DON'T LOOK BACK (ON YESTERDAY) is fire, i can get this song big for you Ian Pont just look at my cover picture on here it shows how to reach me

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DON'T LOOK BACK (ON YESTERDAY)

Precious and fragile things
Need special handling
My God what have we done to you?
We always tried to share
The tenderest of care
Now look what we have put you through
Things get damaged, things get broken
I thought we'd manage, but words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give
Angels with silver wings
Shouldn't know suffering
I wish I could take the pain for you
If God has a master plan
That only He understands
I hope it's your eyes He's seeing through
Things get damaged, things get broken
I thought we'd manage, but words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give
I pray you learn to trust
Have faith in both of us
And keep room in your hearts for two
Things get damaged, things get broken
I thought we'd manage, but words left unspoken
Left us so brittle
There was so little left to give

PRECIOUS (Rob Jones TV Mix)

Soldiers & Cowards (radio edit)

SUPER 8 DAYS [TIPLER MIX}

Ft. Bunny Legit - Zombie Apocalypse Radio Edit

Your Fire - Charley Young

Homage to James Bond and the next Bond movie

Dying Like Tomorrow

Stay With Me

The Real Story Behind my Unique version of Jean-Michael Jarre's "Robots Don't Cry" 

I was less interested in winning, if I'm honest, than in "getting noticed!" I'd seen how Jean-Michel appeared to genuinely enjoy collaborating with artists he'd never previously worked with. And, coming from an "Operatic" background - I was hoping for the chance to get noticed by my "unusual" competition entries, and maybe persuade Jean-Michel to explore his "operatic side," as a composer. While researching, I came across an interview in which JMJ says "in a world of Cats and Dogs, try to be a Kangaroo!" So - I decided to take him up on exactly that challenge! I would be an "Operatic Kangaroo!"

So, I listened to JMJ's track, "Robots Don't Cry," 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTnP6MpVXnM
And then I thought - "what's the MOST "Kangaroo" thing I can do here? 

So I decided to write my remix - for one of THE most prestigious Competitions at the time, of music by a World-wide acknowledged Icon of not just the "Pop music industry," but also an Artist who'd been at the vanguard of Electronic Music since the early 70s! -  in the style of Jean-Michel's "supposed" arch-rival from the era, the one and only Vangelis! (In reality, of course, the two are great friends and colleagues, but the media desperately tried to create this impression of rivalry between the two!)

THIS - struck me as a "VERY" Kangaroo thing to do, in this world of "les Chats et les Chiens!"

And my choice of track, was no coincidence! I went for not just ANY OLD Vangelis track! But one of his absolute classics, from his years of collaboration with Jon Anderson - "THE FRIENDS OF MR CAIRO" - a 12 minute long odyssey I'd loved since the 1st moment I heard the opening bars... I would literally listen to Oxygene one night, in bed as a teenager. And the next, I'd listen to "Friends of Mr Cairo." 

I loved both Artists equally - but for quite different reasons - because they were very different musicians. 

Synposis: A group of hapless Tech-thieves try to steal Vangelis' robots - responsible for his many great film-scores. But in the panic after the alarm goes off, steal the wrong robots, only realising the mistake when, later at Schloss Zimmer, they are met by the 'villain of the piece' Hans Zimmer, who had persuaded Simon to commit the theft - to prevent any more Oscar-winning film-scores by Vangelis. Simon admits that the robots they stole in fact belong to Jean-Michel Jarre. In the nick of time, JMJ himself appears, and saves the day, by doing something extraordinary with his laser-harp!

ROBOTS DON'T CRY

Hazy drone rock from Solilians, from the 2020 split 7-inch with the band Skyjelly on the iconic I Heart Noise Record Label. (Neptune Sweet - Vocals' Benjamin Malkin - Bass, Keyboards; Gabriel Walsh - Guitar, Producer; Mike Margulis - Drums. Mastered by Merc Yes.)

There Is No Michigan

Can you feel it in your veins
Deep down in your bones
The tides about to change
And you are not alone
We are indestructible
Indivisible

All around the world we are chemical
Metaphysical we are chemical
We are chemical
We are chemical

In a system full of lies
When nothing is real
Against the odds we rise
From mountains made of steel
We are indestructible
Indivisible

All around the world we are chemical
Metaphysical we are chemical
We are chemical
We are chemical

We're chemical
Indivisible
We're chemical
Unstoppable

All around the world we are chemical
Metaphysical we are chemical
We are chemical
We are chemical

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CHEMICAL

Fix my eyes on the horizon
Focus on that distant light
Let it take me away, from this modern decay, I need
To get to the other side

Don't believe in superstition
Where's the faith in hit-or-miss, 
Maybe taking the leap when the odds are too steep, could be 
The end of my life if I fall

Feeling like a domino
Always a struggle which way to go-o-o
Somebody tell me cos I just don't know
Any more

How do we live for today, in this way
With yesterday gone and the fear
That tomorrow's the same
In a cage 
Bitter Home Sweet Home
Bitter Home Sweet Home

(They tell ya) 

Seize the day,  it sounds too easy
Reaching out's just hard to feel
When ya so locked inside, where the demons reside, ya need
Some help to escape from the dark

Puzzled by my own confusion
Piece together broken mind
I can't see any sky through the hope and the cries 
Could be my head is so lost up in space

The truth is like a UFO
Close encounters but it never shows
Somebody tell me cos I just don't know
Any more

How do we live for today, in this way
With yesterday gone and the fear, 
That tomorrow's the same
In a cage 
Bitter Home Sweet Home
Bitter Home Sweet Home

See me falling
See me falling
Why am I falling
I'm so sick and I'm ready to go
I'm so sick

How do we live for today,

How do we live for today, in this way
With yesterday gone and the fear, 
That tomorrow's the same
In a cage 
Bitter Home Sweet Home
Bitter Home

How do we live for today,
How do we live for today,
How do we live for today
In a cage
Bitter Home Sweet Home
Bitter Home Sweet Home

BITTER HOME SWEET HOME

You're braver than you know
Don't be afraid to dream
You're smarter than you think
Stronger than you believe
No need to fear the dark
Step out into the light
Good days are on their way
And you're still standing

Living with a load that hurts
That's how you carry it
Think it's time to heal yourself
That's how you deal with it
Now's the time to take control
Don't need the kiss of life
You're already half way home
Need you to know now

There's a feeling inside
I know the secret
I know the secret
Taking over my mind
I know the secret
I know the secret
From my head to my feet
Can't control my heartbeat
I know the secret
I know the secret
What my body has to say
Is let it take me away
I know the secret's love
You make me feel alive
You make me feel alive
You make me feel alive

Fall back down to Earth
And caught up in the fray
Your mountain climb awaits
Get up and face the day
Some chances never knock
You need to build the doors
Remember love's the key
And you're still standing 

Sinking with a heavy heart
And when you're struggling
Nothing's always broke in half
Just keep on handling
Walking with your head held high
That's what you need to do
If you want to touch the sky
Need you to know now

There's a feeling inside
I know the secret
I know the secret
Taking over my mind
I know the secret
I know the secret
From my head to my feet
Can't control my heartbeat
I know the secret
I know the secret
What my body has to say
Is let it take me away
I know the secret's love
You make me feel alive
You make me feel alive

I know the secret's love
I know the secret's love
I know the secret's love
I know the secret's love
I know the secret's love

You make me feel alive
You make me feel alive
You make me feel alive
You make me feel alive
You make me feel alive

YOU MAKE ME FEEL ALIVE

Can't get enough now
Inside the rebound
Stuck on the Merry-Go
Can't seem to let it go

It's so exciting
Until we're fighting
I'm under mind control
Someday we're gonne fall

Down from the Heavens above
When we both see this ain't meant to be love
No, we won't concede when enough is enough
What the hell are we doin'

Are
We
Gonna crash and burn
We never talk about it

Are
We
Gonna ever learn 
We never talk about it

Oh look I'm back here
Still got no idea
Making the same mistake
Another risk I'll take

And as I reload
You're in the same boat
Who'll be the first to go
Someday we're gonna fall

Down to the depths of despair 
Yeah we both know it but prefer not to care
No, must be a reason we continue to dare
What the hell are we doin'

Are
We
Gonna crash and burn
We never talk about it

Are
We
Gonna ever learn 
We never talk about it

We never talk about it
We never talk about it

Someday we're gonna fall
Down from the Heavens above
When we both see this ain't meant to be love
No, we won't concede when enough is enough
What the hell are we doin'

Are
We
Gonna crash and burn
We never talk about it

Are
We
Gonna ever learn 
We never talk about it

Are
We
Gonna crash and burn
We never talk about it

Are
We
Gonna ever learn 
We never talk about it

CRASH & BURN

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DON'T LOOK BACK (ON YESTERDAY)

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