Name: The Mountain Song by ElvisOddball AKA
Duration: 4 min 56 s
Description: Lyrics largely written while descending Helvellyn in the English Lake District amidst the buzz of ascending it via the challenging 'Striding Edge'. The music followed as soon as I got back to my guitar. Flanging out the chords on the piano felt a bit 'Lennon' and the arrangement came from there.

this song gave me a great feeling, really good 🔥

hearing the bowie/roxy influences on this. Liked it a lot

nice piano guitar bass drumming and vocals

A good throw back to the 70s clever new wave bands that made a difference with there songwriting . Good stuff 👍

Nice strings, sort of ELO, which itself possibly fits in with the Lennon connection! Added to DON'T STOP CARING playlist https://soundcloud.com/gothic-funk/sets/dont-stop-caring-various?si=afbfcafd4957452c97324ed2282cd922&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Lyrics largely written while descending Helvellyn in the English Lake District amidst the buzz of ascending it via the challenging 'Striding Edge'. The music followed as soon as I got back to my guitar. Flanging out the chords on the piano felt a bit 'Lennon' and the arrangement came from there.

Left of Hardin

The Mountain Song

Another track I did, it gets pretty crazy.
A demo track.

Gonden - True Deception

MIK's Tape

Sanks Very Much

Hé Mrs Gazoline, arrête ta frime, t’es démodée.
Hé Mrs Gazoline, et tes fossiles sont bitumés.
Cheveux au vent, sur ta Harley, lunettes noires, blouson clouté, Easy rider en liberté… Route 66 vers Santa Fé, rock&roll, in L.A.
Hé Mrs Gazoline, arrête ta frime, t’es démodée.
Hé Mrs Gazoline, et dans le ciel, t’es éthérée.
Dans ta combinaison anti-G, main sur le manche, regard d’acier,
Looping Top-Gun en liberté… Une escadrille de têtes brulées, rock&roll, in L.A.
Tonique, tellement tonique,
Toxique, extrêmement toxique.
Hé Mrs Gazoline, arrête ta frime, t’es démodée.
Hé Mrs Gazoline, ton énergie, est carbonée.
Porsche 550, Spyder, à l’est d’ Eden, et d’ailleurs,
Fureur de vivre en liberté… Route 4.6.6 Californie, rock&roll, in L.A.
Tonique, extrêmement tonique,
Toxique, tellement toxique.
Hé Mrs Gazoline, arrête ta frime, t’es démodée.
Hé Mrs Gazoline, ton corps de rêve, est gazouté.
A toute allure sur la chaussée, Ford Mustang, débridée
Un homme une femme en liberté… Un dérapage controlé, rock&roll, in L.A.

Mrs Gazoline

Rehearsal.

Chasing The Dream

I have been invited by Combstead @markcombs-928282858
to play some lead guitar on a piece of him. The piece he provided to me was such a wonderful ballad, that I immediately got the ideas for the clean guitars. The solos were flowing due to Marks great and inspiring composition! 
So I feel very honored by that and I am looking forward to further collaborations with him.
I hope you will enjoy this as well as we do!
Have fun, it’s rock!

Pushing Daisies

Combstead & N.o.b.S.  - Pushing Daisies

Way back, back when animals used to talk,... from 2006 til 2011 I visited New York almost yearly. Every trip was different, but there had been one constant: a visit to Ellis Island

The visit touched me every single time and way back in 2006 I decided to write a song about it. This is the result of that vow...

A song about searching for a better, safer life... The story of  emigration, leaving all you have behind hoping for something better. The story of so many a hundred years ago, the story of so many today...

Red Star Line

This is the orchestral version of the original piano track "Ode To memory". Piano, melody and mastering by EALE productions and orchestration by @cody_sell. Thank you once again for an awesome collaboration. Please like/comment/repost if you enjoy the track.

Ode To Memory - Orchestra Version (feat. Cody Sell)

Mixed and Mastered by Woods Studio
soundcloud.com/woods_studio

A New Year's song about exactly where we are at this point in our lives.

Lyrics:

Goodbye old year, 
It was a better one, but not for everyone,
We found old friends and held them near.
Plenty of sighs,
The long goodbye was tough, we couldn’t get enough,
Of the love that lived, behind those dark eyes.

Sing for the New Year on its way, sing for the joy we feel today,
And that we’re still around, we haven’t run aground yet, and we’re happy to say
The future’s gonna be just fine, so says this bottle of red wine,
Still a lot to see, we’re on a livin’ spree now, a livin’ spree now.

No crystal ball,
But from our past we know, the way it’s gonna go
We’ll keep on lovin’ one and all.
More to unpack,
We wanna feel it all, before the final call,
Because you never know, we might not come back.

Sing for the New Year on its way, sing for the joy we feel today,
And that we’re still around, we haven’t run aground yet, and we’re happy to say
The future’s gonna be just fine, so says this bottle of red wine,
Still a lot to see, we’re on a livin’ spree now, a livin’ spree now.

For quite some time our plans were shattered, battered, woah-oh-oh
For too much time life has been stopped up, locked up, woah-oh-oh
And now it feels time may have run out, spun out, 
But you’ll see, whoa-oh, we’ll make up for lost time.   

Sing for the New Year on its way, sing for the joy we feel today,
And that we’re still around, we haven’t run aground yet, and we’re happy to say
The future’s gonna be just fine, just ask this bottle of red wine,
Still a lot to see, we’re on a living spree now, a livin’ spree now.
Woah-oh, oh-oh, oh…..

Spree

Trade Places

I am a singer-songwriter originally from Liverpool (yes, that one; home to Cilla, Everton FC and a few other cultural icons) and now living in Kent, near London, UK. I play in a ‘punk n’roll' covers band called the The Oddball 3 and my own songs solo at open mics. I’m a music nerd/geek obsessed with The Beatles and Bowie and like lots more: Costello (btw my ‘Elvis’ moniker is a nickname I picked playing rugby football – I think I started one season with a decent set of sideburns!), Squeeze, R.E.M., Smiths, Roxy, Bolan, Springsteen, Neil Finn etc. Partial to a bit of synth / electronica/ country/ SKA/ reggae/ Motown/Stax soul too – a very eclectic mix of inspirations and influences. I’m a vinyl and CD junkie and overall,  listening to, playing and writing music is my life's passion...... However, I try ,nonetheless, not to take myself too seriously and I do this 100% for fun and while I dream of writing a classic song(s) from which the publishing could allow me to quit the day job (I'm a school teacher) realistically, I have no ambition other than for friends and strangers to give me the privilege of their valuable time to listen to my songs; and, as a bonus, if they like it; maybe click and comment. I record all my stuff on my iPad using Garageband for iOS. Yeah; for sure I could get a better sound if I used X,Y and Z or mixed this up and that down etc. but I'm honestly not really bothered. Generally, I’m lo-fi, vintage, retro, 20th century kind of guy and everything I present here is purely a demo. It is all about the songs and the sound ‘idea’ for me and not the performance. Although I believe that I’m a very competent/experienced, (albeit technically ‘unadventurous’) guitar player; I’ll hold my hands up to a limited singing range and looping and pre-sets save my life given my keyboard skills extend barely beyond being able to flange out chords with one or two not accompanying bass notes. If you want to talk about my (or your) songs that's cool; as is anything geeky/nerdy about any of the artists above or similar. However, please don't get in touch with production tips and suggestions, because in the nicest possible way, I’m not that interested in such things - But I won't be rude if you don't read this first :) More than anything, think it’s really important that artists respect each other’s’ work even if they don’t like or rate it highly. Anyway, Love and Peace, ElvisOddball AKA Michael Murray

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