Thought lost, recently unearthed. Vocals by the inimitable Lucy Lyrical.

Mike's Stuff

If I Had a Boy Like You (feat Lucy Lyrical)

As I was in the final stages of mixing this song, something kept bothering me about the recording. I assumed it was due to my needing to add more vocal or instrumental effects to enhance the sound. 

But after numerous additions and changes, I kept coming back to the same conclusion; written in 1880, this song is already perfect in it's simplicity. 

So, I have removed all effects and stripped it down to just a bare vocal and instrumental with only some reverb added. 

http://youtu.be/IInuM08ApBk
https://www.facebook.com/KDSongs
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k.d. doherty~ Softly and Tenderly

I have always thought that I was born in the wrong era, at least in regards to my taste in the music that I prefer to sing and listen to.
I adore singing the old standards, almost more than any other genre. There is a simplicity to their melodies and lyrics that I have been drawn to since I first began singing. They don't write them like this anymore~

Written in 1952 by Pee Wee King, Chilton Price, and Redd Stewart. 

http://youtu.be/YKXQJct4G90
https://www.facebook.com/KDSongs
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k.d. doherty- You Belong To Me

A song about words...

Here are the lyrics:

I got the chords
but i can't find no words
just like walking down 
the empty roads

I had some love
but she didn't want mine
she made me feel that 
words that rhyme are crime

I wear a smile but 
i'm just a clown
pretending nothing's gonna
bring me down

Spend all my money
to paint my face
my tears are buried 
all over the place  

God i know this is 
what i deserve
Here to cry, she is there
and won't care

There's still some air
under the ground
i can assume the world
is round

I had some faith
but i have none
there was some hope
but it has gone

Lord i know this is 
what i deserve
Here to cry, noone's there
i don't care

The Words

A friend told me that he was learning In My Life, on the guitar and asked if I knew how to play it on the ukulele. I have several favorite Beatles songs; I Will, Hey Jude, Because, Something, to name just a few. I took that as a challenge and sat down to learn it. As I figured out the chords I found myself preferring to slow down the tempo and phrasing of the song as I do on many of the songs that I sing. As I sang it I realized that the lyrics mirrored many personal things in my life from my past, especially moving back to my hometown 2 years ago. I ended up playing and singing my version recently at a dear friend's memorial service back here at home. It was then that I realized that this was the next song that I wanted to record.

https://www.facebook.com/KDSongs

https://youtu.be/1nmW8IQ4eIM
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k.d. doherty~ In My Life (Beatles Cover)

I originally recorded this vocal a few months ago with only a ukulele for accompaniment. It was meant to be a simple version with just the vocal and uke. But after it was recorded, it just didn't feel quite right to me. So I kept the original vocal track and switched instead from the uke to the piano.

I kept hearing a specific arrangement in my head that I wanted to compose for the instrumentals and then began adding to the arrangement piece by piece over the next weeks. So what began as a simple and uncomplicated version of this beautiful and haunting song, ended up turning into something entirely quite different. I just love how music can move you to do that~

https://youtu.be/kFp5jYCrB-U

https://www.facebook.com/KDSongs/

k.d. doherty- Creep (Radiohead Cover)

1932, Connelly, Woods and Campbell. Dance tune played during Jack's "Ballroom" hallucinations in "The Shining." The first of three, arranged for uke and clarinets. All work and no play make Mike a Dull Boy. All work and no play make Mike a Dull Boy. All work and no play make Mike a Dull Boy. All work and no play make Mike a Dull Boy. All work and no play make Mike a Dull Boy. All work and no play make Mike a Dull Boy. All work and no play make Mike a Dull Boy. All work and no play make Mike a Dull Boy. All work and no play make Mike a Dull Boy...

Overlook Hotel Suite, part I: "Midnight with the Stars and You" (cover)

A quick cover recorded during a rainstorm...!  Lyrics & rough translation below.

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Original:

Nuo mano lango lig tavo durų
tūkstantis varstų.
Per visą naktį po visą miestą
šešėlių žingsniai.
Švaistūnas klevas žvangantį auksą
pavėjui žarsto.
Iš lapų saujos rudenio saulės nebesurinks.

Nuo mano delno lig tavo skruosto
prieblandos vėsios,
Šešėlių žingsniai, užburtas rūmas,
vaiduoklių aidas.
Per visą naktį lyg šiltą paukštį nešu ištiesęs
Tokį vienintelį, vienišą tokį
savo švelnumą.


Translation:

From my window to your door
there’s a thousand miles
Through all the night, throughout all the town, 
Shadowy footsteps
The prodigal maple tree scatters its gold downwind.
From a handful of leaves the autumn sun will never be gathered again.

Between my palm and your cheek
There are cool twilights,
Shadowy footsteps, a spellbound mansion, a haunted echo.
Throughout the night, like a warm bird, I offer
This singular, this lonely affection

Nuo Mano Lango (Vytautas Kernagis cover)

Music, lyrics and vocals by Irina
Guitar by AB

Featured on BBC Radio 6 Introducing Mixtape by Tom Robinson on 10.02.2020

One day, I don't know when
But scientifically speaking it is highly likely
When we meet again
I'll have a crush on you
You'll have no clue
What you have to say
You'll even try to run away
But soon enough you've got to see
You've got to have a crush on me

One day, one lucky day
Our hormone levels fluctuate and regulate our choices
When we meet again
One day, one lucky day
I'll pour some chemistry for you
I'll share biology with you
And soon enough you've got to see
You've got to have a crush on
Me gotta have a crush on
You gotta have a crush on me

You've Gotta Have A Crush On Me

A ridiculous song for ridiculous times, in honor of my friend Kim! 

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Can't try to make me what I'm not
Don't tell me I can't smell the rot
But nothing here's going to waste
Cuz I'm cooking up some real fresh shit without delay

(All I need's my)
Food processor love
Grind it hard and fast with just one touch
Holy fuck, we're killing the planet
Our president's a fuckwit bandit
But at least I've got my food processor love

Even if at first it might resist
Nevertheless we will persist!
Chop all the bullshit down to bits
Puree that false purity til it's smoother than your tits

(All I need's my)
Food processor love
Grind it hard and fast with just one touch
Holy fuck, there's a global pandemic
Idiocy remains systemic
But at least I've got my food processor love

Dear Mother Russia
Please abort your shitbag son
Not tryin' to rush ya
But it's high time this shit was done
Cuz I've fucking had enough
So I'm calling all your bluffs
And I'm ready to move onnnnnnnnn

(All I need's my)
Food processor love
Grind it hard and fast with just one touch
Holy fuck, the rich get richer
There's a glitch in the bigger picture
But at least I've got my food processor love

Food processor love
(Gazpacho!)
Food processor love
(Hummus n shit!)
Food processor love
(Ratatouille!)
At least I've got my food processor love
(Revolution!)

Food Processor Love (original song)

Referenced All Time Low by Jon Bellion, Sing for the Moment by Eminem, and Cupid's Chokehold by Gym Class Heroes. Kinda emo.

Probably would be good with female vocals and a rapper, but that aint me.

The sax outro is a rip from something, but I dont know what!

Lyrics:

I rub the soap in my wounds
It's part of me now

I bite the skin round my wounds
It's part of me now

I get the pain from my wounds
It's inside of my head
It's inside of my head
It's part of me now

It's part of me now
It's inside of my head
It's inside of my head
It's part of me now

ah fuck

Part Of Me Now

ClarileleMike has been compared to both Leonard Cohen and Jonathan Richman -- not favorably, of course, but still. He appears frequently in Boston clubs, usually at the bar, or in the dumpster around the side if it's after closing time. He plays the clarinet, ukulele, guitar, mandolin, and a few other instruments, all badly.

Thanks so much for listening!