Cheers EB and TF for your interesting thoughts. Every political party has it own clever rhetoric around employment, income, health, education, and housing. Political leaders are great at ridiculing the opposition with the eloquance of a snake oil salesman. Sensationalization in the mass media to me has been born out of less objective journalism in favour of a profit motive. Then we have unreliable polls telling us this is what public opinion is about or what percent has been affected by whatever. This political party will win or its leader is the most popular. Also we have the them and us breaking down social cohesian. I believe this mentality, even though I have never known or spoken to any of them but they have to be no good because they aren’t us. That idea is bad because it comes from the left or the right. We are constantly been marketed to but not always given all the information needed to form a opinion due to press hype. Finding a way to get people singing from the same choir sheet is sometimes built on misinformation. No wonder simple folk like me find it hard to decide who to vote for or what to believe.
1,527 2019-05-28 00:04:19
Re: These Words. (7 replies, posted in Poems)
Cheers everyone thank you for your comments. The Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel written in the English language and published in the United Kingdom. I was chatting about this with a retired journalist who mentioned to me that one of the judges listed as part of their criteria for a good novel is it should be ideologically correct. It seemed to me that " Ideologically Correct" was an inflexible concept that I would associate with North Korea or Stalinist Russia and Mao’s China.That got me thinking about what stops everyday people from putting their true thoughts into words and then delivering them out into the world. Pondering that is when I came up with the poem.These Words.
1,528 2019-05-27 04:36:31
Topic: These Words. (7 replies, posted in Poems)
These Words.
The words of politicians are they different to the poet?
That dagger of blaming and shaming.
Words bound to hit potholes.
A paranoid moment causing me to leave words parked up in the driveway.
In the activity of communication what’s meant to be amusing now transformed.
Do we evaluate others by what we think their words mean?
Do previous scars strangle words sent with good intentions?
Are the right words sometimes too elusive to find.
I guess like many things it’s all in the mind.
1,529 2019-05-24 23:52:03
Re: NMD I just couldn't resist (12 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
One of my favourite shops here in Wellington is Alistair's Music. all sorts of musicians pop in just to play music and just have a chat Here is Alistair and his friend Sarah playing a beautiful looking Mandoline similar to yours in his shop. He also restores all sorts of string instruments such as the Russian Style Mandolin he is playing which had been repaired back to life.
1,530 2019-05-24 23:35:57
Re: Blues Friday New Page (311 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
CG I love her voice and the organ guitar sound with a good bit of pounding brass bits. Magic
1,531 2019-05-24 23:33:20
Re: Under the bridge (cover) Red Hot Chilli Peppers (4 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Neo better than anything I could do. Echo works good in some parts of the song other parts maybe not but still real good.
1,532 2019-05-22 11:47:33
Re: Tune Will Come. (9 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Thank you Richard I had Pink Floyd in my mind when I was trying to put the music together.
CG cheers I appreciate your kind words of encouragement..
1,533 2019-05-22 11:40:09
Re: Prog Rock Wednesdays (580 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
I liked the intro talk he is a funny, clever communicator then when they play for a trio there is plenty to take in with superb drumming and bass over nice guitar work.It moulded well together even when they were playing separate solos at the same time, Good one TF
1,534 2019-05-20 12:07:39
Topic: Tune Will Come. (9 replies, posted in My local band and me)
I have been practising making videos just using my laptop MP4 editor . I did this one the other day of a song I put together called Tune Will Come. As usual song just recorded on my cellphone. I guess I would describe it as a simple attempt at something sort of Prog Rock.
1,535 2019-05-19 01:36:50
Re: No Way (12 replies, posted in Songwriting)
I like those lyrics Jim I can imagine many differant scenarios around why he is feeling the way he is and wants to fight for his girls love.. He is not going to walk away,. I love the way you have a natural ability to put these songs together about differant things people experience in relationships.
1,536 2019-05-19 01:33:35
Re: Celebrate (4 replies, posted in Poems)
Nice one Beamer music and partying up is great way to celebrate even while in a drought waiting for things to improve.
1,537 2019-05-16 05:06:49
Re: Beer Goes With Everything (2 replies, posted in Songwriting)
That is a good Pub Song. about amber nectar,
1,538 2019-05-16 05:00:47
Re: Skinny & Ageless (7 replies, posted in Poems)
Good One EB. In my effort to support gender equality in my feminist, psychoanalytical way I have decided to keep my pregnant belly look. Not only does this show my solidarity with those who are pregnant but it brings out my feminine side while exercising my arm muscles lifting pints with not only my right but left hand to keep in shape. That last line sprinting down the street must be a reference I guess about you getting chased down the street by female groupies mesmerized by your new physique developed after going to the gym.
1,539 2019-05-11 00:22:05
Re: A Wilko Johnson Guitar Lesson (6 replies, posted in Electric)
Love the sound he gets with that strum.
1,540 2019-05-11 00:19:02
Re: Blues Friday New Page (311 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
CG you struck Gold again thank you a great version of a song I love.
1,541 2019-05-11 00:15:12
Re: Love Goes On. (5 replies, posted in Poems)
Beautiful Poem Phill reminds me of my relationship with my wife of 37 years. Maree and I are prone to arguing with each other but always have a deep love for each other. My family call her jokingly my sparing partner. We love going for long walks together she is a classical girl I am a rocker jeans and Tshirt boy but somehow it works. In our early days and I was at times not the best she was rock solid I was sometimes playing the fool. Over the years I have got better and she has always remained my foundation my rock.
Thank you your writing is bang on.
Pete
1,542 2019-05-09 04:39:30
Re: What Show (10 replies, posted in Poems)
Cheers Jim I am glad you enjoyed the video. The program came with the MP4 on my windows 10 on my hp laptop. Every now and then it gets free updates of differant graphics and effects that I can add to the video. I think all you need to do if you want to have that program is go to MP4 video editor and download the free one.
1,543 2019-05-09 04:23:38
Re: Is John Entwistle......... (2 replies, posted in Guitars and accessories)
It is hard enough trying to play four strings .I wonder who made that instrument he sure can play it real good?
1,544 2019-05-09 04:18:37
Re: So You Wanna Time-Travel........ (16 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Jim Wrote. AS this great topic was about time traveling - here is a hypothetical proposition I often propose to my students....
I thought it might be interesting to ask here in this thread as well.
Excellent question Jim for me I would like to go to Woodstock back in 1969. I would love to see and experience the atmosphere . Also for all the great artists that played their.
1,545 2019-05-08 04:58:50
Re: Tuesday's Flying Fingers (474 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
Christie was interesting to watch and listen to. I guess the technology around her feet also added to the sound?
1,546 2019-05-08 04:54:20
Re: What Show (10 replies, posted in Poems)
Bill thank you for taking time to comment and check my video out.
Pete
1,547 2019-05-08 04:51:33
Re: NBD (12 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Im not much of a bike rider but around the part of the world where I live there is many Mountain Bike Trails. A short video of one close by attached.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSSp-_Ft7d4
1,548 2019-05-08 04:32:25
Re: So You Wanna Time-Travel........ (16 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I remember at school our music teacher taking great delight in telling us about Castrato's. For many years, boys and men would use castration as a means to keep their voices at a higher pitch. These opera singers were known as the castrati, and were prevalent during the Baroque period. The castrati were composed of male singers who were sopranos and altos. Men/boys were castrated during the 17th and 18th century in Europe. The boys would engage in castration as young as eight years old to ensure that their vocal chords would not mature,.This was highly prevalent because during this time, women were not allowed to sing in accordance to the Catholic Church’s strict guidelines back then. Therefore it was necessary for some men to have higher pitched voices to make up for the absences of women. Not every boy or man was castrated, as they were handpicked based upon their singing capabilities With a voice like mine I would have been saved from castration back then. The last known castrato was Alessandro Moreschi. Castration was outlawed in 1870 by the Italian government. Moreschi’s voice was the only captured and recorded voice of castrati in 1902.
1,549 2019-05-05 00:53:39
Re: What Show (10 replies, posted in Poems)
Just in case anyone is interested here is me turning my rant poem lyric What Show into a song. Just recorded on my cellphone as usual with video done on cellphone and laptop.
1,550 2019-05-04 22:43:12
Re: C.B.E. Question (3 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Bill I think Paul could become Admiral Halsey as long as they provided him with a cup of tea and a butter pie. .
Opps the kettle's on the boil, and Im about to be put away.
Love it made my Sunday morning start with a good laugh.