I Just Want You

Enough is Enough

This is a song I wrote in honour of the Royal Wedding. Well, it sort of is. I better tell you the story.

You see, I know *Kate. Or I used to. Katie and I knew each other better than anyone in the world. I first met her when I was on a family holiday in Cornwall. I was getting to that age where you want to just go off and do stuff on your own, and so had climbed out over the rock pools near St. Ives. She was sitting quite a long way out, arms wrapped round her knees, staring toward the sun setting over the sea. As I got closer, two things became instantly apparent - firstly, that she was upset about something. Secondly, she was the most beautiful girl I had ever laid eyes upon.
We didn’t say much to each other, but somehow, naturally, inexplicably ended up in each other’s arms. I kept her warm. Before we knew it, it was almost dark and we had to make the treacherous journey back to the harbor, over the sharp rocks. Despite its clear danger, we laughed all the way back, catching each other as we slipped and slided. The holiday lasted for four more days, and we spent almost every second of it together. Just walking around. And, although we didn’t kiss, we were attached at the hand.

We kept in touch with letters, mostly, until we both got mobile phones. As we got older, we would steal off during school holidays and stay at friends’ houses, halfway between wherever we were at the time. Sometimes we would kiss, and it was clear that we both were just waiting until we left home to start our life together.

And just before that was to happen, the world came tumbling down around us. This bit, I cannot write about in detail, but I was mostly to blame. After a series of events, we decided to meet and discuss ‘us’. It was pretty clear that this would be all or nothing. We met at a Holiday Inn. And we would either check out the next morning as a couple for life, or two souls heading their separate ways.

I think the song says which happened. She went off to university at the end of that summer, and the rest is history.

I will watch the wedding today. And every time she’s on screen, every time those eyes I know so well light up, I’ll feel the best and worst of myself. Once they looked at me.

I am happy for you, Katie. I just wish I could tell you that.
*Everything from here on is completely fictional. OR IS IT? Yes, it is. OR IS IT? Yes.


You Gave That Look To Me

A short piece of music about seeing something beautiful.

Contact

Here's a remix what I done of ace Justin Timberlake song innit.

I did this ages ago, but it's not too awful. Slightly dodgy production.

It's just Justin.

Like I Love You (db remix)

A Bruce Springsteen cover, recorded in three hours, at the behest of Twitter. I adopted a funny American accent, in keeping with the themes of the song, and also played a very bad, very silly guitar solo. Can you tell I smoked a lot of alcohol and drank several cigarettes last night?

Pink Cadillac

The second Twitter cover. Last night I asked people to suggest boy band tracks to record. @NathanPottinger and @Pixiegigs suggested this (I've got a feeling someone else did too, but I can't find it in my replies list...). I'm not ashamed to admit that I really liked this song when it came out. Great pop single. Anyway, I'm not sure what I did to it, but here it is: 5ive's smash hit "Keep on Movin'". The end is a bit of a cacophony, but there you go.

Keep on Movin'

A demo version of a song I recorded last year. I will leave it up to you to try and deduce what it is about. I am expecting wild and fierce speculation. As usual, the parts vary in quality and technical prowess due to my cackhandedness and short attention span.

What Happens Next

Short demo recorded on a Sunday voice ravaged by alcohol and cigarettes. There's one good harmony bit.

Dan Beames