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(9 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Come to think of it, I haven't heard a talk box for years either.mi guess it was just one of those toys that got replaced when the new "Barbie" came out.

I always thought it was "flush out the loo" ?

I also love the line "over the dreaming spires, to rest my eyes in shades of green" from itchycoo park, and of course the phased drums....the 60s were a great time until Engelbert Humperdinck showed his ugly face and even uglier songs.

Yep still sing A Hard Days Night from time to time. Loved the Peter Sellers version to, also produced by George Martin.     

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(11 replies, posted in Songwriting)

seconded     

1,228

(22 replies, posted in Music theory)

roadog wrote:

I'm not able to see the images which would help TREMENDOUSLY!!

Is there some where else they are available?

it may be due to the fact that you've chosen a post from 2014 so may no longer be available on-line     

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(9 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Small Faces, led by Steve Marriott later to form Humble Pie with Peter  Framton, two big 60s heart throbs in one band!!!
What a waste when he died, has to be one of the greatest rock vocalists of all time.     

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(11 replies, posted in Songwriting)

I Googled "Richmond park" and had a quick glance through their info. I found a link to King Henry's Mound which you might like to peruse, I'll say no more to leave you to see what I saw!!! There is a place there called Pembroke Lodge Gardens, Pembroke in Wales being the place where (I think) Henry was born. There is a lot of history in this country, good and bad. I thought I had a good idea of it but I'm still learning apparently.

great little song, I bet CNET could give it a Tudor feel?     

1,231

(5 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Hi Graham. Hope you're feeling better?
Ann has great faith in whiskey with lemonade, honey and a slice of lemon warmed up in the microwave for a few moments. I'm not a whiskey drinker but it does warm you up a treat! And will help fight the infection.     

1,232

(9 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

Here we are again, it's Sunday morning and nothing to look at!

So....the weather here is dry, overcast a bit with sunny periods. Seagulls making a racket, babies crying in the distance and a slight refreshing breeze. Our lunch is cooking and smells delicious giving me an empty and lustful feeling in my belly. My next job will be to peel the veg then make the beds, hoover the carpets and clean the hard floors. I should then have a few minutes to have a little strum on at least two guitars, maybe three if I include the strat! Well this is beginning to sound like I'm updating my profile... I'm not, just making conversation. Feel free to join in. 

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(5 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)

I've been aware of this for a long time. Worst case I heard of was a roadie that had hep B sound checked the vocalists mic and so passed on the disease!
I always use my own mic and keep a spare for the jackanapes that think they can sing better than me. Maybe they can when their sober, not so much when they're ratted!
My advice...take your own mic and don't use secondhand snotrags!!!lol     

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(11 replies, posted in Poems)

I guessed that muttonheads meant wazzocks, a good northern word, meaning plonker, a good southern word! all of which means people that voted for brexit believing the lies that the muttonheads and cocktail shakers spouted at them.

still funny and enjoyable. or as the romans said; may the forts be with you.     

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(11 replies, posted in Poems)

Pretty powerful stuff there Peatle! Please remind me not to step on your corns...lol

Although a lot of your poem goes right over my head, I can guess who you're referring to when you mention cocktail shakers? Mutton heads not so much (I can't eat lamb anyway) and I get difficulty with the meaning of words more than three syllables! More lol!!!
All in all a very interesting and educational read....what a piece of writing, brilliant. Are you going to put it to music?     

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(6 replies, posted in My local band and me)

and not a double entendre in sight? lol. sounds like a lot of fun.     

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(10 replies, posted in Songwriting)

easybeat wrote:
Phill Williams wrote:

Hi Jim. I've just run through your song a couple of times....oh dear! I loved your words....but with the chords you put on it the rhythm and tune I gave it woosh!!! Fabuloso!!! I hope to get a few moments tomorrow to do a scratch recording which I'll send you if it's okay.

Phill,how about sending me a copy too
thanks

Yep, no probs, if it sounds as good out loud as it does in my mind it should be a cracker.     

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(10 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Hi Charlie, welcome to the forum. It's taken you 11 years to find us so don't be a stranger.     

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(10 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Hi Jim. I've just run through your song a couple of times....oh dear! I loved your words....but with the chords you put on it the rhythm and tune I gave it woosh!!! Fabuloso!!! I hope to get a few moments tomorrow to do a scratch recording which I'll send you if it's okay.     

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(14 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Many thanks UJB, great praise indeed. I was a little worried that the words might have been a little too deep or personal but judging by the response I needn't have worried.     

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(14 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Thanks Peatle and Neo, I will post it on SoundCloud if it's good enough. The back story is in the reply to TF. I may expand on it at a later date.     

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(14 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Grah1 wrote:

Quite a chilling story Phill can we learn more about this song please and hear a recording soon ?

It's the dark side of my mind, Grah
! Have a look at my reply to TF I think that explains my mindset at the time.     

1,243

(14 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Thanks Brian. I've been quite busy writing new songs, but they don't reach the standard I want to project on Chordie.     

1,244

(14 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Thanks Jim. I've started the recording but it will have to wait a few days till I can do the drums and vocals.     

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(14 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Tenement Funster wrote:

Very nicely done, Phill ... I especially like the metaphor about time being a cave, with no end in sight. This is probably the best description of hopeless despair I've ever read, and unfortunately it resonates within. The chord structure is very David Gilmour-ish.

I'd been listening to "wish you were here" and I'm afraid I might have stolen a bit? Namely the riff and some of the chord structure.

As usual with me the first line sparked off the rest of the words. I was trying to be poetic and paint verbal pictures....no that's coblers...I just tried to express the feelings I had when my first marriage fell apart, how she expected me to jump when she called and demanded money!
I think we've all been close to despair, I just wanted her to feel it, because she was the human (almost) of a bovine animal that chews grass and lives in a field.     

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(10 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Hi Jim. It was me, by the way. Any road up is a phrase I heard on TV on one of our rural soaps or even by George Formby, it's an exclamation as is "well I'll go to the back of our house!" It's nicer than swearing!

As for the song you've written, I have to say I love it. You've made the phrase your own by giving it another meaning. And I love the way the whole thing fits together.     

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(14 replies, posted in Songwriting)

I haven't posted a new song for ages so here's one I've just finished writing but not yet recorded.

Memories Fade.Undefined


[INTRO; Em-G-| Em-D | Em-Am |Em-D-Em||]




.



[Em] Were you afraid, when you were [G] alone?


Late in the [Em] night, deep in a [D] hole.


A hole of [Em] despair, [G] heartache and [Am] pain.


[D] Memories [Em] fade. [D] But the nightmare [Em] remains.


Time is a [Em] cave. Dark with no [G] end.


No shaft of [Em] light. Appears round the [D] bend.


Vengeance is [Em] mine. [G] Though the crime was all [Am] yours.


[D] Memories [Em] fade. [D] But never the [Em] cause.


(CHORUS)




[C] Do you remember life with [G] me?


[C] Do you remember walking [Em] free?


[C] The future within [D] our [Em] grasp.


Memories [D] fade – [Am]but the nightmare will [Em] last.


[Em-G-| Em-D| Em-Am| Em-D-Em]




.


I will not [Em] come. As I've run to you [G] before.


No late night [Em] calls. No open [D] door.


It's time in your [Em] life, [G] you faced your own [Am] fate.


[D] Memories [Em] fade. But the nightmare [Em] remains.


[SOLO; C-G-Em-D| C-G-Em| C-G-D-Em-Am| Em-Em||]


.

What do you [Em] see. Do you dare close your [G] eyes?


Cold as the [Em] lunar dust. Burn like your [G] lies.


Made-up like [Em] history. [G] So what do you [Am] gain?


Memories [Em] fade. [D] But the nightmare [Em] remains.


(CHORUS)


[Em-G-| Em-D| Em-Am| Em-D-Em]




.

[SOLO; C-G-Em-D| C-G-Em| C-G-D-Em-Am| Em-Em||] to end.




Phill Williams July 2019





1,248

(11 replies, posted in Songwriting)

tremendous wording and meter, gave me visions of every line i could almost taste the salt water, see the marine life and feel the sun on my skin. beautiful.     

1,249

(4 replies, posted in Songwriting)

hits home hard. some really gritty northern sentiments there, eg: kick you in the goolies and say; " you should learn from that!" this falls neatly into the category of "streets of london" or "another day in paradise" you should be proud my friend.     

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(8 replies, posted in Poems)

the punters are the audience or people that "pay" for a show, or maybe don't pay to see the show? i used to be in a band that called them "jack'n'apes" a name i wasn't comfy with, but there you go...