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

hi daddy,

book him danno, murder 1 three counts, hawaii 50 with balls eh?

where do your ideas come from, and where to next? 

phill

thank you leeh,
my psychiatrist says i am having the best help already ... his ha ha.

roger has done a recoding of this, i dont know if he's put it on his my space yet but he's done an excellent job, please have a listen as it suits his voice and singing style perfectly

phill

hi marcalan, friend,

i've had a couple of listens to "fingertips to your heart" now and it gets nicer every time i hear it, one question though; you mention it's all on a..D.. chord, when i played along i found it was in F? are our guitars tuned differently this side of the pond or did you use a capo? are you sure there aint no contraband in your bit of california? lotsalotsa laffs

phill

ps it's a privilege to be your friend on my space

hi doc, sorry i only got as far as your pink floyd bit, they [to my knowledge] have brought out two singles [maby more] 1. see emily play and 2. another brick in the wall.

i'm going back now to read the rest of your post

phill

hi jeff,

like this one too, it's another deep one, and i like the way you've put it together.
if only kids would pay attention to what we've been putting on here, maby we could straighten 'em out and clean up the world...now wouldn't that be a fine thing?

keep rocking

phill

hi russ, you mean your not gay???  lol

i laughed out loud [honestly] when i heard the chorus, while i was at your website i stole a quick listen to your other tracks [cant remember names, it's an age thing] but the one you put on your stage was there too and still sounding top drawer, how did you do on that?

soap on a rope; as i was getting to the end of it [no pun intended] i was thinking; why cant he post this on chordie, then came the last verse!!!

are american prisons really that bad? we see all the movies over here, but i thought they might have been exaggerated slightly...

you'd think that tough guys would avoid the stigma of being a turd burglar as it might tarnish their street cred?

any way, keep your soap tightly on your rope [though you do seem to have a very high voice!] i'm only messing with you

keep rockin` boyo

phill

roger,
jesus is that hard hitting or what? you certainly arent pulling any punches.

tell it like it is, spaced out, drug crazed [i almost said kids] people... are a curse and a danger to themselves and those around them, *there are none as blind as those who will not see* as you say in the song they all have this mistaken impression that they can stop whenever they want...

great song roger, a hard hitting story well told

phill

wow russel, you want me to go up against those songs? they all sound so professional [and a bit rap] i dont like rap and modern free form jazz i can listen to most other forms of music!

the first couple of songs were very pro as if they were done in a real studio by pro's, whereas my effort will fall very short.

i have been trying to think up some kind of theme to use as a background, then coming to the fore between a couple of the verses, but nothing original yet, i keep getting peter and the wolf.

but i havent dismissed it or given up just yet, i'll let you know when i've got something. i find it's best to let these things work themselves out in their own time.

still happy to hear suggestions

phill

i like songs with characters you can identify, we all know a billy "good at drinking, but not at thinking" in fact i know a few...i'm no good at either, but i do know i like this song

phill