Name: The Volunteer by ElvisOddball AKA
Duration: 3 min 20 s
Description: People from Liverpool talk passionately about what they care about football and politics always are always topics you can get Scousers talking about. This is the tale of a very late night (a 'stay behind')in a pub talking about the latter with strangers and wishing we were talking about football. Worked hard to get the folky, sea shanty thing going on.

I like the flute in the back as well as the dylan-esque vibes!

Really clever lyrics!  Musically this hits me like a modern version of a pub singalong classic

Wonderful voice. Reminds me of one of the good guys...Willie Nile

'Wisdom Fist' from the album 'The Reaper Anthem' Produced, composed, written at my home address by myself all rights reserved hat man can ltd records  -https://hatmancan.ltd - Amazon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09QCFYFDZ/ref=dm_rwp_pur_lnd_albm_unrg

Wisdom Fist

Original composition.... Alejandro Gonzalez M.

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𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗶𝗺𝗮 𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗴𝗼 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗮 nasce do contacto revisitado entre a minha música e a poesia do Nuno Mangas-Viegas, com quem tenho partilhado esta sincronia entre som e palavra de tantas formas e há tanto tempo.
Musicalmente este tema é uma expressão muito autêntica de "onde eu estou agora", no que toca à forma como oiço música, componho e toco.

O poema "Queima o fogo a lenha" faz parte do livro de poesia e fotografia "Súbito Silente" e pode ser comprado aqui: https://particularec.bandcamp.com/merch/s-bito-silente-poesia-e-fotografia 

João Svayam : percussão (darbuka, tadu, cajon, djembe)cordas (guitar, bass), voz cantada
Nuno Mangas-Viegas : poema e voz declamada

𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗶𝗺𝗮 𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗴𝗼 𝗮 𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗮 is born from the revisited contact between my music and the poetry of Nuno Mangas-Viegas, with whom I have shared this synchrony between sound and word in so many ways and for so long.
Musically this theme is a very authentic expression of "where I am now", in terms of how I listen to music, compose and play.

The poem "Queima o fogo a lenha" is part of the poetry and photography book "Súbito Silente" and can be purchased here: https://particularec.bandcamp.com/merch/s-bito-silente-poesia-e-fotografia

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Queima O Fogo A Lenha

Translation above.

Sur le magnifique texte de Lucien Corma, un excellent auteur que je viens de découvrir.
Musique et voix : Myckaël Marcovic

Oublié

Une carte postale aux couleurs effacées
Envoyée par quelqu’un que je ne connais pas
Me dit que tout va bien, que tout est beau là-bas
Dans ce pays lointain que j’avais oublié

Seul dans cette maison où j’essaie de trouver
Un souvenir de moi un objet familier
Je ne vois sur les murs dans des cadres dorés
Que de fiers étrangers à jamais oubliés

Refrain
Oubliée ta voix
Oublié ton chant
Oublié ton rire emporté par le vent
Oubliée ta voix
Oublié ton chant
J’ai oublié ce que je savais de toi

Je suis parti un jour tout habillé de blanc
Je ne me souviens plus si quelqu’un m’attendait
La ville s’éloignait au bout des rails tremblants
J’ai laissé sur le quai un visage oublié

Tous ces gens que je croise à la tombée du soir
Ne savent pas qu’un jour moi aussi je nageais
Dans des eaux bien plus bleues que leur ciel de boulevard
Mais la plage est si loin qu’on l’a tous oubliée
(refrain)

La fraîcheur du matin engourdissait le port
Où le bateaux dansaient avec leurs ventres pleins
Le zigzag de ma vie s’échouait sur le corps
D’une sirène blonde qui me tendait la main

Dans un bar où dansaient des marins enfiévrés
Des filles à moitié nues montraient des dents de loups
Et leurs baisers brûlants me parfumaient le cou
M’emportaient hors du temps, me faisaient oublier
(refrain)
Oublier…

Un voyageur qui part, un autre qui revient
Se croisent sur le quai d’une gare endormie
Partir, puis revenir un jour au même point
Un soir au même point sur le i d’une vie

Paroles de Lucien Corma
Musique de Myckaël Marcovic, 31 janvier 2023

On the text of Lucien Corma, an excellent author that I have just discovered.
Music and voice : Myckaël Marcovic

Forgotten

A postcard with faded colors
Sent by someone I don't know
Telling me that all is well, that all is beautiful there
In this distant country that I had forgotten

Alone in this house where I try to find
A memory of me a familiar object
I see on the walls in golden frames
Only proud strangers forever forgotten

Refrain
Forgotten your voice
Forgotten your song
Forgotten your laughter carried by the wind
Forgotten your voice
Forgotten your song
I have forgotten what I knew of you

I left one day all dressed in white
I don't remember if anyone was waiting for me
The city was moving away at the end of the trembling rails
I left a forgotten face on the platform

All these people that I pass at nightfall
Do not know that one day I too was swimming
In waters much bluer than their sky of boulevard
But the beach is so far that we all forgot it
(refrain)

The freshness of the morning numbed the port
Where the boats danced with their full bellies
The zigzag of my life ran aground on the body
Of a blond mermaid who held out her hand to me

In a bar where fevered sailors danced
Half-naked girls were showing wolves' teeth
And their burning kisses perfumed my neck
Carried me out of time, made me forget
(refrain)
To forget...

A traveler who leaves, another who returns
Cross themselves on the platform of a sleeping station
To leave, then to return one day to the same point
One evening at the same point on the i of a life

Words by Lucien Corma
Music by Myckaël Marcovic, 31 January 2023

Oublié (Lucien Corma / Myckaël Marcovic)

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People from Liverpool talk passionately about what they care about football and politics always are always topics you can get Scousers talking about. This is the tale of a very late night (a 'stay behind')in a pub talking about the latter with strangers and wishing we were talking about football. Worked hard to get the folky, sea shanty thing going on.

Charles Hardin

The Volunteer

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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