I first wrote and demo’d this song in 2012.  A year later, I recorded an updated version with some new lyrics and a bit more effort into the audio quality. I then got a bit distracted with moving house and raising a couple of young kids.

A decade later, I finally got around to finishing the mix.  Like I said, I was distracted.

There’s more half finished songs still sitting around on my hard drives, and who knows maybe I’ll be back soon to share them with you.

On the other hand, I might disappear for another 10 years. It happens.

Anyway, this is “Turn The Tide” - the 2013/2023 version.

Written, performed, recorded and produced by me, in collaboration with a decade-younger version of me.

~Bob

Turn The Tide

Unfortunate, but true.
by me.

I might record new version of this one day, but I like to leave it here as a little reminder for myself of where this "All Things Bob" adventure began. Recorded, dubbed and mixed on a phone, Feb 2012 :)

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"First of all an apology
I know its been a while since I last got in touch
Though you really haven't missed much
I've really just been getting on with getting on
Taking pictures of the void
All the while I'm trying to avoid admitting what everyone already knows

So now we're playing the blame game
Old pictures in new frames
Hungover, and then all over again
The cause and the cure is you
Unfortunate, but true

I'm not quite sure how we got here
I just know that it seems so long
Seems like we started to lose our touch
Maybe we needed too much?
So now we just need to move along and get along
It's a chance to start again
Although it seemed so easy back then, and it really should not be this hard

So now we're playing the blame game
Old pictures in new frames
Hungover, and then all over again
The cause and the cure is you
Unfortunate, but true

I'm not looking for changes
But my heart disengages
I fall over and then we need it again
I don't know what we need to do
But I guess we'll have to make do"

Unfortunate, but true

Turn The Tide. 
by me.

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"Grant me anonymity
So I can have autonomy
I'm sick of the monotony
I need you here on top of me
Divided by infinity
I think she might be into me
I know we need a holiday
Maybe I've got too much to say

Look at the time, I think it's time you were mine
I think you realise that we're crossing the line again
I'm on your side as your emotions divide
Let's get it right now before I'm gone in the head
A bumpy landing, the horizon ahead
I want to help you decide as we turn the tide"

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Download FREE!

I'm fine now.
by me.

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"Don't think I'm too proud to ask you a favour,
I do what I can and I'm on my best behaviour,
There's dark and there's light and there's something in between,
A mind that is dirty, a body that's clean
But I'm always on your side
Even when I've been denied
You're my guide

Don't think that I'm home and that I never waver
I know that it's there I remember the flavour
But I'm glad you're by my side
Eyes wide

I went too far; too close; enough!
I need to draw the line now
I took away my crutch 
And tried to grow a spine now.

Can't I take you home?

Don't think that I'm home I remember the flavour
I know that it's there and sometimes I waver
A body that's dirty, a mind that is clean,
Now there's dark, and there's darker, there's nothing in between

And now you're by my side
I hope that you don't mind

I've done what I can, and now I need a favour
Just promise me you'll catch me when I need a saviour

And I need you by my side

I went too far; too close; enough!
I need to draw the line now
I've had too much, and not enough, 
But apparently I'm fine now.
I took away my crutch 
And tried to grow a spine now.
I've had too much, and not enough, 
But apparently I'm fine now.

Can't I take you home with me?"

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I'm fine now

Seasons.
by me.

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"Certainty leaves me, ostensibly grieving
For times when my reasons were clear

Free form and hasty, organically chaste 
In pursuit of ambition so dear

I need reminding, and redefining now

Compromise, on your side
Each to their own
We breeze through the seasons
And pay as we grow

I need reminding, and redefining now

Words have no meaning, but spoken with feeling
Austerity coated with soul

I'm older not wiser, I blindly define
A design which looks homely, but cold

Maybe it's kinder, to let reminders go?

Compromise, on your side
Each to their own
We breeze through the seasons
And pay as we grow

Put it behind me, it can't define me
I'll just pretend I know"

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Seasons

Home.
by me.

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"When the epiphany came it seemed familiar
When calculating the risk, results were similar
Establish function and form, and learn the science of art
Wants and needs a million miles-
apart from any other reason, reason has us digging a hole
Does not compute, but it's a binary decision to fold
Or to twist, our differences resolved with a fist
The dichotomy inside will persist

I know that we are alive, and all together alone
And now that I have arrived, I know I wanna come home
Do you see what I am? I am but binary code
And I don't know where I am, but I know I'm not home
Can I come home?

We tried to rinse and repeat the same old formula
Believed that we were the one in several million
Critical thinking abandoned for an irrational heart,
Mind and matter set to-
depart on an intangible path to ambiguity
Final analysis comes and brings uncertainty
A life of zeroes and ones, where choices can't be undone
What are we programmed to become?

I know that we are alive, and all together alone
And now that I have arrived, I know I wanna come home
Do you see what I am? I am but binary code
And I don't know where I am, but I know I'm not home
Can I come home?

When can I come home?
We're all together alone"

Video with lyrics: http://youtu.be/BRQUGv-r_R4

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Home

Let it go.
by me.

[UPDATE: 19/06/13 - I've been tinkering with the mix on this one to try and conquer my compression demons! Let me know if you can hear any improvement!]

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Can I fill this vacancy? 
Count on nobody but me 
Justify my own decisions

Am I in ascendancy? 
Is it just a fallacy? 
I defy my own position

As my self-esteem implodes 
And my senses overload 
Am I obsessed or simply driven?

As I have no self defence 
So I face the consequence 
Nothing taken nothing given

Let it go 
Tell and show 
Thick and thin 
Under my skin 
There's no sense here any more 
Should have ended long before 
No more barricade around us 
The world is waiting, let it in

We have no sense of direction to 
Look ahead and move it forward through
We have no sense of direction

If I acted decently 
Maybe you would notice me 
But I'm not sure it's that easy

There's a vacuum in my soul 
And I need a different goal 
Take it back to the beginning

Let it go 
Tell and show 
Thick and thin 
Under my skin 
There's no sense here any more 
Should have ended long before 
No more barricade around us 
The world is waiting, let it in

True, I guess that we are through 
There can be nothing new 
Now we have no sense of direction to

Somewhere we can glue 
Ourselves together to 
Try to look ahead and move it forward
(x3)

And it's been noted recently 
That I'm acting differently 
Try to understand my reasons

I need you to be my tree 
Create oxygen for me 
Cos without you I'll stop breathing

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Let it go

Where The Wild Things Are
Arranged, Performed and Recorded by me
Written by Brittany Toennies -  a.k.a. Dolll - https://soundcloud.com/cocaineqwack

Inspired by the story of the same name, recorded as a tribute to author Maurice Sendak who would have been 85 years old this week.

Check out the Dolll original version here: https://soundcloud.com/cocaineqwack/where-the-wild-things-are

"In and out of weeks and
almost a year away,
Made a king of
misfits just like he,

Wearing the skin of 
the thing that he'd
slaughtered to become
misfortune made

Name and blameless,
banded, running free,
the earth beneath their
weightless, soundless feet.

Where the wild things are
in a forest very far away…
And innocents do come,
so sweetly led through
night and day...

Home did twine like
whispers while he'd sleep,
and, one night he tried,
to find he could not leave,

Yellow-eyed and 
jealous brothers 
bared their teeth
most frighteningly

With desperation, "Stop!"
he cried, now trapped
for they would not
renounce their king

Where the wild things are
in a forest very far away…
And innocents do come,
so sweetly led through
night and day"

Where The Wild Things Are

I'm pleased to present a new interpretation of my track "Let It Go", put together by dance music artist/producer Steve Peck - aka "digitalmisfits". Steve is a very talented guy with some fantastic off-the-wall ideas, and I've really enjoyed our on-line collaboration over the last few weeks. 

And when I say "collaboration", I must say that all the hard work has been done by Steve! All I've really done is mail him occasionally with the odd comment like "ooh I like that bit", and "this bit reminds me of Aphex Twin - Cool!".

Be sure to check out his soundcloud page: http://soundcloud.com/stevepeck, and if you haven't heard the original of this track you will find it here: http://soundcloud.com/allthingsbob/let-it-go

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Let it go (digitialmisfits remix)

All of the stuff below was written a decade ago so none of it is really relevant any more.
~Bob (2023)

Geek. Miserable so-and-so. Square peg in a round hole with daydreams of living happily ever after by the sea.

After almost a decade as songwriter, bassplayer and singer with the band Betamax, with all it's highs and lows, I found myself suffering a severe case of writers block. All Things Bob is my attempt to find a cure with an ongoing and growing collection of musical experiments. All music, instrumentation, lyrics, recording and production is done by me. My techniques, both from a song-writing and production point of view, are constantly evolving and improving. I started with a four-track iPhone app and an acoustic guitar in March 2012. 

Hopefully, you'll like like what you hear on my page, and enjoy listening to my journey from just a year ago when I was genuinely unsure if I would ever be able to write another song....

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Oh and it should go without saying, but just to be clear - All songs are written, performed and produced by me (unless otherwise stated).

Below are some reviews of my work to date:

"(All Things Bob) is now trying his hand at a solo career and with his new single ‘Home‘, he proves he’s on to a winner.

Having already reached the summit of the MRU charts, this infectiously catchy, up tempo electronically-generated tune has all the makings of a great pop song that could very well take the charts by storm, particularly with summer approaching. With an interesting fusion of musical styles based around a standard guitar/drum/keyboard backing section it is brilliantly enhanced with a deliciously bubblegum pop electronic melody. ‘Home‘ has echoes of recently successful indie-pop acts such as Yeasayer, Cut Copy or Miike Snow, and will no doubt generate similar levels of appeal.

The song’s technological age-inspired lyrics are ironically geeky, adding a bit of tongue-in-cheek charm to proceedings, while the memorable chorus hook together with Bob's David Byrne-esque vocal delivery both add to the like-ability factor. Perfectly timed, perfectly weighted and without an irritating over-reliance on electronic after effects, it is very difficult not to like a song like ‘Home.

This single will almost certainly be a massive hit and a great springboard for his All Things Bob solo-project."
~James Glynn, Music Review Unsigned

"Former Bass player and songwriter of Betamax, All Things Bob offers some catchy melodies that are fused with some enjoyable electronic undertones."
~ Outskirt Noise

"Writing, playing, singing and recording everything himself, his music ranges from classic British guitar-pop to bedroom-electro oddness and grungy guitar rage, mixing it all into an astonishingly accomplished and melodic pure pop whole"
~ Rich Morris, Soundblab.com

"...the New Wave genre is blown wide apart by his streamlined Power-Pop and Punk diversity" 
~ Andy Woodcraft, Mojophenia

"There's no sign of a struggle for material; these tracks sound fully-formed and well though out. Most recent track 'Drone (Happiness Awaits You)' could have graced a Graham Coxon album, in fact many songs here have a touch of Blur about them. The sound is still punky (see 'Turn The Tide' or 'Another Life') but includes a few sonic experiments in the background. As far as highlights go then 'Unselected' stands out, sounding at points like it could be the work of Bob Mould; when he does slow things down for 'Seasons' the standard is the same, proving this is no one-trick pony. With the writers block banished (are we reassured of this on the excellent 'I'm Fine Now'?) we can surely now look forward to more things Bob."
~ soundofconfusion.co.uk

"....split up new wave with punk, and a bit of pop, it would sound like this"
Aaron Phillips, Amazing Radio

"...a really versatile artist"
Dana McKeon, Explosive Unsigned Radio

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