extraordinary track... totally love it !! total hit

Wow!! awesome production  blasts this through my being...intricate parts...from that drum opening to the bass rumble and creepy shifting sounds of a gothic horror...at 40s -50s or so...liked the way the dadio vox bounces on the periphery...great vocal harmony layers...2:05 and following is absolutely terry-fying ;)...loved it...masterfully crafted Phil, and Mr. Medlock...gee I wish I could pound the drums with this skill! Envious I am, but appreciative of all your efforts to put a piece like  this together...loads of work, but sooooo worthwhile! :)

Absolument magnifique et Epic !!! 👍👍✨👍👍

Love your sound Phil. Excellent production and arrangement

Reverse bass intro is so cool!! The break is terrific (Love this dystopian feel into it).. I have many things to tell about the lyrics that I love (Really).. :)) Excellent song!

Great songwriting and fabulous, moving performance.

Mr Medlock on The Kit @rick-4-1
Mr McWalter on The Other Stuff @phil-mcwalter

There are passing references to Gustav Holst's 'Mars' (The Bringer of War), the morse code for SOS, and the starfish from 'Here Comes The Flood'... all other references are your own responsibility ;-)

CAN'T CHANGE IT (S.O.S.)

I don’t want to wait
I don’t want to see what’s left
When everything we think we can’t change
Changes
(The pyramids still look on
Do we blow away with the sand)

And we can't change it
But we can't change it
But we can't change

(When all that ever was
Isn’t anymore
Everybody’s buying gold
Save Our Souls
SOS)

A thousand churches in your heart 
Save us
The breeze in your hair
Save us
A cry in the dark
Save us
The darkness in my heart
Save us
The goodness in your smile 
Bless us

The radio air
The starfish bare

(The thunder of last words
Fills the page
The cries of everyone 
Crying for everyone else
Makes it rain
Makes it pour
Here it comes
SOS
SOS)

Is that all there is left (And all there ever was?)
We did everything that was bad 
We did some things that were good
Changes
But we can't change it
And we can't change it
But we can't change
God bless us
God, God, God...

© April 2020 Phil McWalter

Change (S.O.S.)

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Composer/Guitarist/Producer

Songs: We find them unpainted in our hands, throw them up into the air of our imagination, turning them in the colours we see after we close our eyes until they feel just right, and sometimes we catch them perfectly, without blemishing them...

My music is on most platforms for your ease.

Wow!!  417K+ plays and 4,000+ valued followers and friends on SC alone, that provide lots of wonderfully helpful comments that fuel the next track! Really big thanks to the SC community for listening and providing such brilliant feedback and support. It means so much to myself and my collaborators - huge thanks.

I work in different styles, as the inspiration, dreams or bubonic plagiarism comes! I use Logic Pro X on Mac.
 
I write, produce and play all my own stuff (unless otherwise stated), play vintage Tokai Strats mainly, PRS Torero, Steinberger, Gretsch G2627T, Classical, Fender Dreadnought, Yamaha and Rickenbacker basses, keyboards and sax. I use Native Instrument's Komplete, Omnisphere 2 and my own organic samples.

I mix on Sennheiser HD 280 Pro's and HD 650's (closed and open headphones) when not making a bigger noise through my Yamaha HS8 studio monitors. I use Focusrite Clarett 2Pre ThunderBolt and Apogee audio interfaces, Neumann & iSK condenser & AKG dynamic mics. 

Hardware: Feb 1978 Marshall JMP 50W Combo, BOO & BOSS stomps

I love collaborating with other musicians and will compose with, play guitar for, produce, arrange, master or even just hum along with other SC musicians. Please ask!

P.S. I am a long standing member of the Performing Rights Society and PPL through my old TV and theatre work as well as my record and publishing deals.

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