This album speaks from a collective voice, celebrating Earth’s lasting beauty, considering the consequences of progress, and encouraging compassion for all.

Children of the Setting Sun

The Old River Still Flows

Opens the album with the GLAAD statistic: 932 anti-LGBTQ incidents in one year, 2.5 per day. But the song expands to show this is part of a larger pattern—575 anti-LGBTQ bills, aclu 27 states banning gender-affirming care, aclu 13.4% of children in poverty, Firstfocus 271,500 workers on strike. The chorus chants: "An injury to one is an injury to all / They're coming for us, they're coming for all / No left and right, just have and have not / 932 days till we tear this whole thing apart." References the Gender Liberation March linking trans rights and abortion rights, the intersectionality between all struggles. The 19th News Sets the urgent, angry, but hopeful tone.

932 Days

Alternative Hip Hop track with a dark, melodic edge. A pensive look at social divides and disillusionment.

the pauper

Acoustic Hip-Hop blending raw introspection with sharp social commentary. A somber, rhythmic meditation on personal struggle and a world gone crazy.

shame

I could write about my heartbreak, tears on my pillow
Another three-hour album 'bout some guy from Primrose or Soho
Thirty-one songs about who did me wrong
But there's trans kids fighting just to belong

[Pre-Chorus:]
I've got a platform, got a stadium crowd
Could whisper softly or could sing it loud
There's a picket line outside while I'm on stage
Maybe it's time to read a different page

[Chorus:]
This could've been a protest song!
Could've been about what's right and wrong
Not just red flags and who I kissed
Could've talked about the people on the street you missed
While you were writing 'bout your situationship
The world needed more than your relationship
This could've been a protest song!
Guess we'll never know what that sounds like from the strong

[Verse 2:]
You've got a hundred million people listening close
Writing poetry about the one that hurt you most
And there's workers on strike, there's kids going hungry
But track five is crying 'bout some dude from the country

[Pre-Chorus:]
You can rhyme "organize" just as easy as "eyes"
"Solidarity" fits where "butterfly" applies
You're brilliant with words, you're talented and smart
So where's the song about the woman losing her apartment?

[Chorus:]
Even bigger, more defiant
This could've been a protest song!
Could've been about what's right and wrong
Not just shade and who's to blame
Could've used your voice for more than playing games
While you were writing bridge number forty-five
People needed help just trying to survive
This could've been a protest song!
But you were busy being wronged

[Bridge]
I'm not saying don't write about your pain
I'm not saying every track needs a refrain
About revolution, but baby, please
In four years you wrote fifty songs
About the same three guys who did you wrong
Zero about the rent that's climbed
Zero about whose rights are on the line
You could've written one
Just one

This could've been a protest song!
Could've been about what's right and wrong
Could've talked about the nurses' strike
The kids who can't afford a bike
The trans girl scared to use the loo
The mothers working three jobs for just one of you
This could've been a protest song!
Could've shown them how to sing along
To something real, to something true
Could've changed the world
But you chose you

[Outro:]
Could've been a protest song...
Could've been a protest song...
Guess we'll never know
What that sounds like from the throne

Your Tears, Not Mine

This is a deep dive into the collision of creativity and commerce. The track navigates a world of "digital Da Vinci," questioning whether the soul of creation is slipping through the cracks of the NFT gold rush. With a gritty beat and a critical flow, it's a powerful statement on where we place our value.

Digital Canvas - What about the Art?

“The Good Old Days” is a powerful, poetic reflection written by the late George S. Chandler — a Royal Marine who served during the Korean War — and brought to life by Dean R. Chandler. Nearly half a century later, George’s words still cut deep, questioning the romantic notion of the “good old days.”

Through vivid verses, the song exposes the stark divide between privilege and poverty, the suffering of working families, and the forgotten cost of war. It’s a reminder that nostalgia can often disguise hardship — that behind the phrase “the good old days” lay hunger, struggle, and sacrifice.

This recording is both a tribute to George’s legacy and a timeless message for modern times — a haunting echo of the past that asks us to look honestly at how far we’ve really come.

THE GOOD OLD DAYS

[Verse 1]
Children starving
While the rich man plays 
I wonder why they call them 
The good old days? 

[Verse 2]
So many little mouths 
With not enough to eat
Champagne and caviar 
For the elite 

[Pre-chorus]
So many fathers pleading for work 
They didn't want 'to sit at home 
They didn't want to shirk.

[Chorus]
All those dead and wounded 
From two world wars 
Just to help those politicians 
Settle their scores

[Verse 3] 
Those that were lucky 
And landed a job 
Working seven days a week 
For thirty bob. 
 
[Verse 4]
All those hours 
For so little pay 
How can they call them 
The good old days'? 

[Chorus]
All those dead and wounded 
From two world wars 
Just to help those politicians 
Settle their scores

[Instrumental]
  
[Verse 5]
All that misery 
All that pain 
Surely, they wouldn't want 
Those days back again'? 
 
[Spoken]
So please try to tell me 
Why they still say 
"Oh, to be back 
In the good old days"? 

[Chorus]
All those dead and wounded 
From two world wars 
Just to help those politicians 
Settle their scores

[Outro]
All those dead and wounded 
From two world wars 
Just to help those politicians 
Settle their scores

George S. Chandler

The Good Old Days

A bittersweet alt-pop / indie rock ballad about the roles we play  
and the masks we wear to survive.  

“Mask Parade” moves from soft melancholy  
to an upbeat, ironic anthem —  
a performance we all know too well.  

It’s playful, sharp, and painfully honest at once:  
a soundtrack for every “I’m fine” said with a smile.  

🎭 Genre: Alternative Rock / Alt-Pop  
🎧 Mood: Melancholic • Ironic • Empowered  
🖋️ Lyrics & concept by Tani — music created with AI (Suno).

TaniSa - Mask Parade

Cut through the noise with The Berk by Lazy Radiographer. A sharp, uncompromising alt-commentary track dismantling hollow rhetoric, ego-driven politics, and propaganda-grade confidence. Built for listeners who don’t buy theatrics, demand thought over volume, and refuse to tolerate empty cultural grandstanding. Stream it and get substance, not noise.

The Berk

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Comedy songs and dark-humour originals from a working radiographer. Satire, protest, and indie experiments. 

I write comedy, satire, and straight-up originals about life in radiography, healthcare, and the wider mess. Expect protest anthems, awkward truth, and hooks that stick. If you like Bo Burnham, Weird Al, and indie left-turns, you’re in the right place.

Genres: Alternative, Indie, Singer-Songwriter, Comedy
satire, protest, indie, acoustic, alt-pop

Spotlight tracks:
	1.	“Where You Fell”
	2.	“Gone but Not Forgotten (Lost Souls)”
	3.	“Lazy Like a Monday”
	4.	“Pass the Light Around”
	5.	“All Are One (Defending Every Soul)”

About

I’m Dean R. Chandler — a London based songwriter, recording artist, and storyteller. My music is rooted in a lifelong search for meaning, weaving together themes of love, loss, faith, alien contact, and humanity’s future.

My upcoming double concept album Human Odyssey (set for release in January 2027) is the culmination of decades of writing and reflection. It’s a narrative journey that begins with a search for God and ends with an encounter with extraterrestrial intelligence — exploring not only what it means to be human, but also where we might be heading as a species. Musically, it draws inspiration from the epic storytelling of Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds, the synth-driven edge of Gary Numan, and the emotional depth of artists like Tori Amos and Chris de Burgh.

I previously released Time Machine – Reflecting Shattered Dreams (2014) and continue to revisit my archive of songs written across 35 years, reimagining them with today’s tools and sounds. Some pieces remain intimate and acoustic, while others expand into dark rock, industrial, or orchestral landscapes — but all are connected by a focus on emotional honesty and cinematic storytelling.

Beyond music, I’m fascinated by the intersection of creativity and technology. I’ve been experimenting with AI-driven composition and production to bring old demos to life and to spark entirely new works. For me, these tools are not replacements for human artistry but extensions of it — ways of unlocking stories and emotions that otherwise might have remained hidden.

At its heart, my work is about connection: to the past, to the future, and to the unseen mysteries of existence. Music, for me, isn’t just entertainment — it’s a chronicle of transformation, a conversation between spirit, science, and sound.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dean-r-chandler-b19715382/
www.deanrchandler.co.uk

My songs are born from my own thoughts, feelings, and visions. 
Every lyric, every idea, every concept starts with me. 
AI – in this case Suno – is simply the studio I use to give these inner worlds a voice and sound.

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