intruiging subdued atmosphere. Vocals sit well and have a cool reverb. The descending tone on "tar" may be changed - if you'd consider a new vocal take. Discussed at https://www.songwriter-forum-kitchen.com/forum/songs-for-review/2/yes-ive-been-very-active-these-days-a-new-song-close-to-home/4685/

not only the music is ultra cool, the lyrics are so well put together.  I love the concept of the story you are telling too

so, I guess you ride your bike in the rain a lot?  I would probably not do that, though I believe I'm going to start looking at a bike too

This is a great song, Eric.  I really love this song.  If I don't have it then please send it !

The Friendly Detective

words and music ©2009 Pleudoniem

Everyone does Everyone

I remembered a song
When she gave me that look
Clicking her mouse
As she smiled  when she took
A sip from her mug
As if she'd understood
I was bad news

She claimed I'd left a note
On a blog about their shop
That was slightly out of tune
They didn't like the lines
If people'd stayed away
Damage had been done
So she'd double me the price
For a loaf of bread.

We've Googled you my friend
Everyone does everyone
And here's where we've found you
We've Googled you my friend
Everyone does everyone
And here's where we've found you

I said she'd found a lie
But she said that she cared shit
What was there was there
And she showed the 13th hit
What she could find
The world could find
And she'd forward the result
To the supermarkets' crookbook

I claimed it had been long ago
And couldn't quite remember
But I couldn't quite disprove
What was written in September
Almost 5 years back

We've googled you my friend (5x)

Everyone does Everyone (2024 remaster)

https://youtu.be/VqxWSkGGUiw

One leg dancing


Hey, the moon is out tonight.
Catch us dancing, to a timing that is just 'bout right

Show, show what you can do
One leg dancing is no easy thing to do.

Get balanced, don't slip overboard.
It takes some practice, a rhythm and a chord.

Move, or at least don't stand still.
One leg dancing, if you can't, you bet I will.

So, where have you been?
Come & try the moves, - that rule the scene.

Unwind and at ease, when you're dancing...

Who, who you want to be?
One leg dancer, careless & free.

Get balanced, stick to the floor,
Essential swaying, if you like it you can get some more.

Roll over, then jump back again,
One leg dancing, every woman, every man

Slave, slave to the beat
If you can, join the boogie, or tap your feet

Say, say what you wanna say
Speak to me with body language, 'till the break of day.

Dance, dance to the groove
If you can, do the boogie, yeah

One leg dancing

https://youtu.be/pN_GyRUp66M

thanks to https://soundcloud.com/shamukhamedov-803522980 for comments on an earlier version and https://soundcloud.com/pleudoniem for borrowing his fretlles 5string bass guitar

Forward and upwards
No need to look back
When I hear your voice
I almost see your face
Give me that reality check

Detours and sideways
as push came to shove

Windows and doorways
(crawling out, pushing through)
loopholes and timeframes
Forward and upwards
(don't come back, don't look down)
fragile but agile
I know we can make it okay

I see you are wearing a mask 
 (lay it down)
to hide from the gazes

We're okay with everything
We're okay with everything

U-turns and ley lines,
cruising and loosing myself
every inch of the way
Can you shed a light
(show it to me)
on this conundrum now?
I'll wear my heart on my sleeve

Occupy where are you now?
Did you find a way for salvation?
(show me the way now)

Forward and upwards
)how to get myself out of here)
I'll only transmit on your wavelength

Forward

Original "Enya style" song about the imperativeness of honesty in all we say and do. 

Vocals by Layna Claunch
Composition and Instrumentals by Layna Claunch

True Friend

Is it kind to tell a lie when a friend needs the truth?
What is kind from fellow minds true friends all have to choose
Saying words without meaning will not help a friend
Speak the truth, mean the truth and it will set you free

Choices made can make us slaves gravity starts to pull
Causing minds and hearts to ache changing wise into fools
Tell the truth, speak the truth, honesty will supply 
 Second chance, stable hands, and it all starts with you

Never lie to a friend
Just to spare them torment
If you choose to be silent
You'll fall in the end

Speak your mind leave doubt behind
Courage will free the lost
Do what right to warn a friend
Never mind what the cost

Speak the truth
Live the truth
And it will set you free
Truest love never shirks
Truth is all that can be

Never lie to a friend
Just to spare them torment
If you choose to be silent
You'll fall in the end

Speak the truth
Live the truth
And it will set you free

Never lie to a friend
Just to spare them torment
If you choose to be silent
You'll fall in the end

True Friend

Rain Tree Crow

Having some fun again with the wonderful Andy McLean on saxes - such sweet lines, harmonies and sound 

Check out more of Andy's great playing here:  https://soundcloud.com/mcleanaf

Thanks for your generous time listening, for your comments and your shares

Wah Tz Up?   -   Andy McLean & Jamie Rhind

Greg Hurley: Composition / Arrangement, Lyrics, Vocals, Slide guitar, Guitar, B3, Rhodes, Bass and Drum programming, mix and mastering.
If you have the time.... Please repost!

 Title: Silver Linings

In the pocket, in the groove
Chasing shadows, trying to prove
life's a struggle, but we'll find
The silver linings left behind

In the city, in the heat
Searching for a taste so sweet
Threads of sorrow, threads of hope
Tangled in the twisted rope

Hold on tight, don't let go
There's a light where the river flows

In the mirror, what do you see
Is there anyone you'd rather be
Keep the faith, don't lose sight
Silver linings shining bright

And the struggle, it's in the past
All the shadows, they won't last
Silver linings in the end
Worth it all, my  dear friend

Hold on tight, don't let go
There's a light where the river flows

SOLO

And the struggle, it's in the past
All the shadows, they won't last
Silver linings in the end
Worth it all, my  dear friend

Hold on tight, don't let go
There's a light where the river flows
Hold on tight, don't let go
There's a light where the river flows

Silver Lining

CIACCO/ Be Another - Only a lie : you are...

This is a song about travelling home at night by bike. I can understand why the romantic movement must have been overpowered by whatever they noticed. You feel mighty small, especially when you're travelling alongside the main road with other traffic. In the song you see tiny eyewinks to William Wordsworth, Gregory Corso, and Theodore Roethke. 

Close To Home

A soul comes to life 
when the city starts drowsing
Teasing the tar
Watching my wheel spin
The road has no will
But the need to go on
And it’s pressing me on
Pressing me on

It was 200 years 
On a road without bikes
That a poet decided that
The moon was a ship
It was 50 odd years
On a road full of rocks
That a poet decided
On a rest

Close to home

Mazed broken ground
Like rain in my face
When the light flares it up
From the surface
But the drizzle is soft
Like a diligent mood
That knows how to keep
pressing me on

I think in the 90s
Not owning a car
One poet decided to steal one
And knock people down 
I’ve only a bike 
And I've nothing to cure, so 
This poet decided
To go lonely roads

Close To Home (2024 remaster)

I am a multi-instrumentalist who plays the bass guitar, standup-bass, drums, the guitar, a tap guitar, keys, and I sing. I know that we're increasingly entering a world in which nothing may be real, but I believe in authentic play. So, I play all the instruments myself, and in the case of collabs I prefer people who also do this. Don't be a fake.

I usually take great care of the lyrics, because I feel a song is more than just a set of sounds, it also conveys an idea. As a linguist, I have been inspired by a great number of poets that I've come across, and I sometimes wink at them in my own work. Thank you, all you great carriers of moods and ideas, I take a deep respectful bow to you. It's great that the English language has got quite a number of you.

I have been influenced by many artists, but when I ask listeners who they think frequently return, they mostly mention Steely Dan, Talking Heads, King Crimson, Weather Report, Incubus, Duran Duran, Jimi Hendrix, Roxy Music, Japan & David Sylvian, Tower of Power, James Brown, Wishbone Ash, Iron and Wine, Ian Dury - how is that for a salad? That is not to say that I try to mimic them, their influences just ambush me when I am not paying attention.  

I am quite open for collaborations. Quite a number of them have been done with @Oorlab already, @Kellie-Rowley.

Close To Home (2024 remaster)

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