Two separate dreams put together, then I filled in the rest with a little help from my friends Haddaway, Bowie, Bauhaus, Frankie Valli, Ariel Pink and Soft Cell. I'm sure The Beatles gave me a hand too. They always do.

Would love to make this into a 12'' remix, so if anyone out there who does them sees this, let me know.

Written by Ricky Murray
All instruments played by Ricky Murray except all forms of drums on the song, played by Mark Estall.

Produced and mastered by Mark Estall at Marketstall Recording.

Do You Care

Always wanted the song that ended up as 'Bilbao' to go with the first three songs that have been released for years. Finally finished it and thought of recording other bits and pieces that were created around that time as well as a ditty I made up when I was 7 to go with them. First thing I remember making up.

Ali*

Orange Peel Window

12th March 2012

Away From Me

Majorca '94

Alice

Bilbao

Teddy Bear Armbands

Why Can't Everyone Be Like You

Tanning Salon (demo)

Available to pre-order and save on iTunes, Spotify...ALL the big ones.

iTunes: https://music.apple.com/gb/album/who-cares-if-we-lose/1492834025?i=1492834628

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3f8YhrDMR9T6IdauAorWKB?si=9VfsCDw7Q8Cn1Xxx6HdodQ

Recorded, produced and mastered by Mark Estall at Marketstall Recording.

Written in response to certain articles in certain newspapers penned by certain journos.

ricky murray volume 2

Who Cares If We Lose

Who Cares if We Lose

A song I wrote in response to feeling let down by friends (don't worry, I'm ok hun x)'yes men/women', basically. So it's about them and then friends I can always rely on, whether they say 'yes' or  'no'.

Written by Ricky Murray
Artwork by Nebenbei with additional edits by Ricky Murray
Recorded, produced and mastered by Mark Estall at Marketstall Recording

Guitars, bell, piano, tambourine, vocals - Ricky Murray
Drums, piano - Mark Estall

Pre-save to your Spotify library here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/rickymurray/why-cant-everyone-be-like-you

LYRICS:

Tell me what you are really thinking
Don't pander around because you will only disappoint me

I'll be happy in the long run
If you talk to me straight
I know you do
But why can't everyone be like you

Why can't people say that they will not be there?
If only they told the truth, then I would not have to think less of them

But they don't
So I do
And then things come between us
In our minds at least
Why can't everyone be like you

It is up to them if they want to attend
As it sorts them into 
Who I think are my friends
From the ones who really are

I don't care if they come
Just as long as they let me know
It's not hard to do
So why can't everyone be like you

We don't have to see each other every day
We have our own lives to lead
And naturally we have grown apart

Something I cannot stand is when people
Say that they are going, knowing full well that they will not

All in all
Too Many people
Say what they do not mean
It's not hard to do
But why can't everyone be like
It's not hard to do
But why can't everyone be like
I am done
With everyone
But 
You

Blending a fusion of jangle pop, doo wop, indie, glam rock, alternative, grunge, new wave, Motown, surf and blues with psychedelic and avant garde ideas of sound effects and recordings of everyday sounds, Ricky Murray is quite the concoction. Tied up with lyrics that pertain to a songwriter that metaphorically wears his heart on BOTH his sleeves, it makes for spellbinding listening. He’s not pretentious at all for writing his bio in the third person and saying all this. When he’s THAT good, he has carte blanche to speak in the third person and assume the effects his songs have on the listener.  After some made-up ditties in the 1990s - ‘Teddy Bear Armbands’ and ‘Greg The Egg’ to name but a few – his songwriting journey (have to use the word ‘journey’ in a bio) began in earnest when he started playing guitar and writing songs, proper, in January 2002 with a ‘God Save the Queen’ rip-off – Sex Pistols song – called ‘Going Back to School’. He soon improved his songwriting, but it wasn’t until January 3rd 2004 on the same evening an FA Cup match between Southampton and Newcastle United was played and that he heard No Doubt’s cover of ‘It’s My Life’ on Virgin Radio that he wrote a song that was decent and came out naturally from within his esteemed being. That was ‘She’s So Cold’, which is available to listen to on YouTube here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DWtGBVMkog 
Since then, he hasn’t looked back, unless it’s to the artists who inspire him to pen his deeply charged laments, all of which has led to the works of genius you can hear here. Hear, hear to that.

Ricky Murray

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