Hospital Music - Miscellanea

Miscellanea

• "Champions of Nothing" was first introduced to fans during Good's 2006 acoustic tour when it was known as "When Hollywood Runs Out of Indians" and used as an introduction to the song "Tripoli". This title, taken from the first line in the song, is inspired by Edward R. Murrow's famous 1958 speech to the Radio Television News Director's Association and, according to Good, "symbolizes the need to placate an ignorant, empty, self centered culture".

• "Metal Airplanes" was written on an airplane during Good's trip to England before personal circumstances forced him to return to Vancouver, where he suffered from the manic episodes which ultimately led to his hospitalization and treatment for bi-polar disorder.

• "99% of Us is Failure" was written for the mother of Good's best friend, Rod Bruno. Bruno's mother had recently been diagnosed with cancer.

• "Black Helicopter" is one of Good's more political songs, dealing with (among other things) COINTELPRO, the atrocities he believes were committed by the Bush administration, and the existence of Black Helicopters. It was made available for download on Good's site as a Christmas gift to fans in 2006.

• "The Boy Come Home" is "based on stories of paranoia and disparity felt by a handful of Iraq veterans that Good had been corresponding with". Though Good admits that "the story conveyed in the song is fictional, ... it is steeped in a psychology that, having corresponded with those veterans, is not." Good would revisit some of these themes on "A Silent Army in the Trees" from his 2009 album Vancouver.

• "Girl Wedged Under the Front of a Firebird" contains loops samples of a story recounted by one of Vancouver's homeless residents about a girl who was run over by a Pontiac Firebird for drug-related reasons. Good has been a strong advocate for Vancouver's homeless population, donating to various charities and raising awareness on his personal blog .

• "True Love Will Find You In The End" is a cover of a song by Daniel Johnston. Good became enamored with Johnston's work after watching the film "The Devil and Daniel Johnston". Though they do not suffer from the same condition, both Good and Johnston have struggled with mental illness throughout their careers.