4,201

(9 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi ark,

this piece is almost classical sounding! love it when the bass and drums come in, but i'm still waiting for the vocal...i would be very interested to hear you sing this, as i dont think it would be a simple task to put a melody line to match what you've already achieved on the recording.

i personally think the words [which are very beautiful in their own right] should be spoken and not sung...but that's my opinion.

you are a true artist my friend

phill

ps, what did you think of azincourt?

4,202

(8 replies, posted in Songwriting)

thanks all,

hi selso,

my piano playing [like my guitar playing] is pretty basic, but i'll make any noise i need to, to cover my voice [which i hate] yikes

hi ark,

thanks, glad i've finally managed to access soundclick so everyone can have a listen. [and laugh] no i haven't even looked for azincourt yet, i'd forgotten all about it until you mentioned it, so i'll pop into smiths this afternoon to see if i can get hold of it. wink

hi stransongs,

always happy to oblige my friend, to be honest i'd forgotten how pale horseman sounded my self, and i thought the recording was very iffy.

leaving...basically with my old stuff, i just dig them out now and again, plump them up give a 12000 mile service, then stick them back to bed till next time! hmm

hi robert,

thanks for that ,yeah, i got a bit fed-up with overdubbing and i've tried to go with just one or two dubs, giving the songs a kind of demo feel, i think? leaving plenty of room for interpretation. cool

hi russ,

on the trail off, i probably ran out of breath  roll

thanks again for your complimentary comments

phill

4,203

(14 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi russ,

great tracks my maan! hear the harmonizer too, the dobro is excellent, and the vocals, the rhythm was smoking! loved the arrangement, so i guess you can say...i liked it, seriously though, very good, into a bit of a blues groove at the moment i think?

while i was on your web, i had a listen to the other tracks too, i still like "dark star" as it has a kind of innocence? is that the word, any way you keep going from strength to strength.. live long and prosper my colonial friend.

phill

4,204

(4 replies, posted in Poems)

Rose Coloured Glasses

By Phill Williams. 24/07/09.


It's been a long sunny summer.
It's been just great to be alive.
Global warming has been halted.
The recession has been survived.

All the terrorists threw down their guns.
And wars are in the past.
Everybody in the world.
Has a job and self-respect at last.

Swine flu never jumped the gap.
No humans got it and died.
No kids got in a stolen car.
And took it for a ride.

Paedophiles and rapists.
Wife beaters, riot gangs.
Knife killers, school bullies.
Satanic worship, all got banned.

But just like Bobby Ewing.
Came from the shower, in Pam's dream.
I'm afraid this was all my imagination.
But how I wish it had all been.

4,205

(2 replies, posted in Other string instruments)

You might like to try  Gear-4-Music, I found them very reasonable and they delivered in a matter of days.

Phill

4,206

(8 replies, posted in Songwriting)

I've up-loaded this song and a few others to Soundclick, ckick on the link below, then click on my name under the photo....it usually works for me anyway. I'd like to hear what you all think.

N JOYUM

Phill

4,207

(8 replies, posted in Songwriting)

This song was written in1975, so after digging it out i recorded it using just a piano backing.

Leaving.Undefined


[D] I was prepared for [Dmaj7] falling in love.


I had [G] thought it all out, [Gm] planned for our future.


I had [D] given it all the [Bm] planning it needed for [G] happiness.-[A]




[D] Those months ago, when [Dmaj7] we were so fresh.


[G] Getting together, but [Gm] making a mess.


Of our [D] seperate lives.


[G] Prepared for falling in [Bb] love.


But not for you.




[D] Leaving, [F#m] going away.


[G] Making a new life, [E] please wont you [A] stay.


[G] Leaving, [Bb] how can you [C] leave me this [D] way.




[D] Here I am lonely, [Dmaj7] cried all last night.



[G] Cant help these tears when I [Gm] think of you smiling.


When [D] we were together.


When [Bm] we laughed [G] together.-[Bb-C]


[F] I was prepared for [Fmaj7] falling in love.


I had [Bb] thought it all out, [Bbm] planned for the future.


[F] Prepared for [Faug] falling in [Dm] love.


But [C] not for you.


[F] Leaving, [Am] going away.


[Bb] Making a new life, [G] please wont you [C] stay.


[Ab] Leaving, wont [Cm] you change your mind.


Please [Db] turn around, and [Bb] say it's [Eb] alright.


[Abm] Leaving, [B] how can you [Db] leave me this [Eb] way?


Words and Music By Phill Williams. 23rd July 1975.





4,208

(12 replies, posted in Songwriting)

thanks russ, it sounds very interesting, have to give it a lot of thought though, eg who would buy it, apart from stransongs?  lol

phill

4,209

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

i find that there is good music from every decade. the hard part is trawling through the dross to get to the nectar.

i play mainly 60's music in my live gigs, which i find well received in most venues.

i found the 70's heavy rock and progressive rock genre's most interesting. the 80's i found were a little short on imagination as was punk.
the 90's and 00's is so filled with rap that it's easier to turn the radio off. but there is still some good sounds out there, as long as they dont run out of ideas and start rapping!

i love that sound they got in the 50's recording studios, but as PA's were less powerful in those days than your  MP3 player the live sound must have been awful.

imagine the conversation;
" who did he say was playing?"
"i dunno, elvers priestly or something" lol

phill

4,210

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

personally, i wouldn't have a problem with it. but as ken says, it would most likely need a category to itself, as members would keep adding to it as new sites are discovered. the only problem would be spamers and fly tippers, sorry advertisers, looking for a freebee.
in which case it would be time consuming for whoever was designated moderator, checking for any naughtiness....so i will leave it in the hands of those above.

phill

4,211

(12 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi stransongs,

a CD? i wish...

if i can suss out soundclick i'll put pale rider back on for you.

hello mr ark, nice to hear from you again, if you recall i had a problem getting my soundclick address, that hasn't changed, any help would gratefully received, by the way, i've now completed 16 tracks, so i'm getting desperate.


phill

4,212

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

banana splits?

phill

4,213

(4 replies, posted in Songwriting)

i am soooo disappointed!

i checked out your myspace  and this wasnt there.

this song is so poetic, so lyrical...it just makes me envious reading it. you are a true bard my friend. excellent work, thanks for sharing, and get the recording up soon

phill

4,214

(12 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi stransongs,

no i'm afraid not, born and bred in dear old sospan town aka llanelli, facing the gower peninsula amongst the cows, tinworks and rugby fields.
you have made my day, lennon is one of my all time idols, and i wish i had his talent and his voice. the song "dear john" is aboutl lennon  and was written over 30 some odd years, i started it in 1972, and fiddled about with it in 1981, 1999 and last week, to bring it up to date.
old fashioned lady is about the strife between my mother and ann my wife when we first got together. they made it up before my mother died, thankfully.

hi russ, ark,

glad you liked the new recordings, most of the songs are quite old, "marie-ellen" being the newbie of the bunch, along with "buck stops". i managed 11 recordings so far, single track recordings are so quick....still a few to go, pity you can only put 6 tracks up on myspace at a time.

never mind


phill

4,215

(12 replies, posted in Songwriting)

This song was inspired by my grandmother, who was an extraordinary woman. I's a fictional account of how my grandparents met.

Marie-Ellen.Undefined


She was [F] out for the dawn, she was [C] glad she was born.


As she [Dm] held up her face to the [Bb] sun.


And the [F] warmth on her cheek, and the [C] light in her eyes.


Made the [Dm] daylight reflect from her [Bb] soul.




[C] Oh sweet [Dm] Marie-Ellen they sang.


[Bb] All [Am] across the [Gm] town.


She would [F] laugh in the face of the [C] old magistrate.


You wont [Dm] frighten me [Bb] staring like [F] that.




In a great fit of rage, the old magistrate, went tearing down to her dad.


If  you don't feel the shame for the way that she acts.


You must bear all the weight of her sins.




[C] Oh sweet [Dm] Marie-Ellen he sang.


His [Bb] words rang [Am] across the [Gm] town.


You can't [F] laugh in the face of the [C] old magistrate.


I won't [Dm] laugh at you [Bb] looking like [F] that.




Her smile hid her tears, and her deep hidden fears.


She was always a spitfire, that girl.



She had strength in her soul, she had iron in her blood.


She had steel in the words that she spoke.




Oh sweet Marie-Ellen she cried. I wont be tied down to no man.


And I'll laugh in the face of that old magistrate. And I'll marry the best man I can.




From a neibouring town came a towering man.


Davie John was his name.


Will you follow me now, will you solemnly vow.


He beseeched her from one bended knee.




Oh sweet Marie-Ellen he cried.


And his words filled the void of the church.


And they smiled in the face, of the priest in his place.


May you ever be filled with his grace




Oh, sweet Marie-Ellen they sang. All across the town.


You can laugh you can dance you can sing all you can.


May you always have day-breaks like these.





Words and music by Phill Williams  May 1st 2009

4,216

(4 replies, posted in Songwriting)

JUST THOUGHT I'D LET ANYONE INTERESTED KNOW, I'VE UP-LOADED THIS SONG AND 5 OTHERS THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON TO MYSPACE...just a click away

phill

4,217

(10 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Hi Roger,

Where was I in Feb that I missed this one?

Knowing a few more things now than I did then, this makes a lot of sense to me. The words make a beautiful story. As usual for you, top drawer.

Phill

4,218

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

hi robert,

i've been very bizzy for the last couple of months. the factory was closing, so i was one of the wind-up team, with all it's frustrations and depression!
then i went on holiday for 2 weeks, and now that i'm home, the wife wants to decorate the whole house....give me strength!

in all honesty i have been popping in from time to time, and i noticed the numbers mounting up...will you explode or something when you get to a thousand?   lol

phill

4,219

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

hi lieven,

when i was at school it was the christmas party or the 5th form leaving dance...

i never heard the term "prom" in this context until the film "carrie" came out!

there's always been the 1st and last night of the proms, this is a classical music fest [gig] at the albert hall in london, last night usually plays out with "land of hope and glory" in which the whole audience sings along...it's very rousing and it's usually televised.

phill

4,220

(6 replies, posted in Songwriting)

you little stinker,

you kept the twist right to the end. it must be a fine guitar? and a finer lady.

great song

phill

4,221

(7 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi robert,

nice words for a beautiful lady. i'm glad you wrote this in respect of your friend

phill

4,222

(4 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi jeff,

sorry i haven't been around much lately, but i should have a little more time now...so here goes.

christmas was so much simpler 50 years ago, a sock filled with a few nuts an orange an apple and if you were very lucky...a banana!

i hate christmas shopping, especially with my good lady, every shop at least twice! and shopping for the grandkids is the pits!

but regardless of all that, i like the song, even the memories it evokes. so merry christmas

phill

4,223

(4 replies, posted in Songwriting)

thanks russ,

i'm planning to record it tomorrow, just voice and guitar. i'll let you know when it's posted.

phill

4,224

(4 replies, posted in Songwriting)

i haven't written anything for a good while, so i was glad when this popped out. it's a rage at global warming and how it's the common people's fault somehow for belching chimney stacks, land-fill sites, dirty cars, the list goes on...feel free to add to it.

Where Does The Buck Stop?Undefined


[Bm] I dont now where you are, but I [G] know where you've been.


There's a [Em] trail of destruction like a [A] mountain of sin.


[Bm] Cant call thatmusic, cos it's [G] hurting my ears.


And it [Em] cant be the love cos of [A] all the tears.(RIFF)




[Bm] I cant hear the words, cos the [G] bass is too loud.


And the [Em] smoke from you car is like a [A] great thunder cloud.


[Bm] Put your foot to the floor just to [G] get you to there.


And my [Em] children are choking, cos you've [A] poluted the air.




[C] Global [G] warming, in the [D] rain?


[C] It's just a [G] con that's what your [D] saying.


[Bm] Your only doing the [G] same as I do.


[Em] Open your eyes and you'll [A] see that's not true.


[Bm] Where does the buck stop?


[G] Who gets the last chop?


[A] Who'll be left to say I [Bm] told you so?


[C] Global [G] warming in the [D] rain.


[C] It's a [G] con...are you [D] insane?


[Bm] Where does the buck stop?


[G] Who gets the last chop?



[A] Global warming in the [Bm] rain. (RIFF)


[Bm] Bombs and rockets, what a [G] treat.


[Em] Did we forget how to [A] use our feet.


[Bm]Two tonne cars, and [G] four wheeled drive.


[Em] Oil man rubs his [A] hands and smiles.


[Bm] All this waste just [G] burned away.


[Em] Land fill sites, the [A] cheaper way.


[Bm] But it's my fault for [G] plastic bags.


[Em] And plastic cartons and [A] packaging tags.


[Bm] Where does the buck stop?


[G] Who gets the last chop?


[A] Who'll be left to say I [Bm] told you so?


[C] Global [G] warming in the [D] rain.


[C] It's a [G] con are you [D] insane?


[Bm] Where does the buck stop?


[G] Who gets the last chop?


[A] Global warming [Bm] in the rain.


[G] Where does the buck stop?


[A] Who gets the last chop.


[C] Global [G] warming in the [D] rain.



4,225

(5 replies, posted in Poems)

sorry...i'm confused. ozzy frame of mind...ok! eucalyptus torches...all right! which gives me the impression that your on tuther side of tut wurld? now the confusing bit...your registration says belfast...so you've either moved or on holiday?

it must be one hell of a garden.

enjoy my friend it's pouring down here.

phill