THE COPING MECHANISM OF MUSIC various artists

MOMENTS (vol 3)

ROAD SIGNS TO THE BLUE TIDE

Related tracks: I'm All Alone - Paploviante

Tides: 25 Delectable tracks from the SoundCloud community

New favorites 2022

July 2022

Twixt Infinity

SatBop

final apologia pink candlelight

featuring @4catsncoffee on violin
:
Suddenly you come across an opening in the forest - a fading landscape of forgotten names...
fading green is the third tune off the d'ville EP >soundcloud.com/jh0st/sets/dville

--------------------lyrics

No one said that
we would see
Family to no one
Sunlight through trees
No one asked for
an early grave

Stones of names a fade away…

When the clouds come down
water upside down
Order of each name
Feather on tongue

Thousand heart beats in the trees
now gone on the wings of…

day's fading green

d'ville

fading green

Buy on Bandcamp

fading green [ft. 4catsncoffee]

Sublime Roo's 8th release.

'Firstly, I want to say a massive thank you to so many of you for supporting me on my musical journey so far. I am still trying to catch up with all the beautiful messages & tweets of support & encouragement whilst I have been (mainly) away for a couple of months. 

I am still juggling some big life-challenges and may be quite intermittent for a while longer but I have been working away in the background despite a reduced social media presence. 

Enough about that & onto the music!

This track is a kind of 'Trancey/Hip-Hop' type track.
When I wrote this several years ago I was having some turbulent times, so again, I felt it was appropriate to release it around about now... 

As some of you are aware, I have had and am still having some difficult times again recently, however I'd rather reflect that to you through my music, as I am not the only one in life who struggles or goes through difficult times of course. 

As I'd rather not bring you down with the 'why's & wherefores' (because no doubt you have enough on your plate already) or you just wanted to enjoy some music without feeling burdened by my problems... Then I can instead, give you an insight into my situation & how I feel sometimes, by sharing my past & current struggles with you, through the expression of sounds & images that I created during these times...

I hope that anyone else who needs to process difficult times at the moment can gain some peace & comfort through this instrumental that I created, knowing, you are not alone... and that it is okay to not be okay sometimes...
 
We keep the music rolling! 
We ebb.
We flow.
We fly.
We fall... 
...but we must keep getting up again & keep on keeping on... 
We are mighty!
We are wonderful!
We are one!

Let's keep it nice! 
Let's keep it wavy! 
Be good to yourself! 
Be good to others!
Until next time...
Peace, One Love, Justice & Unity for all 🌍✌🏼❤️💛💚

Music Production: Sublime Roo®

All Rights Reserved.
Copyright Sublime Roo® 2020.

'Ebbing & Flow' By Sublime Roo®

This is a song that I thought was about someone else, but it's more likely just about me. 

lyrics

Looks like you've got everything you want
there ain't a single thing left that you need
you're flowing through life like the sea
boy you don't see the woods for the trees

I wouldn't decline no invitation 
to go smacking your head against the pavement
flick through warning signs but you don't read
boy you don't see the woods for the trees

keep pushing all our worries around
try to bury them deep underground
you better keep that spade close at hand
so we can dig out your head from the sand

when I burst into your surgery seeking remedies
you called the alarm
now I've swallowed all the pills you prescribed
I'm telling you I want to be discharged


Keep giving all the people your time
your family said you've got an altruistic mind
but they won't tell you when you're so sick
or that you're life's greatest fucking hypocrite

I know I don't got too much education
but I deciphered your charm from fabrication
I used to bite at the slightest provocation 
now I'll just growl and consider each situation

I may not have everything I want
but I got from you what I need
You ain't got nothing left for me
boy you don't see the woods from the trees

recorded at home on my tascam 8 track

Woods For The Trees (I'm Alright Jack)

Musique / Music performance / Mixing : Christian Levitan
Score decoding with WPS  - (Original score Ambroise Thomas & Emmanuel Chabrier)
Orchestration Propellerhead/Reason Software
Neoclassical Music based on classical melodies & rewriting
Paroles et chant / Lyrics and vocal : Lukowig

Paroles / Lyrics:

Ce samedi
tu as sorti 
ton cerf-volant
innocemment
comme un enfant
sans vraiment te soucier du temps.
En pleine nuit
tu as sorti 
ton cerf-volant
le laissant 
filer vers le firmament...

En catimini
tu as sorti 
ton cerf-volant
comme un enfant
pour ne plus toucher terre
Rouge cœur solitaire
à l'abri du vent
dans ton appartement.

Sacré samedi
fin de semaine !..
Sacré samedi !..

Ce samedi
tu as sorti 
ton cerf-volant
comme un enfant
t'accrochant
à la corde t'envolant
à l'abri du vent
dans ton appartement.

Satané samedi
fin de semaine !..
... et ta vie
au bout d'un fil de laine...
... et ta vie
au bout d'un fil de laine...
... et ta vie
au bout d'un fil de laine...

Ton cerf-volant (Your Kite)

Ton cerf-volant (Your Kite) [Levitan & Lukowig]

Vill Ut

Freedom Horse

The Journey

...and I Am He 

Would it be wrong to not do things I’m supposed to do?
Would it be wrong to not choose what I’m supposed to choose?
To make a bad decision most deliberately?
To make a bad decision with a little slice of pleasure
With a little spark of glee, give my heart up to the devil
Temporarily?

Or permanently?
Or permanently?
Not what I’m supposed to be
But the permanent me

Would it be wrong to tell the truth knowing you’d prefer a lie?
Would it be wrong to choose to share the secrets we agreed to censor
With a smile and a snicker and a little slice of pleasure
Like the little bump of speed from a quickie in a closet
An adrenaline adventure a betrayal I can savor
temporarily

Or permanently?
Permanenty
Not what I’m supposed to be
But the Permanent me

Right as the river
I’m floating so gently on
Which side of things
Will the croupier land me on
I’m obligated
The dice man has cometh
And I am he, and I am he
The dice man has cometh
And I am he, and I am he
The dice man has cometh
And I am he, and I am he

Permanently
Permanently
Permanently

Janine Levinson @janinelevinson : lyrics & vocals 
Mahan Mahan @mahan-mahan : instrumental track 
Lenny Bruce appears courtesy of himself and to add legitimacy to the otherwise obscure and mildly controversial "poly-bipolar women and masochistic men who.love them" phenomenon.

...and I Am He ~ Janine Levinson | Mahan²

Thank you to https://soundcloud.com/jonathan_beckenstein for creating this fine 🎶
Love will always be the greater force.

Lyrics: 
So, don't you think it's getting old now
Empty rounds, sprayed all around
So, don't you think it's getting old now
It could be different now
Somehow

Not another one, oh no

Wake up

not another one - Jonathan Beckenstein/cw

[Written by Radiohead]

https://soundcloud.com/radiohead/where-i-end-and-you-begin

Recorded using Aunty Jenny’s acoustic Tanglewood guitar and dedicated to her memory.

Fecklesss-er

Where I End and You Begin (The Sky Is Falling In)

Dear Davie Jones (available on Bandcamp)

I'm so glad I reached out to the amazing Jennifer Roe @jenniferroe to work on a track together. I was introduced to her work via my good friend Robert @r-salchaks-mood-exhibit, when they collaborated on the wonderful, 'Elegiacal'. https://soundcloud.com/r-salchaks-mood-exhibit/elegiacalfinal-draft-audiomaster-2?utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Jennifer's post: https://soundcloud.com/jenniferroe/nunataq-ice-age-collaboration-with-belial-pelegrim

Jennifer's voice and words are incredibly powerful and so artfully constructed. Enjoy!

Music and Production: Belial Pelegrim
Vocals & Lyrics: Jennifer Roe
Cover Photography: Jennifer Roe

Nunataq/Ice Age

Nun a taq taq taq taq taq

Hey yah yah yah
Hey yah yah yah

Hey-o
Hey-o
Oh-ay

In the time of lowest light
In the days of shortest sight
You crawl you crawl
You claw your way on hands and knees
You call you call
In the time of lowest light
In the coldness of the night
You crawl
Crawl
You call:

Hey yah yah yah yah
Hey yah yah yah yah
Nunataq
Nunataq
Nunataq taq taq taq taq

One
Small
Step
For
No Man

One
Small
Step
For
No Man

One
Giant
Leap
Into the till
Scrounging for gems

In the time of lowest light
In the days of shortest sight
You crawl you crawl
You claw your way on hands and knees

Your own little ice age
Your pit pond
You sinking in the outwash

Raking stones
Breaking bones
Changing history
Raking stones
Breaking bones
Changing history

Your own little ice age
Your own little ice age
Your own little ice age
Your own little ice age

Nunataq (Ice Age)

Nunataq (Ice Age)| Belial Pelegrim & Jennifer Roe

As the old Soviet joke goes, “In the Soviet Union, we know what the future holds. It’s the past that’s always changing.”      (lyrics below, after the song description)                                             
                                                     ****************
In this small, quaint college town, the town-gown relationship, for most of the 150 plus years since the college’s founding, had been productive.  The town benefited economically,  & students appreciated the town's charm, history & heritage.   Often on sunny days, classes of students would visit the park at the downtown square, brought by their history professors to learn not only of the town's history, but also about eleven young local men lost in America's Civil War, memorialized by the modest statue of a lone soldier, who had stood like a sentry at the the park's entrance since 1905.

But times change, don't they...
                                                   ********************

Notes:  More Americans died in the American Civil War than in any other war in our country's history, including each of the World Wars.  In my song, the word "Daughters" references the Daughters Of The Confederacy, a women's civic group formed in the 1890's by daughters (and wives & nieces) of men lost in that war.  The attached picture is the inscription on the base of a statue of a uniformed soldier, standing in a park in Dallas, Georgia, a small town 30 miles northwest of Atlanta.
                                                            



Lyrics....
My name is McKenzie, and Jenkins and Embry,
And eight other names you still hear in these parts,
For over a century, I stood quiet at the entry,
On East Main into Lafayette Park,
A plaque was engraved, told why I was placed,
On those gardened grounds,
In this Small American Town.

Commissioned in 1905,
By the Daughters for fathers who died,
I was erected to honor eleven so bold,
Not a single one knowing he’d never grow old,
On these boys account I’d forever stand proud,
Stand sturdy & stout,
In this Small American Town.

The kids from the college on Heritage Hill,
Would hold class in the park’s warm sunshine,
They learned of this cruel war we waged with ourselves,
How 600,000 had died,
And of eleven from here just about their age,
Small farmers & blacksmiths & craftsmen by trade,
None fought for cotton, not one owned a slave,
And they learned why the Daughters placed me on that mound,
To keep those boys’ memories around,
In this Small American Town.

But enlightened new students don’t meet in that space,
Through new glasses old wars just don’t look the same,
Now scholars say men who went off to that war,
Fought not out of duty, but hate,
I feared I’d be forgotten by Heritage Hill,
Yesterday’s soldiers, obscure battlefields,
But alas, rearranged history determined my fate,
                          **************
Wise men have long warned of changing the past,
Of purges & vengeance & iconoclasts,
Then one fateful night there was smoke rolling down from the Hill,

Quickly surrounded by torches of fire,
Cursing & spitting & rage in the air,
Rope round my shoulders, a cheer by the crowd,
I came crashing down to the ground….
                         **************
An uneasy quiet in the town since that day,
Hushed conversations about how things have changed,
But up on the Hill it’s all smiles & goodwill,
For it’s the 2nd weekend in May,
Ceremonial speeches, awards all around,
Uncles & aunts & parents in town,
To watch the sweet children who torched & burned me to the ground,
Be awarded their caps & their gowns,
In this Small American Town.

Small American Town

Hello partner, your ride is here.
Just slide the empties off the seat and climb in.
Don’t sit on that spring, it’ll cut you.
No, the seatbelt’s broken, wipers, too.

Little man
On the lamb
Blues

Where’d you say you were going?
This car doesn’t go that way.
This is a ride to the Last Star.
Don’t hold on too tight, you’ll get yourself hurt.
Trust me, you are going to a better place.

Little man
Takes a stand
Blues

THE PILGRIM ACCEPTS THE BOWL
THE SHAMAN SAYS SWALLOW WHOLE

INDIGO
AFTERGLOW
ALL YOU KNOW
GONE…

You again. You sure?
OK, I’ll take you home.
Crack the window, it’ll help some.
And there’s a paper bag in the back somewhere.
Use it if you have to.

Superman
Wonderland
Blues

Superman 
Wonderland
Blues

Indigo
Afterglow
All you know
Gone...


Thanks to Fady, Janine Levinson, Cheesemont Paisley-Paisley and Wheelwright for their most helpful and useful consultation.

Superman Wonderland Blues

A lot could be said about this track...but suffice to say...I managed to pull together a top notch crew and we did something that makes me feel...well like a rocker.

Chris S. Guitar. Lead Vocals.
Al Z. Rhythm Guitar
Thom Dust. Lead Guitar 
Jeff M. Bass, Production.

This is a high water mark for my journey...I don't necessarily need you to understand it...but perhaps just pay witness to it!  

Much love my friends

Left To Drown (Feat. Chris. S, AL'Z & Thom Dust)

The road 
I wanted to dream on my own 
i was the good child lost in the pages of his picture books
but there was always , somewhere in my life or in my dreams 
a place for those who gave me love

i haven' seen the time go by
but i slowly woke up , and learned how to give back
i want to make sure there will be somewhere in my heart or in my dreams
a place forever, for those who gave me love
i want to make sure there will be nowhere a heavy hearted friend 
i ve left behind by the road side

there will be nowhere

i want to believe that you and i , together , will found how to give
a place forever to those who need love 
i want to make sure there will be nowhere 
a heavy hearted child, left behind by a road side
left behind without showing him 
The road ...

La Route/ The Road  (translated lyrics in description)

No matter how fast you move, she is still far away... why?

Lets face it, we all love the music we make and share. This is my own latest fave :)

Fun fact, in childhood I was always impressed by those pianists walking blazing fast thru the keys. Here in the bridge (1:41-2:14)I "did it". Not on a piano keys. On Push 2. Also put into a scale. Quickly running up and down on 5x5 grid ... not really knowing what I'm doing :) Dreams come true, she is getting near! 

Lead synth is Arturia OP-Xa VST also played on Push 2 pads, no programming. Some Polybrute, few Pigments lines, and IK Syntronik. With lotsa FabFilter Pro-C, Pro-Q3, Timeless. Bassline is 3 Arturia MiniMoogs. Mastered with UAD, IK, and FabFilters. Cover art: a personal star and road to Lick Observatory, California, 20 miles from house. Thanks! 

Musically yours! ~ S.P. ~
~ @samprock ~ @prockjet ~ @art-of-nonsense ~ @silentzen ~

Analogue

Aster

@keithtimmonsmusic : Melody and Lyrics - Keyboards - Vox
@man-on-a-grill : Beats - Bass - Acoustic and electric guitars

A tale of horror.

Keith TimmOns w/mOag - Sour Tides

life is a journey and music is my soundtrack to it ,i wrote this song traveling around south Portugal at the start of summer 2022 and at the tail end of a 2 year pandemic when travel was no longer possible or an option ..
I hope i have captured some of the energy and sights and sounds of this trip and found signs of life 
written and produced by Jim Manser 2022 
watch the music video for signs of life on
https://youtu.be/XiVUx5EZUOY

signs of life

signs of life video

Signs Of Life [watch the music video on you-tube]

(Written by Terry Reeves)
Terry Reeves: Vocals
Hans Albers: All instruments/Arrangement & Production

New video on YouTube:  https://youtu.be/Z7NUmzq-TCY

For me, getting older has certainly had some advantages, one of them being the ability to take on life's pressures without continually worrying about what is coming along next.

Being seen as the “Wise Old Man" in the family (you know, the one in the comfy chair closest to the TV in the living room), my sons, daughter, nieces and nephews will often plonk themselves down on the seat next to me and disclose their personal problems.  Much though I’d like to pretend otherwise, I rarely have any useful advice to volunteer, the reality being that I offer little more than a sympathetic ear.  That they trust me enough to take me into their confidence is nonetheless most flattering, the reason most likely being that I’m neither judgemental nor threatening and most importantly can be trusted to keep what I’m told entirely to myself.

This song was written after one of these tête-à-tête’s, one in which there was absolutely nothing I could do to change the situation and could only empathise, say that they need never feel they were on their own and affirm I’d always be there for them whenever the need arose.  All the same, I did find myself wishing I could have been of greater help.  I truly did feel blue for them.  

Life can be a sod of a thing sometimes.  When that happens, what else is there to do but write a song about it?   (Terry Reeves)    
 

A glass on the table, half full a distance away
Feeling thirsty and dry so unreachable today
Closer tomorrow but might drain to half empty
Distance unchanged my thirst remains plenty

Feeling so blue for you
Really blue for you

I’ve stood in the forest heard whispers of lies
Every leaf falling past, covers a layer of spies
Try hiding from truth, planet can never disguise
Face stays in the shadows screaming silent cries 

Feeling blue for you
Really blue for you

Look out of the window reflections inside my head
Reversing a vision giving sight to those who bled
The slaughter of life has reduced the time earned
Loving life not chewing death the option unfurled

Feeling blue for you
Really blue for you

I will answer questions if you ask with a smile
I may travel a distance over one million miles
Moving is never a picture puzzles of reasons
Hoping to find missing piece to help mental lesions

Feeling blue for you
Really blue for you

FEELING BLUE FOR YOU - Cripple Club & Hans Albers

I'm All Alone - Paploviante 2022
Bass, Music and Mix Paploviante
Vocals: Ghosthack https://www.ghosthack.de
Lyrics:
I wear a thousand scars
Cover them up so you don't see beyond the mask
My worlds a dying star
Falling for you has buried me in smoke and ash
In smoke and ash
Take me to the ending of the story
I'll see you in the morning when I wake
Save me from the storm inside my bones
The fear of living on my own
I'm all alone

I'm All Alone - Paploviante

Lyrics

I don't want to live in this world anymore.
People have gone crazy.
Life is virtual.
A life made of smiles
that we send each other while being sad.

I don't want to live in this world 
I don't want to live in this world
I don't want to live in this world 
where everyone does the same thing.

To be nothing among all.
I don't want to live in this world anymore.
People have gone crazy.
Life is virtual.


I don't want to live in this world. 
I don't want to live in this world.
I don't want to live in this world 
where everyone does the something.

I don't want to live in this world. 
I don't want to live in this world.
I don't want to live in this world 
where everyone does the same thing.

I don't want to live in this world. 
I don't want to live in this world.
I don't want to live in this world 
where everyone does the same thing.

To be nothing among all.
Alone in the subway 
I go forward but I go backward 
I sleep to forget 
I sleep to see nothing 
It's like being dead.
I have forgotten.
That we have a destiny.
I forgot to say.
Take care of yourself.
I forgot the meaning of life.

Anyway

I forgot the meaning of life

I Forgot The Meaning Of Life

@rick-4-1 - Drumming on the Swear Box
@janinelevinson - Culture Cancelling Harmony Vocals
@phil-mcwalter - Losing The War with The Other Stuff!

ICE PICK

Losing the war to be yourself
Cannot say your thoughts aloud
I don’t want to feel it like it is
I don’t want to see you
We told you what to think
Told you what you can’t…

2p in the Swear Box
2p in the Swear Box

© Phil McWalter - June 2022

PS: Four bars of different lengths in a sine curve;
||: 5/4 | 4/4 | 3/4 | 4/4 :|| 
Still 16 beats over four bars, right!

Image: The 'shadowing' was caused by moving during a long low-light exposure on an iPhone

Spotify

Ice Pick

© Joe Liberty 2022. All rights reserved.

TheWayYouUsedTo

With everything that we do
There comes a time to start a new
But I never ever thought 
That it could be
That it would be
The same with you
No not with you

Now I wake up each morning
Think it’s gonna be alright
Then you come on home late at night
With the same
Old story

Well tell me now darling 
What would it take for you
To treat me
The way
The way you used to
The way you used to

Solo 

Yea I’m tired of trying
And I’ve made up my mind
If you can’t give your love to me
Well I’m saying goodbye

So tell me now darling 
What would it take for you
To treat me
The way
The way you used to
The way you used to

So tell me now darling 
What would it take for you
To treat me
The way
The way you used to
The way you used to
The way you used to

TheWayYouUsedTo

Biiig Thanks to my Saxo Porno Man for this great Devil ride here;-)
Visit the Porno Man on SC https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx

https://soundcloud.com/joerxworx

Lunatics 73/ All The Devils Come On Earth👿👹👺😈/ Joerxwoerx & Ratzzz

Fluxional

Bandcamp

Xenoglossy

You lift Me Up
Music and Lyrics by Mike Krath

Here I am sitting,
With the men of this town,
They want to know what’s so special,
That makes me want you around.
And I tell them once again,
What I’ve told them as my friends,
Many times as has arisen,
Of all the women I have known,
And I’ve known many as been told,
You’re the only one if they listen.

You lift me up when I am down
You lift me up to solid ground,
You lift me up to a proper place,
You lift me up when all else fails,
You lift me up when all is despair,
You lift me up to your strong embrace.

You lift me up when am not sound,
You lift me up when I’m the clown,
You lift me up to not lose face,
You lift me up when I don’t care,
You lift me up from my chair,
You lift me up to save me from disgrace.

You lift me up,
You lift me up,
You lift me up,
All day.
You lift me up,
You lift me up,
You lift me up,
Is all I can say.

So when I sit at the gates,
Your love has turned away all hate,
And all I can hear is your praise,
And when it comes my turn to speak,
I stand and tell them what they seek,
You lift me up all day.
And when night falls,
You’re right there with me in the hall,
To cast away all of my pains.

You lift me up,
You lift me up,
You lift me up,
All day.
You lift me up,
You lift me up,
You lift me up,
Is all I can say.

You lift me up when all is black,
You lift me up when I have lack,
You lift me up, don’t turn back…

You lift me up,
You lift me up,
You lift me up,
All day.
You lift me up,
You lift me up,
You lift me up,
Is all I can say.

You Lift Me Up (All Day)

But Grandma Does Have Wheels (She Is, In Fact, A Wagon)

My inspiration My friend  A universe divide has an end and it is you. Amen

For Jooles

Words and music Antipodeans 2022. Recorded and engineered at Grovehill Studio, and mastered at the Hackey Sack by Dr Hackey. Kite by James Lee on Unsplash.com

Free

This song is about inner fight of feelings between love and desire. It will take you through different scenes: meditation, passion, happiness, frustration, adoration, excitation & relaxation.

I think it will be one of my top tracks ever, but after too many attempts for a definitive mix, it must go out as it is or I’ll go crazy(er). Please give me some feedback.

Maybe a nice trial: https://soundcloud.com/esemanolain-ruizzo/estoy-confundido-piano-version

LETRA  /  LYRICS :

Estoy confundido (Eres tan bonita...)  /  I am confused (You’re so beautiful...)

(1) Te alejas con una sonrisa breve,  /  (1) You leave with a brief smile,
difícil de olvidar.  /  difficult to forget.
Te alejas sin miedo  /  You leave without fear
de no volverme a encontrar.  /  of not finding me again.

Se aleja mi corazón de golpe,  /  My heart leaves at one stroke,
al oírte decir adiós.  /  hearing you say good bye.
No quiero que digas eso,  /  Don’t want you to say so,
no quiero que olvides mi voz.  /  don’t want you to forget my voice.

Si aparecen regueros de lágrimas,  /  If streams of tears appear,
No llores de pena (bis)  /  don’t you cry of sorrow. (bis)
Si bajan mojándome las mejillas,  /  If they go down wetting my cheeks,
No llores de pena (bis)  /  don’t you cry of sorrow. (bis)

(1) Te alejas…  /  (1) You leave …

Eres tan bonita…  /  You are so beautiful …
que a veces he estado confundido.  /  that sometimes I have been confused.
He llorado en la cama (bis)  /  I have cried in bed (bis)

Eres tan bonita…  /  You are so beautiful …
Que a veces se me olvida que te quiero  /  that sometimes I forget that I love you
Y sólo recuerdo que te deseo.  /  and I only remember that I desire you.
Confundido he llorado en la cama (bis)  /  Confused I have cried in bed (bis)
 
Y lloro porque al mismo tiempo  /  And I cry because at the same time
quiero respetarte,  /  I want to respect you,
y lloro porque al mismo tiempo  /  and I cry because at the same time
quiero poseerte.  /  I want to possess you.

ER23HC03 - (C) Ruizzo 1995 - (R) Francés Records;) 2014


Estoy confundido (Eres tan bonita...)

The first song I wrote with the lovely accompaniment of Theo Passingham on guitar and vocal.

Hannah

Cocteau's poem(free download,if you want!)

Life Boat

Written by Terry Reeves, 1981
Recorded in a dusty attic, Wallington, Surrey, 1983
Terry Reeves: Vocals/ Guitar 
Brian Reeves: Guitar
John Palmer: Bass
Gary Reeves: Drums

Back in 1981, there was a major news item on the front of the tabloids involving two young teenagers who had committed suicide in a car. They left a note saying that there was no point in carrying on living as they had no job and no money. Unemployment was the highest it had ever been at that time, so it made the headlines. This song was my comment. There was nothing great about the Thatcher government and yes, I was there. (Terry Reeves)

LYRICS

Work hard at school and you will succeed
Get the pieces of paper that you need
You will get there if you are the best
But what happens to us, all the rest

CHORUS
NO JOB, NO MONEY, NO LIFE, NO POINT
NO JOB, NO MONEY, NO LIFE, NO POINT

Discipline will curb your greed
Much more training's what you need
It's better now than it's ever been
Hard times like these we have never seen

CHORUS X 2

Lets tell the truth and not live a lie
No piece for us of that money pie
The youth are the future that's what we're told
But what will they tell us when we're too old

CHORUS X 2

So what's the point in carrying on
Growing up is just one big con
Haven't listened to a word that's said
Perhaps you'll listen when I'm dead

NO JOB, NO MONEY, NO LIFE, NO POINT
NO JOB, NO MONEY, NO LIFE, NO POINT

Final Choice - Root Division (1983)

A tribute to my friend Jesse 2019
Original Lyrics by Tony that inspired Glen (listed below)
Vocals, Music and Mix by Glen Granthem

BORN IN THE COUNTRY
A FEW MILES FROM TOWN
LOVE GOSPEL AND COUNTRY
THAT ROCK N ROLL SOUND

A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE
MAY HE REST IN PEACE………
PLAYED AWESOME GUITAR
ALWAYS THE CENTERPIECE

I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME
I HEARD HIM PLAY……... 
HIS AWESOME PLAYIN'
BLEW MY MIND

HIS NAME WAS JESSE
COULD PLAY THEM BLUES……
AND ALWAYS READY
TO EXPLORE NEW AVENUES

(CHORUS)
WISH I COULD GO
BACK IN TIME………
HEAR HIM PLAY AGAIN
LIKE HE DID BACK THEN
YEA, HEAR HIM PLAY AGAIN
LIKE HE DID BACK THEN

YOU DIDN'T NEED VOCALS
WHEN JESSE PLAYED……
HE WAS A SELF-MADE
GUITAR DECIPLE

TWO OF SOUNDCLOUDS BEST
TOM ADAMS AND ROGER B-TRAIN……
THEIR PLAYIN' INSANE
ARE TRULY BLESSED

(REPEAT CHORUS)

(Rockin' Guitar Solo to honor Jesse)

2018 ©  Lyrics by Tony Harris (BMI)

Jesse (Like He Did Back Then) - Lyrics by Tony Harris - Featuring Glenny G's One Man Band - Original

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街の灯 / city lights
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その美しい曲線は　夜陰にまぎれて
照らすもののない隙間から　こっちを視ている

あたかも本当の風に　吹かれてるようだ
抜け道のはるか向こうへ　翔べるなら　堕ちるなんて遊び



背を向けられた路地裏は　一見静かで
照らすもののない街灯は　青白くなった

歩き去るならあまりにも　都合のよすぎる
抜け道のはるか向こうへ　夜の岸辺の　散歩でも



打ち棄てられた言の葉は　一見無口で
照らすもののない存在なんて　考えたくもない

あたかも本当の君を　視ているみたいだ
堕ちた砂粒の軌跡　その光を　見逃してしまった



その美しい曲線は　夜陰にまぎれて
照らすもののない空間で　夜明けを待ってる

あたかも本当の君に　触れているようだ
抜け道のはるか向こうへ　翔べるなら　堕ちるなんて遊び

concave & convex

街の灯 / city lights

Chock-full of high-energy post-progressive rock with a Bowie vibe, "Forget the End of the World," the debut album from bassist/vocalist David Tomkins (ex-The Shadow Principle) and drummer Adam Figura (ex-Sloth), will appeal to fans of Steven Wilson, Porcupine Tree, Muse, Dredg, The Pineapple Thief, and Riverside.

Clear Skies Darkened

I start this new album with better sound by means of one of my more beloved and evolved songs ever, a structured piece with progressing parts.

LETRA   /   TRANSLATED LYRICS:

BIEN, MAL (LLUVIA VIEJA)    /   WELL, BADLY (OLD RAIN)

Sí, no, ¿por qué no?   /   Yes, no, why not? 
estoy pensando que esto no es lo mejor.   /   I am thinkinkg this is not the best.
Bien, mal, ¿tú qué tal?   /   Well, badly, what about you?
de repente me he puesto a pensar.   /   Suddenly I have started to think.

El tiempo esparcido entre mis amigos   /   Time scattered among my friends
 es el más valioso cuando estoy contigo.   /   is the most valuable one when I am with you
Los ratos vividos estando contigo   /   Moments lived being with you
 son reconfortantes cuando estoy perdido.   /   are comforting when I feel lost. 
Tengo que buscarlos entre mis amigos,   /   I must search for them among my friends
tengo que encontrarlos, pero ya se han ido todos.   /   I must find them, but they are all gone already.

Fumando   /   Smoking 
tras los cristales   /   behind the windows
mojados de lluvia vieja.   /   wet with old rain
Recuerdos   /   Memories
 que me llevan flotando   /   carry me floating
 a estar con ella.   /   to be with her

Tengo que buscarlos entre mis amigos.   /   I must search for them among my friends

Tú, yo, ¿qué sé yo?   /   You, me, what do I know?
está lloviendo pero tengo calor.   /   It is raining but I feel hot
Qué, quién, ¡mírame!   /   What, who, look at me !
soy todavía quien empezaste a querer.   /   I am still who you started do love

Soy todavía quien empezaste a querer.  /   I am still who you started do love

ER13PB01 ©1995 E-RUIZZO – ®2013 FRANCÉS RECORDS ;)

Image: "Prickle prick cactus", photo by Ruizzoidman

Bien, mal (Lluvia vieja)

Fly is a slow, dark Rock song. A "You're depressed, I love, I can't have you" kinda song.

℗ © Copyright Ian Stokes. All Rights Reserved
Recorded and mixed using Logic. Mastered in Soundcloud
Guitars played: Taylor 714CE in standard tuning 
Photography: Thanks go to Nigel and Libby Hume at Hume Photography.
LYRICS:
Eagle flying high 
Into the setting sun
Take my spirit with you on the wing
Let me see the world looking through your eyes 
Help me to see all and everything

I can feel the power in the rhythm of your wings
As we fly into the setting sun
I can see the world now - all and everything
Earth and sea and sky are all as one

Over mountains, through the canyons
In majesty you fly
Your heart beats out its story
Written across the sky

Eagle flying high 
Into the setting sun
Take my spirit with you on the wing
Let me hear the world
Listen as you do
Help me to hear all and everything

I can feel the power in the rhythm of your wings
As we fly into the setting sun
I can hear the world now - all and everything
Earth and sea and sky are all as one

Over mountains, through the canyons
In majesty you fly
Your heart beats out its story
Written across the sky

Eagle Flying High

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.

Keith TimmOns w/mOag - Sour Tides

man On a grill