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i never realized the similarity with Ballroom Blitz, word wize at least. i don't think people realized that Sweet were actually quite a heavy metal band guided into the pop world, before a lot of the metal bands came to the fore.
i'm glad you like my effort. thanks for the review
Thanks Pete. You're an inspiration to us all and your poem, as you know, was the inspiration for this song. Out of the mouth of babes!
Of course it's based on true events, though the names have been changed to protect the innocent? Lol
Thanks Richard. It's amazing what a bit of reverb on the voice and chorus on the guitar can do!
recording to be found here...
hi Peatle, your poem got me thinking and i came up with a song called "the girl who played the air guitar" ....i've posted it in songwriting and I shall be recording it once i've finished here. i hope i'm not stealing your thunder? but girls do play air guitar just as good as men.
this song was inspired by Peatle, sort of a true story. i haven't recorded it yet but i am in the process...
That's the way they come, my friend. When I get stuck I very rarely try to force it these days. I have pages of lines or verses, when needed they're there. Having read through the song the words do flow together nicely. I imagine it as a slow ballad?
Let's hear it.
Thanks Jandle. It was a trip down memory lane for me.
you're so right TF, what possible help is learning Klingon going to be in the real world? much as i am a trekkie also a Beatles fan, university courses in these two subjects is pointless and a waste of public money, yet they still run these courses, then the students are expected to pay back the course fees when they finally get a job cleaning toilets. rant over
There's a saying "I wouldn't believe his radio" as far as people in power are concerned you can tell they're lying cos their mouth is moving.
Everybody tells a story the way they want you to hear it. I enjoyed listening to your story knowing it is the truth. Well done my friend.
My commiserations and congratulations on a fine piece of work Jeff. I'd hate to be a student now knowing that prospects of employment in my chosen field are less likely than standing in the bread line.
When are you going to record it?
i first picked up a guitar at age 15 then bought a song in a day book but discarded all the technical stuff and just learned the chords because all i wanted was to be able to sing. a few years later a guy i was working with was training to be a music teacher so he practiced on me. he lost interest when i began missing lessons in preference to football (soccer). some of it has stuck, i still know all the notes on the keyboard and the fingerboard and i actually learned "Mandy" from the copy. my main reason for learning music notation was to be able to write music so i wouldn't forget in the morning what i'd written last night...does that make sense?
At first we fall in lust then we find love. I think this would make a great power ballad. It seems you've always had a great talent as a poet
Fortunate happenstance, all the great Discovery's come about by accident.
I like the way you've moved on to recording what you see. You are indeed very talented.
Hi Neo. A bitter sweet song. It could easily be about unrequited love or a good childhood pal you've lost touch with. I especially like the part about your friend losing your glow, reminds me of beautiful girls I used to date or wanted to date but now time has taken its toll.
I often wonder about my old school mates and how many are still above ground?
Looking forward to hearing it.
I can imagine how you felt an easy mistake to make when you're rushing. Did the heat from your face melt your phone?
I've heard and seen it asked many times.....where does inspiration come from? 10 year old kids, innit? This is a brilliant piece of work, so true and so funny. Though I have to say I have seen members of the gentler gender pick up the occasional air axe and even a blow up one...but that's another story.
Thanks for sharing. You are indeed the master.
Phill are whirley birds those tree seeds attached to the end of a wing shaped extension which has a slight pitch, causing it to spin like a propeller when caught by the wind when dropping .from tree branches,?????
Hi Pete. I think those are the seeds of the willow tree? Which was one of my favourite trees to climb up and sit on a branch.
No the whirley birds I refer to was an American TV series in the 50s. Can't anyone remember it? I must be old!
Phill I like your poem and how hard you worked on it shows in how good it is. It also brings back being small when each day you were someone else. It was fun then not so much today.
Hi C.G. yes it's such a shame we have to grow up. Now games and dreams are called fantasy's and so frowned upon by other "adults" wouldn't it be great to run around on an imaginary horse?
Phill Williams wrote:thanks Neo. i wrote it as a song, it took 3 sittings on different days which is why it gets a bit acerbic towards the end
Ha! That's funny, because as I read it - I was singing it in my head
that's good, i'd love to hear what you made of it?
Thank you Doug Smith. I appreciate your comment and with your immense knowledge it means a lot to me. I had been at first reluctant to post classical songs and from the comments from all of those that responded I will not be in the future.
having now listened to all the tracks, i must congratulate you on an outstanding performance. i'm not an out and out classic music fan, but i can appreciate when music is played to a high standard, i could never come anywhere near your talent. the only guitar music i cant stand is modern jazz, 2,000,000 notes and none make any sense. your music soothes and entertains. thank you for sharing.
I like it also. My bike was always a chips police bike! and darn if I didnt buy a police bike 16 yrs ago! its gone now, but it was really fun!
my parents steered me away from motor bikes, i was crazy enough on my pushbike! my first go on a Lambretta 150 saw me smash it up, and it would only do 40 down hill with a trailing wind! i kid you not. back in the 50's our police vehicles had bells rather than sirens, so my pushbike bell was as close as i ever got to being a cop!
thanks all for your great comments
Nice one Phill
Lots of childhood memories come to mind
Imagination - the key to creativity - begins in a child - often gets stymied by the adult world
glad to see you've still got that spark !
Jim
thanks Jim, one tries ones best you know? yes it's all innocence at 8 years old, it's all football, rugby and pop stars in teenage years. then fretting about the warmongers and mass murderers later
thanks Neo. i wrote it as a song, it took 3 sittings on different days which is why it gets a bit acerbic towards the end
Peatle. for me the hearth brush was a guitar!!! i saw tommy steel on 6.5.special..."singing the blues", me in the doorway singing out on top of my lungs for the family.
spent many a happy summers day on top of a tree...just sitting there was great, i'd still like to do it now.
we used to play helicopters in privet hedges....anyone remember "whirley birds?
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