well, they are from Liverpool and Liverpool have two, not just one, top teams; Liverpool and Everton. whether or not Paul and Ringo are interested in soccer i can't say, i certainly have never heard of it. maybe they're being politically correct in not showing a preference. why alienate half their local fans?
2,627 2015-09-13 13:42:36
Re: Where Is TIGLJK? (10 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
hey jim, congrats to the parents of the bride and the lady and husband too, may their lives together be long and blissful.
phill
2,628 2015-09-13 13:37:46
Re: Can Someone Suggest 3 CHords For Me, Please? (37 replies, posted in Poems)
who needs to sing when you have the all blacks? i notice 3 attempts at your post 
you guys must be really tough done under playing on razor wire strings 
2,629 2015-09-07 22:48:55
Re: So frustrated!!! (9 replies, posted in Recording)
i use a focusrite scarlet and i expect it's very similar, so try checking that the input signal on your interface is set to the device and channel you're using. the mic and guitar maybe using different channels. i may be way out but it's worth a try.
2,631 2015-09-07 22:43:15
Re: Can Someone Suggest 3 CHords For Me, Please? (37 replies, posted in Poems)
hi bill. it's quite easy (i think?) right click the links and shade the link click copy then paste in your post/blog. if you're asking my permission to feature your song you have it...no probs 
2,632 2015-09-07 20:33:08
Re: Can Someone Suggest 3 CHords For Me, Please? (37 replies, posted in Poems)
bill, you can hear my version here;
https://soundcloud.com/iphillfine/if-sunshine-were-mine
hope you like it.
phill
2,633 2015-09-07 19:18:57
Topic: the council workman (4 replies, posted in Poems)
this came to me this morning in the shower...as a song sung in a comedy cockney accent....ah well
The Council Workman. Phill Williams.
The council sent a workman who was good at digging holes.
He had his pick and shovel and his dirty workman clothes.
He sat there with his radio his Thermos and his cup.
Drinking tea till 4 o'clock then he packed away his stuff.
The union says at 4 o'clock I have to make a move.
I have to put my tools away and some cones around this hole.
He got his tin of marking paint and marked where he should dig.
He mustn't dig it far too small or make it deep or big.
Busses passed and taxis too and a lorry full of coal.
They struggled to get 'round the cones and stay out of the hole.
Health and safety stipulates; the hole it must be safe.
So cones and tape and warning signs are stuck all over the place.
Someone went to ask him “why are you digging there?”
“'Cos that's where I've been told to dig”, as he sat back in his chair.
The sun shone on the first day. The rain poured on the fourth.
Second day was Saturday, Sunday beer and roast.
Union says “man must have a rest at weekends and at night.
To help him in his daily chores so he'll get things right.”
Two weeks have now passed us by the hole is filled with trash.
The council boss came 'round and said....
“It's the wrong street that you've dug this hole, YOU'RE SACKED YOU STUPID.... PERSON.”
I changed the last word to avoid offence
2,634 2015-09-07 08:09:07
Re: Can Someone Suggest 3 CHords For Me, Please? (37 replies, posted in Poems)
We could all have suggested 3 chords but 3 chords are too boring for such a beautiful refrain.
2,635 2015-09-06 19:14:13
Re: Can Someone Suggest 3 CHords For Me, Please? (37 replies, posted in Poems)
hi bill, here's a more romantic feel;
[C] [Cmaj7]
If sunshine were mine,
[Am] [Em]
I'd give it to you.
[Fmaj7] [D7]
If moonshine were wine,
[G7]
I'd pour it for you.
[C] [E] [Am]
If lovin` you honey was all I could do.
[Fmaj7] [G6] [C]
I'd do it, I'd do it for you.
2,636 2015-09-02 17:33:22
Re: Another NGD. This makes 17. (17 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
That would make a nice addition to the other strings section.
2,637 2015-09-02 13:12:00
Re: Another NGD. This makes 17. (17 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
the pic looks lefty? nice looking guitar. i've only got 6 and honestly only play 3. i strum the strat and the fender f90 on occasion and the 12er very rarely (i think i put too heavy a gauge set on) the other one don't come into it....cheapy garbage.
but i do have a ton of stuff that i aught to get rid of which after i die the wife will have a nightmare selling or dumping....if she does i'll haunt her. i've still got my korg d8 which should be being used!
but i know how you feel i cant pass a music or flog shop with guitars on show without going in and looking around. i don't buy as my wife has sewn up my pockets and i've got piranha moths in my wallet.... there goes another finger
2,638 2015-09-02 13:00:51
Re: For those who like camping!! (4 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
that's more like "glamping" than camping
2,639 2015-09-02 12:59:46
Re: My First Selfies (28 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
hi bill long time no see. if i took a selfie i'd bust the camera, so i'll spare you that
2,640 2015-09-02 12:51:18
Re: The Sleaze (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
hi beestie, just had a listen and it's good. IMHO a little faster with a stronger rhythm, i played it on the guitar and enjoyed and had a laugh too.
well done.
phill
2,641 2015-09-02 12:43:18
Re: The Sleaze (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
oh boy, one night stands. in all honesty, i never liked them, haven't listened yet but i will when i've got a minute. you've strung the words together like a pro, and of course this is all too familiar subject to us older folks.
i love the last line where you've changed the obvious rhyme to "kiss". your humour is not lost on me my friend. keep em coming.
phill
2,642 2015-09-02 12:35:56
Re: You're Dumping Me? (8 replies, posted in Songwriting)
sorry for the Bminors
You're Dumping Me?:Undefined
(INTRO; Bm-Bm/A-Bm/Ab- G|| D-Em7|| )
Woh-[Bm] woh. [G] Desire [D] me. Woh-[Bm] woh. [G] Or set me [D] free.
Woh-[Bm] woh. [G] Ravish me. Woh-[Bm] woh. [G] Or let me [D] be.
When I [Bm] look at you – [G] I can see your [D] fear.
Would I [Bm] lose control, [G] throw you out of [A] here?
I wonder [Bm] do you know, [G] that I know the [D] truth.
Am I [G] biding my [A] time or holding on to [D] you?
I'm clutching [G] straws – [A] listening to [Bm] you.
You're only [G] saying things that I [A] want to hear from [D] you.
I know you've [G] played around, I [A] know you've cheated [Bm] me.
You've taken [G] all I have. You've ripped [Bb] apart my dreams.
You've left me [C] in a hole. Now you're dumping [D] me. (INTRO)
Why don't [Bm] you – [G] desire [D] me? Take it [Bm] all, [G] or set me [D] free.
You can [Bm] choose – [G] to ravish [D] me. Just be [Bm] mine – [G] or let me [D] be.
When you [Bm] look at me – [G] do you see a [D] fool?
Someone who's [Bm] blind to all – [G] who worships [A] you.
I wonder [Bm] do you know – [G] that I know the [D] truth.
Am I [G] biding my [A] time – or holding on to [D] you?
When I [G] brought you here – you [A] swore you'd love me [Bm] good.
I told you [G] what I want – you [A] told me that you [D] would.
And then you [G] rocked my world – I [A] found you cheated [Bm] me.
You left me [G] in a hole. And now you're [Bb] dumping me.
You were [C] afraid of him, but you don't [D] fear me. (INTRO)
Why don't [Bm] you – [G] desire [D] me? Take it [Bm] all, or [G] set me [D] free.
You can [Bm] choose – [G] to ravish [D] me. Just be [Bm] mine – [G] or let me [D] be.
I give you [Bm] all the things – [G] he never [D] would.
I give you [Bm] freedom and [G] love – he never [A] could.
You can [Bm] stay out late – [G] all I want in [D] return.
Is you to [G] trust in me – [A] the least [D] I deserve.
You've taken [G] all I have – [A] destroyed my [Bm] dreams.
Nothing [G] you can do – [A] is all it [D] seems.
Your choice to [G] go. I'm [A] glad you're [Bm] leaving me.
||:You've taken [G] everything. Broken [Bb] all my dreams.
You've left me [C] in a hole. And now you're [D] dumping me? (INTRO 
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| )2,643 2015-09-02 12:31:01
Re: You're Dumping Me? (8 replies, posted in Songwriting)
hi guys, thanks for the listen.
jim, you're right on the money. i know several guys that have gone to thailand for a holiday and come back with a wife. not all of them play around or dump their saviour but some do. i also (for some unknown reason) get emails asking if i'd be interested in a eastern european girlfriend! yeah right, at my age, i think not 
it could also pertain to money for marriage as beestie suggests. i'll have to put the words up maybe they'll explain it better.
hi TF, i did it (mostly) in one go, guitar and vocal minutes after finishing the write so there are a few bum notes and fluffed chords. electric piano, strings and voices were an afterthought. i didn't realise it was 5 1/2 minutes long till after i'd finished!
thanks EB, it felt like it could do with a bit of wellie 
2,644 2015-09-01 22:04:13
Topic: You're Dumping Me? (8 replies, posted in Songwriting)
It would be appreciated if you'd give this a listen then tell me what you think it's about, just follow the link...TA
2,645 2015-08-26 11:51:15
Re: PARALYSIS (5 replies, posted in Poems)
hi TF,
it was obvious (to me anyway) been there, done that! i play every weekend but don't do any of my own songs. i record backing tracks for other peoples songs and play them each time, some more than others, but the thought of belting out one of my own tunes puts the fear of god into me.
i think that people that read the poems/songs that we put up here think that it's so easy just to chuck them up. so they just look through without realizing how we're baring our souls by doing so for the entertainment and edification of others. they need to realize that if it wasn't for people like us there would be no music, no poetry, no art....nothing and all our lives would be so much sadder.
anyway, sermon over. as you can see your poem struck a chord with me, and as you've laid it out like a song i suspect you may record it? if so i'd love to hear it.
well done.
phill
2,646 2015-08-24 23:16:05
Re: My Fate (about wife beating) (23 replies, posted in Poems)
hey jim nice to hear from you. they cant jail this AH as he did the decent thing and killed himself in a car accident, unfortunately his new girlfriend was also in the car with a broken arm he gave her...she died with him. sad for her.
2,647 2015-08-24 21:52:25
Re: Johnny (7 replies, posted in Songwriting)
touching words. it's such a shame that those people that risked their lives and came home missing limbs or just wounded in one way or another are not worshipped as the heros they deserve to be.
i know your song is about US vets, but we have much the same stuff happening here. we have druggies and alcoholics getting money thrown at them by the government and our vets have to fight for every penny. good work enjoyed the recording.
2,648 2015-08-24 21:44:06
Re: My Fate (about wife beating) (23 replies, posted in Poems)
hi TF, ditto. my old man liked a drink or two on occasion, but never raised a hand to my mam with that same litany; men don't hit women ringing in my ears.
so when i separated from the witch (my ex) i met several young ladies that had been through the violence and to be honest i just couldn't believe their stories, same as my wifes.
when my oldest son told his story of seeing his birth father (as he calls him, amongst other things) hammering his mother it made a great impression on me which is probably why this came about.
hi grah, i cant imagine how much seeing things like that affected your wife. i get the feeling that sometimes third parties feel the pain more and the effects longer.
2,649 2015-08-24 16:21:44
Topic: My Fate (about wife beating) (23 replies, posted in Poems)
My wife's ex was a wife beater and she got punished regularly. Our 2 oldest kids (my step sons) saw all that happened and idolise me as I (in their words) treat her and them so well. this is about him in part and some from stories I've heard and some just fiction, but it's a subject I feel strongly about.
My Fate. Phill Williams.
She takes off my shoes, massages my feet.
She runs my hot bath, prepares my late meal.
She lays out my clothes, all clean and well pressed.
I'm off to the pub. "I might be quite late".
She asks “can I come?” I say “yeah, to drop me off.
I'll give you a ring when I'm right to come home.”
She's there right on time `cos she knows if she's late.
There'll be trouble again if she makes me wait.
Suspicions maybe; bruises she hides.
She's ashamed of the fact that her husband's a swine.
I'm good with my hands on her arms and her legs.
Her back and her ribs but never her face.
Why do I do it? Yes I've asked it myself.
This wonderful woman I've put her through hell.
But she takes all the beatings, the verbal abuse.
And I blame it on her.
She deserves more than this.
She's an old fashioned woman, it's how she grew up.
Her mother got beaten, her father was tough.
And I saw the same Friday night after pay.
When the old man came home drunk with fists flying free.
Haven't I learned after all that I've seen?
My mother died young with a clot in her brain.
They locked up my father, it happened too late.
Why can't I stop the cycle? Or will this be my fate?
2,650 2015-08-24 15:41:45
Re: FOGGY ALL AROUND (4 replies, posted in Poems)
i thought it was a song and i got the same impression as bill with the slow down and speak the first 2 lines of each verse. i've got 4 grown up kids so i know your dilemma so all i can say is; they all raise a smile, some as they come in and some as they go out...nuff said i think. want to hear how you musicise it