4,601 Reply by Phill Williams

(20 replies, posted in Songwriting)

ok, last one first;

daddycool, the world is full of wannabee's, i'm one, but i'm also realistic enough to know i'm too old now to be top of the pops. unfortunately, most x factor entrants don't realise it, all they want [even the good one's] is a fast lane to the top.

hi russ,  yeh yeh gimme the money man! if only...i'm getting to the point where some money [preferably in large amounts] would come pouring through my letter box.  i'm hoping to finish the recording tonight when the wife is out [it's easier that way]

roger, it's about you...how did you guess? i think we're all in there somewhere, without the pony tail, and i've never worn leather trousers...have you?

thanks kap, as i mention above, hope to up load it tonight

thanks again for your kind comments

phill

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4,602 Reply by Phill Williams

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hi roger,

yep this is the first time i've heard this one, love the recording you get an excellent sound, it must be where you've parked your caravan?

great song roger, the rhythm is different to what russ put down, but i guess that's individuality for you.

i think you might still have won even if there had been more entries...congrats

phill

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4,603 Reply by Phill Williams

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I'm in the process of recording this song and a few others, so it'll get on my space eventually smile


phill

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4,604 Topic by Phill Williams

(20 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Russ Harding issued a challenge some time ago, I've only just found it, and this is my reply. It's called "Rock God", it has nothing to do with religion so it's not blasphemous, it has to do with those self-delusiory people who go on X Factor.



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4,605 Reply by Phill Williams

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hi daddy,

nice writing and observation, you actually get squirrels up in derby? big_smile

phill

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4,606 Reply by Phill Williams

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hi weedjie

a tender lament for a lost love?
lovely words expressing all you feel, I hope she knows how much you feel for her and judging by the sentiment, how much you miss her and want her back.
having read the other replies, it seems i read your song wrongly, i got the impression that jade had left you, if so i'm sorry for the error, but that line "i wish you could have stayed" might have misled me.

all the same nice one

phill

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4,607 Reply by Phill Williams

(17 replies, posted in Songwriting)

ark,

a nice bit of music, it really got me chilled out. it got me in mind of taking a long walk on a Turkish or Egyptian beach on a warm balmy night

my title suggestion would be "Arabian Midnight Beach"

phill

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4,608 Reply by Phill Williams

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hi daddy,  and oo-ee oo-ee oo-ee to you you too!

i love love songs, after all...it's love that makes the world go round

rock on pardner

phill

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4,609 Reply by Phill Williams

(13 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi badeye,

i'm guessing the song is about global warming, war, violence and the hope that one day we can bring all strife to an end?

i saw a tv programme this week that points out that global dimming is also a problem.
all the extra clouds being produced by car emissions and factory pollution, are actually moving the monsoon areas northward, so that places that rely on the monsoons are not getting them. on the other hand the extra cloud cover is reflecting the suns rays and so reducing the warming effect!!!

don't you wish you hadn't started this line?

a fine song all the same...let's all get our act together and return the world to peace and love...power to the people

phill

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4,610 Reply by Phill Williams

(7 replies, posted in Songwriting)

thanks everyone,

in order;

russ,  i was also present at 3 of my four children's arrival, i never fainted and thought the experience was brilliant, glad i wasn't the one on the table...my sympathies lie with the women on this one...on the other hand, as i recall, it was usually the wife who said "let's have another one..."

roger, thanks, glad to be back. the recording needs some fine tuning, in the next few days, with any luck. it's a toughie finding the right title isn't it? i think i may well stick to "baby song"

helena, glad you had a look at my photo's, i'll put some more up soon, and yes they do take after my wife...thankfully, i'll pass your congrats around.

kap,  thanks, ads i said earlier the recording is on the way, and i do appreciate and look forward to comments, good or bad.


may your god smile sweetly upon you all

phill

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4,611 Reply by Phill Williams

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well congratulations to you!

my oldest granddaughter is 14, so there's a few years left yet [I hope!] before the great grand child.
i hope to post this song on my space soon, after the weekend most likely, as things are a bi crazy at the moment.

any way...stay cool my friend, and keep rockin'

phill

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4,612 Reply by Phill Williams

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hi daddy

money, dont get me started.

as a common or garden manual worker, i'm just cannon fodder for the bankers [spelling mistake!] which means they can do just as they like with us. they go bust, we lose all our savings and pensions, but they still get their bonuses...work that one out

good song mate very thought provoking....lets have a revolution

phill

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4,613 Topic by Phill Williams

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My son and his partner have delivered my 9th grandchild on Saturday, this song came soon after, I've used quite a lot of poetic license, and I also used memories of when my own daughter gave birth to her daughter 4 years ago.
I've called it Baby Song cos I can't think of a better title, suggestions gratefully considered

Baby SongUndefined


I heard a [G]bell ring and[D] it wasn't [G]Christmas


I saw an [C]angel who [D]stood before [G]me


My heart was [C]glowing with [D]pride, when the [G]baby [Em]arrived


I saw my[C] daughter and [D]she held her [G]child




                                                                                                      (VERSE 2 same chords as above)




I saw a bright light and all things were glowing


I saw a doctor and he smiled at me


My heart was glowing inside


when this new life arrived


I saw my daughter and she held her child




chorus





I saw my [C]daughter and [B7]she was [Em]smiling at me


Hello [Am]grampa [C]come look and [D]see


And there were [C]angels that [B7]sang, till the [Em]new day [D]began


And this [G]new life I [D]held in my [G]arms




                                                                                                      (VERSE 3 same chords as 1st verse)




I heard a choir in the church for the baby


I saw our friends and our family


My heart was glowing with pride, when the baby arrived


I saw my daughter and she held her child





It's in waltz time,  and I'm sorry if it's smaltzy, but I am a proud new grandparent, so please have patience with me

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4,614 Reply by Phill Williams

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hi kap,

yeah man keep music live, let music live.

i agree with all the sentiments [specially the one about disco's] i like the way you've written this when will we hear it?

phill

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4,615 Reply by Phill Williams

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and back at you helena.

hope your family enjoy the song

phill

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4,616 Reply by Phill Williams

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hi ark,

love the sound of the acoustic, and as you say, it's really chill out time, i could lay back on a sunday afternoon after lunch and a pint, and drift off quite happily.

great

phill

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4,617 Reply by Phill Williams

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lets take sony as a forinstance; an artist records an album for the uk market, then his record producer tries to get it released in the us. the us company may decide that 15 songs maybe too many, and they could save a few for the next album, in effect making three albums from two as was done with the stones and beatles in the 60's. i didnt realise that this was still being done today!

i may be completely wrong, if so ....sorry

phill

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4,618 Reply by Phill Williams

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dare i say it: the beatles "drive my car"

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4,619 Reply by Phill Williams

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hi doc,

i will go along with dylan, even though as you say; other artistes covered his songs, i will add that most improved on them performance wise. i never liked his vocal delivery or his harmonica playing, having said that his songs do make it easy for the beginner to get a start on playing the guitar.
i admit i never understood his hidden meanings and still dont, his best work for me was on the travelling wilburys albums.

i like songs that tell a story that you can identify with, which is why i vote for ian anderson of jethro tull.

why; each song tells a story, backed up by excellent musicianship and well produced and arranged.

also jon anderson of yes and vangelis fame, for much the same reasons as above.

these are my opinions and i respect your opinions

phill

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4,620 Reply by Phill Williams

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i hate rap, i dont need it and i dont want to hear it! as you say; it's all about profanity, fighting gangs and shooting people. i much prefer the inocense of the 60's when if you made a sexual reference it had to be so veiled. remember the storm over lennon saying "bloody" on "i am the walrus"?
i know it's a bit over the top saying all rap songs are the same, i dare say there are some out there that are more relevant to peace and love and getting knife crime off the streets, without lewd sexual references, and offering peace and harmony to everyone, regardless of race or religion, but i have not heard one yet

"music was my first love and it will be my last" as the song goes, but rap is tuneless, and who is going to remember all the words in a years time, i know almost all the words to almost all the beatles songs, 40 years on, and i'm not alone there.

phill

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4,621 Reply by Phill Williams

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hi doc,

what is a great song? chirpy chirpy cheep cheep?...nah
ah shuddapa yer face?...nah

but it's songs like that that become #1 hits...don't it make ya wanna puke?

if you look at TV progs like the x factor, a pattern becomes clear, the music industry is looking for young singers who look pretty, that can dance and are sexy to both boys and girls. if they can sing well then that's a bonus. they need to be pliable so the producer can "guide" them as they want the next trend to be. if they write songs themselves they must be prepared to put their writing aspirations on the back boiler while they get professional writers[?] to come up with they're hits. [as a wannabe writer i wouldn't mind this job!!!] while their own songs [if they are allowed any] are relegated to album fillers, with inferior production.

so in effect there is no fast track to getting a million seller. right place right time, and getting an established artist to record your tune, that's the hard bit! which is why i keep putting songs on chordie, in the hope that someone famous will pick-up on it and ask me to write their next album...that's enough dreaming for now.
i know i haven't answered your question, but i feel all the better for letting all this out.

phill

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4,622 Reply by Phill Williams

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hi daddy,
i got a nice chilled out, laid back feeling as i read this.

nice one mate

phill

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4,623 Reply by Phill Williams

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hi daddy,

we've all felt this way about someone. that person is too good for me, she wont look twice at me, that type of thing.
i've always had the impression that my wife is too good for me, which is why a lot of my songs indicate my fear of her leaving or chucking me out, well i must be doing something right, 28 years next year! enough about me, see this is what a good song does, it makes you think...and this song has made me think...well done

phill

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4,624 Reply by Phill Williams

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wow jeff,

you've stuck the whole reference guide book into this one,  gambling, sport, and love [not necessarily in that order!]

i sense some strong emotions simmering in the background, but you describe me and the wife perfectly, i do something, she decides i've messed up, even when i think i've done a good job or just done good...it's wrong.

men and women are definitely different species, viva la difference!

cant live with em, wont live with out em

great song my man

phill

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4,625 Reply by Phill Williams

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THANKS TO ALL,

Jeff, I thought of just plain "Grandchild" what do you think?

I have recorded this song but I'm having trouble uploading to myspace for some reason, i'll try again.

phill

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