Cool, keep them coming.  Anymore from anyone else?     

Grah1 wrote:

Heres  one  from   yesterdays  gig  the  band  stand  at  ilkley
Lou  Reeds  Wating for  the  man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKI7X3W … mp;index=1
A damp  day   but  fun all  the  same   . For best experience   please  turn everything   upto  max or  wear  head phones  and  then  turn every  thing  to  max

Great to see your still out there performing and having fun Grah.  Great to hear you have some more gigs coming up as well.     

neophytte wrote:

I did one of my songs from my CD Prelude to Solitude:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQYalkrLDV4

at the music club.

Cheers

Richard

Good to see you playing this song fairly regularly Richard, especially one you have written.     

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Roger, that's a very handy link re chords, thanks for that.     

zainalara wrote:

Hi
I'm not sure if Bono and U2 are my cup of tea but I see Bono has put out a memoir "Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story" which is out this Tuesday. My family wants to buy me a copy so I suppose it should be a good read.

zaialara,  Hi, great to see you post here.  Sounds interesting, I always enjoy hearing about different musicians' life story, how they came to be where they are etc.  I will look out for it myself.  Cheers.     

Looking for SUGGESTIONS for SONGS that mention any kind of MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS in the lyrics, e.g., guitar, ukulele, piano, drum, fiddle, violin etc, you get the idea.   It can be a COVER or an ORIGINAL you have written. 

Enter your SUGGESTIONS in the comments below for us to perform next month in JUNE.

READY, SET, GO!!! 

This month of MAY is ANYTHING GOES month.  You can perform any SONG you want.  It may be a COVER or an ORIGINAL, you know what to do.

We only had one song suggested this month which was:
~Wild Thing by the Troggs~ 
A great song which I personally like, so a great suggestion there Richard.


READY, SET, GO !!!

Richard, I remember Gypsy Fair, I remember you doing it with Jai when he was little, you were playing the kazoo with him while he sang smile     

TIGLJK wrote:

Jan,
As usual your voice steals the show - love it !! Sounds so good - I could picture in my mind Pete Seeger finishing writing this and asking you to play and sing it so he could hear what it sounds like !
A terrific song by Pete - so meaningful.
Kudos and Cheers Jan !!
Jim

Thanks Jim for the lovely feedback on my cover of this song smile and yes, I agree that it is a wonderful song by Pete Seeger, very meaningful for sure.     

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Wow, that was just a brilliant piece of writing right there.  I think one I will read and re-read.  It says a lot!  The line "Two geniuses dance on the stage's light,
One weaves joy, the other, fright", that spoke volumes to me.  Good vs evil, optimist vs pessimistic, such a great piece of writing Peatle.     

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Awww thats lovely Peatle, I am going to keep that poem.  That's special, thank you so much, that has encouraged me! smile     

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TIGLJK wrote:

Nice one Brian !
Cool Playing, love the lyrics !
Cool cat too in the image - I'm guessing you drew that ! ( it's great !)

Keep them coming !

You and Pete should get together for a beer and celebrate  recent accomplishments, or just to say hi and have a pint or two !  ( Bring Jan too! )

Jim

Funnily enough Jim, I bumped into Brian accidently yesterday at the garden centre of all places lol.  So we are going to catch up for a coffee in the near future smile

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Nice to see you performing and writing again Brian.  That is never a truer word, Ordinary People do count.  Agree with Peatle, a Folky sound to it.     

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Great song TIGLJK, lyrics were great as expected by you.  Love the AI vocals and backing, it really adds to your songs.  It must be great to write your songs and be able to hear them played how you would want them played, as you hear them in your mind when you write them.  Awesome stuff smile     

Richard, good to see the difference in both your versions of Captain Kennedy, it's a neat song to perform isn't it.

Looking for a Hero song, well done to you all.  It would have been fun getting the band back together for you all, going down memory lane.  Great you had another song writer in the band as well.     

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Jim, that song is awesome.  I know a few people who could do with hearing the message in that song and those words.   Loved it.     

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Hey Jim, I went to have a listen and it's not on soundcloud?

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Great to see you back song writing and performing Peatle.  That was a nice laid back cruise-y song to listen too.     

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Wow brilliant piece of writing there Peatle, you're on a roll at the moment.  Loved what Jim did and added as well, great collaboration there guys.  I admit to not really liking Opera, or heavy metal, but like most music generally.     

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That is such a great piece of writing Peatle.  It pretty much says how it is and how many of us ordinary folk think about war.  You say a lot in that poem and I really like what you have to say.  AWESOME!     

I agree, when I come on here to Chordie, it is covered in ads, right in the middle of posts, threads, pretty much everything.  I get annoyed having to close them so much, quite frustrating.     

I love this song Jim.  I actually recorded it on Soundcloud years ago when you wrote it, it's still on there on soundcloud. I also video recorded it, my one and only video recording of myself performing any song, why?, because my mother had dementia and it reminds me of her when I sing it.   

Another song of yours that I recorded years ago and have still kept on Soundcloud was ~Theres Angles in the room~ because of my mother when she had dementia and if she had her memory would have loved that song because she believed in God and angels.

Love how you have put ~Creek don't run by my cabin no more~ together in this format, really good.  You must have added more and changed a few of the lyrics as slightly different to when I recorded it, but love it, awesome.     

Here is one I have shared before a couple of years ago now.  Posting it because I am just back from holiday and it is one that fits in with the theme this month.  Hopefully I can get back into it and record something new.
https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/cover … ete-seeger

Another one I have shared previously with you all, but it fits the theme as well.  Gosh 7 yrs ago this one was!  Where does the time go?
https://soundcloud.com/ukulelejan/captain-kennedy

Looking for SUGGESTIONS for next month’s FSOTM for MAY. 

SUGGEST any SONG you want as ANYTHING GOES this month but keep it seemly smile   Think of SONGS that people might like to COVER, or you can SUGGEST one of your ORIGINAL SONGS that you have written.

READY, SET, GO !!!

Ok, for APRIL we are going to continue with the MARCHING, MILITARY RELATED themed SONGS. 

Below are suggestions made by members for people to try and cover.  However, feel free to enter any MARCHING or MILITARY related SONG, it doesn’t have to be just from the suggestions listed below and you can enter your own original song if you would like.

Colonel Clark (original by Grah1) – Grah1 has the lyrics if anyone would like to attempt this song.
The Battle of New Orleans - Johny Horton
The Night they drove old Dixie Down - The Band
Love and War - Neil Young
Captain Kennedy - Neil Young
Where have all the flowers gone - Marlene Dietrich, Pete Seeger   
500 miles - The Proclaimers
Ohio - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young   
Onward Christian Soldiers 
Fortunate Son – Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Green Fields of France - Eric Bogle
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - The Andrews Sisters

Look forward to hearing your entries.

READY, SET, GO !!!