Cheers Phill and Beamer thank you for your comments. I try to look at everyday things from a different angle but at times I am not sure if it works or let alone make sense.
1,277 2020-08-11 06:58:14
Re: Soundcloud - Rain of Mercy (2 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Another good one Jim I have left you a comment on Soundcloud.
1,278 2020-08-11 06:56:29
Re: HOT RODS AND HEROS (4 replies, posted in Poems)
Good one Beamer I like the Hot rods analogy.
1,279 2020-08-09 22:14:24
Re: Song Writer (5 replies, posted in Poems)
Cheers Jim your comment as an introduction to your last song "Rain Of Mercy" did help me think about sad songs in this poem. Then turning on radio hearing three sad songs in a row got my mind ticking again. This Monday morning its between 55 and 59 degrees in your temperature scale around here or 13 to 15 in ours.
Hope you have a good week.
Pete
1,280 2020-08-09 21:54:42
Topic: Song Writer (5 replies, posted in Poems)
It is a beautiful sunny winter morning down here in NZ. Turned on the radio after listening to three songs turned it of so I could just enjoy the quiet and nature outside my window. Picked up a pen and paper and wrote this.
Song Writer.
Why would I want to be a songwriter.
When its the sad songs that sell.
I guess I could lead the crowd.
We could all sing lets be sad together.
Lets be sad together.
On a dark night in the spotlight.
People waving lights.
Thousands singing lets be sad together.
All in great delight.
Waving arms and dancing.
A sea of arms in the air.
Cell phone lights shining bright.
Entranced in a mantra.
Lets be sad together.
Lets be sad together.
Their spirits all hyped up.
Negative voices filling the night with delight.
Do these negative lyrics filling my head.
Make me feel better.
Or do they make me feel worse.
Or are they a subliminal curse.
Woke up this morning listened to the radio.
Three negative songs in a row.
Lets be sad together.
Lets be sad together.
Peoples mental health not given much wealth.
A stream of sad.
Does it make them happy or is it driving them mad.
Lets be sad together.
Lets be sad together.
Why would I want to be a song writer.
If its sad thoughts that keep me up all night.
1,281 2020-08-09 00:28:07
Re: the ghosts of my forefathers (2 replies, posted in Poems)
Excellent powerful words Phill, I often wonder if my ancestor's and those who have been part of my life who have passed on get to look down on what I am doing. Is their hidden hands still guiding me? Though many of my family elders have passed on many years ago when I am in a tricky situation their wise words said to me when they were around come back to me.
Here is an old Kiwi proverb that my Mum often uses when talking about those who have passed on.
He hono tangata e kore e motu; ka pa he taura waka e motu
Unlike a canoe rope, a human bond cannot be severed.
1,282 2020-08-09 00:08:42
Re: Rain of Mercy (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Jim I look forward to hearing this one been played and sung.
1,283 2020-08-08 06:28:32
Re: Phill Peatle and Brian (3 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Cheers EB it was a good challenge this collaboration. Thank you to you and Phill for letting me part of it. I liked the way Phill put it all together. The music and the singing worked great also I loved hearing some beautiful Welsh, Cymraeg as part of the project. Hope our fellow chordies take time to check out the video and give us some feedback. I also enjoyed the way we got to tell our stories on this rock theatre musical piece' about the human spirit and also the legacy of those who have passed on.
Thank you Jim for your feedback.
1,284 2020-08-08 06:25:27
Re: Blues Friday New Page (311 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
Good one CG, Van has been an interesting and complex character to listen to over the years.
1,285 2020-08-01 00:19:53
Re: isolation blues (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
EB it was great to hear Jan after a long time. She did an excellent performance of your song. I hope she drops back into chordie sometime.
1,286 2020-07-27 23:11:35
Re: Peter Green (2 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Sad news Peter passing away. Maree and I use to see him around the area we use to live in Richmond, London while living in the UK.. Our good friend Chris Patton use to play bass with him in a recording studio along with some of the guys who were in Thin Lizzy. Sadly at the time Peter was experiencing extreme mental health issues and the recording never got released. Maree and I got the privilege to hear some of the sessions while visiting Chris and they were real good. I thought Pete wrote some of Fleetwood Mac best songs and I always like the Santana cover of his song Black Magic Woman.
1,287 2020-07-27 11:30:54
Re: CELEBRATING (12 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Happy Birthday Jim. I am sure you and your Taylor will put together many a good song.
1,288 2020-07-27 11:23:17
Re: fun for me and jeb (9 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Phill that is a great party song and I love the washboard sound.
1,289 2020-07-11 01:17:38
Re: Blues Friday New Page (311 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
Good find there CG I like her drum setup. The setting for her video is an interesting one nothing flash but lots of character.
1,290 2020-07-09 08:01:50
Re: Thrown Of Line. (6 replies, posted in Poems)
Cheers Jim it is sad how drugs and alcohol can ruin life's. Even in our beautiful country with a laid back way of life we cant escape people making bad choices which destroys them and their families and helps create crime to pay for their addictions. Now days there is this terrible storm ripping through our communities Methamphetamine use and addiction hitting all sectors of society rich and poor. I will attach me doing Thrown Of Line on YouTube for anyone that is interested in hearing it.
1,291 2020-07-08 08:50:50
Re: Thrown Of Line. (6 replies, posted in Poems)
Cheers Phill, Beamer and EB. I enjoy having a beer with friends and try to make it to our local at least once a week. Also I have friends who don’t drink so I do different things with them it is a bit like having separate ways of socializing. Having family members and friends who are alcoholics and ex drug addicts makes me aware that not everyone can touch alcohol. Here in NZ it is Dry July it is a fundraiser that challenges you to go alcohol-free for a month and raise funds for New Zealanders affected by cancer. Instead of going dry I am sponsoring a friend who is. The thing with addicts and alcoholics if their not functioning their choices hurt more than themselves. With addicts they are people who come from all sorts of backgrounds some good some bad. One of the reasons I stopped playing music about forty years back was due to all the drugs and heavy drinking around the groups I was involved in at the time.
1,292 2020-07-07 09:09:26
Topic: Thrown Of Line. (6 replies, posted in Poems)
Maree and I use to help out at a Salvation Army drug and alcohol rehab centre. One man I got to know who was in the rehab told me one day about his twenty six year old son tracking him down in a dodgy pub he frequented. Years later I met his son who also told me about that meeting. This is me writing about it from how I heard both their stories of the event. I decided to write it as though I’m the father.
Thrown Of Line.
Sitting at a bar on the wrong side of the city.
Feeling like a flea bitten dog.
My head full of smog.
Scratching at something that tickled.
After all these years a muddy still pond has rippled.
In amongst the stench of stale beer.
This young man walks in here.
Twenty years on he runs into me.
No hatred no sympathy.
Young man beer in hand.
Of all the places in this land
Beer and here.
Last time together.
He was just six.
My mud sticks.
My bad tricks.
About to haunt me.
With no challenge.
Just a shake of the hand.
He looks me in the eye.
Unaware I’m high.
Yet in that moment I knew I was living a lie.
Time to tell the truth.
Once before I die.
I know your my old man.
He says to me with outreached hand.
With no where to hide.
I let him sit by my side.
Reflections of my time a train track.
With carriages thrown of line.
It should be just me doing the time.
It should be just me doing the time.
I want my head to be clear like a mountain stream.
Cocaine driving me insane.
Booze the empty glass.
Head hanging at half mast.
Cigarettes killing my throat.
Around me a swirling moat.
More dirt than water to keep me afloat.
The hunt for applause no longer important.
Reflecting back on my time.
With carriages thrown of line.
It should be just me doing the time.
It should be just me doing the time.
Son love your mother.
She protected you from me.
She gave you certainty.
She gave you her soul.
I never fulfilled my roll.
It must have taken its toll.
It is true .
Its nothing new
Why have respect for me.
Last time I saw you .
You were six and your brother was three.
Your baby sister as pretty can be.
Carriages thrown of line.
It should be just me doing the time.
It should be just me doing the time.
I drank from the devils well.
Made your mothers life hell.
Go out and live your life well.
Kid you don't have to respect me.
Carriages thrown of line.
It should be just me doing the time.
It should be just me doing the time.
Shake my hand son I'm nearly done.
I'm still on the run.
My life is a mess.
Say goodbye and wish me God Bless.
Carriages thrown of line.
It should be just me doing the time.
It should be just me doing the time.
1,293 2020-07-07 08:59:33
Re: Charlie Daniels (7 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
He was very popular here in NZ.
RIP Charlie.
1,294 2020-07-04 09:52:31
Re: Blues Friday New Page (311 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
CG he is real good so is his band. First time I have heard of him and I have enjoyed it very much. It is a cold winter Saturday night down here in the South Pacific and your post has helped to make an entertaining night. Wishing you folk in the USA a safe and enjoyable July Fourth weekend.
1,295 2020-07-02 04:51:20
Re: 12 Yrs already? (4 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Scott I always enjoy your posts You must be one of the Chordie old timers now with fourteen years in this space. I'm only a spring chicken here with only about five years so far.
1,296 2020-07-02 04:46:00
Re: El Paso (cover) Robbins (12 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Great cover Richard.
1,297 2020-07-02 04:43:53
Re: I WANT MORE (3 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Beamer its true lust doesn't live in the dust.
1,298 2020-07-02 04:39:31
Re: It Ain`t Country (3 replies, posted in Songwriting)
EB good guitar and vocals on that one. Interesting observation on country music.
1,299 2020-07-02 04:27:16
Re: My world has changed (4 replies, posted in Poems)
Phill I like your words. After loosing the end of our summer to being locked in it was great to get out and do my thing again even though it is winter here now.. Here is my attempt to add to your words.
Truth be told I wanted it to stop.
Before they put our life's on hold.
The gigs, the traveling, the work.
My world has changed.
With my mind rearranged
The drinking
The traveling
The Work.
What I thought was a pain.
I would love to have again.
The drinking
The traveling
The Work.
Another gig wouldn’t hurt.
It doesn’t seem like work.
The drinking.
The traveling.
The Work
After these months of doing nothing.
Wouldn't it be good to do it all again?
The drinking.
The traveling.
The Work.
1,300 2020-06-30 11:26:44
Re: new song - Changed the title to Lonesome Highway (9 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Jim I love the lyrics reading them I could hear a Johnny Cash voice going through my head singing your song. About forty years back in the late 70s I did a little bit of truck driving in Australia. Many of the interstate drivers I met at truck stops had lost girlfriends and wife's due to the pressures of the job. I use to play a lot of Willie Nelson and Johnny cash type tapes at night to help keep me awake when driving. Your song brought back some of the those truck driving memories to me. I cant wait to hear a recording of it.