PSEUDO-UNDERGROUND IS THE NEW MAINSTREAM

MOVE ALONG PLEASE, NOTHING TO HEAR HERE

JULIAN AND THE WIKILEAKS

MOVE ALONG, PLEASE, NOTHING TO HEAR HERE! (Steven Vellou: Overlooked & Underrated)

Over the years, Julian Assange & The Wikileaks has seen numerous band members come and ago, for obvious reasons, Richard Nixon, Pol Pot & Margaret Thatcher got there marching orders; well you can’t have your band members getting up to those tricks during their spare time.
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Of late, the likes of Donald Trump, Rudi Giuliani and Marjorie Taylor Green have been badgering me about joining, but you have to draw the line somewhere! Ok, Putin, I said, I’ll think about it, and to Kim Jong Un, I said, ok you’re in but no way are you doing vocals! 
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I’m telling you, it ain’t easy keeping a band of nihilistic, narcissistic, machiavelian, tyrannical, hotheads together; not enough that each want to rule the world, they all want to front the band too!
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One tune says nothing about your creative talent.

I have in the region of 500 tunes, listener would need to hear at least 100 of them to be really impressed.

Sadly, our talent is frequently judged by the first tune anyone lands on and if it doesn't happen to to their taste, or doesn't represent a genre they can relate to, you won't get a second chance. 

My approach is diverse, I tend to go in whatever direction each tune takes me, no plan, no formula, no recipe book, I just get on board whatever train pulls into the station, so chances are the vast majority who land on one of my tunes won't relate, only those with THE MOST diverse taste, who are turned on by uninhibited, spontaneous, improvisation, will relate, and that's a small audience, and the most difficult audience to reach because they can't find you in the first place.

I get musicians telling me the fact that my tunes get very few listens proves they must be crap, but listeners must find your tunes in the first place to reach that conclusion, and like I said, unless a listener has eclectic taste chances are they won't relate to the first tune they hear, so they will never come back and listen to a second one.

The more diverse your approach the less likely you will find an audience; your target audience is a small one, and the chances of it finding is practically zero--there are now billions upon billions of tunes on the internet, who has the time to wade through that lot, so it stands to reason your target audience won't find you!
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So anyone who draws a straight line between breadth & depth of creativity and number of listens isn't one for analysing, and of course, if you don't receive listens in the first place you're not going to receive much feedback, right!

JULIAN & THE WIKILEAKS (Steven Vellou & Co-Conspirators)

SECOND COMING OF THE CHAMELEON OF POP

Many musicians think the messages in their lyrics are about exposing injustice, but a careful examination will tell you the messages actually propose fighting bigotry with bigotry! My lyrics expose bigotry, injustice, exploitation, oppression, intolerance in all its guises; I make no exceptions, I show no bias towards one group over another, simply because it is seen as politically correct to do so--if it exists, I write about it, which is why someone will always take exception with my views--when you expose injustice in ALL its guises, you make lots of enemies!

Victims of bigotry, injustice, oppression and intolerance often become perpetrators once liberated; people rarely learn, in a positive way, from their horrific experiences, feeling justified in punishing others, in retaliation for the treatment they previously endured--because they were, or are, victims of bigotry, they are oblivious to their own bigotry, the penny never seems to drop!

IF INJUSTICE EXISTS, I EXPOSE IT; I DON'T SEEK TO ELEVATE ONE GROUP ABOVE ANOTHER! IT ISN'T EQUALITY MOST PEOPLE WANT, IT'S THE BIGGEST SLICE OF THE CAKE, AND, IN SOME CASES, THE WHOLE CAKE!

TO ACHIEVE TRUE EQUALITY, YOU CAN'T PLAY FAVORITES; BIAS, IN ALL ITS GUISES MUST BE EXPOSED--THIS IS THE APPROACH I TAKE WITH MY LYRICS, KNOWING SOMEONE WILL ALWAYS TAKE EXCEPTION TO WHAT I WRITE, KNOWING I WILL MAKE MORE ENEMIES THAN FRIENDS!

PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF PANGAEA: SECOND COMING OF THE CHAMELEON OF POP

FLOYD PINK AND THE PUNKS

I BREAK ALL THE RULES DEFINING THE MUSIC MAKING PROCESS, SIMPLY BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW THEM! 

AND BECAUSE THEY ARE UNFAMILIAR, UNPREDICTABLE, FROM ONE CREATION TO THE NEXT, ONE TUNE WILL ONLY TELL YOU AS MUCH AS READING ONE PAGE OF A NOVEL, AND ONE LISTEN, NO MORE THAN A PARAGRAPH :)

FROM ONE END OF THE SPECTRUM TO THE OTHER!

BLUE SUN

VICTIM EXPECTED TO LIVE LIKE VICTIM
DIE....DIE....DIE LIKE A VICTIM
INNOCENT CHILD CAUGHT UP IN THE CONFUSION
WHY....WHY....WHY ALLL THE FRICTION

WE'RE ALL VICTIMS OF THE SYSTEM
WE'RE ALL VICTIMS OF THE SYSTEM

TOMORROW, LIKE TODAY, IS THE SAME AS YESTERDAY
TOMORROW, MUCH LIKE TODAY....
TOMORROW, LIKE TODAY, IS THE SAME AS YESTERDAY
TOMORROW, MUCH LIKE TODAY....

FOOLISHLY WE THINK WE CAN BEAT THE SYSTEM
BUT DRINKING IN DEFEAT IS AS CLOSE AS WE'LL EVER COME
NOTHING CAN CHANGE WHAT HAS NEVER BEEN CHANGED
MANY HAVE TRIED, BUT HAVE DIED BEFORE IT LEFT THE PAGE

TOMORROW, LIKE TODAY, IS THE SAME AS YESTERDAY
TOMORROW, LIKE TODAY, IS THE SAME AS YESTERDAY

TOMORROW WILL BE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER DAY
THE SUN RISING IN THE EAST, BUT REFUSING TO STAY
OH, AND NOTHING CAN STOP THE TIDAL WAVES OF HISTORY
THE SUN RISING IN THE EAST, BUT REFUSING TO STAY

NOTHING CAN REPEL THE TIDAL WAVE OF MISERY
AND NO ONE CAN CHANGE THE BLOODY COURSE OF HISTORY
NOTHING WILL DEFLECT THE BITTER BLOWS OF TRAGEDY
AND NO ONE CAN PROTECT THE INNOCENT FROM THE GUILTY

FOOLISHLY WE THINK....WE CAN BEAT THE SYSTEM
FOOLISHLY WE THINK....WE CAN BEAT THE SYSTEM

ALTHOUGH WE KNOW WE CAN NEVER BEAT THEM
WE WILL NEVER JOIN THEM
WE KNOW WE CAN NEVER BEAT THEM
BUT WE'LL NEVER....NEVER....NEVER JOIN THEM

SELLING OUT TO THEM SHOULD BE OUR BIGGEST FEAR
PROTECTING OUR INTEGRITY, OUR WHOLE CAREER
IF WE RETAIN OUR DIGNITY WE'RE VICTIMS IN THE FLESH
BUT OUR SOULS ARE ONE COMMODITY....
THEY CAN ONLY SECOND GUESS

DON'T SELL THE ONLY THING WE OWN
DON'T SELL THE ONLY THING WE OWN
WON'T SELL THE ONLY THING WE OWN

DIE LIKE A VICTIM

BABY’S ON 
BABY’S ON
G….G….G….GEAR

RUSHING HERE AND RUSHING THERE
ANYTIME AND ANYWHERE
KNOWN FOR NOUGHT BUT NECKING GEAR
SHE’S THE GIRL WHO DOES’NT CARE

SHE NEVER KNOWS WHEN TO STOP
HER HEAD IS ALL OVER THE SHOP
DRIVEN BY THE SEEDS OF A PRIMITIVE NEED

RUSHING HERE AND RUSHING THERE
ANYTIME AND ANYWHERE 
KNOWN FOR NOUGHT BUT NECKING GEAR
SHE’S THE GIRL WHO DOESN’T CARE

SHE NEVER KNOWS WHEN TO STOP
HER HEAD IS ALL OVER THE SHOP
CAUGHT UP IN THE ECHO OF A PRIMITIVE ACT

BABY’S ON
BABY’S ON
G….G….G….GEAR

RUSHING HERE AND RUSHING THERE
ANYTIME AND ANYWHERE
KNOWN FOR NOUGHT BUT NECKING GEAR
SHE’S THE GIRL WHO DOESN’T CARE

DIVING INTO OCEANS OF OBLIVION
SAVVY TO THE SITUATION
DABBLES IN DERIVATIVES OF OPIUM

RUSHING HERE AND RUSHING THERE
ANYTIME AND ANYWHERE
KNOWN FOR NOUGHT BUT NECKING GEAR
SHE’S THE GIRL WHO DOESN’T CARE

WEARY OF THE DREARINESS OF DEXADRINE
SHE SEARCHES FOR A CHEMICAL EXPLOSION
DELVING INTO DEEPER THINGS LIKE PALTHIUM

BABY’S ON
BABY’S ON
G….G….G….GEAR
                                                                                                                                                                                 RUSHING HERE AND RUSHING THERE
ANYTIME AND ANYWHERE
KNOWN FOR NOUGHT BUT NECKING GEAR
SHE’S THE GIRL WHO DOESN’T CARE 

HOOKED ON HIGHS AND HEADY HITS
FROM SCORE TO SCORE SHE’S TURNING TRICKS
SUMMING UP THE WAY SHE TICKS
EVERY PUNTER IS A FIX

RUSHING HERE AND RUSHING THERE
ANYTIME AND ANYWHERE
KNOWN FOR NOUGHT BUT NECKING GEAR
SHE’S THE GIRL WHO DOESN’T CARE

HER BOMBED OUT LETTERS BEG THE BEEB
PLEASE LOCK ME IN A PHARMACY
BUT DREAMS OF SCRIPTS AND COUNTERFIETS
ARE NOT THE SORT THAT JIM’LL FIX

BABY’S ON 
BABY’S ON 
G….G….G….GEAR

RUSHING HERE AND RUSHING THERE
ANYTIME AND ANYWHERE
KNOWN FOR NOUGHT BUT NECKING GEAR
SHE’S THE GIRL WHO DOESN’T CARE

ONCE MORE SHE MUST HURL HERSELF INTO THE BREACH
TO FEEL THE FULL GRAIN BOOMERANG 
FROM HEAD TO FEET

RUSHING HERE AND RUSHING THERE
ANYTIME AND ANYWHERE
KNOWN FOR NOUGHT BUT NECKING GEAR
SHE’S THE GIRL WHO DOESN’T CARE

OFFSPRING TO PINCUSHION MUM
BUT FAVORING HER DARTBOARD DAD
SIAMESE TWIN TO A BOMBED OUT BROTHER
DIKE AND DOWNERS DROVE HER MAD


GEAR (JIM'LL FIX IT)

SOME OF US AFRAID THE WORLD WILL END (SOME OF US AFRAID IT WON'T)

My approach to making music is to go wherever it takes me!

Last place I wish to go is where lust for fame & fortune might take me!

ONE DAY WE WILL ALL FORGET (THE NAME OF EVERY COUNTRY)

ARE WE BETTER OFF BEING FRIENDS
OR IS LOVE THE SOLUTION
DOES THE ANSWER LYE AT RAINBOWS END
OR IS LOVE THE SOLUTION

LOVE IS THE SOLUTION

LOVE IS OUT OF REACH OF YOU AND I
AND THERE’S NOTHING MUCH THAT WE CAN DO

LOVE IS THE SOLUTION

LOVE IS LIKE A VISION IN THE SKY
AND THERE’S NOTHING MUCH THAT WE CAN DO

OH, LOVE….LOVE….LOVE
IS KINDA WONDERFUL

DOES IT REALLY MATTER WHAT WE SAY
OR WHAT WE DO FROM DAY TODAY
FOR IN ORDER TO CHANGE OUR WAYS
WE MUST CHANGE THE SOURCE OF HISTORY

LOVE IS THE SOLUTION

LOVE IS OUT OF REACH OF YOU AND I
AND THERE’S NOTHING MUCH THAT WE CAN DO

LOVE IS THE SOLUTION

LOVE IS LIKE A VISION IN THE SKY
AND THERE’S NOTHING MUCH THAT WE CAN DO

OH, LOVE….LOVE….LOVE
IS KINDA WONDERFUL

LOVE IS MORE THAN MAGICAL
MORE THAN JUST A MEMORY
MORE….MORE….MORE….MORE
MORE THAN A MYSTERY
MORE….MORE….MORE….MORE
MORE THAN WORDS CAN EVER SAY
MORE….MORE….MORE….MORE
MORE THAN JUST A HEADLONG RUSH INTO MADNESS
LOVE IS MORE THAN MAGICAL
MORE THAN JUST A MEMORY
MORE….MORE….MORE….MORE
MORE THAN A MYSTERY

LOVE IS MORE THAN MYTHICAL
MORE THAN JUST A RHAPSODY
MORE THAN FLIGHTS OF FANTASY

LOVE IS MORE THAN ECSTASY
MORE….MORE….MORE….MORE
MORE THAN JUST A HEADLONG RUSH INTO MADNESS

LOVE IS THE SOLUTION

WELCOME TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF PANGAEA

THE VOLGA AND THE VISTULA
THE URALS AND THE DON
SARMATIA, A FORGOTTEN LAND
ESCAPED THE SETTING SUN

AND ZIGGURAT OF MESOPOTAMIA
WAS EVERYTHING THEY SAID IT WAS
IN THE LAND OF AQUITANIA

REMEMBER THE SARGASSO SEA
AND HOW THAT REGION USE TO BE
A TRILLION EELS WITH SEX APPEAL
WOULD CONGREGATE IN SYMMETRY

PANGAEA'S PEOPLE

FROM THE BIRTH OF DEAD PANGAEA
TO THE DAY YOUR LIFE BEGAN

PANGAEA'S PEOPLE

WE VIEWED THE HERE AND NOW FROM THE REAR
AND RUED THE APPROACH OF ARMAGEDDON

PANGAEA'S PEOPLE

K-K-K-COME ON DOWN TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF PANGAEA
COME ON....COME ON....COME ON
IT'S TIME TO BREAK NEW GROUND, AND START A WHOLE NEW CAREER
COME ON, BABY, DO THE PANGAEA
WIPE AWAY THE STAIN, ALL THE PAIN AND ALL THE TEARS
COME ON....COME ON....COME ON
SO DON'T WALLOW IN THE RAIN, IT'S IN VAIN CAUSE NO ONE HEARS
COME ON, BABY, DO THE PANGAEA

GONDWANALAND WILL COME AND GO
THE OCEANS ENTERING THROUGH THE WINDOW

PERCHED UPON MY CHAIR
I FELL OFF
THE CONTINENTAL SHELF

CHERISH THE TIME THAT'S LEFT
HERE COMES THE GREAT LAND THEFT
WHEN FISSURES OPEN WIDE
LAUNCHING THE GREAT DIVIDE

A SINGLE MASS LIKE BRITTLE GLASS
SHATTERS AND SCATTERS LIKE ANTIMATTER
SPASM CAUSES SPASM
FOR SCHISM SPELLS DIVISION
EARTHQUAKE AND TECTONIC PLATE
JUST CAN'T RELATE SO RECREATE

WELCOME TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF PANGAEA
(I RAN A MINI-MARATHON TO MEDO-P-P-PERSIA)
FOLLOW THE RED BRICK ROAD
AND THE SIGNS, THOUGH NOT THE TIMES, WILL REAPPEAR
(SWIMMING IN GREECE)
DON'T CARRY A HEAVY LOAD
FOR AS STATISTICS SHOW
IT ADDS ONE MILLION YEARS
(THE SEVEN HILLS OF ROME)
FOLLOW THE COUNTRY CODE
DISPLAY A PINCH OF RESPECT
(ASSYRIA)
AND A TRUCKLOAD OF FEAR
(BABYLON)

I THINK YOU FORGOT TO MENTION EGYPT!
NO I DIDN'T, IT'S HIDDEN, AND SUBTLY DISPERSED, AMONG THE LYRICS IN THE FORM OF AN ANAGRAM!

WELCOME TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF PANGAEA

JULIAN ASSANGE AND THE WIKILEAKS


JULIAN ASSANGE AND THE....WIKILEAKS
RIPPED ANOTHER PAGE OUT OF....OUT OF HISTORY
ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE AND IT'S....FULL OF CREEPS
POLITICIANS GAGE PLAYING.....HIDE AND SEEK

JULIAN ASSANGE AND THE....WIKILEAKS
RIPPED ANOTHER PAGE OUT OF....OUT OF HISTORY
ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE AND IT'S....FULL OF CREEPS
POLITICIANS GAGE PLAYING.....HIDE AND SEEK

EVERYBODY SAYS IT'S A MYSTERY
THE END OF EVERY DAY BRINGS A TRAGEDY
THE SEER AND SAGE CALL IT PROPHECY
BUT EVERY WOE CONVEYS WARPED PHILOSOPHY

WE MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES
ONCE MORE, THE SAME MISTAKE WE MADE TEN TIMES BEFORE
AND WE LOVE TO BREAK OUR OWN LAWS

INVENTING WARS
A GROUNDLESS CAUSE
SOMETHING TO ABHORE
OUR ALLIES, WE IMPLORE
TAKE UP TWO-BY-FOURS
AND EVEN UP THE SCORE

JULIAN....ASSANGE
JULIAN ASSANGE
JULIAN....ASSANGE

JULIAN ASSANGE AND THE WIKILEAKS
TRY TO WRITE A SONG ABOUT ONCE A WEEK
BUT ONCE WE'VE LIT THE BONG, WE ACCEPT DEFEAT
SO EVEN WHEN IT'S LONG IT'S SHORT AND SWEET

,JULIAN ASSANGE AND THE WIKILEAKS
TRIED TO RIGHT A WRONG IN CHIC BOUTIQUE
DING BECAME A DONG, THEN IT GOT DOWNBEAT
AND NAUGHTY THINGS WERE SAID THAT WE CAN'T REPEAT

JULIAN ASSANGE AND THE WIKILEAKS
DIGGING FOR EXCRETION, VISIT FLEET STREET
TRY TO CHANGE THE SHEETS, CHANGE THE WAY SHEEP BLEAT
BUT THE COUNTERFEIT DECEIT OF THE INDISCREET....THE INDISCREET
....JULIAN
FUELED BY SELF-CONCEIT
....ASSANGE....JULIAN
POST THE KILLER TWEET
....JULIAN
THE GUTTERPRESS MAKE MINCEMEAT
....ASSANGE....JULIAN
THROUGH CELLULITE-TYPE BROADSHEETS
...JULIAN

THE WIKILEAKS OF JULIAN ASSANGE
....ASSANGE....JULIAN
HAVE BREACHED THE WHITEHOUSE AND THE UNIVERSE BEYOND
...JULIAN
A WORLD SO GULLIBLE, SO EASILY CONNED
....ASSANGE....JULIAN
SOMETHING....SOMETHING....SOMETHING....SOMETHING....SOMETHING....MELANGE
....JULIAN

FAR-REACHING CONSEQUENCES, RIGHTING OF WRONGS
....ASSANGE....JULIAN
COME SEE THE WORLD THROUGH THE EYES OF A BLONDE
....JULIAN
THE STENCH OF PEACECRIMES; DIPLOMATIC PING-PONG
....ASSANGE....JULIAN
THE LULL OF PEACETIME IS AS BRIEF AS THIS SONG
....JULIAN

JULIAN....JULIE....JULIE....JULIE....ASSANGE....JULIAN
EVERY LAND IS THE CRADLE OF HYPOCRISY...JULIAN....JULIE....JULIE....JULIAN
BUNGLED POLICY AND THE PLANS THAT GO ASTRAY
JULIAN....JULIE....JULIE....JULIE....ASSANGE....JULIAN
WHERE FALLING TO ONES KNEES IS AS EASY AS YOU PLEASE
JULIAN....JULIE....JULIE....JULIE....ASSANGE....JULIAN
AND WHEN WE'RE TOLD TO KILL WE'RE SO EAGER TO OBEY

JULIAN ASSANGE....AND THE WIKILEAKS
JULIAN....ASSANGE....AND THE WIKILEAKS
JULIAN ASSANGE....AND THE WIKILEAKS
JULIAN....ASSANGE....AND THE WIKILEAKS

JULIAN ASSANGE AND THE WIKILEAKS theme tune

Almost on a daily basis I am told by one Soundcloud user after another that my music is crap, that I have zero talent....what do you think? Are they right, or is it a case of sour grapes?

With so many people making music--literally tens of millions--there is a serious overcrowding problem, creating a wall of white noise; to stand out from that background, a musician must bring something very different to the table :)

THIS WORLD HAS GOT TO GO instrumental gothic funk

GOLDEN FLEECE

ALL THE PEOPLE WANTED TO LEAVE
ESCAPE THE GOLDEN FLEECE THAT SPREADS DISEASE
THE EVIL THAT ESCAPED MAKES IT HARD TO BREATHE
WILL BRING THE WHOLE WORLD….TO ITS KNEES

GOLDEN FLEECE

UPON A GIVEN DATE BUT UNSPECIFIED TIME
WHEN THE SUM OF OUR FEARS WILL BE RELEASED
THE THREAT OF EXTINCTION INCREASING BELIEF
WE WILL LEARN THE TRUE MEANING OF GRIEF

GOLDEN FLEECE

WE'RE STANDING AT THE GATES OF HELL
WE'VE THROWN OUR FUTURE DOWN THE WELL
WHAT WENT BEFORE, HAPPENS ONCE MORE
WE CAN'T IGNORE EACH EMPIRE FELL

STANDING AT THE GATE

A GOLDEN FLEECE THAT SPREADS DISEASE
WILL BRING THE WHOLE WORLD TO ITS KNEES
AND WHATEVER WE CREATE
WILL DISINTEGRATE

WE'RE STANDING AT THE GATES OF HELL
WE'VE THROWN OUR FUTURE DOWN THE WELL
WHAT WENT BEFORE, HAPPENS ONCE MORE
WE CAN'T IGNORE EACH EMPIRE FELL

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GOLDEN FLEECE

WE'RE STANDING AT THE GATES OF HELL
WE'VE THROWN OUR FUTURE DOWN THE WELL
WHAT WENT BEFORE, HAPPENS ONCE MORE

WE'RE STANDING AT THE GATES OF HELL
WE'VE THROWN OUR FUTURE DOWN THE WELL
WHAT WENT BEFORE, HAPPENS ONCE MORE
WE CAN'T IGNORE EACH EMPIRE FELL

UPON A GIVEN DATE BUT UNSPECIFIED TIME
WHEN THE SUM OF OUR FEARS WILL BE RELEASED
THE THREAT OF EXTINCTION INCREASING BELIEF
WE WILL LEARN THE TRUE MEANING OF GRIEF

GOLDEN FLEECE

WE'RE STANDING AT THE GATES OF HELL
WE'VE THROWN OUR FUTURE DOWN THE WELL
WHAT WENT BEFORE, HAPPENS ONCE MORE
WE CAN'T IGNORE EACH EMPIRE FELL

GOLDEN FLEECE

A GOLDEN FLEECE THAT SPREADS DISEASE voc

ZEN CITY
EXISTING ON A HIGHER PLANE

SECURITY AND PEACE BEGAN HER THOUSAND YEAR REIGN

ZEN CITY
EXISTING ON A HIGHER PLANE

ALL THE TROUBLES OF THE WORLD
DISAPPEARING WITHOUT A REFRAIN

ZEN CITY
EXISTING ON A HIGHER PLANE

ONLY TRACES OF A CHECKERED PAST
AND FLEETING MEMORIES REMAIN

ZEN CITY
EXISTING ON A HIGHER PLANE

AS THE MIRACLES INCREASE
DEATH WILL DISAPPEAR AND THE PAIN

ZEN CITY
EXISTING ON A HIGHER PLANE

ONLY TRACES OF A CHECKERED PAST
AND FLEETING MEMORIES REMAIN

CITIZEN KANE CAUGHT THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN TO ZEN CITY
SHE HAS AN INTERESTING NAME
AND HE WANTED TO SEE HER AGAIN

HOPING ALL THAT WOULD COME TO PASS
WITHIN ONE PERFECT MOMENT
WOULD BE THE ONE THAT WOULD LAST
FOR ALL ETERNITY

WHEN SHE TAKES YOU IN HER ARMS
AND WHISPERS, COME TO ME
SHE OFFERS PERFECT LIFE
IN A PERFECT WORLD
WITHIN HER HEAVENLY CITY

SECURITY AND PEACE
BEGAN HER THOUSAND YEAR REIGN
ZEN CITY
PURITY AND FAITH
EXISTING ON A HIGHER PLANE
ZEN CITY
ONLY TRACES OF A CHECKERED PAST
AND FLEETING MEMORIES REMAIN

will be adding more lyrics/vocals to next version

ZEN CITY voc version 1

TRANQUIL LIZA (UNDER SEDATION) tune I recorded early 1980's

I recorded the actual music around 1980, to cassette tape, so. all things considered, the sound quality isn't too bad; added vocals to the tune yesterday; that's 35 years between doing the music and adding the vocals :) 

WE ONLY SEE THE THINGS WE WANT TO SEE

Ste van Horne (lyrics, all vocals) Mike Cliffe (guitars, music)

BIRTH OF AN EMPIRE - Ste van Horne and Mike Cliffe

BITCHY LADY recorded circa 1980

SWEET SMILE - DUSTY PINK featuring Ste van Horne (vocals)1st edit

SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE w.i.p.

A MILLION WAYS TO SAY GOODBYE - STE VAN HORNE & MIKE CLIFFE w.i.p.

BORN AGAIN….BOWIE
BORN….AGAIN
BORN AGAIN….BOWIE
BORN….AGAIN

JUST BECAUSE THEY HAD NOTHING TO SAY
THEY NEVER SEEMED TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT WAS GOING ON IN YOUR MIND

DISMISSED YOU
SAID, THEY WOULDN’T MISS YOU
CURSED THE GROUND YOU WALKED UPON
FROM FATHER DOWN TO FATHER’S SON
NOT A CURSE PASSED DOWN TO YOUR ISSUE

SECOND COMING OFF THE CHAMELEON OF POP
THIS IS ART, THIS ISN’T ROCK & ROLL
SECOND COMING OF THE CHAMELEON OF POP
THIS IS ART, THIS ISN’T ROCK & ROLL

BORN AGAIN….BOWIE
BORN….AGAIN
BORN AGAIN….BOWIE
BORN….AGAIN

SECOND COMING OF THE CHAMELEON OF POP
JUST BECAUSE THEY, THEY HAD NOTHING TO SAY
THEY HAD, THEY HAD NOTHING TO SAY
SECOND COMING OF THE CHAMELEON OF POP
JUST BECAUSE THEY, THEY HAD NOTHING TO SAY
THEY HAD, THEY HAD NOTHING TO SAY

SECOND COMING OF THE CHAMELEON OF POP
THIS AIN’T ROCK & ROLL, THIS IS GENOCIDE
SECOND COMING OF THE CHAMELEON OF POP
THIS AIN’T ROCK & ROLL, THIS IS GENOCIDE

SECOND COMING OF THE CHAMELEON OF POP
HE WAS NEVER HEAVEN SENT
REPRESENTS A GENERATION THAT WON’T REPENT
SECOND COMING OF THE CHAMELEON OF POP
HE WAS NEVER HEAVEN SENT
REPRESENTS A GENERATION THAT WON’T REPENT

BORN AGAIN BOWIE (SECOND COMING OF THE CHAMELEON OF POP)

BEYOND ETERNITY - PAN AT THE PARADOX (featuring Ste van Horne)

OUR LIVES MAY BE WORTH LESS THAN GRAVITY
BUT WE ARE WORTH SO MUCH MORE....IN TOTALITY
BUT WE CAN'T IGNORE OUR OWN MORTALITY
AND WE CAN'T IGNORE OUR OWN CATASTROPHE

WE CAN'T IGNORE OUR DESTINY
REFUSE TO CHANGE OUR MENTALITY
WE REFUSE TO REARRANGE OUR DIARY
CHANGE THE WAY WE VIEW SOCIETY
CHANGE THE MAN THAT LIVES INSIDE OF ME
CHANGE THE MAN

ONE STEP AHEAD OF DEVASTATION
TWO STEPS AWAY FROM TRIBULATION
THE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION
WE INFLICT UPON THIS THING WE CALL....CREATION

ALTHOUGH WE SHARE COLLECTIVE VISION
EACH OF IS ON A DIFFERENT MISSION
TO SERVE THE ID THAT LURKS WITHIN
OUR SUPEREGO JUST A SKIN

THIS THING WE CALL CREATION

SOON AFTER OUR FIRST LOBOTOMY
WE VENTURED....DEEP INTO....BLACK COMEDY
PULLED BY THE STRINGS....OF HISTORY

THE ARCHITECTS OF.....OUR OWN STUPIDITY
BEGINNING WARS WE NEVER WIN
WE ARE THE PUPPETS, NOT THE MANNEQUINS
SWALLOWING OUR OWN PHILOSOPHY
CENSORING OUR OWN HUMANITY
EXPELLING NATURE, WE BREATHE IN NURTURE
WE THINK THE CURE LIES IN THE FUTURE....

WE THINK THE CURE LIES IN THE FUTURE - Ray Scott & Ste Van Horne (vocals) first edit

FREUDIAN LIPS

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CALLED UPON THE MEN IN WHITE JUST THE OTHER DAY BUT FEAR OF EARS 'A' LISTENING
PREVENTED ME FROM HAVING MY SAY
SO I TALKED WITH MY EYES
TO THE DOCTOR IN DISGUISE

FROM THE SCREAMING TO THE DREAMING WE TOUCHED ON EVERYTHING
WE TALKED ABOUT HOW LIFE BEGAN
THE WEATHER AND THE DAWN OF MAN AND EVEN WHEN HIS REIGN WOULD END WE TALKED ABOUT MY CHILDHOOD
AND HOW MY PARENTS NEVER UNDERSTOOD

BUT ALL HIS SMOOTH AND REHEARSED LINE OF PATTER ONLY SERVES TO MAKE HIS WALLET EVER FATTER
IT DOESN'T STOP THE CHIT-CHAT CHATTER CHATTER LIKE WATER TORTURE IN MY HEAD

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BUT ALL HIS SMOOTH AND REHEARSED LINE OF PATTER ONLY SERVES TO MAKE HIS WALLET EVER FATTER
IT DOESN'T STOP THE CHIT-CHAT CHATTER CHATTER LIKE WATER TORTURE IN MY HEAD

ALL THE GRIEVING WITHOUT MEANING
AND THE HEARTACHE EACH DAY BRINGS
MAKE THEMSELVES....FELT THROUGH THE VOICES FOREVERMORE REVERBERATING WITHOUT END, A SINGLE VOICE BECOMES A FLOOD (ARE YOU INSANE? THIS IS THE GAME OF EVIL V GOOD)

BUT ALL HIS SMOOTH AND REHEARSED LINE OF PATTER ONLY SERVES TO MAKE HIS WALLET EVER FATTER
IT DOESN'T STOP THE CHIT-CHAT CHATTER CHATTER LIKE WATER TORTURE IN MY HEAD

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MY TRAIN OF THOUGHTS
HIS TRAIN OF WORDS
COLLIDE INSIDE....MY ONE-TRACK-MIND MY WORLD COLLAPSES AROUND MY EARS MY MIND RETREATS TO THE EARLY YEARS
FREUDIAN LIPS (REPEATED)
TO THE EARLY YEARS (REPEATED)

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FREUDIAN LIPS vocal

ORSON’S PLAY

FREEDOM COMES AND….FREEDOM GOES
WHEN ITS TEN BELOW, MY HOLOCAUST LURKS IN THE SHADOWS
THOUGH GONE TODAY, IT MAY BE HERE TOMORROW
THAT’S THE TIME TO GO, FOR THERE IS NO TIME LIKE TOMORROW
No time like tomorrow

MY WEIRD DESIRE, TO BULID AN IGLOO
REJOIN THE CHOIR, THEN TRUN THE AIR BLUE
BUT I REQUIRE ONE FAVOUR FROM YOU
CUT ALL THE STRINGS, AND WALK IN YOUR OWN SHOES
All the strings and walk in your own shoes

THIS CENTURY HAS SEEN ITS SHARE OF SORROW
OUR VICTORIES ARE HOLLOW
AND NOTHING CAN PREPARE US
FOR THE EVENTS THAT ALWAYS FOLLOW

IF I LOOK BEHIND
TRY TO TRCK MY MIND
WOULD I FIND, FIND, FIND
WE’VE ALWAYS BEEN ON THIS STEEP DECLINE
WOULD I FIND, FIND, FIND
WE NEVER CRAWLED OUT OF THE SLIME

IF EVERYTHING CAME TRUE, IT’S TRUE TO SAY
THE WOLRD WOULD END ON TUESDAY
WE COULD PRETEND THAT THIS IS ORSON’S PLAY
WISHING ALL OF THIS WOULD QUIETLY GO AWAY
Wishing all of this would quietly go away

I NEVER ENJOY VIOLENCE
BUT I DO ENJOY THE SILENCE
WHEN I CAN HEAR THE PIN THAT DROPS
WHEN IT’S ALMOST AS IF TIME HAS STOPPED

ORSON'S PLAY (The World Will End On Tuesday)

ENTER THE MIND OF JULIAN ASSANGE; A PLACE WHERE TRUTH AND FICTION EXIST IN EQUAL MEASURES! 

COME SEE THE WORLD THROUGH THE EYES OF A BLONDE....

SECOND COMING OF THE CHAMELEON OF POP: THE MAN WHO BOUGHT THE WORLD OFF DAVID BOWIE

ANYONE THAT GETS TO HEAR ENOUGH OF MY TUNES WILL DISCOVER I CAN BACK THAT CLAIM UP.

I DON'T THINK MY TUNES QUITE MATCH HIS, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY COULDN'T GET CLOSE IF GIVEN THE STUDIO TREATMENT, AND IF I HAD ACCESS TO SOME OF THE GREATEST MUSICIANS AND ENGINEERS, AS HE HAS.

I DON'T HAVE HIS CHARISMA, AND I'M CERTAINLY NOT AS ACCOMPLISHED ON INSTRUMENTS AS HE IS, BUT I THINK MY APPROACH TO CREATING TUNES IS POSSIBLY MORE ECLECTIC THAN, AND, ALTHOUGH I THINK HIS LYRICS ARE INGENIOUS, I THINK I HAVE THE EDGE ON HIM BECAUSE THEY HAVE MEANING, AND MAKE MORE SENSE THAN MOST OF HIS, WHICH ARE MORE ABOUT A PLAY ON WORDS THAN MAKING SOCIAL COMMENTS!

Thing with many of these tunes is, the vocals get more intriguing as tune progresses, so they have to be heard from beginning to end :)