176 Reply by TIGLJK

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I don't have any song to post for , but I came across this fantastic video on the making of The Beatles Strawberry Fields forever.

However - if you are interested in bands using new instruments, collaborating,with band members, the giant role of new technology in music, the origins of lyrics in a song,just how good The Beatles were - then this is for you!
I just came across it by accident, but it is sooooo good!!

Cheers

Jim     

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177 Reply by TIGLJK

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pure truth Pete!

Great message !     

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178 Reply by TIGLJK

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Frank Michels     

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179 Reply by TIGLJK

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Peatle

Once again you have delivered a masterpiece. Love the song, loved the performance.

She has a wonderful voice - reminds me of Joan Baez

Thank you for sharing

Cheers
Jim     

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180 Reply by TIGLJK

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That was an amazing video.  The young man an the girl singer were incredibly talented, and the man playing the piano was fantastic as well.
Classical music is an enigma -  either it is fantastic or blah -   seems there is no middle ground in my opinion.

It is wonderous that so many modern songs that are big hits in the music industry take their roots from classical songs. such as
This Night - Billy Joel (2nd Movement Sonata Pathetique - Ludwig van Beethoven)
Blackbird - The Beatles (Bourrée in e minor - JS Bach)
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin (Bourrée in e minor - JSNBach)
Bourrée - Jethro Toll (Bourrée in e minor - JSNBach)
Friends - Led Zeppelin (Mars - Gustav Holst)
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (Mars - Gustav Holst)
The Last Battle - John Williams (Mars - Gustav Holst)
Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes (Symphony No.5 in Bflat major - Anton Bruckner)
Light My Fire - The Doors (Invention no. 8 - JS Bach)
Penny Lane - The Beatles (Brandenburg Concerto No.2 - JS Bach)
Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield (Toccata and Fugue in D minor - JS Bach)
Plug in Baby - Muse (Toccata and Fugue in D minor - JS Bach)
Jane Seymour - Rick Wakeman (Toccata and Fugue in D minor - JS Bach)
Brainless - Eminem (Toccata and Fugue in D minor - JS Bach)
The Real Thing - 2 Unlimited (Toccata and Fugue in D minor - JS Bach)
Russians - Sting (Romance Theme - Sergei Prokofiev)
Party Like a Russian - Robbie Williams (Dance of the Knights - Sergei Prokofiev)
Somewhere - Leonard Bernstein (Piano Concerto No. 5 mvmt. 2 - Beethoven & Swan Theme - Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky)
Annie's Song - John Denver (5th Symphony in E minor, 2nd mvmt - Pytor Illych Tchaikovsky)
Because - The Beatles (Moonlight Sonata mvmt. 2 - Ludwig van Beethoven)
Better Than Yourself - Lukas Graham (Moonlight Sonata mvmt. 2 - Ludwig van Beethoven)
Neon Gravestones - 21 Pilots (Moonlight Sonata mvmt. 2 - Ludwig van Beethoven)
Could it be Magic - Barry Manilow (Prelude in C minor - Frederic Chopin)
The Globalist - Muse (Nimrod Theme - Edward Elgar)
Tous Les Maux D'Amour - Norma Ray (Pavane in Fsharp minor - Gabriel Fauré)
Natural - S Club 7 (Pavane in Fsharp minor - Gabriel Fauré)
Little Me - Little Mix (Pavane in Fsharp minor - Gabriel Fauré)
A Groovy Kind of Love - Phil Collins (Sonatina No.5 - Musio Clementi)
I Need You to Turn to - Elton John (
The Greatest Discovery - Elton John (
Breathe Me - Cia (Metamorphosis no.1 - Philip Glass)     

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181 Reply by TIGLJK

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Thank you Jan - it actually is a pretty song - laid back with loads of emotion

appreciate the comment!

Happy Spring down under !  CHEERS  !     

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182 Topic by TIGLJK

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https://share.google/images/6t8Oz11MchDHzGzdP       (link to Louise Fishman)

A link to recent review of her work - and what inspired me to write this song.
https://www.artforum.com/events/louise- … 234734033/
I used the words from the poem she referred to as the opening lines of my song.
It was from a Wallace Stevens Poem called  “The Man with the Blue Guitar XXXII” (1937) ( it's Verse 32 !) that begins with the canto:

    Throw away the lights, the definitions,

    And say of what you see in the dark
here is a link to the whole poem  -  https://www.writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis … uitar.html

She was such a fighter for women's rights, and a humanists in every sense.
She was also a dear friend of mine whom I miss !

This is the song

Throw Away the Lights (Please Louise)  By Jim Kenyon


Verse 1



[G]Throw a[D]way the [Em]lights, [C]the defi[G]nitions,



[G]And say [D]what you [Em]see [C] in the [D]dark.




[G]No chains [D]of words,[Em] no [C]false con[G]ditions,



[G] feel my [D] wild heart’s [Em] fire [C] lit with just a [D] spark






Pre-Chorus



[Em] The world will [C]try to name my [D] soul,



[Em]But I'm not a [C] story that they con[D]trol.


.




  Whisper oh remember...




'






Chorus




[C]I won’t be [D] caged by [C] who they say I [G] am,



[C] I’m more than the [D]lines that they [C] draw in the [G] sand.



[C] defiant and [D] different, [C]I’ll make my [G] stands,




[C]I’m just [D]the truth of my [C] mind and [G] hands.


.




Verse 2


.




[G] Shadows [D]whisper [Em]names [C]that they’ve [G]given,





[G]But none [D] of them [Em]can ever [C]carry my [D]flame.


[G]I’ve fought [D]every [Em]day, the [C] prison of their [G]chains



[G]And here [D]still I [Em]rise, [C]proud and una[D]shamed.


.






Pre-Chorus


.





[Em] The world will [C]try to name my [D] soul,



[Em]But I'm not a [C] story that they con[D]trol.




.


  Whisper Just remember...


.






Chorus


.


[C]I won’t be [D] caged by [C] who they say I [G] am,



[C] I’m more than the [D]lines that they [C]draw in the [G] sand.



[C] defiant and [D] different, [C]I’ll make my [G] stands,




[C]I’m just [D]the truth of my [C] mind and [G] hands.




Outgo - Slow




[G]Throw a[D]way the [Em]lights, [C]the definit[G]ions,




[G]And please Lou[D]ise, [C]see me for who I [G]am


slower


Yeah, please Lou[D]ise, [C] see me for who I [G]am.





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183 Reply by TIGLJK

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Love Shack  B-52's     

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184 Topic by TIGLJK

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Well I was on vacation for 10 days - never touched my computer.   When I got back I was thinking - boy there's gonna be a lot of posts in the forum.   NOT !!!!!   so sad !

Anyways....  while on vacation at the beach - in between chasing grandkids ( like herding cats}  - I started this song and finished it tonight.   I know it its not perfect - still working it out - but I figured at least its something for chordie forum to look at ! smile

You Never Do By Jim Kenyon


Verse  1




[G]I haven’t seen you in quite a while


But you [C]ain’t never left my mind


[D] seems you’ve been living rent free


Inside my [C]head all, all, this[G] time


.




Verse  2


.




[G]I wonder if you ever think of me


When the [C]night gets quiet and still


[D]Do echoes of what we used to be


Come [C]rushing back, against your [G]will


.




Chorus


.




Well my [C] jeans always fade, [G] but you never do


[D]Every road I take still [C]leads me back to [G]you


and I [C] keep chasing dreams, I [G] knowcan’t come true


but [D] loving you is the only thing that I [C]ever wanna [G] do


.




Verse  3


.





[G] one day our paths might cross again


and you’ll ]C]remember how it was back when


but ’til [D]then , I’ll just have to carry on


With [C]a heart believing we’re not [G] done


.




Bridge




[Em]Time moves on, but hearts don’t [C]lie


[G]Yours is the reason I can’t [D]say goodbye


.




Chorus


.




Well my [C] jeans always fade, [G] but you never do


[D]Every road I take still [C]leads me back to [G]you


and I [C] keep chasing dreams, I [G] knowcan’t come true


but [D] loving you is the only thing that I [C]ever wanna [G] do




.




[G]And now I’ll whisper one last truth


Through every [C]memory, I still choose you


and as my [D]jeans fade away,


[C] you never [G]do…


as my [D]jeans fade away,


[C] you never [G]do…



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185 Topic by TIGLJK

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Pretty good cover of my song... got a couple bumps in it - but I like it overall


https://soundcloud.com/james-kenyon-997 … -dont-like 

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186 Reply by TIGLJK

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Graham,
That is so cool !
When you and band get down to how you love it - you gotta record it and send me a copy.

Jim     

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187 Reply by TIGLJK

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Graham,   That was brilliant !! What a cover - that's a great song.   I hope you and your band get to play it live, audience will go nuts for sure!!   I actually was telling Robert jon ( Burrison)  how it was through you that I actually discovered them, He was a really cool guy  - we chatted for about 10 minutes - and also  with the other band members.  Interesting - I was chatting with the bass player Warren and I was telling him this band is headed for stardom and I admired how they all genuinely like each other. H replied and I quote "  I have played in a lot of shitty bands and shitty places to get to this point, I hope we can keep it moving upward- we do enjoy what we are doing now!" .     He was very funny too - we had some good laughs.   Henry James their Lead guitarist is fabulous - best way I can describe him is that he's a little Hendrix and a little Carlos Santana mixed, along with his own great abilities. The band also has a whole following ( about 50 people that go to all their concerts). The band does a free concert somewhere every Friday night !

Thanks for the cover and sharing it with us - fantastic performance of it ! Not an easy song to master acoustically !   Well done my friend!!

Jim     

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188 Reply by TIGLJK

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Brian be sure to check out song I just posted in songwriting !  smile

Thanks for the idea

Jim     

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189 Topic by TIGLJK

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OK   Don't blame me - it's all Brian's Fault.

I listened to his song he just posted (  https://soundcloud.com/rough-as-gut/dry-july )  and it inspired me to write this song.  Took me about an hour and a half. 
Really thought it would be a decent Country bar rowdy song   I am not a good enough musician to play it at all ( not even sure about these chords)  :)so there won't be a demo from me.


Ain’t a Whiskey I Don’t Like by Jim Kenyon


Upbeat, rowdy country party vibe




Chorus 1




[G] There ain’t a whiskey I don’t like


[D] Jack Daniels, Crown, or Jameson


[Em] It always gets every party rolling


[C] So pour another round for everyone




Verse 1


[G] Rolled up to the bar in my busted-up old Ford


[D]Boots on the floor, this place is gonna roar


[Em]The band’s playing loud, it's sounding just right


[C] It’s gonna be one hell of a party ‘til the morning light




Chorus 2


[G] There ain’t a whiskey I don’t like 


[D] Maker’s Mark, Ol’ Smokey, or Buff Trace


[Em]  Cheers to all our friends in here tonight 


[C] Pour another round, we're gonna rock this place




Verse 2




[G]Everybody raise your glasses, and let’s toast this crowd



[D]Let’s get this room jumpin’, let’s get this place loud


[Em]Tonight we dance, we drink, like country song poetry


[C] Tomorrow they’ll be talkin’ ‘bout this forever memory




Chorus 3


[G]There ain’t a whiskey I don’t like


[D]Johnny Walker, Seagram’s or Jim Beam


[Em]They always put a smile on my face


[C]Pour another round — let me hear you scream!




Repeat Chorus 1


[G] There ain’t a whiskey I don’t like


[D] Jack Daniels, Crown, or Jameson


[Em] It always gets every party rolling


[C] So pour another round for everyone


OUTGO


Final Toast (Spoken or softly sung w/ chords) 




[G]So here’s to all our friends right here


[D]And those that we keep in our hearts tonight


[Em]May all our good-time memories live forever


[C] And may our whiskey always burn just right



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190 Topic by TIGLJK

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OK   Don't blame me - it's all Brian's Fault.

I listened to his song he just posted (  https://soundcloud.com/rough-as-gut/dry-july )  and it inspired me to write this song.  Took me about an hour and a half. 
Really thought it would be a decent Country bar rowdy song   I am not a good enough musician to play it at all so there won't be a demo from me.


Ain’t a Whiskey I Don’t Like by Jim Kenyon


Upbeat, rowdy country party vibe




Chorus 1




[G] There ain’t a whiskey I don’t like


[D] Jack Danielsand Jameson


[Em] It always gets every party rolling


[C] So pour another round for everyone




Verse 1


[G] Rolled up to the bar in my busted-up old Ford


[D]Boots on the floor, this place is gonna roar


[Em]The band’s playing loud, it's sounding just right


[C] It’s gonna be one hell of a party ‘til the morning light




Chorus 2


[G] There ain’t a whiskey I don’t like


[D] Maker’s Mark has got such taste


[Em]Cheers to all our friends in here tonight


[C] Pour another round, we're gonna rock this place




Verse 2




[G]Everybody raise your glasses, and let’s toast this crowd



[D]Let’s get this room jumpin’, let’s get this place loud


[Em]Tonight we dance, we drink, like country song poetry


[C] Tomorrow they’ll be talkin’ ‘bout this forever memory




Chorus 3


[G]There ain’t a whiskey I don’t like


[D] Johnny Walker or Jim Beam


[Em]They always put a smile on my face


[C]Pour another round — let me hear you scream!




Repeat Chorus 1


[G] There ain’t a whiskey I don’t like


[D] Jack Danielsn' Jameson


[Em] It always gets every party rolling


[C] So pour another round for everyone




OUTGO


Final Toast (Spoken or softly sung w/ chords) 




[G]So here’s to all our friends right here


[D]And those that we keep in our hearts tonight


[Em]May all our good-time memories live forever


[C] And may our whiskey always burn, just right



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191 Reply by TIGLJK

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Brian, I like it - cool song !
Thought your performance was really good.
I could imagine sitting at a pub and hearing you perform!
Cheers, Jim     

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192 Reply by TIGLJK

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Jan

The song My Elusive Dreams is WONDERFUL !! Your voice is still the gold standard. Loved your performance on this.
Was this an original from you ? 

The song Little ol' wine drinking me - I remember that from DM show.   
You should sing more often, it makes the day for all who hear you sing day so much better !!

Thanks for Sharing

Jim

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193 Topic by TIGLJK

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I wrote this song about my wife - we just celebrated 42nd anniversary

Just Because by   Jim Kenyon





Verse 1


.




[D]you always pick me [A]up when I'm [Bm]feeling down


And you [G]free my soul every[D] time I hear you [A] laughing


and those[D] little things you [A] do can fix [Bm] any mood I'm in


you’re like [G]sunshine shining warmly [D] beneath my [A]skin




verse 2


.




[D]You always chose to [A] stay when most [Bm] would walk away


And you [G] pretend I make you [D] happy even when [A] I don't


And time [D]keeps on rolling [A] the years have [Bm] gone by so fast


you know [G] you weren’t my first love but [D]you’ll always be my[A] last


.


.


Chorus


[D]You’re always asking me [A] why I love you,


but I [Em]can only smile and say it’s [D]just because


oh,[D]just when I think it can’t get [A]any better than this,


it seems [Em] you always seem to find a way it [D] does



yeah, [A]you always seem to [G] find a way it [D] does


.


verse 3


.




[D]Even when we’re [A]apart, you're always [Bm] on my mind


It’s like [G] I can hear your voice [D]floating in the [A] breeze


You’re in [D] every moment [A] tucked deep [Bm] inside my heart


Like a [G] melody that plays [D]and carries me through [A]the dark


.


Chorus


[D]You’re always asking me [A] why I love you,


but I [Em]can only smile and say it’s [D]just because


oh,[D]just when I think it can’t get [A]any better than this,


it seems [Em] you always seem to find a way it [D] does


yeah, [A]you always seem to [G] find a way it [D] does


.




sing a cappella


yeah...just when I think it can’t get any better than this,


you always find a way that it does


and if you ask me why I love you, well, it’s just because





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194 Reply by TIGLJK

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Richard,
Honestly, that was the performance of all the ones you've posted, that I have enjoyed the most !
Awesome !!!! Thank you for sharing - the banjo just added to it! 

Jim

ps

it was also nice to open Chordie and see something actually posted rather than dumb spam crap     

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195 Reply by TIGLJK

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This is a great Jazz    Miles Davis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDqULFUg6CY 

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vh7oIP-QSHs

Lee Morgan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJi03NqXfk8

and lastly, a little Coltrane

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

Hope this fills your Jazz appetitie today !

Cheers and Enjoy

Jim

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196 Reply by TIGLJK

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Graham, 
That was the Ribblehead train station in the Yorkshire Dales National Park

That railway looks so cool.

Two years I rode a train from Edinburgh to London - 6 hours  but iw was very scenic and beautiful

Jim     

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197 Reply by TIGLJK

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Graham

That was cool !
Here is a song I wrote over 11 years ago when one of my best friends was down b/c his wife left him.
https://soundcloud.com/james-kenyon-997 … he-feeling
check out the picture Graham  smile     

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198 Topic by TIGLJK

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https://youtube.com/shorts/Y1jXupsNygY? … bsMTf751h7         Life in the fast lane

https://youtube.com/shorts/-udEb9hCyFs? … l8Kw-UcBoZ           Bridge over troubled water

https://youtube.com/shorts/QUmlSVIGRq0? … DkKAuswdJd          Hey Jude

https://youtube.com/shorts/eg-8EmoR-lQ? … ui-MN0FdKV           Life's been good

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IlUdeqVVqdo                                                                hotel California

enjoy


Cheers Jim

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199 Reply by TIGLJK

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dbernhar


I like it a lot !  were you at Mt. Blue Sky or Windy Peak ?

Keep them coming. 

TIGLJK     

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200 Reply by TIGLJK

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Thanks Jan
Yes it was - Vet I met a few years back. Haven't seen him since then !:(     

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