authentic? I guess No..it's Not DARK yet..but it's getting there(Bob Dylan)..another hilarious Story with a bitter taste.. wonderful 😅

Why am I naked in a bowler hat? How did I get in these handcuffs… in bed with my mother in law?

Great song, the dark humor of Harry Nilsson "I'd Rather Be Dead" immediately came to mind.

One of the songs i feel I need to get out of my system . Please Enjoy!

Leave right now (yet another cover🤦🏽FF#)

In which our hero attempts a mic drop in zero G.

Thanks to @Dynameks for the drums and djembe. 

H/t to the wife for the song title and reference to "For All Mankind" season 3. (I'll make her a sci-fi nerd yet!)

Influences: Soul Coughing, Beastie Boys, DJ Shadow.

Martian Abortion

Pull Back The Sea

Dawn

A few things to say.
1. Sorry, this song is a long one: more than seven minutes, too many to expect to have listeners desirous to get to the end of a small marathon. Moreover, it is slow (the first refrain only comes after three minutes or so) and sung in Italian (the English translation is available, but it is never the same thing).
2. The photo shows two actors: Bekim Fehmiu and Irene Papas, protagonists of a wonderful TV series (‘Odissea’) aired in 1968. A show that enriched my childhood and conditioned my imagination (and my reading) forever.
3. I have long wished to be able to write a song about that story within the story of Ulysses' wanderings: his return to Ithaca and his failure to be recognised by Penelope. I succeeded in 1994, then producing a few versions of it. I recorded this one a few years ago, the sound quality was not excellent but now I have taken it up again, singing it all over again and changing the arrangement a little. I hoped at least to recreate an atmosphere musically suited to the story evoked.
Female vocals courtesy of Sound Doctrine.

LYRICS 

he speaks softly from afar
and his voice is like a stray dog
like a boat you can barely see
like a moon on a swing
suspended on the edge of a sea wave
he holds his breath to follow his song

she sings and as she sings she has dozed off
he takes her hand and
whispers ‘welcome back into my life, welcome back’

she still sleeps and dreams of making love
with this morning shadow
of these colourless eyes 
came from an icy adventure
of days that smell clean
of all nights and all days
of spells, escapes, memories 
of days lost without desires

and if she will not listen to his words,
if evil will not slip from her heart
then who knows
where the wind will settle him
where he will lose himelf
where he will rest

[Penelope]
"Are you the night that burns
are you this sky that falls on me
are you this ship that arrives
are you this fire congealed inside me
... (You're all I need) ..."

she squints her eyes and moves slowly
as if to let the world to feel
all the weight of this abandonment
of this vanished illusion 
of her infinite sadness
sadness that perfume the nights and days
spent alone with this wound

but he is not only the thought of every morning
he is in the sand in the waves
that have always bounced on the shore
he is the cement of this house
is the receding fear
is the storm ever closer
he is this morning shadow
and she will listen to his words
and the sea will deposit him on her heart
and then who knows
maybe the wind will settle 
the circle will close
and she will recognise him

[Penelope]
"... (You're all I need) ...
are you the night that burns
are you this sky that still falls on me
are you this ship that arrives
are you this fire congealed inside me
are you my eyes you are my hands
are you my lips my skin of today and tomorrow
are you this peace that rises again
are you this home to recapture
this night to rest
... (You're all I need) ..."

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Lyrics and music by Michele Ansani (1994).
Posted on SoundCloud: 2024, September 15

Nostos (il ritorno di Ulisse) **

Lasst uns heut Nacht nach draußen geh‘n

Lied zu Heiligabend 2021
T+M Otto Scharbau

Lasst uns heut Nacht nach draußen geh‘n
Schöner Weihnachtswinter
Fröhlich wir dort zusammensteh‘n
Junge, Alte, Kinder
Lasst uns gemeinsam fröhlich sein
Und das Fest genießen
Sei es nur Wasser oder Wein
Nichts kann uns verdrießen

Mittwintersonne strahlt so schön
Weißer Weihnachtsmorgen
Lasst uns nochmal nach draußen geh‘n
Fern von allen Sorgen
Lasst uns in Freiheit fröhlich sein
Und das Fest genießen
Kein Zwang, keine Kälte sperrt uns ein
Nichts kann uns verdrießen


Let's go outside tonight

Song for Christmas Eve 2021
T+M Otto Scharbau

Let's go outside tonight
Beautiful Christmas winter
Joyfully we stand there together
Young, old, children
Let's be happy together
And enjoy the holiday
Be it just water or wine
Nothing can annoy us


Midwinter sun shines so beautifully
White Christmas morning
Let's go outside again
Far from all worries
Let's be happy in freedom
And enjoy the holiday
No compulsion, no cold locks us up
Nothing can annoy us


Lasst uns heut Nacht nach draußen gehn

I'm exactly who you think I am 
but I am not afraid 
i am never letting go
Certainty..you are saving my soul
through it all loving me more
when time opens the door
heaven is home
mistakes..won't tear me apart
so I lift my voice all my soul my heart
you will be there
when you can feel heaven is home lift your voice to the Lord
heaven is my home

Heaven is Home

This audio is from a last video playing along to a loop I created in 2023, https://youtu.be/Uu4d9b4MVCs
One of the tracks I would like to to record properly, this time with no electrical interference on the audio lol.

Freeworld (2023)

Tangled

Why am I standing in the kitchen?  
Why am I just standing in this room?   
      Was I thirsty for a drink?   
      You’ve got to think man! Think, think think!  
Or was it food I wanted to consume?   

Why am I standing in the kitchen?  
There must have been a reason, I’m a reasonable guy 
Why am I standing in the kitchen?  
I’m standing here but can’t remember why. 

Let my try retracing all my steps 
I was sitting on the sofa watching TV to enrichen
When from deep within the sofa cushion depths 
I sprang up from the couch and then I walked into the kitchen 

There must have been a reason for this sudden kitchen visit 
Yet here I stand not having an idea as to what is it!  

Why am I standing in the kitchen?  
Why am I just standing in this room?   
      Was I thirsty for a drink?   
      You’ve got to think man! Think, think think!  
Or was it food I wanted to consume?   

Why am I standing in the kitchen?  
There must have been a reason, I’m a reasonable guy 
Why am I standing in the kitchen?  
I’m standing here but can’t remember why. 

Maybe it was medicine I needed from the pantry?  
Or maybe my poor memory is that of an old timer’s?  
Maybe I’ve gone crazy! No! That can’t be it, it can’t be!  
Or maybe I’m developing a bad case of Alzheimer’s!  

Why am I standing in the kitchen?  
Why am I just standing in this room?   
      Was I thirsty for a drink?   
      You’ve got to think man! Think, think think!  
Or was it food you wanted to consume?   

Why am I standing in the kitchen?  
There must have been a reason, I’m a reasonable guy 
Why am I standing in the kitchen?  
I’m standing here but can’t remember why. 

And I stood there for a long time, looking down upon my feet 
And thought:   “I don’t know why I’m here but since I’m here, I guess I’ll eat” 

Why am I standing in the kitchen?  
Why am I just standing in this room?   
      Was I thirsty for a drink?   
      You’ve got to think man! Think, think think!  
Or was it food you wanted to consume?   

Why am I standing in the kitchen?  
There must have been a reason, I’m a reasonable guy 
Why am I standing in the kitchen?  
I’m standing here but can’t remember why. 


Why Am I Standing In The Kitchen?

157 BPM

compile all good bits for final main version. Maybe combine V1(Acoustic) V2(Rock) & V7 (this) for the build. Play with the order... Obvious order is
V7 ~ V2 ~ V1 (Add and remove traits to the other versions as required) (V1 ~ V7 ~ V2 worth a look too)

-rock and fucking real/roll (Speed Version)
-Whole Soul (Speed Version)
-Its human made it's actual Intelligence (D&B)
-

It's human made
It's actually intelligence
It's not the same
It's not vomited irrelevance
It's human made
It's actually intelligence


Also consider a 170bpm version that progresses through all versions in one piece

Likely workable order as


V3 ~ V4 ~ V1 ~ V2 ~ V7 ~ V5 ~ V6


Do a Jazz version maybe look at making 7th's of the chords or something. Research what makes a song jazz

V7. Actual Intelligence

Luke 6.35

I write story songs.   Many of the stories are true.

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Why Am I Standing In The Kitchen?

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