1 (edited by rogerguppy 2007-05-09 17:52:52)

Topic: "My Friend Pete"

I have just uploaded a new song to YouTube. Somewhat different to my other offerings I hope you enjoy it the URL is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAhxmSLhKUU

This song tell a true story; if you do not believe me check:

www.bigcharliepotatohead.com


My Friend PeteRoger Guppy 2007


[G][D] [C] [G]




My friend Pete is from the [G]Emerald Isle,


He [C]makes me laugh, always [G]wears a smile,


Lately he’s changing; I [D]fear it is bad,


I [C]think he is going [G]completely mad.




A friend set up ‘bigcharliepo[D]tatohead',


“I [C]want to be a part of [G]that, Pete said,


“I want to be seen on the [D]World Wide Web,


I [C]want to be famous be[G]fore I am [G7]dead.


[C]Peter, oh Peter, why can [G]you not see,


Just [D]what this friend is [G]doing to [G7]thee,


Your [C]pictures on there are [G]not really cool,


[D]They portray you as little more than a [G]fool.


[D][C][G]


The [G]cart ride in goggles, well [D]that’s not so bad,


But the [C]quick spiral downward is [G]so very sad,


A child’s Superman suit on [D]top of a car,



Is [C]taking the first step in [G]going too far.


Then to be strimming the [D]grass in the nude,


Well [C]Peter, my friend, this is [G]getting quite rude,


You next hide your bits with an [D]orange bush,


With [C]pictures like this and you [G]don’t even [G7]blush.


[C]Peter, oh Peter, why can [G]you not see,


Just [D]what this friend is [G]doing to [G7]thee,


Your [C]pictures on there are [G]not really cool,


[D]They portray you as little more than a [G]fool.


[D][C][G]


If men in white coats don’t put [D]you in a van,


Then the [C]Police may arrest you [G]if they can,


I am worried about this [D]path you do take,


You [C]want fame and fortune not [G]jail for heaven’s [G7]sake.


[C]Peter, oh Peter, why can [G]you not see,


Just [D]what this friend is [G]doing to [G7]thee,


Your [C]pictures on there are [G]not really cool,


[D]They portray you as little more than a [G]fool.


[C][G]


Roger

"Do, or do not; there is no try"

Re: "My Friend Pete"

well wrote out roger ,lol.

did your friend dress up and do silly things and dress down for this song or does he post pics of himself on the net like this?  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif" border=0 alt="Laughing">  good on him anyway.


and i know i asked before but i dont know if i got a reply or maybe i missed it but

what do you use to record?

and what drum machine do you use?



Ken

ye get some that are cut out for the job and others just get by from pretending

Re: "My Friend Pete"

Hi Ken,


Firstly the song is a true account. Pete did not dress for the song those photo's had previously appeared on the bigcharliepotatohead site.


To record I normally use Band-in-a-Box to create a backing track and then use a second hand Tascam Portastudio to overlay a second guitar and the oohs and ahhs. I then use this backing track and record my playing  and singing over it for the final take.


Roger

"Do, or do not; there is no try"

Re: "My Friend Pete"

Nice little romp Roger!  Love the 6/8 groove and the idea for the song.  Ironically, you have posted it on Darwin Day - the birthday of Charles Darwin who contemplated why some species thrive and prosper and others decline into oblivion.


Perhaps your friend Pete in his quest to rise above oblivion does not realize that clowns just don't get to pass on their genetic packets to willing and receptive females?  Unless of course there are female clowns out there - but if there are, they are probably an evolutionary fluke.


Come to think of it, there are an awful lot of clowns all about of late - my gracious, they must be breeding!  Perhaps clowns and buffoons are the harbingers of our specie's last twitching gasps before the next top predator gains dominance . . .


Now you've done it - you've gotten me thinking!  Who knows what'll happen next . . .

"That darn Pythagorean Comma thing keeps messing me up!"
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_comma[/url]

Re: "My Friend Pete"

....next there will be a new song from James McCormick warning that the increase in clowns and buffoons in society is the forewarning of the demise of man!


Pete enjoyed your comments and says that his aim in life is to make people smile he added that the best way to be happy is to learn to laugh at youself.


Roger

"Do, or do not; there is no try"