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<p class="alert">This is the page for the song by Joe Hawley. If you’re looking for the 2022 single, click [[Turn The Lights Off (Single)|here
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  |title = Turn The Lights Off
  |title = Turn the Lights Off
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  |albumart = TurnTheLightsOffPlaceholder.jpg
  |writer = Joe Hawley
  |writer = Joe Hawley
  |singer = [[Joe Hawley]], [[Rob Cantor]], [[Zubin Sedghi]]
  |singer = [[Joe Hawley]], [[Rob Cantor]], [[Zubin Sedghi]]
  |album = [[Good & Evil]], [[Turn The Lights Off (Single)]]
  |album = [[Good & Evil]], [[Admittedly Incomplete Demos]], [[Turn The Lights Off (Single)]]
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'''Turn The Lights Off''' is a song by [[Joe Hawley]], and was one of the first "new" songs the band began playing in June 2006. The music video for the song currently stands as the last upload on the Tally Hall YouTube account.
'''Turn the Lights Off''' is a song by [[Joe Hawley]], and was one of the first "new" songs the band began playing in June 2006. The music video for the song currently stands as the last upload on the Tally Hall YouTube account.


On August 26th 2022, Turn The Lights Off was released as a vinyl single with [[Light & Night]] as a B-Side.
On August 26th 2022, Turn the Lights Off was released as a vinyl single with [[Light & Night]] as a B-Side.<ref>Needlejuice Records. [https://needlejuice.bandcamp.com/album/turn-the-lights-off Turn The Lights Off] ''Bandcamp'' Single. August 26th 2022. Retrieved: 15th March 2024.</ref>
 
==Recording==
Tracking for the song was done around October 30th, 2009.<ref>Ross Federman. https://x.com/rossfederman/status/5297889259 Tweet/Post. ''Twitter/X'' October 30th 2009. Retrieved 15th March 2024.</ref>


==Inspiration ==
==Inspiration ==
Taken from an interview with My Car and My Guitar:
Taken from an interview with My Car and My Guitar:
<blockquote>Joe: The whole album is about dualities, and that song is probably about the child-adult duality. And the verses are about kids growing up, and the choruses are about whatever chaos or strife is caused by competition for partners? I was looking at Where The Wild Things Are, also. And I pictured this boy going into his closet and seeing a monster party. A party full of monsters dancing, like in this movie Jacob’s Ladder, also. Just a lot of visions like that kind of influencing the song.<ref>My Car And My Guitar. [https://mycarandmyguitar.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/interview-tally-hall/ My Car and My Guitar Interview with Joe and Zubin.] ''Wordpress'', Published: 10th September 2011. Retreieved: 15th March 2024.</ref></blockquote>
==Turn the Lights Off 7" Single==
{{Infobox album
  |title = Turn the Lights Off
  |albumart = TurnTheLightsOffPlaceholder.jpg
  |disc_Category = Singles
  |length = 7:03
  |year = August 26th 2022
  |producers = [[Tony Hoffer]], [[Andrew Horowitz]]
  |label = [[Needlejuice Records]]
}}
'''Turn the Lights Off''' is a 7" vinyl single by [[Tally Hall]] and their label [[Needlejuice Records]]. The single was released alongside their reissue of [[Good & Evil]] on August 26th 2022.<ref>[https://twitter.com/needlejuicerec/status/1559196649767018498 Needlejuice tweet about the release date.]</ref> Variants include a glow in the dark "lights on" variant, an all-black "lights off" variant, and a black and white splattered "Light & Night" variant. <ref name="NJRNLTTLO">[https://twitter.com/needlejuicerec/status/1493137109980532740 Needlejuice Records tweet confirming plans for the single.]</ref>
The single features Turn The Lights Off on the first side, with [[Light & Night]] as the second side, marking the first time the song has been released on physical media.<ref name="NJRNLTTLO">[https://twitter.com/needlejuicerec/status/1493137109980532740 Needlejuice Records tweet confirming plans for the single.]</ref> It was commonly speculated to include [[Nathan Naimark]], but it has since been confirmed to be untrue by Needlejuice Records' [[Twitter]] account.<ref>[https://twitter.com/needlejuicerec/status/1508613277277896704 Needlejuice Records tweet confirming Nathan Naimark will not be a bonus track.]</ref> [[Club Can't Handle Me]] or Nathan Naimark were not included due to the band being strict about the theming of Good & Evil.{{cn}} Songs were remastered for vinyl by Angel Hair Audio (AKA Angel Marcloid, of Fire-Toolz). <ref>https://www.angelhairaudio.com/portfolio-credits Angel Hair Audio Portfolio Credits</ref>
The single also features artwork by [[Drew Mokris]], creator of the Turn the Lights Off video and friend of the band. However, store pages used placeholder art for a period of time, because Drew Morkis hadn't finished the artwork in time for the announcement.
=== Track listing ===
{{Tracklist |
{{Track | n = 1 | title = Turn the Lights Off | writer = [[Hawley]] | singer = Hawley, [[Sedghi]], [[Cantor]] | duration = 2:56}}
{{Track | n = 2 | title = Light & Night | writer = Cantor, Sedghi, [[Federman]], [[Horowitz]] | singer = Cantor, [[Nellie McKay]] | duration = 4:08}}
}}
[[File:TTLOplaceholder.jpg|200px|thumb|The placeholder artwork for the Turn the Lights Off single.]]
===Liner Notes===
<blockquote>
Mastered by Angel Marcloid<br>
at Angel Hair Audio
Artwork by Drew Morkis<br>
Layout by Brandon Brown
Dedicated to Coz Baldwin & Ben Sandler


''Joe: The whole album is about dualities, and that song is probably about the child-adult duality. And the verses are about kids growing up, and the choruses are about whatever chaos or strife is caused by competition for partners? I was looking at Where The Wild Things Are, also. And I pictured this boy going into his closet and seeing a monster party. A party full of monsters dancing, like in this movie Jacob’s Ladder, also. Just a lot of visions like that kind of influencing the song.''<ref>[https://mycarandmyguitar.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/interview-tally-hall/ My Car and My Guitar Interview with Joe and Zubin.]</ref>
NEEDLEJUICE RECORDS, LLC.<br>
1420 Donelson Pike, Suite A5.<br>
Nashville, TN 37217.<br>
©2022 Tally Hall under exclusive<br>
license to Needlejuice Records, LLC.<br>
Unauthorized duplication is prohibited.<br>
All rights reserved. NJR-113.
</blockquote>


{{Magic Lyrics}}
{{Magic Lyrics}}
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<div class="randomPage"><span class="randomPageHeading">ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ[[Good & Evil]]</span>[[File:GOOD-EVIL_COVER.png|194px|left]]<br><br><br>[[Never Meant To Know]] · [[&]] · [[You & Me]] · [[Cannibal]] · [[Who You Are]] · [[Sacred Beast]] · [[Hymn For A Scarecrow]] · [[A Lady]] · [[The Trap]] · [[Turn The Lights Off]] · [[Misery Fell]] · [[Out In The Twilight]] · [[You]] · [[Fate Of The Stars]] · [[Light & Night]]* (pre-gap bonus track)<br><br><small>* indicates tracks only available in the 2022 CD rerelease</small><br><br></div>
{{Good & Evil}}
<div class="randomPage"><span class="randomPageHeading">[[Admittedly Incomplete Demos]]</span>[[File:Admittedly_incomplete_demos_cover.jpg|194px|left]]<br>[[Another Minute (Live at the Frieze Basement, December 2002)]] · [[Mobile Phone Premonition (Live at the Frieze Basement, December 2002)]] · [[Welcome To Tally Hall (Song)|Welcome to Tally Hall (Acoustic Demo)]] ⋅ [[Marvin's SFX - Bohemian Rhapsody (Sample)]] ⋅ [[Banana Man (Lounge Version)]] ⋅ [[Blind Pig Introduction (January 2008)]] ⋅ [[Spring and a Storm (Original Demo feat. Ryan Scott)]] ⋅ [[Two Wuv (Alternate Bridges)]] ⋅ [[The Whole World and You (Punk Rehearsal)]] ⋅ [[Just a Friend]] ⋅ [[Songy Song]] ⋅ [[Keep Up The Good Work! Theme]] ⋅ [[Sea Cucumber (Demo)]] ⋅ [[Tally Hall's Internet Show Theme]] ⋅ [[Spiced Rum Commercial (Demo)]] ⋅ [[You & Me|You & Me (Zubin Lead Vocal Rehearsal)]] ⋅ [[Cannibal (Demo)]] ⋅ [[Who You Are (Demo)]] ⋅ [[Sacred Beast (Demo)]] ⋅ [[Hymn For A Scarecrow (Demo)]]*  ⋅ [[A Lady (Demo)]] ⋅ [[The Trap (Demo)]] ⋅ [[Turn The Lights Off|Turn the Lights Off (Alternate Bridge)]] ⋅ [[Out in the Twilight (Demo)]] ⋅ [[Fate of the Stars (Demo)]] ⋅ [[Light & Night (Demo)]] ⋅ [[Love Track (Rehearsal)]] ⋅ [[Go (Demo)]] ⋅ [[Color Be Gone (Demo)]] ⋅ [[The Minstrel Boy]] ⋅ [[Welcome To Tally Hall (Song)|Welcome To Tally Hall (Reprise) (Demo)]]*<br><small>* indicates tracks added on April 15th, 2022</small></div>
{{Admittedly Incomplete Demos}}
{{Singles|image=[[File:TurnTheLightsOffPlaceholder.jpg|195px|left]]}}
[[Category:Songs with Music Videos]]
[[Category:Songs with Music Videos]]

Latest revision as of 03:01, 23 October 2024

Turn the Lights Off
TurnTheLightsOffPlaceholder.jpg
Written by Joe Hawley
Appears on Good & Evil, Admittedly Incomplete Demos, Turn The Lights Off (Single)
Sung by Joe Hawley, Rob Cantor, Zubin Sedghi
Duration 2:56
Genre Rock
Language English
Links: YouTube
Spotify
Alternate Bridge (Bandcamp)

Turn the Lights Off is a song by Joe Hawley, and was one of the first "new" songs the band began playing in June 2006. The music video for the song currently stands as the last upload on the Tally Hall YouTube account.

On August 26th 2022, Turn the Lights Off was released as a vinyl single with Light & Night as a B-Side.[1]

Recording

Tracking for the song was done around October 30th, 2009.[2]

Inspiration

Taken from an interview with My Car and My Guitar:

Joe: The whole album is about dualities, and that song is probably about the child-adult duality. And the verses are about kids growing up, and the choruses are about whatever chaos or strife is caused by competition for partners? I was looking at Where The Wild Things Are, also. And I pictured this boy going into his closet and seeing a monster party. A party full of monsters dancing, like in this movie Jacob’s Ladder, also. Just a lot of visions like that kind of influencing the song.[3]

Turn the Lights Off 7" Single

Turn the Lights Off
TurnTheLightsOffPlaceholder.jpg
Singles
Released August 26th 2022
Length 7:03
Label Needlejuice Records
Producer Tony Hoffer, Andrew Horowitz

Turn the Lights Off is a 7" vinyl single by Tally Hall and their label Needlejuice Records. The single was released alongside their reissue of Good & Evil on August 26th 2022.[4] Variants include a glow in the dark "lights on" variant, an all-black "lights off" variant, and a black and white splattered "Light & Night" variant. [5]

The single features Turn The Lights Off on the first side, with Light & Night as the second side, marking the first time the song has been released on physical media.[5] It was commonly speculated to include Nathan Naimark, but it has since been confirmed to be untrue by Needlejuice Records' Twitter account.[6] Club Can't Handle Me or Nathan Naimark were not included due to the band being strict about the theming of Good & Evil.[citation needed] Songs were remastered for vinyl by Angel Hair Audio (AKA Angel Marcloid, of Fire-Toolz). [7]

The single also features artwork by Drew Mokris, creator of the Turn the Lights Off video and friend of the band. However, store pages used placeholder art for a period of time, because Drew Morkis hadn't finished the artwork in time for the announcement.

Track listing

# Title Writers Lead Singers Duration
1. "Turn the Lights Off" Hawley Hawley, Sedghi, Cantor 2:56
2. "Light & Night" Cantor, Sedghi, Federman, Horowitz Cantor, Nellie McKay 4:08
The placeholder artwork for the Turn the Lights Off single.

Liner Notes

Mastered by Angel Marcloid
at Angel Hair Audio

Artwork by Drew Morkis
Layout by Brandon Brown

Dedicated to Coz Baldwin & Ben Sandler

NEEDLEJUICE RECORDS, LLC.
1420 Donelson Pike, Suite A5.
Nashville, TN 37217.
©2022 Tally Hall under exclusive
license to Needlejuice Records, LLC.
Unauthorized duplication is prohibited.
All rights reserved. NJR-113.


Lyrics

Don't go in there
You'll become one
Freaky creatures
Monster party
Eyes of yellow
Scales & feathers
Tails in tethers
Turn the lights off

Bend the nightmare
You control it
Artful dodger
Easy does it
Shut the closet
Get under the covers
Snakes & lovers
Turn the lights off

Everybody likes to get taken for turns
To see how bright the fire inside of us burns
& everybody wants to get evil tonight
But all good devils masquerade under the light

Here's the pinky
There's the kinky
Everybody complicate it
Man & Woman
Baby child
Calm & Wild
Turn the lights off

Don't remember (Day's gone)
What we look like (Night's on)
Younger holding	(Day's gone)
One another (Light's passed)
Paper colors (Day's gone)
Dangle streaming (Night's on)
Tangle screaming (Light's gone)
Turn the lights off

Everybody likes to get taken for turns
To see how bright the fire inside of us burns
& everybody wants to get evil tonight
But all good devils masquerade under the light

Can't they take it
Should be stronger
Books abandoned
Breathe the water
Mind distracted (Bad girls)		
Sons & Daughters (Good boys)		
Out for slaughter (Bad guys)		
Turn the lights off

Sparkles & shines on the water (Bet you've got a bone to pick with me)
Seeps through the cumulus brume (Bet you've got a bone to pick with me)
Tingles & tears while we're gazing (Bet you've got a bone to pick with me)
Vanishes soon after bedtime for (good Bet you've got a bone to pick with me)

Don't you like it (Day's gone)
I know I do (Night's on)
How about you? (Day's gone)
What do we know (Light's passed)
Tiny patterns (Day's gone)
Hypnotizing (Night's on)
Terrorizing (Light's gone)
Turn the lights off

Everybody likes to get taken for turns
To see how bright the fire inside of us burns
& everybody wants to get evil tonight
But all good devils masquerade under the light

Chroma diamonds
Twinkle brightly
Dance in darkness
Blow the nights off
Sleepy child
Spark desire
Walk the fire

Early Lyrics

Don't go in there
You'll become one
Freaky creatures
Monster party
Eyes of yellow
Scales & feathers
Tails in tethers
Turn the lights off

Bend the nightmare
You control it
Teeth & toenails
Easy does it
Shut the closet
Get under the covers
Snakes & lovers
Turn the lights off

Everybody likes to get taken for turns
To see how bright the fire inside of us burns
& everybody wants to get evil tonight
But all good devils masquerade under the light

Here's the pinky
There's the kinky
Everybody complicate it
Man & Woman
Baby child
Calm & Wild
Turn the lights off

Don't remember (Day's gone)
What we look like (Night's on)
Younger holding	(Day's gone)
One another (Light's passed)
Paper colors (Day's gone)
Dangle streaming (Night's on)
Tangle screaming (Light's gone)
Turn the lights off

Everybody likes to get taken for turns
To see how bright the fire inside of us burns
& everybody wants to get evil tonight
But all good devils masquerade under the light

Can't they take it
Should be stronger
Books abandoned
Breathe the water
Mind distracted (Bad girls)		
Sons & Daughters (Good boys)		
Out for slaughter (Bad guys)		
Turn the lights off

Bet you've got a bone to pick with me (Sparkles & shines on the water) 
Bet you've got a bone to pick with me (Seeps through the cumulus brume)
Bet you've got a bone to pick with me (Tingles & tears while we're gazing)
Bet you've got a bone to pick with me (Vanishes soon after bedtime for good)

Don't you like it (Day's gone)
I know I do (Night's on)
How about you? (Day's gone)
What do we know (Light's passed)
Tiny patterns (Day's gone)
Hypnotizing (Night's on)
Tantalizing (Light's gone)
Turn the lights off

Everybody likes to get taken for turns
To see how bright the fire inside of us burns
& everybody wants to get evil tonight
But all good devils masquerade under the light

Chroma diamonds
Twinkle brightly
Dance in darkness
Blow the nights off
Sleepy child
Spark desire
Walk the fire
Turn the lights off

Tabs/Chords

Nothing here, yet! Please add them if you have any!

References

  1. ↑ Needlejuice Records. Turn The Lights Off Bandcamp Single. August 26th 2022. Retrieved: 15th March 2024.
  2. ↑ Ross Federman. https://x.com/rossfederman/status/5297889259 Tweet/Post. Twitter/X October 30th 2009. Retrieved 15th March 2024.
  3. ↑ My Car And My Guitar. My Car and My Guitar Interview with Joe and Zubin. Wordpress, Published: 10th September 2011. Retreieved: 15th March 2024.
  4. ↑ Needlejuice tweet about the release date.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Needlejuice Records tweet confirming plans for the single.
  6. ↑ Needlejuice Records tweet confirming Nathan Naimark will not be a bonus track.
  7. ↑ https://www.angelhairaudio.com/portfolio-credits Angel Hair Audio Portfolio Credits


Good & Evil
GOOD-EVIL COVER.png

* indicates tracks only available in the 2022 CD rerelease

Admittedly Incomplete Demos
Admittedly incomplete demos cover.jpg

1. Another Minute (Live at the Frieze Basement, December 2002)
2. Mobile Phone Premonition (Live at the Frieze Basement, December 2002)
3. Welcome to Tally Hall (Acoustic Demo)
4. Marvin's SFX - Bohemian Rhapsody (Sample)
5. Banana Man (Lounge Version)
6. Blind Pig Introduction (January 2008)
7. Spring and a Storm (Original Demo feat. Ryan Scott)
8. Two Wuv (Alternate Bridges)
9. The Whole World and You (Punk Rehearsal)
10. Just a Friend
11. Songy Song
12. Keep Up The Good Work! Theme
13. Sea Cucumber (Demo)
14. Tally Hall's Internet Show Theme
15. Spiced Rum Commercial (Demo)
16. You & Me (Zubin Lead Vocal Rehearsal)
17. Cannibal (Demo)
18. Who You Are (Demo)
19. Sacred Beast (Demo)
20. Hymn For A Scarecrow (Demo)*
21. A Lady (Demo)
22. The Trap (Demo)
23. Turn the Lights Off (Alternate Bridge)
24. Out in the Twilight (Demo)
25. Fate of the Stars (Demo)
26. Light & Night (Demo)
27. Love Track (Rehearsal)
28. Go (Demo)
29. Color Be Gone (Demo)
30. The Minstrel Boy
31. Welcome To Tally Hall (Reprise) (Demo)*

* indicates tracks added on April 15th, 2022

Singles
TurnTheLightsOffPlaceholder.jpg
 Banana Man (Demo) · Ruler Of Everything (Demo) · Good Day · Welcome To Tally Hall · Light & Night · You & Me · & · Nathan Naimark · Club Can't Handle Me (featuring Casey Shea) · Just a Friend · Turn The Lights Off (b-side: Light & Night)
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