Very cool track, reminds me on the very early Steely Dan. Excellent.

This is great! It is so much you, but also breaks new ground. FIlled with humanity, with feeling, which the new elements of production support and do not obstruct.

Such fun music with a message.  Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

Love, love, love this song.  Killer production by Mica.  A pearl of a track right here, Steve.  Hits all the sweet spots.

oh really really like this!! killer drums, soulful vocals and lots of space, colors and stops/dropouts  --it makes a slick tune  Bill Withers meets Dr John

Fantastic groove. Added to my June 21 Freak Radio playlist 

June 21 Freak Radio playlist

Bourgeois Bullshit

Don't waste your time
On bourgeois bullshit
Don't waste your time trying to fit in
Don't waste your days
With morals and rules
Don't waste your life like all the other fools

Hey, little girl
Don't buy their crap
About who you can be
About who you can see
Hey, little girl
Marriage is a trap
Hey, little girl
Don't buy their crap

Hey, little boy
Don't buy their song
About who you can be
About who you can see
Hey, little boy
Life is not that long
Hey, little boy
Don't buy their song

Don't waste your time
On bourgeois bullshit
Don't waste your time trying to fit in
Don't waste your days
With morals and rules
Don't waste your life like all the other fools

Hey, little friend
Your heart went astray
They took your soul
They ate it whole
If you escape
We will meet a sunny day
In the gutter of the Milky Way

Don't waste your time
On bourgeois bullshit
Don't waste your time trying to fit in
Don't waste your days
With morals and rules
Don't waste your life like all the other fools

Bourgeois Bullshit  [An original song]

When I hear your name I cough
You've spoilt my life enough
Your vocal chords took off and just got higher
Higher

If I could erase you sure I would
But the memories were good
Its not a bad childhood
But its not mine
Minors beware

CHORUS
If you hear the rumour mill
And the nagging doubts there still
Don your fancy cap and frills
Peeping through the window sill
Controversy served on a dish
You can sue me if you wish
But the scandal tastes delicious if you fish

A very distinct style
I'd spot you from a mile
Its written in my file
That caught on fire
Fire

At the thought of you I retch
I'm doing a nude sketch
So try hard not to letch
To pass the time
Timer

CHORUS

Fish

Creatures and plant life evolve but the worlds vaguely the same
I've a short shelf life
I've been the heir to fortune just in name

Picture a princess
Picture such a beauty as you wish
Though I may confess
I've picked up the most tasty dish

CHORUS
And I will always feel the same through pain and thunder
And I will always feel the same
And I will always feel the same until you cast me asunder
A chance to run dear as I'll always feel the same

Sat at a table staring gormless at your eyes
The best I'm able I'll lift you up into the skies

A voice mesmerising
It suits the accomplished written hand
You are so tantalising
I've a different wish than originally planned

CHORUS

The Same

Blowing a fuse at a high altitude must be devastating, no matter if You're in the space naval industri or just birdwatching.

blowing a fuse a mile high

a mile high blowing a fuse

Loop 6/7 (FlyAboveTheGroove)

Composed, Arranged, Performed and Produced by Lefteris Matapas.
Recorded and Mixed by Lefteris Matapas.

Photo by Nenad Rakicevic form PxHere

When music cries

RUNNING UP THAT HILL

Like so many this last week I got mesmerized again after so many years by the beautiful songwriting in this song by and of Kate Bush. A song from my young teenager years, released in 1985, that already impacted my younger self. And now due to a Netflix series called "Stranger Things" its back with a vengeance for younger generations. 

A quote from LIAM HESS, May 30, 2022:  
Over the weekend, the song shot to the top of the U.S. iTunes charts, with the show’s largely teenage fanbase taking to Twitter and TikTok to post about their new musical discovery from decades past. Others, however—notably long-time Bush fans of a certain generation, who have patiently sat through many decades of radio silence from a musician notorious for taking long hiatuses and doing minimal press—rolled their eyes. “How could you not know about the genius of Kate Bush already?”

 Great music is eternal after all.

This is my humble attempt at it in the form of an acoustic guitar trio piece. I hope you can enjoy my cover of this classic.

As always I really appreciate your likes, comments and shares!
-Dan

Music by Kate Bush, off the album Hounds of Love, arranged for three guitars by Dan van den Berg, June 2022
Photo by Clive Arrowsmith
All guitars by Dan van den Berg

Running Up That Hill | Kate Bush (cover) | Dan van den Berg

Solitude

To walk the road to heaven have the least time those who repair it, and those who carry the lantern stumble more easily than those who follow it.

天国への道を歩くのに一番時間がないのは修理する人であり、提灯を持ち歩く人はそれに従う人よりもつまずきやすい。

那些最没有时间走天路的人是修天路的人，提灯的人比跟灯的人更容易绊倒。

Ceux qui ont le moins de temps pour marcher sur le chemin du ciel sont ceux qui le réparent, et ceux qui portent la lanterne trébuchent plus facilement que ceux qui la suivent.

Den Weg zum Himmel zu gehen haben die am wenigsten Zeit, die ihn reparieren, und wer die Laterne trägt, stolpert leichter, als wer ihr folgt.

Darkness Under The Lamp | 灯台もと暗し

The Last Time

Composed, arranged, performed, and produced by:
Carlos Vivanco
Scutum constellation lies in the southern sky. Its name means “the shield” in Latin. It is the fifth smallest constellation in the sky.

The constellation was originally introduced by the Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius in the 17th century. Hevelius named it Scutum Sobiescianum, Shield of Sobieski, in honour of the Polish King Jan III Sobieski, who had been victorious in the Battle of Vienna in 1683. Hevelius created the constellation a year later to commemorate the event, and the name was eventually simplified to Scutum.

Soul Strings

Scutum

YOU WANT SOME

Rogues

I am so incredibly blessed to have my new friend Mica make this song exponentially better with his awesome arrangement and production skills.
Be sure to check him out @MoodyMo

Truth Unite Us

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HELLO MY FRIENDS!  
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I am a Drummer/Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist/Producer. I've played in various types of bands over the years, Rock, Folk, Irish, Reggae, Jazz, Funk, Country, and Avant Garde. I'm best known for playing drums through multiple re-incarnations of Shiva's Headband, the eclectic, legendary psychedelic era band from Austin. One of my songs appears on "In the Primo of Life", and I co-wrote "Roots Rock Station" with Spencer Perskin, which first appeared on "Remember The Armadillo" and was re-released on "The Temple of Rock N Roll". I also co-produced the CD, "So You Don't Go Barefoot", by Sue Perskin of Shiva's. This cloud focuses on my songwriting. Credit is given to any and all musicians involved. Otherwise everything you hear I've done myself.

Prolific musician, author, photographer and oddity.  With influences ranging from the lofi pop of Guided by Voices, the gothic melodrama of Nick Cave, the glam of Bowie and the nakedness of Iggy Pop - this is Marc Freak.  Former frontman of Freak Circus and Dead Joe.  An experiment in DIY and lofi.  The odd bum note here, the even odder bum note there.  But with art do we care?

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