On this Island we knew
like the back of our small hands
Throwing stones and backstreet slang

On this Island we grew
in just a flick of our big eyes
and baggy shorts, lords of the flies

Bloody knees and football roars
Screaming mums and hard slamming doors

On this Island we flew
Thieves for sweets and naughty magazines
Outlaws for the most simple dreams

On this Island we drew
so many secret plans in the dark
save the light that shone from the stars

Bloody noses on concrete fists
Fights about nothing, first cigarette mists

Yeah with no feeling of head in the sand
in the struggle to be head of the band
On this Island at this school
in breaking all the rules that’s the plan
Yeah with a feeling of up to no good
On this Island, on this wreck
or most simply our neck of the woods

On this Island of blue streets
filled with banged down limousines
in which we were the kings so lean

On this Island we knew
like the back of our small hands
Throwing stones and backstreet slang

mOag - On this island

Version définitive Mixée_REMastérisée Janvier 2025
"The LENNY Song" (c'était l'intitulé premier) voir texte plus bas.
Album NouX !  "Sombres Illuminés (we're all black stars)CA S 'ECOUTE ICI : Partout en Streaming sur les plateformes: https://imusiciandigital.lnk.to/xqIAe 
Clip officiel - Caressez-NouX ! en 360° :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNsoUhVWTu4
Notre site : http://benjaminlaplace .com
L'histoire....
On ne saura pas, même après la vidéo de Lenny (clique ci-dessus)qui est, ou qu'est Lenny... Laissez-vous bercer par les guitares, le violoncelle et les Voix, gardez le groove Bass/Batt et rêvez, l'image vous viendra ensuite !!! Dites-nous si vous avez compris ou trouvé de quoi ou qui je parle dans Lenny ? Qui est Lenny ? Tell us if you catch who or what is Lenny ? Who's Lenny ?
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"Lenny comes, Lenny goes
This guy is Free
Just like I'd like to be...
Whao-oh..." To be continued...just below ...
Texte intégrale :


Lenny 

Lenny comes, Lenny goes
This guy is free
Just like I’d like to be
It comes on my bed every night and day
(‘n) It leaves me when I’m far away

That’s the way Lenny does
That’s the way Lenny shows
That’s the way Lenny loves

It says 
No self-pity 
Resentment 
Nor tragedy
Forget me not
Forget me not 
Forgive me not

Lenny was born all alone
It was left abandoned
But Lenny chose love
That’s the way Lenny does
That’s the way Lenny shows
That’s the way Lenny loves

It says 
No self-pity 
Resentment 
Nor tragedy
Forget me not
Forget me not 
Forgive me not

Let it come, let it go
Being free is the only way to be
That means a lot for this little puppy
It doesn’t think
It feels an act for free

That’s the way Lenny does
That’s the way Lenny shows
That’s the way Lenny loves

Lenny was born all alone
It was left abandoned
But Lenny chose love

That the way Lenny does
That the way Lenny shows
That’s the way Lenny loves

It says
No self-pity
Resentment
Nor tragedy
No, no, no

Is that a ghost?
Is that a shadow?
Is that thing lost?
Is it my fellow?
It is not love
It’s just me 
Or you 
In the dark!

Lenny comes, Lenny goes
This guy is free
Just like I’d like to be
It comes on my bed every night and day
(‘n) It leaves me when I’m far away
That the way Lenny does
That the way Lenny shows
That’s the way Lenny loves…

Lenny was born all alone
It was left abandoned
But Lenny chose love

That’s the way Lenny does
That’s the way Lenny shows
That’s the way Lenny loves

It says
No self-pity
Resentment
Nor tragedy

Forget me not
Forget me not 
Forgive me not
Lenny
Bambambambambam…
Lenny lives on Mars

Words Benjamin Laplace;  Music Benjamin Laplace with contribution of Mr Adrien Frasse Sombet.
Laplace Benjamin

LENNY

The Title of the song can be understood in 2 ways:
1. a reflection of the current Corona crisis we are in
2. the feeling I still have since I play this 8 string beast, that I bought myself in January 2020. Always used to be at home on 6 strings, this one is really a challenge, which I am getting only slowly under control.
 Never in my life I had to search on a guitar for the deep e-string :-)

N.O.B.S. III

Surfing On A Disastrous Wave

MusikLogo SwingTheJazz KF011231 BiaB 01.Jun.2020
Instrumental Adaption of Fly Me to the Moon
(Bart Howard/Quincy Jones/Frank Sinatra)

SwingTheJazz

To all our Tin Hat "Friends" out there. Thanks Oliver!

Lyrics, Vocals: Oliver @user-20586334-168256840
Lyrics, Music, Guitars (Tele, Jazzmaster), Bass (P), Drums (AD2), Mellotron (Plugin), Mix & Mastering (DAW): @bonetender

©Bonetender & Oliver 2020 All Rights Reserved

Scissors (ft. Oliver)

This song is my attempt to process the wrenching incident that took place in my hometown on Memorial Day.  My hope is that real change will come from George Floyd’s murder though 2020 is seeming eerily similar to 1968.  
Tech note:  the jet plane heard in the recording was not intentional, just bad timing.  ***Updated with live drum kit 3/26/2023.***

All rights reserved June 11, 2020

Close your eyes
Til you can see it
look inside
Til you believe it 

A weight is upon us now
Digging itself a hole...
When it seems it’s beyond us now
It’s time to take control..

Free your soul
Til it confounds you
Take the time...
As it surrounds you

I see you lying there
Reaching for your last breath
Your future is dyin there
While the whole nation wept

A city cries
Beneath the skies
We gotta try 
To get it right...

Get It Right

Just a song sketch called Buckskin Bill. It's about Buckskin Bill.

Buckskin Bill

Seed germination and flowering) 🌻

CRAZY COMPASS: Russia Moscow/Penza, Spain, Croatia (summer 2020)

Sergey Kobzev @assembly-of-honey (Moscow, Russia) - drums, bass, flute
Pedro Acevedo / @eco-rem (Avilés, Spain) - jew's-harp
Alexander Bozhday @somebody-bo (Penza, Russia) - mysterious creaks
Samy Ben Rabah @samybr (Near Pazin, Croatia) - mandolin
Nata Boundariver @crazycompass (Moscow, Russia) - singing, drawing

P.S.

Soon the first Crazy Compass CD "Life Tree" will be released on @Meticulous-Midgets: https://crazycompass.bandcamp.com/album/life-tree

download

CRAZY COMPASS planet band - Подсолнух / Sunflower

I debated whether or not to scrap this one completely or just finish it, but I couldn't start anything else either, I was in such a rut. So, I took a couple of weeks off. It's hard to get out of a rut when you can barely get out of your house, but we went kayaking, and cooked some good meals and drank. a lot, a whole lot,  and I finally felt inspired enough to finish it. I've already started a new one so maybe the block has passed...

That's the first descant i've ever done in the outro, des CAN'T? more like des CAN, okay it's more of a des MAYBE...enough, I hate singing lol

You are everything to  me  
You loosened up the chains and set me free
Thank you for the love you’ve given me 
You are my destiny

I can see the magic in your smile
I’m sure that this is paradise
Slowly spinning out of time
Till I’m floating weightless in your eyes

It doesn’t have to feel this way
We don’t need the fireworks every day
Just holding hands can make me feel the same
I’m not ashamed to say

It’s the little things make it all worthwhile
Every day give me one more smile	
It’s a little bit of dancing on a Saturday night
A little bit of laughter when things don’t go right

the little things mean the most to me
A lazy day is all I need
A little bit of tenderness to ease the pain
A little bit of love to chase the blues away my baby

Look at all the ways our world has changed
Everything around us is so strange
But I would go through all of this again
For you my love and my best friend…

All The Little Things

A piece based on a photo I painstakingly converted from black and white to color. Check out the high-res version of the cover art from the link below. 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/l06811lgn43tg05/mausoleum-eggs-cover.jpg?dl=0

Mausoleum Eggs

autmun

autumn

Bad keys, shaky shakers, 
acoustic and tremolo guitars... 
I try to not grill ALL of these ingredients
ALL of the time... but it’s hard.

mOag - On this island

man On a grill