it's funny how men who fought in the war, like my dad my father in law, and others i worked with back in the 60's, would talk about the good fun they had, or how they had sex with lots of women. but when you asked them "how many men did you kill?" they'd only say that they shot in that direction, but they couldn't tell if they hit anyone.

my dad was a navy gunner, and from his reports [which we read after he died] he was pretty good. but he'd only talk in generalities about battles, yet full stories about the fun in-between times.

the second war was to free the world of tyrants. the first war was for tyrants, and men like my grandfather and yours, were just the pawns in their games...cannon fodder. it just goes to show what the working classes are thought of by the rich and upper classes, the lords and royalty.

and i'm a royalist!!!!

phill

WEREWOLVES.COM  is this a new site or what?

sorry "invisible star"...old age creeping up rapidly, maybe you should change it to "dog star?"

phill

hi stransongs,

true poetry conjures pictures in your mind and evoke memories, which i must say this accomplished with the greatest of ease.

i remember way back in the 50's seeing old men with arms or legs missing and realising they must have lost those limbs in battle [i assume they were from the great war as they seemed a little old for the 2nd world war]

now they have all gone and we all owe them a great debt of gratitude, and this poem pays off a great deal of that debt.

well done and thanks for sharing.

phill

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]

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.

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!

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.

hi russ,

on the trail off, i probably ran out of breath 

thanks again for your complimentary comments

phill

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

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

phill

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

banana splits?

phill

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

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

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?   

phill