sounds like the ideal gig, i'm jealous
phill
3,777 2011-08-08 15:55:42
Re: is 60 past it? (6 replies, posted in Poems)
well, thanks for all the support guys. i've been gigging for close to 40 years now and was thinking of "retiring" after new years eve. but the closer i get to the date the less i feel like hanging up my telecaster!
i'm still writing songs and poems and i do believe the stuff i've written since joining chordie is some of the best i've ever done (so you can imagine how rubbish my older stuff is lol)
i also feel my "live" voice is better than ever and my guitaring is still improving, slightly!
once again thanks for the great words of support
phill
3,778 2011-08-06 18:16:15
Re: Rugby World Cup. (23 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
i suppose wales scotland and ireland are not invited? we speak the same language and play the same game, and inhabit the same block of rock that protrudes from the north atlantic! my tip....watch out for scotland this year!
3,779 2011-08-06 11:43:21
Re: I'm Mr Big. (7 replies, posted in Songwriting)
a certain ex ozzy paper magnet maybe, or computer tsar, or any number of others, make your own mind up
3,780 2011-08-06 09:29:01
Re: I want to record some covers (50 replies, posted in Recording)
hi guys, just a quick pop in here.
the problem i find with web cams and camcorders come to that, is that the sound will never be what you want. if you get too close you'll get distortion. too far away and it'll sound like the addams family!
best results will be if you jack a mike and guitar into a mixer that can plug into the mic input on your computer, then you should (with a little experimentation) get the sound and picture quality you want.
phill
3,781 2011-08-06 09:04:21
Topic: I'm Mr Big. (7 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Jets wrote a song which caused me to make a big political rant about how we poor folk have to pay the way for the rich who make a mess which we also have to pay for. So Jets said that there was enough angst for a song or two. No music yet, so it's consigned to Poems till I or any one who fancies giving it a go can come up with something.
I'm Mr Big.Undefined
[Em] They call me Mr Big.
[Cmj7] In the world of big, I'm the [Am] biggest you can get.
[Cmaj7] I'm so big I'm [Am] everywhere it's true.
[Cmaj7] I'm so big, I [Am] can't be seen by you.
[Fmaj7] I'm so big, you [G6] can't touch me.
[Fmaj7] You know who I am, [G6] but you'll never know my [Em] face.
Let's go down to the alley.
As we walk along we see the fat cats.
I'm the biggest fat cat in the alley.
I lift my claw and all the fat cats run.
I'm the leanest, meanest fat cat in the alley.
If I want your milk, I'll take it- so walk away.
[A] What are Kings and [F] presidents?
[Em] When I walk in, they [F] bow their heads.-[G]
I'm Mr [Em] Big.
I could buy the Moon.
I already own the Earth and Mars.
When all the gold and oil has gone.
When you melt in rain and freeze in sun.
When it cost too much to let you breathe.
I'll move on, I'm Mr Big.
What are Kings and Presidents?
When I walk out, they'll hold their heads.
I'm Mr Big.
I never talk of money.
The Bank of England's just petty cash.
I spend Fort Knox on a week-end bash.
My suit cost more than the 3rd world debt.
I don't pay tax, I live in a jet.
My bank is lost in cyber space.
I'm Mr Big, you don't see my face.
What are Kings and Presidents?
If I raise my claw, their as good as dead.
I'm Mr Big.
3,782 2011-08-04 18:33:34
Re: Just saying helo... (24 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
shymae butty, nice to welcome a fellow welshman, i have tried to educate the other members that we welsh are not english and we dont like being called english, it's all good humoured banter. any time you need a chat give me a call.
ps. i hate tabs. mainly cos i cant work em out.
phill
3,783 2011-08-04 18:26:29
Re: C'est la Vie (11 replies, posted in Songwriting)
hi jeff, food for thought my friend, i'll have to give it some consideration. but seeing as you sugested it, maybe we should make it a collaberation, i'm running out of ideas at the moment, words and music, but i'll see what i can do.
funny how you never see a chunky chinese, but lots of take-away eaters that are...shall we say carrying a few extra egg foo yongs!
phill
3,784 2011-08-03 12:05:22
Re: C'est la Vie (11 replies, posted in Songwriting)
here's a thought....as rob says "if we get out of these conflicts it would stop the money draining away..." where does it drain to?
the govornments pay for the guns and bullets and tanks rockets etc etc, so the money doesnt just dissapear, it lands in somebody's bank...yes?
so logically (mr spock) someone must be getting richer than the governments, who? arms traders and manufacturers, microsoft, of course. but not us. we the poor only survive to cater to the needs of the rich and aristocratic, (of all nations) we work for them. we get a meagre pay for that work, from which we pay taxes, then we have to buy those same goods we make, and pay tax on them. when they mess up, as they so often do, they put up the price so they can make more profit. then they cut cost, so they can make more profit, by laying workers off. so the sales drop, so they put prices up again. and again...
sorry for the rant, i am not a communist, but then i'm not stupid either, if they reduced prices, we would buy more, wouldnt we? if they reduced taxes we'd have more to spend, wouldnt we? it's called the money go round. what you put in this side comes back out on the other.
if the rich fat cats thought about that instead of lining their own pockets, there would be less of a global crisis?
3,785 2011-08-02 23:00:23
Topic: is 60 past it? (6 replies, posted in Poems)
I was 60 last Saturday, and as a treat my wife took me to Liverpool as a surprise to visit all the Beatles places I'd like to have seen 40 years ago. This came to me as I was pondering those 3 days, and the fact that I can't now do all the things I would have liked to have done.
Is sixty past it? Phill Williams.
I have been every age, from naught to sixty.
I've felt my powers grow, and now I feel them fade.
I wasted my youth on many childish things.
On many stupid boyish things.
On things that make me close my eyes and shake my head.
I was never the wisest of my brood.
Never the smartest in my school.
Never the best at the things I was good.
Never that good at the things I was good.
So I sit here aching and wondering why...
I let all those opportunities pass me by?
“I'll get the next bus.
“Have my last Rollo.
“Take my seat I'll stand.
“Let me hold the door...
Please and thank-you were always my way.
Polite and courteous, stand back and smile, tote that barge, lift that bale.
I can only insult, if it sounds like a joke.
Why cant I be a pig like everyone I know?
So my best years are past.
I walk now, and creak.
I wobble when I stand.
And I sleep between pee's.
All the music I loved has been stacked wall to floor.
Someone came 'round and locked tight the door.
All the music is gone, is that boom-boom a tune?
Sixty's not past it, it's just old to you.
I'll be around a long time yet!
3,786 2011-08-02 20:35:55
Re: C'est la Vie (11 replies, posted in Songwriting)
i like it jeff, humour with the irony of truth. i guess a lot of you colonials will be glad that the government stopped short of dragging you lot down the toilet then the rest of the world, leaving the world to the chinese....ooh, politics, muchos taboo. great song though
phill
3,787 2011-08-02 20:02:44
Re: Frustrated! Great melody lines that stick but no lyrics. Help (4 replies, posted in Songwriting)
hi imdovester and welcome to chordie.
now you might want to go through the poem section to see if anything sparks your imagination. alternately you might like to post some of your work on say my space (which a lot of us do) then give us the link and invite some samples. we have had many collaberations in the past and i dare say there's many more to come.
so looking forward to hearing some neat tunes
phill
3,788 2011-08-01 12:29:05
Re: Art of Dying - You don't know me (5 replies, posted in Song requests)
have you checked the songs tab above? if art of dying is the band name, sorry. if it's george harrisons song then i can help. let me know
phill
3,789 2011-07-22 12:19:29
Re: Your the Last Thing. (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
thanks for that young man, i shall experdite my recovery with all alactrity...!
as for this song "the last thing" you may now find it on MY-SPACE, click to your left.
i like this one my-self and also the story unfolds as the song goes along, with obligatory sad ending.
comments please
phill
3,790 2011-07-21 19:39:13
Re: i wish i'd never said that... (20 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
my mother had a cracker, she'd often tell me " you come home dead here and I'll kill you!"
all in the best possible taste, of course.
3,791 2011-07-21 19:32:36
Re: VERY beginner problem! (7 replies, posted in Songwriting)
i'm sure i've added a couple of comments here?
any how, the best piece of advice i can give you is; dont write too many words cos you never know, you may be asked to sing your song one day, then you'll have to learn all the words! worse yet, they may ask you to mime it, then you've got to learn all the words in order....horror!
3,792 2011-07-21 19:28:54
Re: Your the Last Thing. (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
in the process, but i've had a few migraines, bad back and sondries on the ill health front this last week, so i'm taking it slow.
3,793 2011-07-21 19:25:05
Re: missing me some you- toby keith (5 replies, posted in Song requests)
nope....i think you can safely say no one got that?
hi 56jeff
would you like to try it again, and give us a little clue this time?
unless you happen to be a "jets/cap54" hybrid?
if not, then welcome to chordie.. if you are then mating succesful
phill
3,794 2011-07-19 13:17:09
Re: Screaming kids and barking dogs!! (33 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
PARDON?
3,795 2011-07-19 13:13:52
Re: Poems are not Songs (29 replies, posted in Songwriting)
all the above arguments are good, i agree with each as i read them. so the fact must be that the poem section has (for the most part) been mis-titled! it should read "the song without melody (yet) section" seems a bit long though?
the poem section was begun because people (like me) would write a few verses hoping to make a song, or sometimes just as a poem, hoping that someone might come along and write a beautiful melody line for it, and then maybe form a mutually benificial partnership al la elton john/bernie taupin.
all i can say is, if you post a song sans chords, expect them to be moved to poems until you have chords for it. if you'd like someone to put a melody to your work...ask, simples. when chords have been added, the poem/song will then be moved back to songwriting.
IT HATH EVER BEEN THUS. AND EVER SHALL REMAIN SO UNTIL THE STARS FALL AND THE SUNS GOLDEN LIGHT DIMINISHES INTO PARODIES OF MARAUDING ANGELS.
phill (sorry 'bout the last bit)
3,796 2011-07-18 18:45:23
Topic: i wish i'd never said that... (20 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
did you ever say something that you've lived to regret?
eg: i'll never come here again
you wont catch me dead in fared trousers
i was thinking about john lennon the other day and how he'd feel now after his statement in
" how do you sleep?" ... a pretty face may last a year or two/ but pretty soon we'll see what you can do. how do you sleep. at nights
ps. (hint) it was about mccartney
any more out there?
3,797 2011-07-18 17:14:21
Topic: Your the Last Thing. (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
This may be in Daddycools teritory here, but I cant help the way my songs come out! It is an eternal triangle song, with the Jilted John spitting his dummy out of the pram and making things awkward for the other two...until it ends as a duel...pistols at dawn.
Your the Last Thing.Undefined
[G] Baby your the [D] last thing – I [Em] need tosee today.[C-D]
I've [Am] tried but it's [Em] hard to concen [D] trate.-[C]
[G] I'll call you when I've [D] done the deed.
[Em] I'll meet you where the [C] grass is [D] green.
I [Am] need to know you [Em] wont come to no [D] harm.
[C] Got my [D] hand gun. [Em] Got my [C] back to the sun.
[G] He ain’t gonna [D] bother us no [Em] more.-[C run]
[G] He thought he was a [D] Romeo, [Em] you could be his [C] Juliet.-[D]
He [Am] never thought you'd [Em] throw it back in his [D] face.-[C]
[G] He caught me in a [D] bar room brawl.
[Em] He got me fired [C] from my [D] job.
[Am] So now it's [Em] time to face him like a [D] man.
[C] Got my [D] hand gun. [Em] Got my [C] back to the sun.
[G] He ain’t gonna [D] bother us no [Em] more.-[C run]
[F] I walk down [C] Main Street, my [E] heart beats [Am] fast.
I [Dm7] see him [G7] coming `round the corner.
All the [C] people of the town move back.
[F] He looks [C] tough, yeah, [E] he swears and he [Am] cuss.
He [F] draws out his gun but his shot goes wild.
Then I [G7] pull out my gun and he falls and dies.
Oh! God.[C run]
1. (SOLO >||: G-D-Em-C/D|-Am-Em-D-C:||
[G] Baby your the [D] last thing, I'll [Em] see in this [C] life.-[D]
They've [Am] got me strung up [Em] to this tree – to [D] die.-[C]
[G] They said I drew [D] first, cos the [Em] sheriff was his [C] friend.-[D]
[Am] We'll never have that [Em] happiness in the [D] end.
[C] Got my [D] hand gun. [Em] Got my [C] back to the sun.
[G] He ain't gonna [D] bother us no [Em] more.-[C run]
[G] He ain’t gonna [D] bother us no [Em] more.-[C run]
[G] He ain’t gonna [D] bother us no [Em] more.
3,798 2011-07-17 11:01:19
Re: R.I.P. Laptop... (11 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
hi hannahbeth,
you've done the right thing by removing the hard drive as there are some very nasty people out there who might get all your personal and financial details from it! after you've taken what you want off it destroy it completely before putting it in the trash.
out here in the sticks of Wales we have a recycling plant so all the electronics, white goods etc get disposed of properly.
good luck with getting a new PC
phill
3,799 2011-07-17 10:51:23
Re: Calling you (Blue Oktober) (3 replies, posted in Poems)
thanks daddy, that's what i meant to say. it looks like someones moved this already.
phill
3,800 2011-07-15 19:47:14
Re: Calling you (Blue Oktober) (3 replies, posted in Poems)
hi nallekisse,
nice write my friend, but i must ask, is this a song or a poem? as there are no chords, i feel it might be a poem and should be in the poems section. but dont worry, i dare say arkady will be along shortly to move it. please dont be offended by this as that is how chordie works. once you have chords it will be moved back to songwriting.
phill
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