Saturn Cinque

A real pleasure to present to you perhaps the strangest song I have ever collaborated on. Gary simply sent me a line of prose to be used as an acrostic, where each word is the beginning of a line of lyrics. Nothing else. Blank canvas. The original words are "Show Those Ones You Love That They Are Adored Fully, Encompassed Within My Daily Thoughts Are Peaceful Intentions Towards Them All"

He asked me to make up some lyrics and a melody, any key, then to sing the tune to a click track and he would do the rest. To top it off the title of the song is acronymous - ACRONYM standing for the full title, which is "A collaborative record of nostalgia, yearning (&) memories"

Acronym

Show that I love you and hold all
Those memories close to my heart..those
Ones that we all made together. 
You mean all the world what we call
Love has been from the start..the thing
That will unite us forever. 
They make us gold
Are all we know
Adored until we're old
Fully complete

Encompassed by magic and fire
Within our safe house, desire, yeah 
My future is with you together 
Daily my prayer to our Maker, our
Thoughts mingle sweetly forever 
Are only of one and the other
Peaceful night
Intentions right
Toward the light, hold
Them tight
All complete

I did my usual trick of slapping something down, nipping to Bruges to check that the Trappist Monks were still making beer to my rigorous personal standards and leaving all the heavy lifting to him. Through an elaborate ritual of digital ceremonial magic, electronic alchemy, Job-like patience and wiffle dust he has produced this. Fascinating how he uses tonal and atonal harmony to create tension, power and release, matching it so well to the emotion of the words.

The lyrics are a paean to family and friends, his, mine, yours, ours.
If you've not experienced Gary and Jamie's work, please check them out
https://soundcloud.com/one-other where he has also uploaded this collaboration
https://soundcloud.com/one-other/acronym

As Thom, https://soundcloud.com/esyrup agrees, time is our only enemy. :)

Initial words, music, arrangement and production: Gary
Additional lyrics and Vocals: Nick

Be good, you little rascals

Nick

Pic: Nick (Barry Beach South Wales)

Acronym - ThePhaige and Nicholas Ridiculous

[CONCEPT]
I dedicate this song to all the guitar kids around the world. Looking back on my days as a “guitar kid”, I couldn’t fit in at school and didn’t know how to make friends. Listening to my favorite rock bands and playing the guitar was not only my sole consolation but also helped me find hope in life. I want to tell you that there’s no reason to think that you're miserable because you’re alone. I believe real progress is made when you give your full attention to the task you’re engaged in and this can be done by embracing solitude. I conclude this with my favorite quote. “Without great solitude, no serious work is possible.” ― Picasso

[LYRCIS]
Guitar kids, guitar kids, 
Don't throw your dreams away
Guitar kids, guitar kids, 
Just carry on, day after day

Don't care what other kids say to you
Wipe the tears away
Plug your guitar into the amp
Let the music shout loud!

Hey, listen, kids,
When you feel you’re all alone in the world
Think in this way:
It’s time to focus on what you love
If you wanna make your dreams come true, 
You should embrace solitude
Don’t seek out 
And reach out for distractions

Guitar kids, guitar kids, 
No shortcuts, along the way
Guitar kids, guitar kids, 
Just carry on, day after day

Don't compare yourself with other kids
Just keep on your way
Plug your guitar into the amp
Let the music shout —

Hey, listen, kids,
When you feel you’re all alone in the world
Think in this way:
It’s time to focus on what you love
If you wanna make your dreams come true, 
You should embrace solitude
Don’t seek out 
And reach out for distractions

Guitar kids, guitar kids, 
Don't throw your dreams away
Guitar kids, Oh, guitar kids!

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