#67: Old Fashioned?

This week, no tricks. No AI. No weird looking cartoons. Just me singing directly into the mic with a camera watching.

No autotuning. No edits. No cuts. And no politics or issues. It's a love song called “Old Fashioned?” (with the question mark). After last week's total immersion into the AI world of music production and filmmaking, I feared people would think I was an AI evangelist. I am not. I'm simply a user of a tool. And if or when the tool stops being useful, I'll stop using it. 

With people falling for their AI fantasy creatures (which is really a mirror, so they’re falling in love with themselves), what does it mean to love someone anymore?

“Is it really old fashioned to be falling in love?
Putting you first? Keeping you near?

I’ve never read about a successful relationship that didn’t begin with the partners looking out for each other as their number one goal. What does he need? How can I make her feel safe? When do they need space? When do they need an embrace?

“Cuz the world’s always saying it’s all about me

Nobody else matters…”

In a world where we’re always being sold the idea that everything should be about our own happiness. And that we can buy our way into happiness, or that we need physical things and beauty and possessions, how much more interesting and full of love we are when we find someone or something else to care for. That’s how you open your heart and your life.

Elon Musk this week was absolutely puzzled that he's become the richest man in the world but he's not happy. He's just figuring out that money doesn't equal happiness? I guess that's one way to prove it. Get all the money in the world and see how happy it makes you.

This week's song is only on YouTube but it will soon hit all the streaming services. https://youtu.be/sxk9fCTm_Rc


OLD FASHIONED?

You say it’s old fashioned to want to be real
To listen to music while sharing a meal
You say it’s old fashioned to find your own ground
To turn from the crowd and find your own sound

If it’s really old fashioned why does it seem new
Each moment when I’m here with you

Is it really old fashioned to be falling in love?
Putting you first? Keeping you near?
Cuz world is always saying it’s all about me
Nobody else matters. Well, now you must hear                                          

If it’s really a new thing, why does it feel old?
Like timeless treasures of gold

I keep up with everything, I stay with the times
Though I’ve been around, I don’t live in the past
But over a lifetime you learn what will last

So have an old fashioned and let down your hair
Be with me here and not over there
If it’s really old fashioned, Why does it seem new
Each moment when I’m here with you

©2026 Music & Lyrics by Steve Schalchlin
Lil Shack O Tunes/ASCAP