4,651 Reply by Phill Williams

(9 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi Russel,

whiskey is the domain of the Irish [as in Helena] and tea English as in daddy cool] we Welsh are known for "cawl" which is a kind of thick stew with potatoes meat and vegetables.

as a drink we might also partake of the odd glass of tea or whiskey or vodka, but there is a local beer called brains beer [which is not made of brains at all...it just tastes like it!]

also as wales is quite a mountainous country, we have some of the worlds purest and sweetest natural water [which is why the English keep trying to flood the whole place sad ]

your national drink is tequila...right?

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4,652 Reply by Phill Williams

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this limerick song could become a saga by the time we've all stuck our bit on, then you can record it for us gitaardocphil, what a song that would make!!!

phill

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4,653 Reply by Phill Williams

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hi helena,

arnt ducatti's motorbikes?

i've become aware of your "mantis women" over the last few years, they are the ones that [while i'm on stage singing] will flash their bra's [if their wearing them] or of late, their thong!

i'm not boasting but a few have even come up and fondled me! they must be hard up to need to fondle me....

yes you've hit the nail on the head here, well described and written, love to hear it as you intend it, so get recording

phill

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4,654 Reply by Phill Williams

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hi daddy,

this reminded me of the time the wife and i went to Rhodes on holiday, the sun beds had all gone so we went to sunbathe on the lawn near a hedgerow, i heard a rustling which i thought was a bird, but it was a great big rat! i never told the wife, she would have gone ape sh*t, and we've never gone back.

we still have a lot of hedgerows where i live, and i just love the green, oh i just had another memory [a nicer one] when i was a kid, there was a house nearby that had really lush hedgerows, and we used to run across the road [there wernt so many cars about in those days] and dive into the hedge, it used to ruin the hedge and annoy the hell out of the owner, good old days eh?

phill

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4,655 Reply by Phill Williams

(9 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi russ,

the big man strikes again wink

i could almost taste the coconuts and smell the "gaanja maan" cool

phil

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4,656 Reply by Phill Williams

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hi jeff,

i love songs that come from the heart this one also comes complete with a tongue twister.

nice one

keep flying

phill

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4,657 Reply by Phill Williams

(14 replies, posted in Songwriting)

HI DADDY,

another fine one my friend'

i used to have a rocking chair once too, but my ex took it with her when she left [i miss the chair more, so much more i cant even remember her name] roll

keep em coming wink

phill

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4,658 Reply by Phill Williams

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HI GUITARDOCPHIL,

who said the Belgians dont have a sense of humour?

a bit close to the bone this one...eh? [my sense of humour wink

I hope you dont mind but you inspired me to offer a second verse...


He went home to see his sweet lady

Who said "lets go make a baby"

He pulled out his doodle

To show her his poodle

"My God, I think it's got rabies"

Phill

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4,659 Reply by Phill Williams

(10 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi Roger,

nice one mate. when i played it i assumed it was in waltz time, then reading further down i saw you'd recorded it so i played that, and it was in 4/4, and slower! so there you go which is why it's always good to record the song as well as putting the words up

lovelly song beautifully recorded well done to Arcardy for his part too

Phill

ps condolences to Hayley Burk's family

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4,660 Reply by Phill Williams

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hi helena,

any song you post on here is an event, this is no exception, a lovely song and words that take you there, or at least make you want to go there to have a wee look.

stay as sweet as you are wink

phill

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4,661 Reply by Phill Williams

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hi russ,

like i said to you the other day, i've written two new songs, [i never mentioned the titles] one is called "betrayed", so you can imagine my surprise when i saw your "betrayal"  but reading through your words theres a bit of a different slant to the two songs. i thought for a moment we were two minds acting as one!
nice words heart rending, hope you've got over the pain. i like the way you go all biblical "woman what is thy pleasure" classic

you've hit the spot again

phill

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4,662 Reply by Phill Williams

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hi gang,

i'm 57 been playing [or torturing] the guitar since i was 14. i'm from llanelli in south wales uk, so russel that makes me welsh big_smile bought a cheapy first of all which broke after a few weeks! eventually graduated to a 1972 strat, in white [i'd just seen george harrisons bangla desh film]. i still have the strat plus a fender f90, a nondescript 12 string [but it sounds nice] a krafter semi accoustic round back guitar, and a kort electric, and a wilson bass in black which is probably mid 70's, previous owner was a heavy rocker, as the heavy cross damage is still visable.
STILL LEARNING, STILL STRUGGLING no natural talent so i have to work at it.

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4,663 Reply by Phill Williams

(12 replies, posted in Songwriting)

HI THIS SONG IS NOW ON MYSPACE

HAVE A LISTEN

PHILL

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4,664 Reply by Phill Williams

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hi roger,

you guys keep reminding me of the bits i'd forgotten, tin bath, nhs orange juice [that was lovelly] anyone remember national milk? i used to eat it straight from the tin. it was my sisters of course!

phill

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4,665 Reply by Phill Williams

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thanks kap, yes she was a wonderful woman, i've been lucky all my life that i've had strong yet vulnerable women around me, my gran, my mother, my god mother-aunty dolly and now my wife-ann, i'll get around to writing about them all eventually [most of my songs are about my wife].

i dont know about putting music to it though, at the moment all my music seems to be coming out sounding the same. composer required apply within

phill

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4,666 Topic by Phill Williams

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I got to bed last night and the first line crept through my skull, I thought I'd write it down when I got up, then realised that it would be gone before morning, so I started writing this at 3.00 AM, and finished it by 3.30 am, it's about my grandmother [Mary-Ellen Williams] who passed on in 1978, in her 80's

Ode To Mary-Ellen

Draw me a smile on the face of a weathered woman
Her hair all dishevelled and grey to the root
Her eyes lost in time having seen many passing
The light slowly fading, alone in her room

Knees that have bent on the stones of employers
Who never once praised how she kept their place clean
Hands that have peeled, cut, cooked and cleaned dishes
Worn to the bone and scarred by the heat

Gone are the tresses the colour so radiant
The promise of youth and the kisses of suitors
Lost in the darkness of time passed in sadness
Snatches of laughter and smiles fade in years

Love was a luxury never afforded
Eight hearty children to feed and to work
A mother should never need to bury her children
Then bury her husband when they have left home

Draw me a smile for the face of a woman
Who's wrinkles are deep now, pain in her bones
As she kneels on the stones of a cold kitchen dampening
Waiting for death she will greet all alone

Draw me a smile for a weathered old lady
Just one sweet smile for a life filled with hurt
One last sweet moment before life light eclipsing
One life extinguished, prepare for rebirth

I'm sorry that it's so depressing, but I thought it worthy of a viewing. Having said that, it does have a hopeful ending.

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4,667 Reply by Phill Williams

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I dont believe a song is just words or just music or just the singer or how good the backing is! it's got to be all of them and sometimes just one or two in the mix, hope that makes sense to you. With that in mind my list would have to include;

Jon Anderson...[Yes]
Ian Anderson...[Jethro Tull]
George Harrison
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Peter Gabriel
Phil Collins
the list would go on for ever,
I'm also very partial to Brian Wilson, that guy from Nickelback, anything by the Eagles etc.

I was listening to Whitesnake Greatest Hits on my way home from my gig last night [I love metal] and even though the music and singing were XLNT, the words left a whole lot to be desired! but it's done them no harm, has it?

phill

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4,668 Reply by Phill Williams

(12 replies, posted in Songwriting)

thanks for your kind replies all of you, i forgot about the ice that forms on the bathroom windows, isnt central heating a wonderful thing?

phill

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4,669 Reply by Phill Williams

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hi daddy,
your just an old softee really arent you?

i met my wife about 15 years before we met a second time, she didnt like me at all the first time, now she's coming 'round i think!!! no seriously, we clicked with a hell of a bang the second time, we met at a wrinkleys disco, and danced for an hour before we realised that our friends had given up waiting for us and gone home...never looked back since.

your song rings true my friend, it's great

phill

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4,670 Reply by Phill Williams

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hey roger, i managed to do it myself!!!!

the chopro that is

phill

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4,671 Topic by Phill Williams

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I started this on Monday, it was going to be a poem. i got back to it on Thursday, by then I'd forgotten about the poem bit and put music to it. It's a song that I hope will make the 50 somethings out there say " oh yeah, I remember that"



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4,672 Reply by Phill Williams

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hi folks,

i stuck this one down quickly yesterday, just before going to work, as i am today in about 10 minutes, it will eventually find it's way onto myspace, maybe at the weekend, i've done a little demo [voice and guitar]

thanks for the formatting again roger, i just dont seem to be able to get it...duh!!!

as for tea,  i make mine; tea bag and two sugars first, then the water, mix till about mid strength, then add milk. [just in case i come calling on you lol]

even though the song was inspired by tea, it acctually warns of the demon drink, how it starts when your a kid and your peers tell you to drink or be scorned, then as you grow older and it gets a hold of you and you start losing your girlfriends, to when your an alki, making a fool of yourself and getting the hell kicked out of you and drinking just anything [not water or tea] to get the high, so a bit serious really...sorry bout that

i remember the saw dust helena, but that was before i was allowed to enter pubs

phill

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4,673 Reply by Phill Williams

(16 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hi boxer

yechid da it ti hefyd, a diolch

hwyl fawr


[translation;   good health to you too,  have fun]

phill

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4,674 Topic by Phill Williams

(6 replies, posted in Songwriting)

I went to make myself a cup of tea monday night and it tasted...well, like rancid serpent venom was the likeness that came to mind, from which came this little ditty


rancid sepent venom by Phill Williams


chorus






[G]sometimes you [F#m]got to [Em]sit right [D]down


and [C]take it [Am]like a [G]man


you've got to [G]close your [F#m]eyes and [Em]grit your teeth


and [C]take the [Am]whole thing [G]down


dont [C]pass the buck, [D]pass the jug


be [Em]your dad and [F]not your mum


it [G]tastes like rancid [D]serpent venom


[C]take the whole thing [G]down


verse 1




i've [C]seen more girls get [D]up and go


through the [Em]bottom of a [F]glass


i've seen [C]ugly hags look like [D]pretty mads


as the [G]night wears [C]on


but that [Em]glass feels good [C]upon my lips



the [Am]bottle's empty, but there's [D]still some drips


i [G]dont care realy [C]how it tastes


that [D]rancid serpent [G]venom




                                                    REPEAT CHORDS FOR SECOND VERSE


verse 2




i've tasted dirt from gutters that aint


seen a brush for years


and sawdust that's been laced with beer


tastes better than you think


and i've been punched so many times


i've forgotten how to think


that rancid serpent venom kills


but it's another drink




repeat chorus





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4,675 Reply by Phill Williams

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that's just beautiful jeff

i can say no more

phill

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