any one else having trouble with sound clouds new format?
177 2020-09-03 18:48:41
Re: Psychic Tealeaf (9 replies, posted in Poems)
I received a call from Miss Cleo awhile back, she is a medium who advertised psychic readings on TV. told me I had won two fee readings from Miss Cleo and what did I think about that? my answer was if she was so psychic then she would have known better than to dial my number and hung up on her
nice poem to Peatle
178 2020-09-01 22:12:45
Topic: the parking lot remake with chorus (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
https://soundcloud.com/mojo01/parking-lot
i played this song for for guitar playing friend of mine he liked it but said it really needed a chorus so we threw some ideas around and this is what i came up with , just more tears in your beers song writing from yours truly . personally i think it improved the song a lot
179 2020-09-01 22:12:42
Topic: the parking lot remake with chorus (0 replies, posted in Songwriting)
https://soundcloud.com/mojo01/parking-lot
i played this song for for guitar playing friend of mine he liked it but said it really needed a chorus so we threw some ideas around and this is what i came up with , just more tears in your beers song writing from yours truly . personally i think it improved the song a lot
180 2020-06-17 17:56:51
Re: Hello World! (11 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
welcome aboard
181 2020-06-05 20:38:41
Re: old age and drinking (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
mojo01 wrote:
havnt been on much lately, life gets in the way. hope every one is doing well dodging the riots and viruses . heres a new one
still a work in progress let me know what you think
as requested may be a couple more verses later , have some in the works
G C D G
turn out the lights before you go home
D C G
should I call you a ride or can you drive stoned
you can stay all night I dont care
you sleep on the floor or the easy chair
you can party all night if thats how you feel
but its getting late and ive had my fill
D G
I dont get mean and I dont get loud
I dont do things that will draw a crowd
sometimes the whiskey gets to head
D C G
and long abut mid night you will find me in bed
back in my youth I could party all day
I could party all night hell for three or four days
now I am much older and I aint so tough
one night of drinking and I'm feeling rough
your welcome to stay you can drink my beer
but it wont be long before I disappear
chorus
act your age my mama would say
but me and the whiskey could not obey
ive slowed down now my mama would be proud
turn that music its way to loud
the years and the whiskey have taken there toll
I never thought I'd feeling this old
chorus
182 2020-06-03 19:50:40
Topic: old age and drinking (5 replies, posted in Songwriting)
havnt been on much lately, life gets in the way. hope every one is doing well dodging the riots and viruses . heres a new one
still a work in progress let me know what you think
183 2020-05-10 02:16:32
Re: Little Richard (3 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
TIGLJK wrote:
He was an excitable boy !
Good music - had it really moving
A shame that it always has to come to this.
JK
aint nobody getting out alive
184 2020-03-23 16:52:56
Re: abayak blues or corona blues take your pick (4 replies, posted in Songwriting)
TIGLJK wrote:
Mojo
I am always a huge fan of your musical abilities and song writing.
would it be too much of a hassle for you to post the lyrics ?
I am so glad you have your music ability with you in Africa !
Have you ever thought of doing a song including some African beat - a la Paul Simon on his Graceland album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fmf9ZJ_Yn0Akeep them coming mojo !
Jim
Jim I really appreciate the complement. lol not sure I can pull the African bet myself though. nd no it is no trouble here are the lyrics and a brief explanation what they mean
E7
well the shelves are all empty
and the toilet paper its all gone
A7 E7
and I dont know what the f%&$ went wrong
B7
living on bens and rice
A7 E7
but still got my whiskey on ice
got plenty of beer in the corner ( we all went out and stock piled alcohol)
got whiskey on the shelf
I'm sitting here all alone just a drinking it by myself
I know this much is clear
this corona aint no beer
the apocalypses it must be coming
the whole world has lost is mind
think ill sit back and watch it I got a cold beer ill be just fine
no Walhalla in Douala ( local saying for no problem. Douala is a city in camaroon)
buying bush meat with my last dollar ( rats ,snakes, bats , lizards etc.)
had me a ticket
on an aero plane
but all those plans went down the drain
damn those frogs and krauts (air France and Lufthansa but to be fair the government stop all flights. I like the way it sounded)
left me stranded here without a doubt
I cant go home
I cant g back
now I sitting in quarantine here in ABAYAK ( Abayak is the name of the compound where we live)
their taking me away for a coupe weeks ( any one with symptoms or coming into the country must quarantine for two weeks at government facility)
to a private room somewhere on black beach (black beach Is the name of prison here where people go and are never heard from again)
so they would not take us to black beach ( I dont think)but that is a running joke around here to be arrested and
end up there.
185 2020-03-23 16:26:45
Re: abayak blues or corona blues take your pick (4 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Peatle Jville wrote:
Good one Mojo listening to your song it sounds like Beans and Rice are a big part of the diet where you are working.Good thing you got a bar to have some fun and of course the whisky on ice. That bush meat sounds like it might be a bit of hard going and getting a flight home not easy.
Peatle, we are not down to beans and rice yet but it is a big part of the local diet. just looking ahead to the coming months if this drags on in to the summer for us. the bush meat sold here consist of ..well any thing thats is with the exception of the crows for some reason. bats, lizards , snakes, rats, porcupines, monkey's, antelope( very small the size of a mall dog) cats, etc. the bar is still open and we all stocked up on our drink of choice for when the lock down comes. its not really that bad here , my coworker who are stuck offshore on the platforms have it worse.
thanks for listening to it
186 2020-03-22 19:21:16
Topic: abayak blues or corona blues take your pick (4 replies, posted in Songwriting)
I know most of you wont get a lot of the meaning this song, it was written for my coworkers stuck in Africa with me untill this madness is over.it gets a good laugh around the bar here. if any one is intrest in the meanings just ask I will explain. Mostly a humorous little song to help lighten the mood here,
in a tough situation. hope all the chordie family are doing ok and if you home with family be happy it could be a lot worse . hope you like the song
187 2020-03-18 05:18:30
Re: Corona Virus Blues (17 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
joe my sincere condolences for your loss , I apologize for not reading all the post and missing yours when first posted
188 2020-03-16 17:00:17
Re: Corona Virus Blues (17 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
stuck in darkest Africa at work my self, could be here awhile, did have the guys cracking up with a little quik tune I wrote yesterday . try to put it up when I get a chance.
ya,ll stay safe out there
190 2020-02-24 01:15:09
Re: The Girl In The Calico Dress (6 replies, posted in Songwriting)
has some catchy lines in it , will give it a go when I get some time ,
191 2020-02-18 02:56:46
Re: the promised land (14 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Grah1 wrote:
Hi Mojo I did the song at Settle folk club this week and it went down a storm I'll try and get a live recording for you if any one filmed it
thats awesome Graham , thanks hope some videoed it
192 2020-02-07 20:34:32
Re: the promised land (14 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Graham I would love to hear your version of it, I have no problem making changes if it improves it. I actualy started off with different chords and rhythm but did not work for my voice so kind of ended up with what you see .
and yes you have the meaning 100% correct two older brothers and my parents and eventually saying good bye myself
193 2020-02-06 20:09:21
Re: the promised land (14 replies, posted in Songwriting)
D C G
you let me get behind the wheel of your old 68
D C G
I busted that fords fender when I couldnt find the brake
fishing on the bayou and tubing on the beach
but that was many years ago and now your out of reach
D C G
you will be waiting for me on the other side
D C G
no need to think about it no need to wonder why
D C G
you will be waiting for me holding out your hand
D C
so leave a light on for me somewhere in
C G G D
the promise land
riding on the gas tank of your old Honda dream
I guess thats where I got it these bike and gasoline
it ended like you lived your life with some oddball disease
marching to a different tune you did just as you pleased
chorus
my mother and father never heard me play
I often think about it to this very day
I wonder if they ever knew I could write a song
looking forward to the day that they can sing along
chorus
we drive down to the levee she would look at me and grin
we learned about love and we learned how to sin
you know you stole my all those years ago
tell you right now baby there is something you should know
I'll be waiting for you on the other side
no need to think about it no need to wonder why
I'll be waiting for holding out my hand
I'll leave a light on for you some where in
the promised land
194 2020-02-05 00:11:46
Topic: the promised land (14 replies, posted in Songwriting)
https://soundcloud.com/mojo01/promised-land
this song started out as a single line " ill be waiting for you some where in the promised land" then it evolved into I'll be waiting for you on the other side no need to think about no need to wonder why I ll be waiting for you holding out my hand I,ll leave a light on for you some where in the promised land.
so now I have what I think is pretty chorus , where to go with it? well see for yourself let me know what you think about it
195 2020-01-20 04:51:52
Re: AN "OMG , FOR REALS?" Moment (6 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
thats great man
196 2020-01-11 14:08:51
Re: Living With The Voice Inside (13 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
thinking there is a country song in her shadylips ….maybe.
any way most of my songs start out a single line that usualy comes to me out of the blue and then build around it. 9 times out of ten it gets changed around in the end. I allways have trouble with coming up with a chorus for a song why many of mine do not have one. and that brings me around to what I am working on now , a line hit me the other day made a few adjustments and now have a great chorus I think. now need to build around it which opposite of what I usualy do .
197 2020-01-02 16:27:20
Re: Announcement (11 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Blwyddyn newydd dda I chwi gud,
Welsh looks hard
198 2020-01-02 05:21:24
Re: Love at First Sight (4 replies, posted in Songwriting)
like the way this flows cant wait to hear it
199 2020-01-02 05:19:01
Re: Announcement (11 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
great news Phil , my daughter let us know we a another one on the way also on Christmas . should be here around my birthday
200 2020-01-01 11:09:06
Re: HAPPY NEW YEAR (4 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
happy new years to every one hope its a good one