you make this sound so easy, how very enjoyable! 🌸

Actually stayed in Heartbreak Hotel in Memphis just over the road from Graceland. Great song Mike, enjoyed it a lot.

Like everything about this upload, Mike! Enjoyed it very much!

@gene-jumper-6: Thanks for giving it a listen!

Monday Playlist week of 8/14/2023

Produced, composed, arranged, lyrics & vocals by hLo(@hLo-64)
Mastered by Woods Studio Norway (@woods_studio)

In September 2019, I went for a gig in the saloons of the Ogc Nice stadium (remember the time when it was still possible !). The organizer arranged to meet us at the Burger King car park. I thought to myself, what a peculiar place for a rendez-vous? This inspired me this song.
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Produit, composé, arrangé, paroles & vocaux par hLo(@hLo-64)
Masterisé par Woods Studio Norvège (@woods_studio)

En Septembre 2019, je suis allé faire un concert dans les salons du stade Ogc Nice (rappelez-vous l'époque où c'était encore possible !). L'organisateur nous a donné rendez-vous au parking du Burger King. Je me suis dit, quel drôle d'endroit pour un rendez-vous ? Cela m'a inspiré cette chanson.

BURGER KING BLUES

Je t’attendrais au parking,
Au parking du Burger King,
 Je porterais mon costume croisé ,
Tu sais celui qui te plait.

Baby, prends bien tes vitamines, 
On tracera loin, loin des abimes, 
Au volant de ma Cadillac ,
J’espère que t’es pas insomniaque.

Tu porteras une robe d’été,
 Cheveux de jais sur décolleté,
 Le temps s’arrête quand tu parais.
 
 Burger King Blues  (x2)

Je t’attendrais au parking,
Au parking du burger king,
 J'me mettrais peut’etre en smoking ,
Tu seras plus belle que j’l'imagine.

Tu sais pour moi c’est pas les Grenadines,
 Ni les weeks end aux Philippines,
 J'suis pas un prince de magazines

J’aimerai tant voir l’Italie,  
Aller plonger à Camogli ,
Flaner la nuit à Napoli.

Burger King Blues  (x2)

T’es jamais venue au parking,
Au parking du Burger King,
 Tout ca, tu sais, c’est dans les films, 
Du style Marilyn et James Dean.

T’es jamais venue au parking,
Au parking du Burger King,
 J’me sens comme une quille de Bowling,
 Tout seul au milieu du parking.

Like a Bowling Pin (x3)

Release date: April 30, 2021
©hLo 2021 All Rights Reserved

Burger King Blues

YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/aPtOH9ymgrM
Original 2013

Fast Cars And Guitars (lyrics by Tony - vocal / music by Phillip Clarkson) Original with video link

Not sure where these song ideas often come from? Music, Lyrics or both?Sometimes hard to create and other times they just run over me like a Steam Roller. Anyway, musings of someone just 'Letting Go'. Who knows? Vocals, guitars, all instruments and production by Riff Beach via RiffWerx Records - 3B Productions.
Letting Go ©
Riff Beach - Original
RiffWerx - 2022
I’m basking in Nothingness
I’m pushing through time and space
Not sure where I’m going
Not sure of my place
Such self importance
It’s merely contrived
One day we‘ll wake up
Wondering how we survived
With love in my heart
And a most confused mind
It tears me apart
To feel so unkind
So steady my path, Lord
Tame all my dreams
Show me the way 
To untwist my schemes
May I become better
In all I pursue
For I mean no harm
I simply love you

Sunny Beaches

Letting Go ©

https://dominiquelebars1.bandcamp.com/track/dsl

Désolé 
Sacrément désolé
Tout les rires que l'on offre 
Au plaisir d' être vivant
Désolé
Je suis désolé
Ses immenses paysages 
L'infini besoin d' aimer
Désolé 
J' suis vraiment désolé, 
Ma bonne vieille Terre pardon
J'ai tout gâché comme un con

Extracts from The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver by Edna St Vincent Millay 1892-1950
Recital from LibriVox.org read by Linda Leu

“Son,” said my mother,
   When I was knee-high,
“You’ve need of clothes to cover you,
   And not a rag have I”.
 
“There’s nothing in the house
   To make a boy breeches,
Nor shears to cut a cloth with
   Nor thread to take stitches.”
 
“There’s nothing in the house
   But a loaf-end of rye,
And a harp with a woman’s head
   Nobody will buy,”  
   And she began to cry.
 
…

Men say the winter
   Was bad that year;
Fuel was scarce,
   And food was dear.
 
A wind with a wolf’s head
   Howled about our door,
And we burned up the chairs
   And sat on the floor.
 
All that was left us
   Was a chair we couldn’t break,
And the harp with a woman’s head
   Nobody would take,
   For song or pity’s sake.
 
…

Looking nineteen,
   And not a day older,
And the harp with a woman’s head
   Leaned against her shoulder.
 
Her thin fingers, moving
   In the thin, tall strings,
Were weav-weav-weaving
   Wonderful things.
 
Many bright threads,
   From where I couldn’t see,
Were running through the harp-strings
  Rapidly,
 
…

There sat my mother
   With the harp against her shoulder
Looking nineteen
   And not a day older,
 
A smile about her lips,
   And a light about her head,
And her hands in the harp-strings
   Frozen dead.
 
And piled up beside her
   And toppling to the skies,
Were the clothes of a king’s son,
   Just my size.

The Ballad Of The Harp-Weaver

November 2023. I removed the cover of my 40 year old Roland, blew the dust off the keys and played the first notes after decades of silence. A first glimpse to the past and to the future at the same time.

Cover Artwork: Manfred Besinger (dad)

Demo Songs 2023

First Glimpse

Patrick/DjArtw2001 (@djartw2007) and I now present track 6 in our current collaborative album "Galaxy Universe" (2024).

The track was created in September 2023 (initial composition, recording, arrangement and mix by Patrick/DjArtw2001 in MAGIX) and 23 April 2024 (subsequent composition in GarageBand, further additions, arrangements and final mix by Alex M in Logic Pro) and posted on SoundCloud on 24 May 2024 (by Alex M).

The artwork cover for the track zooms on a part of an oil painting by Patrick/DjArtw2001 of 7 January 2024 that was cropped from a photo and annotated using Mac OS Preview by Alex M on 3 February and 24 April 2024 with final version of 21 August 2024 - in coordination and agreement with Patrick/DjArtw2001.

Duration: 11:08 minutes

Galaxy Universe 6 - Alex M & DjArtw2001

Three hundred thirty million people in this country 
And we had to pick these two
Three hundred thirty million people in this country 
You’d think we could find somebody new

You say you really want to exercise your right to vote 
But if either of these guys was captain of a boat
You’d be afraid to set foot on that ship
You wouldn’t take that trip

Commercial jet pilots retire at 65
Cause after that age they’re afraid they’ll nosedive.
But there’s no age limit for the president of the USA
It’s perfectly okay

What are you supposed to do when both choices stink
You’ve got two glasses of Kool Aide
You’re not sure which one to drink

They get up on stage and we watch them a debate
Instead of rising to the occasion, they punch below their weight
We keep hoping that one of them will say something profound
But they let us down

They get asked hard questions and their answers are simple
Preventing World War three it’s like popping a pimple
And those budget deficits will magically disappear
We’ll be in the clear

Every four years we’re told that the situation is so dire
It’s like the country’s a giant gallon of milk 
And it’s about to expire
They say a broken clock is right two times a day
You never know we might pick the wrong guy and things might not turn out okay

What are you supposed to do when both choices stink
You’ve got two glasses of Kool Aide and you’re not sure which one to drink
Three hundred thirty million people in this country 
And we had to pick these two
Three hundred thirty million people in this country 
You’d think we could find somebody new

Two Bad Choices

Isaiah 14:13-15, among others ( Ezekiel) .., a song from my late teens… it’s about trying to subvert everything and everyone.. for our own satisfaction.. .. and then longing for one’s original place in the line up card… pride is a tough beast to control and conquer…if you are a lyrics listener, there is a way out… but only by realization and contrition… hard to accomplish, but we all know the saying about free will…just a remix for my own satisfaction, he he and ha!!🤩🤩🤩😇😇😇

Sides of the North ( 2024 remix)

Stay Within The Lines

Can we trust the stories people tell?
The more amazing they are the less trustworthy?
Even though, I love these stories!

STORIES

Stories from long ago
Is it right?
Was it so?


Once I met a woman with one crazy eye
She lived on a hill and was almost blind,
but the future she could provide
I predict your destiny, she replied 

A runner was in glorious isolation
Only two k from finish and gold 
But he took the wrong way in a junction and ended in a bar. He’s still there in perfect isolation

Stories

Heat

Neon Lights of Memphis (Remix)

Lyle Lovette- four Grammy awards.  It is kinda hard to put him in any particular category  Such a great singer, songwriter and performer.  I got to see him a few years ago.  I love his music along with his pals John Hiatt and Guy Clark.

In My Own Mind

No one can Challenge Sir Pauls voice but love the song. A tribute to my idols . These days I record mostly originals but found this in my library and thought I'd share .

And I Love Her (The Beatles) COPY

Love country, folk, rock, gospel, blues and 60's style rock/pop music. I also post a Monday Playlist each week. My main page is Tony's Lyrics https://soundcloud.com/tonyslyrics

I write simple songs, mostly in a country/folk vein. All recordings posted here were done at home with minimal production on my little Tascam Pocket Studio. No great commercial intent here, just a love for the writing process and the hope that one day I will pen one really good one.  Thanks for taking the time to listen!

Neon Lights of Memphis (Remix)

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