exact way this song describes.  I know I have felt this way before.  And the scary thing is, a lot of GREAT bands would have that song as their single, but with ID it doesn't even get past the demo stage.

Another song i would like to talk about is `I Won't Pay To Buy It'.  This is another emotional hybrid.  Equal parts regret and anger at an impossible situation.  I believe the song is about Roger's split from Jellyfish.  One thing that can't be questioned is that is a brilliant song.

One of my contentions has always been that the music of Roger Manning, Jr. (like jazz great Thelonious Monk) is underappreciated and critically undervalued is simply because his music is ahead of it's time.  My current example is from the ID demos.  `There You Go Again' from 1994 is what the Brooklyn's Scissor Sisters (one of the biggest acts in Europe) is doing now!  And the ID song doesn't have the campy jokiness that makes Scissor Sisters wear thin fast.