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what a sad and heart rending song. i get the feeling this has been waiting to come out for a long time. i guess now is the right time.
great song, and i cant wait to hear it, that will have to be tomorrow as i dont have time right now, it's late and the wife's got supper on the go. i'll listen first chance and comment then.
remember the good times...
ok i had a listen, i didnt expect that cajun rhythm. good song.
phill
by "delete your account" do you mean you have no longer any desire to be a member of chordie?
if so, i guess you could just be banned by a moderator or by per [the boss]. please clarify your intentions.
i'm just overwhelmed with all the replies, and all positive [except for the last verse maybe? ken!] anyway,
kajima, i dont know what "vox on you" means...i played through a Vox AC30 once, what an amp!
my recording set-up for this song was; a Beyerdynamic TG-X60 mic through an Alesis Multimix 8 USB mixer into my Korg D8 digital recorder. the guitar [which i played at the same time] is a Crafter semi acoustic [left handed] with cutaway plugged in directly to the Alesis. the Alesis has a shed-full of FX's as does the Korg, but i only used reverb on this recording.
in case any one's interested, the song was conceived and written then recorded in a matter of 30 or so minutes. i'd been on chordie, and as i switched off and got up to have my tea, the thought "there's so many things i don't know" came into my head...like for instance Lincoln's wooden false teeth! the Elvis lives conspiracy, why despots and dictators want to kill and ethnically cleanse their country? and why [ken] if there is a god, why does he allow all this inhumanity to happen?
hi ctec, welcome to chordie, viva la revolution [e]
hi ark, only a hundred? i'll have to start deleting! i must be catching up to daddycool now huh?
phill
hi trevor,
it seems to be a bit of a theme lately, we all seem to be asking why the man sends our sons and daughters to die for a cause we dont understand.
a lovely song and i love the way you've recorded it.
welcome to chordie by the way, not many manage to work chopro first time.
i dont have time now but i intend to listen to all your songs
phill
hi guys, thanks for the replies
bud-wiser, i know soundclick is not the easiest site to navigate, but if you click on the link at the bottom then when you get to my page scroll down under my picture and you'll see my name with a line below it....click that and wallah [cant spell french!]
glad you like the words, hope the song gets you too.
hi restless spirit, i'll add that to the list along with why you like my voice...i hate it. but i'm so glad you like the song, and your welcome to play it as many times as you like.
hi kenny, a million and a half verses i expect, now the problem with answers is...uuhm! 47
hi selso, no i dont play harmonica, but if you want to down load the song and add a track i'd love to hear it.
thanks again everyone, i truly enjoy your comments
phill
i jeff,
been there done that, four rug rats of my own, and they've presented me with another nine to keep me on the go...oldest being 15, youngest 10 months. oh! joy....mmmm
great man's perspective on the woman's domain, have you recorded it yet? i haven't had time to check it out. i will nip over to your web when i have more time, maybe monday, and i'll leave a comment.
phill
Hi Kenny,
Glad to see you back in the saddle ya auld Knutte [bet that's the wrong spelling, been a long time!] 
This is a fine example of what your writing hand was made for...a great story line and I bet [knowing you] a top drawer melody line to go with it! 
As I've said before, anything I can do...you just have to ask.
love from the boring old Welsh git `tuther side of pond 
Words and Music by Phill Williams. 7th August 2009.
This one is again on soundclick. so click the link below and click on my name below my picture, if you want to hear it that is....
thanks russ and ark,
tapping your feet eh?
I have to thank Zurf for that fabulous link...if you haven't watched it yet...you really should!
Phill
Finished Freak-Out
by Phill Williams. 7th August 2009
As I stand here with my long hair flowing
Scent of Patchouli fills my sense
All my friends acting doped and silly
They all take this and that and say "I have as well"
Truth be told, I've never wanted that feeling
Never taken what we say expands our minds
As the music plays ever louder, ever crazy
Wild eyes rolling, arms waving are we spent?
Now the band gets really crazy
Back projections, bubbles and foam
Smoke appears and screaming solo's
The drummer strips off all his clothes
Ah! they say if you recall the 60's
Could it be that you weren't there?
I was there, I saw the chaos
I made it through, but with shorter hair
We really thought we were bucking the system
Here's one in the eye for chinless man
He who rules and takes our wages
Thinks he can do, thinks we cant...
Oh! dear friends, children of the love-in
Lost forever, gone those days
While we wish for days and times more pleasant
As we rock in armchairs and curse the change
Looking at photo's long forgotten
Stashed in wardrobes, behind old clothes
That was me in beard and loon pants
Love beads, long hair and that kaftan...oh!
Ten years later married with children
How the ideals lost their goal
A job a wage and playing bingo
Sunday lunch time, cards and home
Will someone save me from this nightmare?
Ten more years and she has gone
All that's left is singles bars and strip-clubs
How did I let my-self get so low?
Born in the 50's, died in the 70's
Just a zombie from then till now
Women came and soon departed
Still don't know just what I want
And so I close this memoir of depression
Still smiling at those days of yore
Smashing drums while in a freak-out
But all that now is just a bore.
nice one stonebridge,
well thought out and executed specially; "if love is a flower come walk in my garden"
trouble is; we will all expect more from you now...keep em coming
phill
thanks selso,
no band i'm afraid, all done by my own fair hand
phill
no lieven, your not the only one, i started to learn musical notation back in the 70's, so i can read a wee bit. but as for writing...that's a no-no.
when i come to a tabs page, i turn over as quickly as i can.
so most of the time, i listen to a piece, try to visualise what is being played, then try to sound like that!....it doesn't always work!
when i'm writing, i just hit chords until i find what i think is the right one...i'm usually wrong...
phill
i will join you in giving condolences to harry's family and friends, the picture shows a man of strength and character, and talent as he's also written his memoirs into a book, intelligence and compassion.
i wont go into politics again, so i'll just say i abhor war, but respect those that take part, as they are better men than i.
phill
hi kenny,
long time no hear old buddy, i must have been away when you posted this, but i'm so glad it's come up, i've got to say i love this song, i cant work out peoples songs from just the words and chords, so i was very happy to see you'd recorded it and put on your myspace!
10 out of 10
lets have some more
phill
hi ark,
such a departure, a catchy little hook and melody line. you seem to have got the mandolin down to a tee. nice one
phill
hi leiven,
there are so many ways that i write, i cant say i write one way more than another.
for example; i was laying in bed this morning when i had the first spark of a new song, i imagined how the intro would sound using Bb-F-Gm-Bb, in an eagles acoustic rhythm. i had no words at this time.
a couple of hours later, after breakfast, cleaning down the wall tiles in the kitchen and hoovering up, i retired to my studio [the front room] and began strumming the chords, which soon developed into some words, then i took it up a full tone to make it easier to sing, and once i finish here, i shall record the song.
i have also written songs on the piano, and once on the bass guitar!
no depends my friend
phill
hello robert,
another cracker my friend.
phill
hi kajima,
i thought "and the sun will shine" or "come right in the end"
nice words and i too look forward to hearing this. any chance of up-loading it?
phill
hi hairy botty,
thanks for the compliments, if only i could play the guitar like russ it would be ten times better!
kajima, yes i had a lot of trouble finding out how to get to the music section, but as restlessspirit said, you click my name under the picture and you go right to it. and thanks for the compliment mr spirit [3 s's...nice one!]
ark, you are the chillout king and i think i owe you and russ a big drink for this, as russ has gone into blues mode lately, and i've been listening to a lot of your music which is a lot more professional and tuneful than my stuff.
hey russ, and not a loop in sight, even if i had a looper i wouldn't be able to work it, dere's magic in dem hats?
phill
that's right robert, if she's two faced, kick `er into touch
nice song
phill
hi guys,
4 times i've tried to up-load this track!
1st time, i recorded it live, sounded good at the time, then after up-loading it sounded out of tune, so i re-recorded it. 
then i up-loaded again, and the wrong song went up...give me strength. 
so i deleted both tracks and tried again, still the wrong song. 
anyway i've tried again, i think it's right this time. 
amen
I have to put my 2 shillings worth in...
In Wales there is a tradition of the BARD. The bard, was a kind of troubadour, that would travel the highways from town to village singing songs of great battles, sometimes with the aid of a harp sometimes without.
It was often said that as the bard recited a poem that his voice was so beautiful that the sound was like angels singing. This tradition continues to this day with the Welsh National Eisteddfod, which began due to the South Welsh had sweet voices, and the North Welsh had the gift of poetry.
The song is there, it is for the listener, or reader to hear it.
Phill
I think songs and poems should be categorized for easier access.
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