Michael Stuff II

Toad the Wet Sprocket Rare Bird

The Kooks - 'Naive'

Ain't Done Yet

Conover plays and sings this version

History from the Beatles Bible:
Written by: Lennon-McCartney
Recorded: 1, 4, 5 August 1969
Producer: George Martin
Engineers: Geoff Emerick, Phil McDonald

Released: 26 September 1969 (UK), 1 October 1969 (US)

John Lennon: vocals, lead guitar
Paul McCartney: vocals, bass
George Harrison: vocals, Moog synthesiser
George Martin: electric spinet Baldwin harpsichord

The final song to be recorded for Abbey Road was John Lennon's Because. The song was inspired by Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and featured The Beatles' distinctive three-part vocal harmonies.

Yoko Ono was a classically trained pianist whose interests had moved towards the avant garde. One day in 1969, however, she played Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2 - the Moonlight Sonata.


Lying on their sofa listening, John Lennon asked her to play the chords backwards, and wrote Because around the result. While not an exact reversal of Beethoven's piece, it contains a number of musical similarities.
The lyrics speak for themselves; they're clear. No bullshit. No imagery, no obscure references.
John Lennon
All We Are Saying, David Sheff
The vocal harmonies are one of the most distinctive aspects of the much-admired Because. Lennon, McCartney and Harrison sang together, and overdubbed their voices twice more, giving the effect of nine voices.

John wrote this tune. The backing is a bit like Beethoven. And three-part harmony right throughout. Paul usually writes the sweeter tunes, and John writes the, sort of, more the rave-up things, or the freakier things. But John's getting to where he doesn't want to. He just wants to write twelve-bars. But you can't deny it, I think this is possibly my favourite one on the album. The lyrics are so simple. The harmony was pretty difficult to sing. We had to really learn it. But I think that's one of the tunes that will impress most people. It's really good.
George Harrison, 1969
The vocal harmonies, isolated from their instrumental backing, can be heard on both Anthology 3 and Love. The Love album, however, features the sound of birds twittering in the background.

I wouldn't mind betting Yoko was in on the writing of that, it's rather her kind of writing: wind, sky and earth are recurring, it's straight out of Grapefruit and John was heavily influenced by her at the time.
Paul McCartney
Many Years From Now, Barry Miles
The instrumentation on Because was simple, with arpeggio accompaniment on harpsichord, guitar and Moog. Paul McCartney later bought the electric harpsichord, played here by George Martin, when EMI were reducing their instrument collection; it remains in his recording studio.

In the studio

On Friday 1 August 1969 Lennon, McCartney and Martin taped 23 takes of the basic track, with Lennon on electric guitar and McCartney on bass. Ringo Starr added a basic hi-hat rhythm, but this was for guide purposes only and wasn't recorded.

Take 16 was the best of the 23 attempts. With the backing track in place, Lennon, McCartney and Harrison recorded the first of their harmony vocal tracks. Two more were added on 4 August.

A final overdub was recorded on 5 August, when George Harrison taped a Moog part - the first time the synthesiser was used on the Abbey Road recordings. Harrison recorded it twice, filling up the last two available tracks on the tape.


Ah, because the world is round
it turns me on
Because the world is round
Ah, because the wind is high
it blows my mind
Because the wind is high
Ah, love is old, love is new
Love is all, love is you
Because the sky is blue
it makes me cry
Because the sky is blue
Ah, ah, ah, ah

because: conover

If You Got The Money

At The End of the Day

Fire

Our first fully recorded song. Mixed and mastered by GrevusAnjl. Find his incredible music here: https://soundcloud.com/grevusanjl

A huge thank you to GrevusAnjl, not only for mixing and mastering this track, and the endless help and advice he's given us throughout this process, but also for giving us permission to actually tell people he did so. :D

The Single

Somethin' Creepin' (Single)

Buy on Bandcamp

IMAGINATION GIRL (c) Jan 2019 / Remixed Sep 2023

Another day, it's all she's known, up in her room.
Looking out the window, no friends around,  
she wishes she could just fly.
Ohhh her parents screaming; 
Ohhh downstairs in the evening.

The yellow tattered bathroom mat,
It felt good between her toes; seemed to matter badly.
She sat on the floor near the tub, 
coolness against her head. 
Sounds seem louder;
vision a bit clearer, yeah. 

Woah, oh oh - that's how it goes.
Woah, oh oh - they might split.
She ran to her bed, got under the covers,
put on her phones, and left this place... 

I'm finally free. I've gotta believe.
I'm finally free.

She wished she could leave,
nowhere to go, outside so cold.
all she has is her vivid imagination,
to take her away, keep her sane...

keep her sane...

I'm finally free. I've gotta believe.

Imagination Girl

https://dominiquelebars1.bandcamp.com/track/les-m-moires-dun-poisson-pan
https://www.instagram.com/dominique_le_bars/

LES MEMOIRES D'UN POISSON PANE

Je traîne dans quelques classes affaires mes souvenirs ambulants 
Rêves d'occasions à refaire, colombes d'illusions 
Moi je carriole, tu affrioles: On est fait pour se plaire 
Viens que j' te montre dans ma bagnole mon joli belvédère

Il doit m' rester quelques billets dans le fond de mes poches 
Aller prendre un verre au carré puis revenir gavroche
Aujourd'hui c'est peut être un jour sang ? 
J'ai vu rouge quand ce type M'a dit  " Hé, qu'est-ce qu' t'en as à foutre ?  
Moi j'ai pas qu'ça à fric .."

Refrain: 

A tire d'ailes dans le temps et dans le ciel et dans le vent 
Gaillard de six pieds dans le vent loin des rivages indécents 
Capitaine aux yeux d'Océan, sur la mer de mes enfants 
Pour redevenir un enfant j'ai du vomir tout mes écrans


Demain c'est la saint Valentin au fond du vieux bocal 
Pas oublier les fleurs et l' vin si l'on veux d' l' horizontal 
J' vais p' t' être envoyer tout cramer dans les siècles des cieux 
Buffet et sexe à volonté: J'ai l'artifice en feu

Quand à l'autre qui s' tape son clébard, m'en vais lui dire deux mots 
Tutoyer l'âme de ce creuvard avec celle de son couteau 
Penser à virer toutes ses pubs qui pourrissent mes journées 
Envoyer un tweet à Youtube qui m' rende ma vie privée..

R

fais moi un signe de ta présence snapchat ou autre tribu 
Un lol un pouce à ta convenance, un selfie de ton cul 
Je traîne dans quelques classes affaires mes dérives mentales 
Rêves d'occasions à refaire pour une poignée d'étoiles

Dominique Le Bars 2018

Les Mémoires d'un poisson pané

Beyond The Skies
By: Al'Z(@al-zheimer-un-autre-jour), Livra LB(https://soundcloud.com/livra-lamento-blues), Tainted Icarus

In your breath
In my moan
I can hear our silent storm

Fault on me
Fault on you
While the truth is not our home

You can walk
I can run
But why tread this path of thorns

Loss on me
Loss on you
So you tell me who has won

Time to be beyond the skies
Time to try beyond the skies
Time to see beyond the skies
Time to fly beyond the skies

Taking pills
Tricking minds
Always running all the time

Plastic face
And other tools
Keep on playing game of fools

Throwing arrows
More and more
But those targets always move

You can dress
For the show
Like a doll being used

Time to be beyond the skies
Time to try beyond the skies
Time to see beyond the skies
Time to fly beyond the skies

Notes: https://taintedicarus.com/discog/beyond.html

Beyond The Skies

Beyond The Skies (Feat. Livra LB, AL'Z)

this time - if she could [soundboard tinkerers - original]
music and lyrics by soundboard tinkerers nov 2008 and jan/feb 2019  
produced by soundboard tinkerers feb 2019

this time - if she could

if she could  if she could  if she could
she would bite her tongue
hold it all in
this time

into the crypt she crept
away from the throngs she went
its all so garishly tasteless
and pointlessly baseless
so loud so shallow
so difficult to swallow

so difficult to swallow

if she could  if she could  if she could
she would bite her tongue
hold it all in
this time

bright color plastic flags
junk filled plastic bags
so loud and so shallow
so tight so narrow
into the crypt she crept
away from the throngs she slept

this time  this time
 

lyrics - johns of soundboard tinkerers nov 2008 and jan 2019

hi - cool to hear what y'all might say about this one:)

wishing 2019 is going ok for you . . .
johns

this time - if she could [soundboard tinkerers - original]

THE END OF DYNOSAURS-music F Bourgouin

Music: Kenny Dyer [ https://soundcloud.com/kenny_dyer ]
Lyrics & vocals: Martin K Anderson aka Marty Andersson [ https://andersson-arte.com ]
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Apologies for the quality of my vocals; I recorded them on my phone, though I cleaned them up as best I could.

Bandcamp

Marty Andersson: The Bitter End (feat. Kenny Dyer)

In Your Veins (Three Photons featuring The Gatsbys)
Thanks to Dirk Taubenheim for agreeing to help with this song. When I heard his Gretsch guitar play through the first chorus… I could not contain my smile….


Tim Griffis (Fender Strat and Les Paul Guitars, Vocals, Drums arranged using XLN Audio)
Dirk Taubenheim (Acoustic, Bass, and Gretsch Guitars, Backing Vocals)

This song was recorded using Pro Tools and summed through an old API 8200 and 7800 summing mixer with API Compressor and EQ on the mix bus....back into Pro Tools.  

Verse 1 
You’ve got lightning in your veins
You run your best race in the driving rain
Pick up the pace again
So much to see, my friend 

Chorus 1 
Feel the light and the heat in your veins
Pick up the pace again 
So much to see, my friend 

Verse 2
You’ve got a stranger living in your head
Sometimes it’s the voice of love
Sometimes it’s just another black hole
Pick up the pace again
So much to see, my friend 

Chorus 2 
Feel the light and the heat in your veins
Pick up the pace again 
So much to see, my friend 

Bridge 
Feel the light and the heat -  in your veins
I hear your voice
it’s in my veins
It’s in my veins, again

Verse 3
You’ve got lightening in your veins
You run your best race in the pouring rain
Pick up the pace again
There’s so much to see

Outro 
In the driving rain…. 
Pick up the pace again
There’s so much to see
There’s so much to feel
In the driving rain.

In your veins (ft. The Gatsbys)

Great composition by Paco Ray, worked out along two years.
Last collab to be posted in this profile, first friends I did music with:
https://soundcloud.com/paco-ray: composition, lyrics, instrumentation, vocals, production.
https://soundcloud.com/david-sinverg-enza: lyrics, vocals, bass guitar.
https://soundcloud.com/esemanolain-ruizzo: vocals, pocket sax, coaching.




Letra  / Translated lyrics (inspired by Aldous Huxley's novel 'Island')

EL PÁJARO MINAH  /  THE MINAH BIRD

Me desperté  /  I woke up
de un sueño equivocado,  /  from a wrong dream,
tumbado entre palmeras,  /  lying among palm trees,
no estoy perdido ni encontrado.  /  I’m neither lost nor found.

Me siento bien,  /  I feel alright,
el sol me ha iluminado,  /  the sun has illuminated me,
la vida se estremece  /  life is shaking
y el egoísmo se ha agotado.  /  and selfishness is exhausted.

Pero cómo no lo pude ver?  /  But how couldn’t I see it?
No tenemos que ir ni que volver.  /  We don’t either have to go or come back.
Hay que sentirlo para creer  /  One must feel it to believe
que vivimos muy cerca del Edén.  /  that we live very near of Eden.

Es esto real?  /  Is this real?
Atrás quedan las ruinas de la ciudad.  /  Behind are left the ruins of the city.
No pierdas tu tiempo,  /  Don’t waste your time,
no sufras más.  /  don’t suffer anymore.

Cuando el ave abra sus alas  /  When the bird opens its wings
y el día se convierta en oscuridad,  /  and the day becomes darkness,
escucha su cantar,  /  listen to its singing,
deja de pensar y vive.  /  stop thinking and live.

Pero cómo no lo pude ver?  /  But how couldn’t I see it?
No tenemos que ir ni que volver.  /  We don’t either have to go or come back.
Hay que sentirlo para creer  /  One must feel it to believe
que vivimos muy cerca del Edén.  /  that we live very near of Eden.

El ritual del Mosha,  /  The ritual of Mosha,
luz del amor al alba,  /  light of love at dawn,
la plenitud del alma,  /  the fullness of the soul,
el privilegio de la vida  /  the privilege of life
como canta el Pájaro Minah  /  as the Minah Bird sings.

Una procesión de focos avanza,  /  A procession of lights goes onward,
rugir de tanques, ruido de armas.  /  tanks roar, noise of guns.
Un grito llama a la venganza  /  A shout claims for revenge
cuando un soldado dispara al Pájaro Minah.  /  when a soldier shoots the Minah Bird.

Tanques y tropas arrasan la ciudad.  /  Tanks and troops raze the city.
La estupidez humana es el arma más letal.  /  Human stupidity is the most lethal weapon.
Cien años de historia  /  A hundred years of history
en una noche ven su final.  /  in one night watch their end.

Cuando el ave cae al suelo  /  When the bird falls to the ground
y su sangre se convierte en hielo,  /  and its blood turns to ice,
y se apaga su cantar…  /  and its singing fades…
Jamás aprenderás si no quieres escuchar.  /  You’ll never learn if you don’t want to listen.

Pero cómo no lo pueden ver?  /  But how can’t they see it?
Hemos sido bendecidos al nacer.  /  We have been blessed at birth.
Hay que sentirlo para creer  /  One must feel it to believe
que la vida es sueño.  /  that life is dream.

Y no quiero despertar   /  And I don’t want to wake up
de este sueño equivocado.  /  from this wrong dream.
Me siento bien…  /  I feel alright …
Me siento bien…  /  I feel alright …

Paco Ray: El Pájaro Minah (ft. David Sinvergüenza & E-Ruizzo)

Written by Terry Reeves.  
Arranged, Produced and Mixed by Gordon Midgley.  
https://soundcloud.com/gordon_m
https://soundcloud.com/napiers_bones

Gordon Midgley: Guitars, Bass, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Gary Reeves: Lead Vocal, Drums

This song’s about a bloke I know.  He tends to find life a bit difficult because he overly frets about stuff.  I mean, you and me might worry we’ll lose our loved-ones in some monstrous accident, but he’s the kind who’ll drive himself into towering anxiety about a remark he remembers making in 1973.  

So as a result, I suppose you’d say he’s something of a recluse, but will occasionally put in a surprise appearance, and invariably gets the very warmest of welcomes.  But although he does want to be, he’s not back.

Gordon has done such superb work on this song - he’s captured everything it is about and so much more.  Gal and me are incredibly lucky to be able to work with such a fine musician - he makes the process so pleasurable and so easy. 
(Terry Reeves)
  
NOT BACK

Alone again on my own
I don't know where the time has gone
But I'm not back
And I'm not back again

Words of friendship in my head
Too many spaces with nothing said
But I'm not back
And I'm not back again

CHORUS:
I don't know who I want to be
It's not me
I don't know who I want to see
It's not me
It's not me

Many friends say they understand
Distant echoes of a silent band
But I'm not back
And I'm not back again

There's no witness to the tears I've cried
No Samaritan will live by my side
But I'm not back 
And I'm not back again

CHORUS

Waking silence a constant voice 
Answer questions not always by choice
But I'm not back 
And I'm not back again

Much to do but so much pain
Straining muscles inside my brain 
But I'm not back
And I'm not back again

Middle instrumental break

CHORUS

Waiting moments a chance to breathe
Thinner air makes it harder to achieve 
But I'm not back 
And I'm not back again

Sideways thinking but nothing heard
One voice to keep you happy another voice to keep it blurred 
But I'm not back
And I'm not back again

No I'm not back.             
And I'm not back          
Again…

Not Back:  Cripple Club & Gordon M

I was absolutely delighted when Glen asked If I would like to sing on this last year, as it is a favourite of mine by Lesley Duncan. Doubly excited when he sent me his beautifully arranged take with just magic acoustic guitar.
 So much enjoyed working on this Glen, and my huge thanks for the invite to this beauty.
I dedicate this to Dolfi...your light will always shine

All instruments and arrangement - G G Granthem
Vocals and harmonies - Lizzie Taypen
Listen to more of Glen's wonderful music https://soundcloud.com/the-glen-granthem-band

LOVE SONG ( Granthem/Taypen. Lesley Duncan cover)

When I heard Jimmy’s outstanding vocal additions to Phil's open collaboration, I thought I might add some guitar.
It’s been a real blast working with Phil, Jimmy and Rick on this one.  Cheers guys.
A special thanks to Phil for his work on mixing and production.

Credits:-

Phil McWalter;- Guitars, Bass, Piano, Keyboards, Musical Composition, Mix, Production @phil-mcwalter
Jimmy Rivas:- Vocals, Lyrics, Vocal Composition @j-rivas
Rick Medlock:- Drums, Percussion @rick-4-1
Dairv Dubbleyew:- Guitars, Guitar solo.

Lyrics:-

I was born the son of a pharaoh
I lived in the valley of the sun
But I was pierced with a poison arrow
Pain came swift but I was a fortunate one
'Cos I was blessed by a cultured woman
Who gave me children to spare
They outnumbered my hands' fingers
They were clothed in linens and the finest of care
All the sea-life in the oceans
All the animals in our care 
We're all bound to the same conclusion
Show your love everywhere
Love is everywhere
Everywhere...

Lyrics: © J Rivas April 2019
Music: © McWalter & Rivas April 2019

Show Your Love Everywhere (Phil McWalter - Jimmy Rivas - Rick Medlock - Dairv Dubbleyew)

"I Can Love You" written by Kay Williams Mott and Paul deMarco
Performed, recorded and produced by Paul deMarco

I Can Love You

Taken from the re-released single for 'I Found Out' released in 2007.

Produced by Stephen Street at Olympic Studios, London.

℗ & © 2007 Dance To The Radio


Michael Stuff II

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