Your lyrics are always so rich in story and imagery.  I'm enjoying this song!

Love the memories in this tune, i was brought up on the cassette tape everything when throught it . Great tune Oli thanks for the trip 👍￼￼

Krasser Song, Geile Gitarre und deine Stimme, Geil, liebe Grüße aus Sachsen :) Peace Günnie

sounds almost like Frank Sinatra [via https://sc.repostexchange.com]

You paint a lovely picture with your words. Great guitar playing

Mr Jones
© Simon St John Chamberlain 2021
Voice: Nick Denton
Artwork: Pexels
Synopsis: The mysterious Mr. Jones

Script:
Hello Mr Jones
Thank you for coming
Did you travel far?
I’m sure you’ll find it worth it

So, Mr Jones
Tell me, how did you find us?
And what exactly do you think you know?

Mr Jones

Caution:
Please don´t listen if you are driving a car (except on empty highways)
or if you need to concentrate on something else!

Illegal Money Transaction (The Final Attempt)

This song is dedicated to  Lou Ottens (died Mar, 6th 2021).
He was Dutch engineer and inventor, best known as the inventor of the cassette tape. There were so many memories to an audio tape. Here is my song. Thanks Lou!

This is my first record attemp. Any comments and suggestions are welcome.

Lyrics:
Remember the time when everything that was valuable for you
Could kept in a - plastic treasure chest.
Held on a band of chrome
wound up on to reels - where it moves   back and forth 
to release its worth - at anytime

You took care of it - as if it’s a part of yourself 
  Like your teeth - that you wont loose out of your mouth
It was always accompanied by you
you haven't gone anywhere  -  without

You impressed all your friends with your taste for art
   With the music that touches the bottom of their hearts.
It was always a pleasure for you
to make them smile - when the first song starts

You can - catch your emotions     (on a tape)
You can - save all the good times (of your life)
Don't let it                     - be forgotten
And press the record button on your stereo tapedeck

You can - store that feeling     (when you want)
You can - hold on your memories  (before they're gone) 
If you want protect it in Fort Knox          
Press reject - and break the safety lock 

Lou'    Lou'   Lou'
The inventor who knew how to build a machine
    which can store all your feelings and capture your dreams
 
When you drop your old tape in your player today and let it play 
Watch how the wheels roll at a steady pace
After a few seconds of space
The counter starts to race - as a smile crosses your face
as the sound bring back the good old days

You place all of your heroes and stars in a row 
From now on they will follow you wherever you go
Start with an intro, very slow
Then let start the rock'n'roll show

And when the counter reach the part at the end
You have to select the perfect song to attend
You can't cut them or can leave some space
That's the important rule of a record-race 

Remember your first kiss                  (with a song)
The one that we both heard                (all night long)
When you listen to that - song again  
It will bring back –to you- your butterfly feelings

And when your radio show – will           (goes on Air)
Your triggering finger                    (will be there)
To release the button when needle sink
And you have timed the right moment

Remember how you drove                   (in a open car)
everyone you passes                      (knows who you are)
The guy with the loudest speakers in town
You want to share your sound around

You can listen to the dark songs         (in the night) 
You enjoyed all the love songs,          (they shine so bright)
Put your headphones on your ear
And step inside, to disappear

The most impressive thing, that I ever  remember
Is when I listen to the voice of my mom.
She records all of my comics, 
when i was in hospital and feeling alone

You can dance to the good times          (with your friends)
waving a goodbye                         (to your love)
It can keeps a lost friend in your mind
The music can bring him back again.

Enjoy that feeling.                      (of a holiday).
When the sun is shining                  (the whole long day)
Having a good time when we walk at the beach
and only the horizon is within reach

It can keeps you closer                  (when you apart)
When you far away                        (from your sweetheart)
I shortens the time to see each other again
Until we're back united together

Lou'    Lou'   Lou'
The inventor who knew how to build a machine
    which can store all your feelings and capture your dreams

You can listen to the music              (in a train)
It can wash away your worries            (like the rain)
Your live will never be the same
When you record it on a audio tape

Oli Boli - Tape Song

Tape Song (Lou Ottens Legacy) - Oli Boli (First demo record attemp)

Plans made, unfulfilled
For a life not lived
We dared to believe it was real
But it wasn’t to be for us
What we grasped for a moment turned to dust
Fleeting perfection, swiftly crushed
Now I survive, because I must

What do I do with the pain
To live life again
To remember is hard
To forget is even harder
We’re together alone
I cry but you won’t
I’m weak and you’re strong 
But who will fall the hardest?

Do you remember before
The darkness came to call
And took away the dream
Now I yearn for those days
To not know, not feel this way
To be ignorant, to be free
To unsee what I have seen

What do I do with the pain
To live life again
To remember is hard
To forget is even harder
We’re together alone
I cry but you won’t
I’m weak and you’re strong 
But who will fall the hardest?

Please listen to me
I’m here and I need you 
We’re different I know
Let me in and I’ll show you
Love can exist with pain
And weakness is a strength
Together we’ll find
I’ll ease your hurt and you’ll ease mine

What do I do with the pain
To live life again
To remember is hard
To forget is even harder
We’re together alone
I cry but you won’t
I’m weak and you’re strong 
But who will fall the hardest?

Who Will Fall?

It's not difficult to compose. But it is wonderfully difficult to let the redundant notes slip under the table.
 By Johannes Brahms

It was one of my most exciting projects. I thank Dave for his wonderful collaboration. I appreciate Dave as a person and a musician. I would also like to thank Blake Cranford for his wonderful mixing and mastering

Lyrics and vocals by Dave https://soundcloud.com/surgeon-3
Music and instruments compilation by Martin Hirsch
Mixing and Mastering by Blake Cranford
https://soundcloud.com/blake-cranford
https://www.facebook.com/NorthEastMastering/

Miss My Dad

Miss My Dad by Dave Surgeon & Martin Hirsch

This is a lazy sunday afternoon fun project. 
Sitting in the garden with much noises from the traffic and sweet noises from the singing birds and wind.

Yesterday someone brings me that song back in my mind. 
It was one of my first songs when i learned guitar 30 years ago. I didn't like singing at this time, only crooked and not in tune.
I haven't played this song in a long time. But it still works as if I had learned it yesterday.
It's a game i've got a online lesson "How to play this song, especially Guitarpicking" But i first i recorded the version in my mind. now i will check out the lesson and i'm exited how it sounds after that.

Oli Boli - Covers

Streets Of London  (Ralph McTell Cover)

Groove

Please, Don't Stop Talkin'!

Flight of the Morrígan

Flight Of The Morrígan

Artwork: Robbie

Lyrics:
You can feel it coming, looming larger, filling up your head, and
Then it’s past, along with all the dread,
Everything is easy now, a smoother brow, a new best friend, and
Beginning’s always harder than the end.

Standing on your rocky seaside wall,
Peering down, afraid to jump or fall,
Unintended, hang suspended, nothing could feel finer now,
Beneath the wave, you feel so brave, somehow.

You can feel it coming, looming larger, filling up your head, and
Then it’s past, along with all the dread,
Everything is easy now, a smoother brow, a new best friend, and
Beginning’s always harder than the end.

Have you got the nerve to catch his eye?
A tightness fills your chest, you don’t know why.
Soon your lover, then run for cover, what drew you to this guy?
You drift away, forget to say, “good-bye”.

You can feel it coming, looming larger, filling up your head, and
Then it’s past, along with all the dread,
Everything is easy now, a smoother brow, a new best friend, and
Beginning’s always harder than the end.

It’s hard to remember we won’t be undone,
And to fill up our soul with the wisdom we’ve won,
Each time it feels like new, we have to try & push on through, to become.

Standing on life’s rocky seaside wall,
Peering down, decide to jump not fall,
Leap intended, hang suspended, nothing could feel freer now,
Beneath the wave, you feel so brave, somehow.

You can feel it coming, looming larger, filling up your head, and
Then it’s past, along with all the dread,
Everything is easy now, a smoother brow, a new best friend, and
Beginning’s always harder than the end.
Than the end…. than the end,… than the end.

Harder Than The End (Acoustic version)

1st guitar rec. rhythm & lead not mandolin rhythms

 Ti'll the Cows come Home)

Flat on Down its me - lead Guitar

Composer of Quirky Lyrics and Squiggly Melodies.
Author of "The BumbleBeatle Battle" Novel.

And a Part of this Grand Orchestra.
The One And OliBoli.

Tape Song (Lou Ottens Legacy) - Oli Boli (First demo record attemp)

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