1,926

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

When I have done recordings with friends who do that sort of thing we usually find the times we mess up often lead to better things.

1,927

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

Jandle it is alot of fun. If you go next year the the afternoon and early evening to me are the best time to be there.  Now I have retired I have got very  busy with life and family it gets hard for Maree and I to go to everything that's on..

1,928

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

Cheers Unclejoesband it is a great weekend with all styles of music on show. Lots of smiling happy people having fun. I didnt do anything this year.  When I get my heath back together I might do a Blues set with some of my muso friends who want to do it next year.
Zurf the nuclear armidillo drummer and the group are from what I can gather are Steam Punks using stuff that was going to be thrown out. They have this time gone for  a differant era to the Victorian connection that is usually part of Steam Punk..

1,929

(8 replies, posted in Poems)

Cheers ctech glad you could follow my poem.

1,930

(4 replies, posted in Poems)

A great piece  of poetry. I have and I am sure so have many others been to those sort of emotional places in the distant past and then we get to smile again.

This weekend here in Wellington, New Zealand is CubaDupa  two days of free music and a street  party for the whole family.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxUVxb4 … e=youtu.be

1,932

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

Phill the  artwork on the Yes album cover is my all time favourite and also the artwork on the Beatles, Sergant Pepper.  .

Zurf so much has been said about the turbulent life and phenomenal career of Michael Jackson in the media,that it has become almost impossible to disentangle the man from the myth. Perhaps more than any other icon in history of popular music, Michael Jackson remains a charismatic but elusive figure of heated debate. But one fact will forever remain undisputed... his extraordinary talent for creating truly original music, loved by millions. And despite setbacks that would have ended careers of lesser men, Michael Jackson's legions of fans remain as loyal today as they have ever been.  I went to a Jackson Five concert, years back just after he had a hit with the song Ben. Michael was the star of the show, even back then his stage presence was magic.

Jandle I have just today been signed up to The Dancing Afro. I am most probably the only one  following TDA who can't do the moonwalk. Still I like to give it a shot every now and then.

Keith Emerson and Jon Lord would enjoy playing with Beethoven.  Hopefully they are all now in the same place having a good time.

1,934

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

TF I find it hard to like an artist music if I don't like the person. As I get older I am getting better at not bringing the person's  personality into it.
Phill when I was younger I  loved many of my mother records in her collection but as soon as she put EnglBert Humperdink on I was out of there. The busker was a very grumpy guy and I felt he was trying to intimidate me at first. As the conversation moved on he seemed to mellow.
Neo I was involved in the printing industry for forty five years as a result I developed a love of  posters  an artform.  I find quiet often some of the best posters and album covers over the years are by bands I dont  like.

1,935

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

Magic pic. Look forward to more.

1,936

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

Like But Wouldn't Buy.
A young looking man playing Billy Jean on Guitar in Cuba Mall.
When he stops I tell him his playing is brilliant.
"Man did you like Michael Jackson"? He questions me.
"I dont know I replied".
"Come on" he says to me," you just told me you like that tune".
"You got a problem with him".?
"No man", I reply," he could dance and I like some of his music".
"When your into music if you live long enough."
"You will eventually find your style of music will feel like its from a differant time."
"My style of music that reflects something about me,  is from a previous era not his.",
  "Come on man", he bleats at me. "I bet you thought  he was a freak"?.
"I bet you judged him by the press coverage"?.
"Are you remembering him because of his music or what he was."?
The intensity of his questioning gets my old head thinking.
While searching back in  my mind these words come out of my mouth, " Dude I was going to say I dont really care  much about Jackson."
"I always thought having Quincy Jones  on Thriller and a production budget of $750,000 made it work".
"But now you have challenged me here is some of my thoughts."
"We live in a world of tabloid culture."
"With fame many are hounded by the tabloid press feeding mindless culture."
"Tabloid articles are fuel feeding rumour and building on insunations some true some false."
"I guess Michael became a freak show followed by millions".
"Now when I hear his music in a bar or a radio or whatever."
"I think dance".
"That guy could move".
  "I think joy,  moonwalking."
" The big kid inside me wants to try moonwalking."
  "A little boy whose charisma and voice on stage was bigger that of the Jackson Five".
"I dont really care much about his private life".
"I thought his lifestyle and world was on another planet not mine ".
"I am still human enough to hope his kids turn out alright"
"More important things fill my mind."
"His life and death almost seem separate from the music"
"If Michael is important to you I would never condem."
My new busker friend looks at me and  tells me" Michael music started me on a good road which I am still travelling".
We part with a warm handshake.
Me not sure what our common  bond to each other is apart from one song..
If it's that way of thinking that makes this young busker play a tune beautifully.
Man that is all good with me.
Later on at home on youtube I enter the words  Michael Jackson, Billy Jean
Watch him doing it live in front of screaming fans.
Yeah he did a great show and made many people happy.
Maybe I am a fan of his music a secret within me that I don't want to admit to
More than likely his music is just another piece of happiness that I like but wouldn't buy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmCA3qQkqso

1,937

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

Welcome Austin great to have a new person come join us.

1,938

(11 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

Bill Pange Lingua   it is  a very beautiful moving listen,
Thank you for sharing.
Pete

1,939

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

The England coach Eddie Jones spouts garbage in the media all the time.I love it when his teams get beaten.  Of  course I like the Welsh coach Warren Gatland because he is a good kiwi.   Gatland has also done a great job as head coach with the British and Irish Lions on their tours. You Welsh are one of our favourite Rugby brothers. Later on today Easybeat and I will have a pint in your honour. Yechyd da...Kia ora to you my good friend

1,940

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

Phill you are a man who deserves plenty of pickles. You are one of the outstanding members of this site.  I was thinking a more approriate currency is Pints of Ale.  I wonder how many pickles there are to a pint. Yesterday on Saint Paddys day in suport of the Irish we had alot of pints drunk turning many into happy pickled people. Some of my Welsh friends would like to make every day a time to have a pint for  Saint David. I always find that no matter how cold life gets a warm pub makes a differance. Summer here so we head to the bar to avoid UV rays and stay cool. Cheers, Yechid dah , Bulla Vinaka, Kia Ora, Good Health to you.

Excellent portrait  Bill. I love Ludwig van Beethoven music my Maree has a small copy of a painting of him as boy hanging on our wall.   The last decade of his life he was almost completely deaf  Though deaf some of his.most admired works come from the last  years of his life. Now if I could get a thousand Deaf Beethoven's in a room to listen to my music there would be hope for me. Most probably they would need a conductor or someone using sign language on stage to tell them when to clap. I wouldn't produce a music chart for my thousand Beethoven's as it might ruin my chance of success.

1,942

(16 replies, posted in Songwriting)

Great song chord progression looks good and sounds good in my head.  In the lyrics where there is an , and  such as ... and he drove into the Sun. or and she drove into the Sun.the word and, to me could be changed  to some other word. Apart from that to me it is a great piece of song writing.  Possibly ... Then he realized that his day wasn’t done….as he drove into the Sun.

1,943

(2 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

Sometimes I think  the  harmony and music that  talks to me, and pulls at my heart, those  tunes of my youth are some sort of prehistoric monster waiting to be discovered by an Archaeologist.

1,944

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

Photos  and video please.

1,945

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

Dirty Ed thank you for introducing me to Wallace McRae. I loved the way he did Reincarnation on that link. I have just looked up Baxter Black on youtube another new one for me and have enjoyed watching him also. Here is a one that i have just seen of Baxter Black which I enjoyed. DE you have expanded my horizons on poetry as down here in little old NZ we don't get to hear many cowboy poems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFzC3_5nv8E

1,946

(1,560 replies, posted in Bands and artists)

Badeye Albert Collins and his band hit the spot perfectly.  I am now a big fan of the whole band after watching and listening to that link.

1,947

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

I  am with you Jandle it would be great to hear from Ricky jack a top player and singer

Greetings Folks  this is a youtube video of John Wells reciting his poem about living in a Texas Desert. He is the sort of person I would love to sit around a camp fire with  and also all the good people from Chordie Land. The Long Horn cows he has with him  on this clip look like the sort of beautiful creatures that no one would mess with.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwDoLYrMRIw

1,949

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

Sorry Topdown  I didn't mean to break the rules. Good man for putting my post right.
Thank you.
Peatle

1,950

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

Zurf I would  love to share a campfire with you and also all of you above and many others on Chordie.
I love the way all you good people on chordie approach the craftsmanship of music. Many of you pushing on with determination to be 'master of the bricks and mortar that make good songs. You all have something very special and it is an honour to know all you good folk.. Back to the subject of dressing up for a concert the main thing to wear  is your self respect. One of my favourite songs about ways of dressing is the Man In Black  by Johnny Cash

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t51MHUENlAQ

Edited by topdown to remove copyrighted lyrics. I'm sure no harm was meant Peatle, but there are rules against this.