I can quite clearly hear everyone's contributions, but are you sure you don't have David Bowie guesting on this one Eric? Second post of yours I had to repost today, you are doing something right. Best wishes to all your compadres. Cheers, Mark

Finding a cool melange of colorful works here!!

love the prog elements...excellent collaboration

Great collaboration! quirky, smart and very enjoyable.

smart and groovy collab guys, super creative arrangement in all parts, nice backgroundvox

It started with Dan's question if I could help out on the bass, and it has now turned into a fully fledged collab. Asking Oorlab was the obvious next thing to do, and he immediately made it clear that he wanted to express his great concern about climate change in the lyric, and his disbelief in the choice for power over the desperate need for change we are in. So, here it is:

- guitar, organ, initial idea: Daniel Lockhart
- bass guitar, Ziggy tap guitar, synths: Pleudoniem
- drums, lyrics & vocals: Oorlab

Going Gently, Good Night*

Earliest ever autumn
record of yellow
browed warbler
makes me wonder
when we
will be
going under

The new president
is an accident
he's a winner
not a loser
bad bad sinner
not a chooser

Release the people at the base
from their fear
of not knowing
Insulting the veteran
"you must be kidding me"
Climate change is a lie
you don't need
to know
the how or the why
yeah

"Do not go gentle
into that good night"

The new pesident
just landed
on the front lawn
of the center
of power
while the generals
- never tired
of saluting -
are considering
shooting



Title Inspired by Dylan Thomas' Do not go gently into that good night (rage, rage, against the dying of the light)

Other songs in the project are:

https://soundcloud.com/pleudoniem/the-president-paints-collab-with-oorlab
https://soundcloud.com/pleudoniem/toxic-tuxedo-collab-with-oorlab

Going Gently, Good Night - Collab ProgrockDan1, Oorlab, Pleudoniem

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.

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