An oldie and a goodie neophytte, nicely covered.
826 2022-07-11 07:27:17
Re: MAY 2022 - GHOST, GHOSTS, WOMAN and MAN (43 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
827 2022-07-11 07:19:00
Re: JULY 2022 FSOTM – DOOR, CHILD, GOODBYE, RAIN, LOVE (50 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Zurf wrote:
Hey! That's cool! I really like how you started out with staccato strums and syllables and then worked into a steady strum pattern and straight singing. What a neat arrangement.
The second song, Early Morning Rain, is a Gordon Lightfoot classic. It's been covered by nearly everyone from the 1970's folk scare, but probably most memorably by Peter, Paul, and Mary. I love how in this song in the first portion Mr. Lightfoot almost whistfully sings about how the liquor tasted good and the women all were fast. Then at the end of the song, the woman he loves is flying home - quite some distance if it's a three hour flight in a 707 (we are left to presume "she" is a woman and not the aircraft - a beautiful bit of underwriting where the listener fills in the blanks), and he remains behind and practically spits out the phrase "cold and drunk as I can be" and we can imagine him on the ground near the airfield watching the plane leave with her and without him. And we are left to imagine the purpose in her coming was to take him home. It's such a wonderfully written song where he gives no details but provides enough hints for the listener to fill in a complete story.
Thanks Zurf, more accidental on my part rather than skills 
I looked up the song Early Morning Rain by Gordon Lightfoot. A cool song, I have no idea how I haven't heard it before.
828 2022-07-11 07:08:55
Re: JULY 2022 FSOTM – DOOR, CHILD, GOODBYE, RAIN, LOVE (50 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Phill Williams wrote:
The door opened wide and the child burst in
A tornado in a Macintosh and short pants
Shaking off the rain and clutching his nanna
I love you nan, he said and kissed her cheek
Were off now to Disney land... goodbye, goodbye
Yahoo, he screamed and was gone in a flash
We walked to the door and waved as the car drove away
See you soon, enjoy and closed the door.
Tea? Yeah why not!
Excellent bit of writing there Phill, love it 
You used all the words and made it work, great stuff
829 2022-07-09 07:10:32
Re: JULY 2022 FSOTM – DOOR, CHILD, GOODBYE, RAIN, LOVE (50 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Zurf, really good both of them. The first song, Bob Dylan, I knew well and have covered it myself quite some time ago. But mine was no where as good as yours, your guitar skills are good in this song and I only had the ukulele. The second song I actually don't know, so it was new to me but you sounded good in it. Both songs you performed really well vocally and instrumentally.
Here is my version of it done 5 years ago and sung probably way too fast https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/10010135a
830 2022-07-09 06:53:23
Re: THE GIRL THAT DID TRICKS IN THE AIR (15 replies, posted in Poems)
Cleverly written Phill, the imagery of the poem really came to the fore. Hope you and your wife recover well from CV. As for myself, no CV just a stupid cold/flu bug for the last 2 weeks with lots of coughing, which is getting very annoying.
831 2022-07-09 06:44:02
Re: SUGGESTIONS: AUGUST 2022 FSOTM – TOMORROW, FLOWERS, WITHOUT, WHISKEY (8 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Loving the suggestions everyone
Nice one Grah and I might have ago at your song next month too but it wont sound anywhere as good as what you have done that I can promise you lol
832 2022-07-09 06:38:01
Re: SUGGESTIONS: AUGUST 2022 FSOTM – TOMORROW, FLOWERS, WITHOUT, WHISKEY (8 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Loving the suggestions everyone
833 2022-07-04 23:41:17
Re: I Want to Make You Laugh (2 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Another good song by you, very relevant to this crazy world at the moment. I think we all need to laugh more in amongst the turmoil. Great song
834 2022-07-04 23:34:55
Re: As She Taps Her Toes Along (4 replies, posted in Songwriting)
That song definitely made me grin lol, great lyrics
835 2022-07-04 23:29:13
Re: JULY 2022 FSOTM – DOOR, CHILD, GOODBYE, RAIN, LOVE (50 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
easybeat, nothing wrong with the reverb and nothing wrong with the recordings. I just think as your voice is reasonably quiet, you probably need to either increase the recording volume on the vocals or decrease the instrumental recording so it doesn't override your vocals. Hope that makes sense.
836 2022-07-03 23:46:07
Re: JULY 2022 FSOTM – DOOR, CHILD, GOODBYE, RAIN, LOVE (50 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Grah1,
Very catchy, nicely done once again
easybeat,
haven't heard you play banjo in a long time, good to see you mixing it up. This one bounced along nicely with the banjo. I still at times struggle to hear the lyrics, just wondered if you turned the vocals up when recording so your voice is above the instrument would help. Also, can you re-enter the other song you put up in Suggestions too
837 2022-07-03 23:34:59
Re: As She Taps Her Toes Along (4 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Love it, you have a talent for song writing for sure. Will look forward to hearing this one.
838 2022-07-01 09:04:26
Re: FSOTM Submissions (86 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
JUNE 2022 FSOTM – A DAY OF THE WEEK AND OR NUMBERS
Original thread can be found here: www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=38366
If you missed out, it's never too late! You can share a link at the thread above, comment there, etc.!
Here are quick links to member's submissions (if I missed any, please post in the original thread linked above and I'll get this post updated!
Zurf https://photos.app.goo.gl/dpeciJgQeHb8fk4d6
Zurf https://photos.app.goo.gl/MPFAME2K7GF2HqdE8
zurf https://photos.app.goo.gl/ykJ4dkSuPsnFDmHn8
Jandle https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/sunda … oming-down
neophytte https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd_Aae98fj4
neophytte https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXnUekJiq6Q
neophytte https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6M0QsJGpNLc
Jandle https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/dont- … ch-anymore
839 2022-07-01 08:42:48
Topic: SUGGESTIONS: AUGUST 2022 FSOTM – TOMORROW, FLOWERS, WITHOUT, WHISKEY (8 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Hi everyone,
So, for AUGUST, looking for SUGGESTIONS for SONGS with the words;
TOMORROW
FLOWER or FLOWERS
WITHOUT
WHISKEY
You can do COVERS, or you can do an ORIGINAL.
NOTE: If you decide to do an ORIGINAL, feel free to post the lyrics and chords in with your SUGGESTION if you want too and if you would like others to attempt it.
READY! SET! GO!
840 2022-07-01 08:21:24
Re: SUGGESTIONS: JULY 2022 FSOTM – DOOR, CHILD, GOODBYE, RAIN, LOVE. (9 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Hiya easybeat and Grah1, thanks for the entries, I haven't had a chance to listen to them yet but will do. Can you please repost your entries into the JULY FSOTM as this topic is ONLY for SUGGESTIONS and I will be closing it, thanks.
841 2022-07-01 08:16:13
Topic: JULY 2022 FSOTM – DOOR, CHILD, GOODBYE, RAIN, LOVE (50 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Hi everyone, here we are already well over halfway through the year! Time is going way to fast it seems.
For the month of JULY, looking for any SONG with the following words in the lyrics. These 5 different words are: DOOR … CHILD …GOODBYE … RAIN … LOVE.
You can perform any song you like, so long as it has at least one of those words somewhere in it.
Some suggestions that have been made by members are:
* Early Morning Rain – by Gordon Lightfoot
* Don`t Think Twice, It`s Alright – by Bob Dylan
* To Her Door – by Paul Kelly
* The Door (Mamma`s Song) – by Jim Kenyon (our very own Chordie member TIGLJK). The lyrics and chords to this song can be found in the SUGGESTIONS for JULY Topic.
Once again, you can perform any of the above suggestions for this month or you can do a song you have found that may not have been suggested. As long as it has one or more of those words in the lyrics and you can perform as many songs as you like.
It can be a COVER, ORIGINAL and or INSTRUMENTAL, you decide. Looking forward to what you all come up with.
READY! SET! GO!
842 2022-06-28 01:53:14
Re: Wiki page (8 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Awesome Richard, you have a good musical history to be proud of. What a great idea and a good read.
844 2022-06-28 01:42:43
Re: well look who's back (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Nicely done mojo, I like the lyrics in this song. I thought the first version was good too.
845 2022-06-28 01:25:30
Re: SUGGESTIONS: JULY 2022 FSOTM – DOOR, CHILD, GOODBYE, RAIN, LOVE. (9 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Thanks neo, yep reckon that fits the categories, I will have to go find it and have a listen.
TIGLJK, awesome, you have nailed it with this song (covers all the categories too) but I really like the song as well. I will definitely give it ago, hopefully I can come up with something.
846 2022-06-28 01:20:20
Re: JUNE 2022 FSOTM – A DAY OF THE WEEK AND OR NUMBERS (18 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Thanks so much Peatle and TIGLJK for the great feedback, it was a new style for me to try and I enjoyed learning it Yes TIGLJK I agree, I hope one of these days Brian, Peatle and myself get to have a jam together, we did some years ago
Sorry for the late response been laid low with coughs and sniffles.
847 2022-06-28 01:13:56
Re: Catch Up (13 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
TIGLJK I remember them, I saw many of the photos and the music they video`ed
848 2022-06-21 04:19:48
Re: Catch Up (13 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Awww that was touching Peatle, thankyou, made my day reading that
neophytte and Phill, yep hard when there's no other Chordians near you to catch up with. Still its nice some of you manage to email and keep in touch via other social media so at least that is something. I remember the days when mekidsmom used to host an annual event for the Americans that could make it. That looked like lots of fun.
849 2022-06-21 04:14:19
Re: SUGGESTIONS: JULY 2022 FSOTM – DOOR, CHILD, GOODBYE, RAIN, LOVE. (9 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Awesome Zurf, some good ones you have suggested
Anyone else got some suggestions for us to try next month?
850 2022-06-21 04:12:23
Re: JUNE 2022 FSOTM – A DAY OF THE WEEK AND OR NUMBERS (18 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Here is a song I have done for this month. https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/dont- … ch-anymore