"There is ONE human race, it is THE human race" ;)
Love, j.

Illustration © 2010 "Space Invaders" courtesy Christian Straub . All Rights Reserved, used by permission.
molotov-arts.tk

If I was born without a purpose
As I was born without a clue
Now would the stars still shine the way they do
Would the oceans still be blue?

Stardust
Living in the moment and the moment's gone
Stardust
Living in the moment...

If I was born without a country
As I was born without a name
Why should the fears we feed and hold onto
Have any reason to be true?

Stardust
Living in the moment and the moment's gone
Stardust
Living in the moment...

Bridge

Stardust
Living in the moment and the moment's gone
Stardust
Living in the moment...

© 2013 James Parker BMI/SOCAN. All Rights Reserved.

"When you change YOUR world, you change THE world..."™
Love.

Stardust

Dedicated to the Arab spring, le printemps érable, Occupy Wall Street, and to students all over the world. Love, j.

Core
Words & Music by JAMESPARKER

You built your church on hallowed ground
And never cared about the sound you made
A desecrated temple here
Another castle made of fear forbade
Us all from being...

Core
We are legion
We don't buy your new religion
We are now,
We're in motion
We are Zeitgeist, we are...

Your house of cards is in a bind
Your greed is king and your perception blind
Your petty guards are at their station
Full of hope, my generation minds
We are arising...

Core
We are legion
We don't buy your grand illusion
We are now,
We're in motion
We are Zeitgeist, we are...

Bridge

We are why
We are legion
We don't buy your new religion
We are now,
We're in motion
We are Zeitgeist, we are...
Core

© 2013 James Parker BMI/SOCAN. All Rights Reserved.
"When you change YOUR world, you change THE world..." ™
Love, j.

Track can also be purchased here should you feel inclined to support our work:
jamesparkerofficial.bandcamp.com/track/core

Photo Credit: "Epidaurus Little Planet" © 2012, Chris Kotsiopoulos, All Rights Reserved www.greeksky.gr (Used with permission)

Core

This song is dedicated to JADE and to every single beautiful soul dealing with mental illness. "It's in the way you shine!!!" Let's end the stigma. Love, j.

Very Special Thanks: Photo © 2012 courtesy HANN Reverdy. All Rights Reserved, used by permission. www.hann.c.la

Rock and Roll Breakdown
Words & Music by JAMESPARKER

How you try to make it work
Dodging shadows as they lurk
Chasing rainbows as they shirk
Ever closer to the hurt...

How you try to make a show
Ever smiling as you go
Fending off the highs and lows
As the pressure slowly grows,
The pressure slowly grows...

Hey, Hey, Ooh...

Rock And Roll Breakdown
Sing a song, remember who you are
Rock And Roll Breakdown
From afar, a superstar...

Never one to play the game
Give your loving all the same
Check your ego at the door
Leave the masses wanting more,
Masses wanted more...

More, More, Ooh...

Rock And Roll Breakdown
Sing a song, remember who you are
Rock And Roll Breakdown
From afar, a superstar...

Storm is close better find a sight line
There is still hope, you'll cope and it's such a fine rhyme
Dreams it seems age like a fine wine
And you can reach the stars if you ditch the old scars
It's in the way you shine...

Shine, Hey, Ooh...

Rock And Roll Breakdown
Sing a song, remember who you are
Rock And Roll Breakdown
From afar, a superstar...

© 2013 James Parker BMI/SOCAN. All Rights Reserved.

"When you change YOUR world, you change THE world..." ™
Love, j.

Rock And Roll Breakdown

"There is NO distinction between YOU and the ENVIRONMENT baby..." ™ Love.

Photo © 2010 "Laurent Fièvre" courtesy HANN Reverdy. All Rights Reserved, used by permission. www.hann.c.la

Alienation
Words & Music by JAMESPARKER

I'm alive, but I'm ailing
I'm alone and barely standing
I am free, I am bound
I am searching, I am found
I am numb, I am feeling
I feel numb as I lay bleeding...

Hello, Hello

See the dead blindly follow
Hearse and casket all in tow
See the sun is turning black
We might all be gone tomorrow
We may not be coming back
We may not be meant to go...

Hello, Hello
Hello, Hello

On the ground,
I am crawling...

Hello, Hello
Hello, Hello
Can anybody hear me
Hear me, hear me?
Hello, Hello...

© 2013 James Parker BMI/SOCAN. All Rights Reserved.

"When you change YOUR world, you change THE world..." ™
Love

Alienation

"Aim HIGH, Ask HIGH, GET HIGH!" Love, j.

HIGH
Words & Music by JAMESPARKER

Baby, Inter-planetary launch is nigh
Blue skies, a wide and open space in stereo
Sensors, systems on and engines set to fly
Clearly, ground control is ready for the show...

HERE WE GO...

I party way too much
I'm living way too hard
It's moving way too fast
I know this thing can't last

I party way too much
I'm living way too hard
It's moving way too fast now...
I wanna get high...

A star bursts and supernovae shatter in the sky
I free fall, a senseless rhythm thunders in my heart
Blood rush, as Earth recedes and glimmers in my eye
Eos, as Venus nears and Love is calling home...

HERE WE GO...

I party way too much
I'm living way too hard
It's moving way too fast
I know this thing can't last

I party way too much
I'm living way too hard
It's moving way too fast now...
I wanna get high...
I wanna get high...

© 2015 James Parker Socan/BMI All Rights Reserved

"When you change YOUR world, you change THE world..." ™
LOVE

High

Bubble Boy
Words & Music by JAMESPARKER

I wanna want a better life
I wanna want a faster car
I wanna want a bigger home
Don't really wanna live alone...

I wanna want the latest cure
For outmoded allure
I wanna want the latest thrill
Supply me with the latest pill...

'Cause I need, I want
I need, I know...

Dickie's living in a Bubble Boy
Don't heed much he's got a brand new toy
Dickie's living in a great big void
Got no future it was all destroyed
Destroyed, all destroyed...

I wanna want a high class girl
Who's gonna gonna make them swirl
She's gonna gonna wear my ring
And say the sweetest things...

I wanna want the latest trend
You've got it you can be my friend
I wanna want the latest deal
It fills the void I feel...

'Cause I need, I want
I need, I know...

Dickie's living in a Bubble Boy
Don't heed much he's got a brand new toy
Dickie's living in a great big void
Got no future it was all destroyed
Destroyed, all destroyed, all this...

BRIDGE

Dickie's living in a Bubble Boy
Don't heed much he's got a brand new toy
Dickie's living in a great big void
Got no future it was all destroyed
Destroyed, all destroyed...
All destroyed, all destroyed...
All destroyed, all destroyed...

All destroyed, all destroyed,
All destroyed...

© James Parker 2013, BMI/Socan. All Rights Reserved.

"When you change YOUR world, you change THE world..." ™
Love

Bubble Boy

"...A BIG, TERRIFIC SONG... COULD FILL AN ARENA SHOW!!!"
Bruce Replogle (John Lennon, Nick Cave, The Cure - Publicist, Manager) on "Sunshine" Thanks Bruce ;) Love, j.

Sunshine
Words & Music by JAMESPARKER

Once upon a dream and hinging on a moment of madness
Saw you glowing like an angel and my heart skipped a beat

Didn't take a second longer to be sated with gladness
Taken by surprise, but I'd been swept off my feet,
Swept off my feet, oh now...

Sunshine, my heart is on fire
So fine... girl, and I can't get much higher...

Monday morning rolled around, I found you stroking my hair
If bliss is Heaven sent, it was always really meant
To be found in your care...

Just to have you by my side is all I can ask for
I'm thankful for the good times, I can't ask for more
I can't ask for more...

Bridge

Sunshine, yeah, my heart is on fire
Yes it is, yes it is!
You're so fine, girl, I can't get much higher
And it's alright now...

© 2014 James Parker BMI/Socan. All Rights Reserved.

"When you change YOUR world, you change THE world..." ™
Love.

Sunshine

"LOVE, LIFE & ROCK AND ROLL..."

Born in Montreal, raised on Planet Earth, citizen of the Universe...

"ONE WORLD, ONE HUMAN RACE..."

From Montreal to Los Angeles, through France, Japan and New Zealand, JAMESPARKER continues to win hearts & electrify audiences one performance at a time. "My aim is to play with passion, energy, and with as little pretension as possible in a world awash in posturing".

Blending spacerock, folk punk and insightful lyrics, the live band features j. on vocals and guitar (Best Bets, Montreal Gazette), Wild Stevie Johnston on Guitar and Vox, "Roco" Robitaille on Drums and Vox, David Ryshpan on Keyboards and Vox and Mark Haynes on Bass.

The band has/is releasing no less than FOUR ALBUMS this year:

EPONYMOUS (unofficially released in 2009) has just been REMIXED and REMASTERED April 2013; CORE, its latest effort (2013) should see the light in a few weeks time; GET NAKED Redux (unofficially released in 2003 will be Remixed, Remastered and re-released as a 10th year Anniversary Edition); an acoustic album is also due early next year.

"LOVE IS PUNKER THAN PUNK..." ™

"Punk was about rebellion. This aphorism reflects my faith in the idea Love is the only way one can rebel against hatred... We have more in common than differences..."

"WHEN YOU CHANGE YOUR WORLD, YOU CHANGE THE WORLD..." ™

"One of my objectives is to identify and express some of the experiences that shape the human/spiritual self; it is my hope my journey will allow me to reconcile my past (present), with the man I could become..."

"Freedom is a recurring theme for me. Freewill is the next step... It's only rock and roll, but words have had a huge impact on my thinking and my actions, and I cherish the possibility ideas can still effect us all. It's up to each one of us then to do with those as we choose..."

"There is NO distinction between YOU and the ENVIRONMENT baby..." ™

James is a former Outreach and Fundraising program director for Greenpeace Canada, has worked on behalf of Greenpeace International, Amnesty International, MSF, is a founding member of UNIVERSAL PEACE COLLECTIVE or UPC (also known as UP Collective), and is a member of European artist collective ADJOLOLO SYSTEM (France).

RECENT BUZZ:

"PRETTY GOOD!!!" Tony Visconti (David Bowie, Morrissey, Lou Reed - Producer)

"I LOVE IT!!!" Steve Thompson (David Bowie, Rolling Stones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Madonna, Guns N' Roses - Producer)

"STELLAR VOCAL!" Fran Ashcroft (Damon Albarn/Blur/Gorillaz, Lee Mavers/La's - Producer)

"REALLY, QUITE VERY GOOD..." Terry Brown (RUSH - Producer)

"VOICE IS AMAZING!" Shawn Lefebvre (MUSE, Billy Talent, LA Guns - Engineer, Producer)

"I LIKE IT..." Alan McGee (Oasis, MBV, Primal Scream, The Libertines - record label owner, musician, manager, and music blogger for The Guardian)

"...A BIG, TERRIFIC SONG... COULD FILL AN ARENA SHOW!!!"
Bruce Replogle (John Lennon, Nick Cave, The Cure - Publicist, Manager) on "Sunshine"

"INTENSE, SOLID VOCALS; TOP TIER SONGWRITING; MODERN, TIGHT, COLORFUL... GREAT WORK!!!" Brad Chapman (Anita Baker, Quincy Jones, The Bangles - Vocal Coach)

"UNTIL THE END OF TIME, best song EVER..." Justin (Myspace Artist Page)

"Thumbs UP" NAZARETH (Numubu Artist Page)

"Thumbs UP" Uriah Heep (Numubu Artist Page)

"W-UP! W-UP! W-UP!!!" Anonymous

"There is NO distinction between YOU and the ENVIRONMENT baby..." ™

© 2007-2013, JAMESPARKER.

JAMESPARKER

Popular tracks