well...William is the second in line to be king of the UK. Harry isn't. Harry is the ginger ninja and married to the Yoko Ono character. Yoko is the lady blamed for breaking up the Beatles that Lured John Lennon to the US and consequently got shot to death outside his home while signing an autograph for his killer! The only place I'd like to visit in the US is Strawberry Fields in New York for the Lennon memorial. I've visited the place that the song is about in Liverpool which is named Strawberry Field...no "s"
702 2021-05-28 10:39:26
Re: ballad of Saturday night (10 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Yeah Mojo, so good so funny. Johnny Cash is dead but not forgotten.
703 2021-05-27 11:10:22
Re: Sons (9 replies, posted in Poems)
If this is about William and Harry, the similarity with John and Paul, did Yoko cause the break up? Will Meghan destroy the royal family? Let's hope not.
704 2021-05-27 11:05:54
Re: World Predicate (15 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Hot toast with melting butter
Maybe covered with spaghetti tinned and egg fried
Tea, the drink of champions
So delicious, my tummy satisfied.
News on TV same old drudge
Riots, war and murder abound
Why not give us heartfelt joy
And spread the spread around.
Marmalade, strawberry jam or marmite
Choices, choices, choices
Do not put marmite on my toast please
Love it, hate it...hate it, yuk
Soft cheese triangles
Yummy, yummy, yummy!
Toast burnt round the edges
Sits well in my tummy.
Toast a toast we're toasting
Marshmallows on an open fire
Good old malt scotch whisky
The best, I am no liar.
705 2021-05-26 09:54:32
Re: World Predicate (15 replies, posted in Songwriting)
I have a predilection
That could lead to a conviction
An uncomfortable vacation
In a room of mass extinction
While the world goes on in rapture
Over what they shoot or capture
As we modify our nature
to accommodate our pleasure
And name it as our fate
While we thoughtlessly copulate
Eventually...predicate
706 2021-05-26 09:30:29
Re: Old Lady Cries (7 replies, posted in Poems)
I have a 16 year old granddaughter who is hoping to join the army soon. While she waits, she is doing three jobs, I think that's wonderful, when you see other kids stuck in their phones or on X box or somesuch.
707 2021-05-25 10:18:00
Re: World Predicate (15 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Intelligent and entertaining also made me laugh in places.
708 2021-05-24 19:26:26
Re: Old Lady Cries (7 replies, posted in Poems)
fighting the good fight Pedr? your writings always leave me with a smile, fact laced with humour. brill
710 2021-05-19 19:44:15
Re: PURPLE (5 replies, posted in Poems)
Hi Brian.
So deep and yes it went over my head but I do think it might make a good song
711 2021-05-18 20:58:51
Topic: papa whiskey Tui (5 replies, posted in Recording)
here is an instrumental I did and my pal Peatle made a video for it which I didn't expect thanks Pedr
712 2021-05-18 20:45:14
Re: Song: Another Chance (10 replies, posted in Songwriting)
sounds and feels like another winner Jim. well done
713 2021-05-08 21:23:56
Re: why is it? (6 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
when the falling down liquid get to my son (and he can put them away) he will tell me to get my guitar out and "give us a tune dad." my reply is " i am an artiste and i only perform for money." which is a lie as i'm happy to play at the drop of a hat but not to family or when i'm drinking or when i'm sober!
my advice: get your excuses ready before hand
714 2021-05-06 19:24:31
Re: Unfinished Business (8 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Jim. So sorry to hear about your brothers, unrequited love seems rather trivial in comparison.
It's funny how we lose touch with people and when we meet up years or decades later we expect them to look and be the same as when we last saw them. I know to my own sadness, as I grow older so do they, and maybe not as healthily as me. Most of my hair is down the plug hole now, but I still have more than some of the guys I played in bands with back in the day. I dread to think how many of my school friends haven't even made it to 70!
I often wonder when I'm talking to people 10 or more years older than me how they looked back in their heyday and what kind of naughtiness they got up to?
715 2021-05-06 09:40:03
Re: Childs Play (4 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Brian what a cute little his piece and even cuter granddaughter. Still smiling...me I mean!
716 2021-05-06 09:31:04
Re: Unfinished Business (8 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Ahhh, unrequited love! The words flow well together, you have that knack of taking a mundane subject and breathing life into it.
717 2021-05-06 09:25:17
Re: twisting in the wind (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Mojo. What a great song and performance. You have that laid back style while projecting your voice and guitar work, and I must say a great hook to top it all.
Well done.
718 2021-05-02 11:26:19
Re: People Power (14 replies, posted in Poems)
Amen to that, very eloquently put. People have died for the right to put an X on a piece of paper. Women in the UK weren't given that right until the 1920s, and the lower classes weren't given a free vote much before that!
In Hong Kong the population is struggling to keep a semblance of freedom of choice. Once enough people give up their right to keep their governments in check the free world ceases to be free and the rich and entitled will do as they like.
719 2021-05-01 10:14:40
Re: People Power (14 replies, posted in Poems)
WOW...truth be told regarding politics and politicians. Well done Pete. At election time I usually get on my soap box and tell anyone that will listen to get down the polling station and vote. They usually come back with..what is the point? One vote won't make any difference and I say if everyone thought that we'd have a dictatorship because there'd be no one to oppose the crackpot ideas they'd come up with...remember Hitler? And I could mention a few more recent and present ones!
I've turned a reply into a rant haven't I?
Great work buddy
720 2021-04-30 18:40:59
Re: Western Movie (4 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Beamer. it's strange to hear you play a fingerpickin` country tune. I'm sure if Jim wrote some lyrics you'd come up with the chord changes to match.
721 2021-04-30 18:37:40
Re: the argument (6 replies, posted in Poems)
Brian, Pete, Jim. Thanks for commenting. There is a lot more to the story than I've written about. I was not completely without fault. I was a guy in my twenties and I think you know what that means? It was a traumatic time for me, I'm not the most romantic person but I still needed love. I believe that when you give love if it's not returned then you soon lose that love and that is what happened.
It was over a year later I met Ann, all my wild oats sewn and I was ready to settle down. All the love I needed was lavished on me by Ann and her family. We have our own family which I cherish. We have our ups and downs and I see my story repeating itself, so it's difficult to stand back and not give advice.
722 2021-04-29 19:25:04
Topic: the argument (6 replies, posted in Poems)
this is a mostly true tale of the break up of my first marriage 45 years ago. it came to me last night as i was getting into bed and appreciating more than ever my relationship with Ann.
The Argument.
faces red, nose to nose.
eyes of fire, tears of anger.
voices loud, the reason forgotten.
hate now grows at loves demise.
he holds the babe, she screams "he's mine"
he turns away " don't forget he's mine too"
"i was there remember?"
" were you?" is her bitter reply
his silence a testament to his inner fears
he looks at the child crying in his arms
"does he have my eyes?...no
my nose, my mouth?
is this indeed my child?"
the only sound are the baby's cries
he studies her face, she's pleading now
she knows she's crossed a line, a secret revealed
"it was just spite, of course he's yours
you do believe me, don't you?"
he gives the child gently into her arms
he reaches for a bag and throws some things inside
without a sound he leaves the room depressed
"you're not leaving us are you?" her words laced with guilt
he stops at the door and turns to look at her one last time
with hurt and anger in his face and voice
"I'll come back for my stuff when I've calmed down"
then through the door
"that's it. I'm out"
723 2021-04-28 10:19:51
Re: NBD (3 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
Looks a beaut, bet she plays sweet?
724 2021-04-25 19:31:03
Re: Covid: The Missing Years (Re-written) (2 replies, posted in Songwriting)
still brilliant Jim, very powerful makes us all think. if we stick to the rules it will eventually go away, and that's something to live for.
725 2021-04-23 22:21:49
Re: Covid: The Missing Years (11 replies, posted in Songwriting)
so many, Glen Frey, Jimmy Hendrix, Clapton, Steve Howe, any/all of the Beatles, Roger Hodgeson, Ian Anderson ad infinitum...