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(5 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Here is my rough attempt at recreating what me and my mates would do when out in our cars  to entertain ourselves when I was younger. One of us would come up with a lyric and we would all then try to add to it just with our voices. I sure people on chordie could do something in a similar vein better than I can.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9gL1J-x8Ak

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(2 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Jim don't lose that number clever lyrics by you.     

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(0 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Sometimes at night  I get on You Tube to watch all sorts of things to entertain myself. Friends of mine like Easybeat  are the ones who have introduced me to a man called Rick Beato who does amazing music interviews. One I recently watched is an interview  with Micheal Mc Donald. If you are not busy and have a bit of time here it is. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLAcQIfoauQ

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(3 replies, posted in My local band and me)

Excellent performance and song Jim. Also, your video works perfect.  Where did you find the photos or are they ones you photographed yourself?
BTW Jim, I just finished reading, "The Alchemist" the book you recommended. I should read and I enjoyed it.

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(7 replies, posted in Songwriting)

That is a good song.     

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(1 replies, posted in My local band and me)

Makes me wanna rock excellent collabration. Guitar vocals and organ work great while the bass and drums  keep it moving along nice. Great work guys thanks for sharing.     

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(5 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

They  are real good Jan those video's  I always like the way they use different instruments from all around the world. I will attach another one I like here from playing for change.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QpjR6-Uuks     

Thank you, Jan and Richard, for having a listen.  Since our last moggy passed away we now Maree and I  just make do with patting the neighbour's cat.

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(13 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Cheers Jan maybe it would be a good discussion to have on chordie everyone's favourite movie tunes.?     I remember," The Ukulele Orchestra Of Great Britain" has done a couple great versions of movie music. The theme from the movie "Shaft" and also "The Good Bad And Ugly" theme.

Here is my entry for this month ta song I wrote 8 years ago on a rainy day called "Cat Murder Blues" .  As usual it was just recorded on my cellphone.
https://soundcloud.com/eatleville/cat-murder-blues     

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(5 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Here is another song you might like  Jim and Jan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5AuFDHdrrg     

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(13 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Cheers Jan I also enjoyed the film "To Sir With Love" when It came out. Not only can Lulu sing but she can act on stage her banter between songs is brilliant.     

Thank you Jan this recording of Richard song by the Perth radio station was really well done. Their sound engineer had it balanced perfect his vocal and guitar.  Richard's song writing and performance on this one was bang on.     

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(4 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Good one Jim, excellent find thanks for sharing. Tula Ben Ari also does a great live version of Teach Your Children Your Children Well with Playing For Change.  Here is a novelty fun version of this song you put up that I also like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbsEZzgCwmI     

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(10 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Seeing the mention of cockles on here reminds me of that Irish folk song “Molly Malone” about a fishmonger who sells cockles and mussels from her barrow.   A song my dad use to sing at parties when I was a kid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ouqhCtIh2g

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(10 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Good one Jim, keep on rocking.     

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(4 replies, posted in Poems)

Wow, Kimnancy that is clever the way you use cars and parking as a metaphor for the way people connect on the internet and make a community even though their miles away and haven't met physically. I hope more people like you will come on here and rev their engines with pride.  Please keep contributing on this virtual domain Kimnancy.

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(5 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Easy Beat has put up "Songs I wish I Had Written". recently ' I like many songs so many that I can't put a number on here because there is too many. I will make this song my last one in this series. I think this song lyrics are a timeless treatise on the senselessness of war. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMRJT2ebvAk

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(13 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Cheers Piri and Jim, thanks for your feedback. I will attach a favourite live performance of a Bee Gees song with Maurice Gibb and his ex wife Lulu. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwfYO_S13_0

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(4 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Jim, That is a good nod to Dylan Thomas in your song.     

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(10 replies, posted in Poems)

Greetings Kimnancy,  welcome to chordie good to see someone new on here.     

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(13 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Cheers Piri, my Maree liked their disco music but I couldn't get into it.  Maree liked that film "Saturday Night Fever".  Sometimes just to wind Maree up or get a bite out of her I will refer to Johnny Travolta as Johnny Revolta. One of their later songs that I did like was this one which I will attach here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a95WRSWvHA     

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(13 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Easy Beat has put up "Songs I wish I Had Written". recently ' I like many songs so many that I can't put a number on here because there is too many. But one that lyrically made sense to me in the worldwide mainstream is this song though I have mixed feelings about the band that originally wrote it. I liked some of their earlier songs and then later on I thought they lost their way, apart from one or two songs But one thing I couldn’t fault them on was their collective vocal harmonies. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHZ7a9NePp0

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(4 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Excellent feedback Jan, Piri and Jim thank you.
Jim your brilliant words are more of a reflection of the narrative running through my head rather than the lyrics on the song I put up by Derrick Dove&The PeaceKeepers.
Though there have been times when the song that I put up here reflects the temporary moods that I go through.
I think that band is from Texas but I'm not sure as they don't seem to get much airplay down here in New Zealand.  Though having said that I don't listen to mainstream radio much.