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Brian, I'm so glad I asked you to give us a resolution to your excellent poem. I guess now we'll all be able to sleep tonight.
I wrote a song a few years back on a similar theme called Bristol bound, I think, about fishermen returning home to Bristol in foggy weather when their boat is hit by a big ship. I don't know who recites the story as there were no survivors...it could have been called.. row boys row? I'll have to look it up
Beautiful words Ed. I felt the emptiness you must have felt. The seasons all fall together in your words, you either spent ages honing adjusting and refining or the words came to you magically in one miraculous down load... metaphorically speaking?
Like Jim's latest offering I'll give it a strum later.
Hi Jim. I never try playing the songs people post, I'd rather read through them first to get a feel for the words and the meter. You'll be pleased to know you passed...lol
I'd almost expect this to have been penned by Pete or Brian, earthy and to the point, I was almost expecting names!
I've found myself in this position all my life, people you think are your friends turn out to be back stabbers. Or as Ann would say; more faces than the town hall clock! At least as writers we can get the monkey off our back by posting on Chordie.
PS, don't blame covid for everything...lol
yes you are right Brian. the first part is easy it's all there at your fingertips, but the resolution/ending is where the hard work begins and the magic dries up. all that matters is that you are happy with it as is....
i wrote this song tonight as Petle's poem "Keep Dancing" has made an impression on me, I've made my own back story and changed the main characters gender so that it explains why he/she is dancing.
Words & Music by Phill Williams. 21st November 2020.
having seen (on TV) the waves in the southern ocean i cant believe that fishermen actually go out to sea.
you have written a great story and i wonder if you have finished? there must be a rescue?
due to covid we don't spend much time in town any more. i know we live in a small town but only once have i seen kids sniffing glue or aerosol. i've seen plenty of druggies, i live next door to a few, they're frightening enough.
your story is so heart rending and sad it makes you feel like there is some sanity left in those homeless people, many don't want a permanent home.
you are a very nice person Pete, don't let the world drag you down.
I dare any one to stand up and say they've never blurred the lines of accepted behaviour. To look at me now you'd think I was always a boring old moaner. Ann knows some of the lesser stupid things I got up to. The rest will come with me to my grave. Lol
A very moving and plaintive story and song. Your voice and style are reminiscent of James Taylor. I guess you set you alarm a half hour early every day now?
Hi Ed thanks for the listen.
Pete, something tells me there's a story you're not telling us?
Jim...if I wore spurs I'd end up with holes in my ankles! I live in a rural area so I've done some horse riding and the hat would need to be rainproof. Wellies not cowboy boots. Thanks for the listen.
Thanks Grah, I use a 24 track recorder and mostly work alone so mixing is simple though I think the vocal is too far forward. Only guitar bass and keyboard on this one.
Not so new song, written back in July as a rock tune, not happy so I've tried it as a waltz. Hope to get many listens and comments.
just listened to your acoustic version, enjoyed. i caught the Corbin reference, we do differ on that one where we normally agree. a bit more serious than your normal stuff. i don't know how i missed this one as i normally get notifications on my mobile. keep rocking my friend.
Yeah, nice one, the vocals and lead guitar are coming through much clearer now and I agree wholeheartedly with your tee shirt, can you get Churchill on there as well?
Hi Grah.
great backing track, my friend...but knowing you the words are the important component? Unfortunately they are buried under the rhythm guitar. I'd like to hear your vocal and the lead track brought forward if possible?
and a welcome from me Aradii. we all have to begin somewhere. i suggest lean simple open chords, practice rhythm/strumming and don't try to run before you can walk...take it slow in other words.
it's good to have new friends to talk to from the middle east...welcome again
thanks for the ego boost Jim but i'm not so sure about that!
i totally agree that to write you need to write. Cory has his dad to proof read his lines and help shape them into a song, experience counts.
i've got a Scarlett i818 by Focusrite which i've used for about 6 years but i had to replace it as it has started distorting music. i looked into buying a new version but found they were a lot more expensive than the last one so i searched around and found a Steinberg UR22 mk2 which came with a Cubasis AI downloadable DAW which is quite complicated but it also works with any DAW and is considerably cheaper than Focusrite and the sound is very good with no noticeable latency.
Sounds like a normal day to me...lol
You left out the part about the top button on the trousers popping off as you get into the car.... happened to me last week! The zip that gets stuck. There's so many last minute "accident's" you could write a part 2 .
I have to say I did lol as I've experienced everything you mention. Haven't played it yet but the words are great.
Be as bonkers as you like....it certainly brought a smile and a giggle from me...ah memories, I remember the chimps well.
Would you also wish the lovely Maree a happy birthday from Ann and me. Penblwydd hapys cariad.
Only someone from The Land of Song could have put those words together. It just sounds so Welsh. Great stuff Phill.
Thanks for reading and commenting keepitreal. Believe me it's always much appreciated when other members can be bothered to look and comment.
Believe it or not I used to do the Peter Sellers version when I did my comedy slot, many years ago. Funnily enough it was him I was thinking of when you mentioned reciting the poem!
How out thou Phill. I love the way you wrote this. Well written in a ye old style. I can hear in it my head been spoken by someone with a Shakespearian type voice.
you may have noticed that it's only airy-fairy in the first verse which i wrote early morning (about 10 o'clock). second and third verse arrived about twelve hours later, so they aren't so floral or Shakespearean.
as for a voice you can choose between Richard Burton or Peter Sellers, oh no you cant as they're both no longer with us... drat
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