QUIRKY KARAOKE

Something I do for fun, as a sideline to my own music, is use old moreish instrumentals, write lyrics for them, and add my vocals, basically to prove I can even interpret moreish music, so anyone out there who does anything like this, put me to the test. 
You may think how crazy, but I would love to throw in tunes like this during a stage show that bounces around from one genre to the next, the kind of totally unpredictable set that attracts the most eclectic and eccentric audience on the planet,; the only kind of live performance I could really enjoy doing!

TWO KINDS OF LOVE

THIS IS A NORTHERN SOUL INSTRUMENTAL CALL, ASTRAL TRIP. I'VE USED THE ORIGINAL MUSIC, SIMPLE WRITING LYRICS FOR IT, AND ADDING VOCALS.

THIS IS A SIDE PROJECT TO MY OWN MUSIC; THE TUNES I POST ON THIS PAGE ARE ALL OLD INSTRUMENTALS, MAINLY NORTHERN SOUL, BUT ALSO CULT THEMES--HENCE THE REASON WHY I USE THE ARTIST NAME, QUIRKY KARAOKE, AS THIS DESCRIBES THE CONCEPT EMPLOYED!

DEAD WOMAN WALKING (BABYLON AND ON)

THIS IS A NORTHERN SOUL INSTRUMENTAL CALLED, I HAVE FAITH IN YOU. I'VE USED THE ORIGINAL MUSIC, SIMPLE WRITING LYRICS FOR IT, AND ADDING VOCALS.

THIS IS A SIDE PROJECT TO MY OWN MUSIC; THE TUNES I POST ON THIS PAGE ARE ALL OLD INSTRUMENTALS, MAINLY NORTHERN SOUL, BUT ALSO CULT THEMES--HENCE THE REASON WHY I USE THE ARTIST NAME, QUIRKY KARAOKE, AS THIS DESCRIBES THE CONCEPT EMPLOYED!

ANGELA BECKONS IN MY DREAMS

THIS IS A NORTHERN SOUL INSTRUMENTAL CALLED, ELIJAH ROCKIN WITH SOUL. I'VE USED THE ORIGINAL MUSIC, SIMPLE WRITING LYRICS FOR IT, AND ADDING VOCALS.

THIS IS A SIDE PROJECT TO MY OWN MUSIC; THE TUNES I POST ON THIS PAGE ARE ALL OLD INSTRUMENTALS, MAINLY NORTHERN SOUL, BUT ALSO CULT THEMES--HENCE THE REASON WHY I USE THE ARTIST NAME, QUIRKY KARAOKE, AS THIS DESCRIBES THE CONCEPT EMPLOYED!

PASSPORT TO NOWHERE

THIS IS A NORTHERN SOUL INSTRUMENTAL CALLED, BOK TO BACH. I'VE USED THE ORIGINAL MUSIC, SIMPLE WRITING LYRICS FOR IT, AND ADDING VOCALS.

THIS IS A SIDE PROJECT TO MY OWN MUSIC; THE TUNES I POST ON THIS PAGE ARE ALL OLD INSTRUMENTALS, MAINLY NORTHERN SOUL, BUT ALSO CULT THEMES--HENCE THE REASON WHY I USE THE ARTIST NAME, QUIRKY KARAOKE, AS THIS DESCRIBES THE CONCEPT EMPLOYED!

SOMEONE ELSE'S GIRL

THIS IS A CULT TV INSTRUMENTAL FROM THE 60's/70's CULT TV PUPPET SERIES, CAPTAIN SCARLETT. I'VE USED THE ORIGINAL MUSIC, SIMPLY WRITING LYRICS FOR IT, AND ADDING VOCALS.

THIS IS A SIDE PROJECT TO MY OWN MUSIC; THE TUNES I POST ON THIS PAGE ARE ALL OLD INSTRUMENTALS, MAINLY NORTHERN SOUL, BUT ALSO CULT THEMES--HENCE THE REASON WHY I USE THE ARTIST NAME, QUIRKY KARAOKE, AS THIS DESCRIBES THE CONCEPT EMPLOYED!

SHE'S A DISASTER (WALKING DISASTER)

The backing music is Dancing in the Streets - The Funk Brothers

I do these tunes, adding my lyrics and vocals to classic or cult tunes, to prove I can adapt to, and interpret, any music, and do a damn good job of it in the process.

SWIMMING IN THE LAKE backing music DANCING IN THE STREET - FUNK BROTHERS

The backing track is the Four Tops classic BABY I NEED YOUR LOVING performed by THE FUNK BROTHERS. The alternative lyrics and vocals are mine.

UNTIL THE END OF TIME backing music BABY I NEED YOUR LOVING - FUNK BROTHERS

GOLDERS GREEN w.i.p.

SUFFERIN' SUCCOTASH the tune is THE SPY by MEN FROM UNCLE

ILLUSION OF SUNSHINE

IT WAS ENOUGH TO BLOW MY MIND

(instrumental is I'M SHAFT with my lyrics)

REVAMPED - QUIRKY KARAOKE

The music is EXUS TREK by THE LUTHER INGRAM ORCHESTRA

NOTHING IN THIS WORLD WILL EVER BE THE SAME (WITHOUT YOU)

NO WIN SITUATION

SHE’S A DISASTER
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SHE’S A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN
SHE’ A DISASTER
WAITING TO HAPPEN
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MISTRESS OF THE MISHAP
HARBINGER OF HOODOO
HATCHER OF THE HOAX
AND
VORTICIST OF VOODOO
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SHE’S A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN
SHE’ A DISASTER
WAITING TO HAPPEN
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SHE’S A JINX
BUT SHE THINKS
SHE’S THE LADY MUCK OF LUCK
AND NOT THE MINX
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SHE’S A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN
SHE’ A DISASTER
WAITING TO HAPPEN
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SHE’S A WALKING DISASTER
A MINE OF MISCHIEF WITHOUT A MASTER
MORE A MENACE THAN HER MZ SISTER
THE MISSING LINK IN A PLASTER CAST – DER
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SHE’S A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN
SHE’ A DISASTER
WAITING TO HAPPEN
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MORE BY CHANCE
OR CIRCUMSTANCE
SHE’LL HAPPEN ON THE REMNANTS
OF A FLUKE ROMANCE
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SHE’S A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN
SHE’ A DISASTER
WAITING TO HAPPEN
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SHE’S A BAG OF TRICKS
DISASTER AT HER FINGERTIPS
MALAPROPISM, SOLICISM
OOZING FROM A THICK LIP
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SHE’S A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN
SHE’ A DISASTER
WAITING TO HAPPEN
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SHE’S A DUFFER
SHE’S A MUFFER
SHE’S A STAR-CROSSED LOVER
WHEN SHE BLINKS
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SHE’S A WALKING DISASTER
A MINE OF MISCHIEF WITHOUT A MASTER
MORE A MENACE THAN HER MZ SISTER
THE MISSING LINK IN A PLASTER CAST – DER
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SHE’S A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN
SHE’ A DISASTER
WAITING TO HAPPEN
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SHE’S A BAG OF TRICKS
DISASTER AT HER FINGERTIPS
MALAPROPISM, SOLICISM
OOZING FROM A THICK LIP
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SHE’S A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN
SHE’ A DISASTER
WAITING TO HAPPEN

SHE'S A DISASTER

In the WRONG PLACE at THE WRONG TIME with THE WRONG MINDSET, apparently making THE #WRONG #MUSIC, but it feels #RIGHT to ME!

Highly unlikely more than one of my tunes will ever be heard by more than a handful of listeners, so just for the record here is an incomplete list of artists my music has been compared to by other musicians, depending on which tunes they heard, StevenVellou (Gothic Funk)

RESIDENTS, PHILIP GLASS, DAVID BYRNE, FRANK ZAPPA, THE BEATLES, BAUHAUS, SISTERS OF MERCY, DAVID BOWIE, LOU REED, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, PARLIAMENT, SYD BARRETT, PINK FLOYD, PSYCHIC TV, NEU, MOMUS, MINISTRY, CHARLES IVES, BEACH BOYS, KINKS, THE FALL, JOY DIVISION, DEPECHE MODE, GARY NUMAN, LEONARD COHEN, STONE ROSES, GIORGIO MORODER, GEORGE CLINTON, THE CURE, DALIS CAR, JOHN ASTLEY, KILLING JOKE, ALIEN SEX FIEND, ROBERT FRIPP, DEVO, B52’s, IAN CURTIS, FAD GADGET, TALKING HEADS, GORILLAZ, MIKE PATTON, JON ZORN, LES CLAYPOOL, STEVEN REICH, TOM WAITS, THE EX, TOM CORA, THE CAKE, NAPOLEON XIV, KEVIN AYERS, ROXY MUSIC, FRANK TOVEY, RUPERT HINES, ROBYN HITCHCOCK, DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT, SPARKS, BILL NELSON, JOHN CALE, TRIO, JULIAN COPE, HEAVEN 17, LLOYD COLE, TUBEWAY ARMY, FRONT 242, NITZER EBB, COCKNEY REBEL, SHRIEKBACK, VICTOR SNOW, GORDON LIGHTFOOT, THE THE, BABYBIRD, JOHN LENNON, ULTRAVOX, DAN DEACON, BACH, SQUEEZE, ANDREW ELDRITCH, IGGY POP, MIDNIGHT OIL, BILLY CHILDISH, BUTTHOLE SURFERS, VELVET UNDERGROUND, LOVE AND ROCKETS, ART OF NOISE, LOOK PEOPLE, CABARET VOLTAIRE, PRODIGY, et al.
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Don't take sides and I'll respect you for it; take sides and I'll treat you with the same contempt I treat anyone with a mob mentality, because mob mentality invariantly betrays an underlying intolerant right-wing mentality!
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#SUPPORT gathers #MOMENTUM when #RECIPROCATED!
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My tunes are ten times better than you might imagine!
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A lack of listens proves nothing, other than the fact that no one is finding your tunes; it does not prove, as some believe, that your tunes must be crap, so don’t ever take such a ridiculous notion on board—on an internet FLOODED with music no listens rarely has anything to do with the quality of your music, your creative talent, is almost always down to the fact that the right audience can’t find your music, because finding it is now as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack!
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SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE, EVERYTHING FOR SOMEONE!
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For diversity and consistency, I am not hesitant in saying my Soundcloud pages house the most inventive creations on here. There are others making fabulous tunes, but no one is more prolific while maintaining a high standard of pole to pole invention, and that applies to the lyrics too. I won't escape obscurity and oblivion, but that proves nothing, the internet is way, way, WAY overcrowded with unsigned music, way too much mediocre stuff, which obscure anything exceptional out there; the wood hidden away behind lots and lots and LOTS of trees, and no one has the time to look for needles in haystacks, to find a diamond in the rough, it's just way too big a task, not humanely possible!

INVENTIVE, AUTHENTIC, DIVERSE MUSIC, INVENTIVE, AUTHENTIC, IMAGINATIVE LYRICS, but those are the last things the vast majority of listeners are looking for these days!
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Me, I'm awestruck by musicians who can't be pigeonholed, who don't conform to any borders, who don't think about which direction each new creation will take, they just go wherever that creativity takes them; pure, on the fly, innovation, imperfect but 100% authentic, as far a way from manufactured, recipe book, regurgitation, as it is possible to get, totally unforced, inspirational and way, way, WAY outside the box! There ought to be a place for such creativity, there was at one time, but a mercenary music industry put an end to that, leaving us with a situation where those who deserve the most adoration for the talents receive the least!
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Will this ever change, will a yearning for TRUE underground, creativity unique to the individual, ever return, or has the spoon-feeding gone to far this time, is its grip so vicelike nothing can break it!
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I make #INVISIBLE music, perhaps it feels that way to you too!
#Overlooked, #Underrated, Dismissed Without A Listen!
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When Soundclouders follow me or click like without leaving feedback, what is it they are hoping for? That I come listen to their tunes and heap praise on them, what? I mean really, what is the point of following someone, what is the point of liking one of their tunes, if you don't actual think they are deserving of feedback, if you don't think the tunes are as good as what you do???

EXPLODING THE MYTH THAT UNSIGNED IS UNSIGNED BECAUSE IT’S INFERIOR TO SIGNED MUSIC!

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UNTIL this MYTH is blown out of the water we don’t have a cat in hells chance of breaking through. #TheMyth  is the BIGGEST obstacle that stands in our way, it is the FIRST hurdle we must get over, it is the message that should be going #VIRAL, it’s down to each & every one of you to make that happen!
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#ExplodeTheMyth
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Listening to just one of my tunes tells you nothing about my creative approach, listening to ten of my tunes will still tell you very little, listen to a hundred of my tunes and the penny will start to drop, but it's only after hearing 500+ of my creations and collaborations that your eyes will widen in amazement! 
However, if you don't have unlimited eclectic taste none of that applies, and the reality is, who, in this world, is going to listen to every tune I've created, no one--if even one tune is heard from beginning to end it's a minor miracle, because sadly, there is a belief that unsigned means inferior, but I've heard enough tunes by the rest of you guys to know that's a myth, that's bullshit, we create some of the most inventive, authentic, imaginative tunes out there!
Give me unsigned, independent and underground music over signed, safe, predictable, recipe book, music any day of the week!
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I MAKE TUNES NO ONE WILL EVER LISTEN TO!
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Some musicians & music fans don’t want to hear music from the past because they would have to acknowledge IT’S ALL BEEN DONE BEFORE!
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Finally come to terms with the fact that I'm PLAYING TO AN AUDIENCE OF ONE, and even I have to FORCE myself to listen!!!
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My music and lyrics are all about different, but if no one listens no one will EVER know! 
#StevenVellou

I CREATE TUNES ON THE FLY; NO FORMULA, NO PLAN, NO DIRECTION; THEY JUST HAPPEN--I'M IGNORANT OF THE RULES INVOLVED IN THE MUSIC MAKING PROCESS, SO I'M NOT BOXED IN BY THEM, WHICH IS WHY THEY ARE SO VARIED AND UNPREDICTABLE!
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Meaningful yet tongue-in-cheek tunes that can’t be #PIGEONHOLED!
Great production ISN'T my forte, accomplished musicianship ISN'T my forte but #UndergroundInvention, #InfiniteDimensions & LYRICS are!
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Now I don't personally believe I'm in the same league as #Bowie, other than my lyrics, more often than not, making more sense, but I do think I share his ability to adapt to different genres, and his endless, diverse, creativity, just not quite on the same level.
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I'm not proficient/accomplished on instruments, & I have other musical limitations, but most genres come natural to me, and I much prefer having that unforced ability to being highly accomplished on instruments, highly polished on production, or having the perfect voice!
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If I didn't feel I had my own approach, if my music was easy to pigeonhole, I would have quit music a long time ago!
Never been about fame & fortune, just about pushing the boundaries without actually intending to push the boundaries; creativity that's second nature not formula! 
Yes, I want to reach an audience but making money from my music means nothing to me!
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NOT saying I’m THE MOST #talented musician on music promotion sites but I will say I’m one of the most #UNDERRATED! Even so, I would much rather be underrated than overrated!
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QUIRKY KARAOKE

GOTHIC FUNK