I don't like "Heavy "or "Metal" Rock...THIS IS GREAT!

Heavy Rock wouldmean Lars had to carry the drums ?

this reminds me of april wine, and that's a good thing.

Pierre Bordetti productions (c) 03/2021.

Composed, arranged, performed, and produced by:
Pierre Bordetti

I know that in these troubled times, the loss of a pet can seem a bit derisory.
But those who have already lived it will understand me, because this so difficult moment is added to the ambient state.
I dedicate this title to my cat "Seti" as well as to all our pets who have joined the paradise of cats, dogs and the whole of the animal world.

In cat paradise, Choupi, Kif-kif, Podecol, Pitta, Seti.

Je sais qu'en ces temps si tourmentés, la perte d'un animal de compagnie peut paraître un peu dérisoire.
Mais ceux qui l'ont déjà vécu me comprendront, car ce moment si difficile s'ajoute à l'état ambiant.
Je dédie ce titre à mon chat "Seti" ainsi qu'à tous nos animaux de compagnie qui ont rejoints le paradis des chats, des chiens et l'ensemble du monde animal.

I'm just telling you,
that i miss you,
without derision,
without obsession,

just i love you,
just i love you,
with fondly,

my companion every day,
my sunrise every day,
my sunset every day,

just i love you,
just i love you,
with fondly,

You don't smile
you don't speak,
in your eyes,
it's your langage,

you are secret,
you are wild,
you give so much love,
so much happiness,
so much affection,
so much affection,

just i love you,
just i love you,
with fondly,

My heart is bleeding,
when I think about you,
you left me so suddenly,
I will never forget you,
never forget you,

just i love you,
just i love you,

just i love you...

Just I Love You

The guitar will say everything.
Or maybe not.
But the guitar remembers..

Little moody guitar

Introduction in English:
After five years of abstinence, my son fell back into drugs. All attempts to help him bounced off the increasingly overpowering drug cocktails. All my feelings during this time, the anger about the destructive power of the drugs, the powerlessness in the face of the quicksand in which my son sank further and further, the despair and sadness about the loss of loving contact with him, I have tried to process in this song.  

Introduction in German:
Nach fünf Jahren der Abstinenz ist mein Sohn wieder den Drogen verfallen. Alle Versuche, ihm zu helfen, prallten an den immer übermächtiger werdenden Drogencocktails ab. Alle meine Gefühle in dieser Zeit, die Wut über die zerstörerische Kraft der Drogen, die Ohnmacht angesichts des Treibsandes, in den mein Sohn immer weiter versank, die Verzweiflung und Trauer über den Verlust des liebevollen Kontaktes zu ihm, habe ich versucht, in diesem Song zu verarbeiten.  

Lyrics

I am cryin` for you, my son

Can only watch you, 
How you slip down
How you lose your point of view

Can only watch you, 
As you slowly sink
Drowning in the mire of your soul

You have become such a stranger to me
Where south was is now cold north
The familiarity is gone 
The dignity lies in the dirt

Ooh please don't throw away your last shirt

I am crying for you, my son
I`m not in peace with myselg, my son

We were playing music
We were jamming together
In an incredible harmony

Threw the balls to each other
We were in tune
Like a magical symphony

But now the strings are torn
All my knowledge is of no use 
I no longer know you
Strange astral wind

I am crying for you, my son
I`m not in peace with myself, my son

I am crying for you, my son
I am crying for you, my son
I am crying for you, my son

I`m crying for you, my son

I Am Crying For You, My Son

I Can´t Stand

Eat you alive (Collab with Ola Lundberg and Klas Törnell)

Lead vocal and lyrics by https://soundcloud.com/j-rivas
https://soundcloud.com/jonathan_beckenstein on 1st guitar
https://soundcloud.com/matt-warnick-58962582 on 2nd  guitar
Music Bed by unknown collaborator that went unfinished and unlabeled
BGV by conover
Mastering by https://soundcloud.com/blake-cranford 

"Please wear headphones" for Ultimate Cranial Impact "UCI"

3 a.m. in the morning
 My sleep is breaking and I'm stranded here until you ride
You came for that feeling.
You came for that feeling.
You came for that feeling again.

Now I feel like I'm waisting my time
You've got me Nullified
You've probably done this many times.
Feel like I'm falling
Being pushed by the wind
but your were going to feel my courage baby
When you come back for that feeling again.

Repeat and don't muck about...

You Came for that Feeling Again (Rivas & Conover)

I discovered an intriguing string octet piece by Bartosz Kozłowski: https://soundcloud.com/bkozlowski/vicious-circle.  Drawn in by its complexity I began hearing ideas for additional parts. I commented, he replied, then shared the wav & encouraged me to follow my vision! Thanks, Bartek! :-D

Bartosz Kozłowski https://soundcloud.com/bkozlowski - Strings (East West Symphonic Orchestra Gold Library).
Len Rice - Minimoog(horn), Moog Taurus(bass), E-mu Classic Keys(choir).

Vicious Circle (Bartosz Kozłowski, Len Rice collab)

"And the  great dragon was hurled down— that  ancient serpent  called the devil and  Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his  angels  with him."

Proelium Magnum

I dedicated the song "Monique" to two women: 
First of all to my grand aunt Monique, who was murdered as a Jew by the Nazis in Auschwitz. I know her only from photos and the anecdotes of my mother. Through her tragic life story, her unique face with the big, jet-black eyes, I still feel connected to her today. 
In this song I imagined meeting her shortly before her gassing in Auschwitz. How I accompanied her to the gas chambers, how we got to know each other a little before the inevitable happened.  
      
Secondly, this song is dedicated to another Monique. Her stage name was "Barbara" and she was a charismatic French chanson singer. What would I have given to be at one of her concerts. But when she had her big time, especially in the 1960s, I was still much too young. So all I have left are their Youtube videos, of which I would like to put a link here: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPPZMyMNQCM

Her face and her eyes, her charisma and expression remind me so much of my grand aunt.  Like her, she was a Jewish woman of French descent. And with songs like "Göttingen" she contributed significantly to an understanding between the Jews and the land of the perpetrators- Germany.  

Lyrics in English:

Monique

I visited you in Auschwitz, 
Cursed this freezing cold murder place

See you coming with the gas chamber train 
Only one photo at my place with your face

Your deep black eyes look at me
Already as a child they magically fascinated me

I go to you, take you in my arms 
In the coldness of killing we both get warm

We go together, you tell me about you 
Of your life, your joys, your pain

And you listen to me 
Get to know me briefly

The butchers, they wave
The shadows, they sink down

We both still have some time left 
The cruel suffering is already approaching

You show me the brooch in the photo 
You show me how you move your hands to play the piano

The time fold now pulls you away from me
There to the shameful brick building
I can only look after you
You disappear in there 

Gassed and burned
But unforgettably burned into my soul


Deutscher Originaltext:

Monique

Hab` Dich in Auschwitz besucht 
Diesen eiskalten Mord-Ort verflucht

Seh` Dich da kommen, mit dem Gaskammer-Zug 
Nur ein Foto bei mir mit Deinem Gesicht

Deine tiefschwarzen Augen schaun` mich an
Schon als Kind zogen sie mich magisch in den Bann

Ich geh` zu Dir hin, nehm` Dich in den Arm 
In der Kälte des Mordens wird uns beiden warm

Wir gehen zusammen, Du erzählst mir von Dir 
Von Deinem Leben, Deinen Freuden, Deinem Schmerz

Und Du hörst mir zu. Lernst mich kurz kennen

Die Schlächter, sie winken
Die Schatten, sie senken sich ab

Noch haben wir beide etwas Zeit 
Heran rückt schon das grausame Leid

Du zeigst mir die Brosche, die auf dem Foto trägst 
Du zeigst mir wie Du Deine Hände zum Klavierspiel bewegst

Die Zeitfalte zieht Dich nun fort von mir
Dorthin zu dem Schand-Backsteinbau
Ich kann Dir nur nachsehen
Du verschwindest dort drin 

Vergast und verbrannt
Doch unvergeßlich in meine Seele eingebrannt

Monique

Monique (Lyrics in English in the Intro to the Track....)

LYRICS BELOW
Here's a song inspired by the coronavirus pandemic (but it's upbeat and hopeful). Big thanks to Ben Lokuta, who recorded the drums remotely. Ben is an amazing young drummer currently studying at Berklee College of Music and the drummer for Distant Cuzins. I played gigs with Ben all last year, including at Summerfest in Milwaukee. Ben plays a huge drum set with two kicks, so mixing was a bit of a challenge! I told Ben to let loose in the last verse, and he really came through.
All four guitars I play in this song are Gretsches--hollowbody or semi-hollow--all with different pickups:
Gretsch 5422T with Filtertrons
Gretsch 5622T with Super HiLo trons
Gretsch 2622TG with P90s
Gretsch 2420 with Broadtrons
...so this is definitely a Gretsch song!

        Take a Minute
............Words & Music by Timothy Walsh
You say you can’t go the distance, put up too much resistance,
even though I’m telling you that I’ll be there for you.

No, I don’t even want to hear it.   No time to check out though we fear it.
The sea’s about to swallow up this human world we know.

Chorus

You’re watching all your screens.  Never get outside.
Stand among the trees.
You’re always stuck inside like a person who’s confined
never walking in the breeze.

You say the clock is ticking—watch as the whole world is sickening.
I just say that you have got to think beyond us two.

So roll up your sleeves and pitch in—no use just always bitching.
You have got to use your life and stand up for what’s true.

Words & music by Timothy Walsh
Vocals, guitars, bass: Timothy Walsh
Drums: Ben Lokuta
Recorded and mixed by Timothy Walsh at Yew Tree Studios (that is, a tiny upstairs room in my house nestled amid century-old yew trees)

Take a Minute

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Take A Minute (with Ben Lokuta)

ALL sounds are from a Behringer Pro-1 (analog mono synth) with varying degrees of external processing.

All vocals are from me, unless you don't like them, in which case they're someone else.
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Eat you alive (Collab with Ola Lundberg and Klas Törnell)

Lars J Lundberg

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