November

I don't want to be
Smashing my brain against the system of torment
I will not submit
I will not submit
I will not submit

To their treacherous game

I defy them
I defy them

Against their mindless game

Smash up beverley hills 
Not our ghettoes
Smash up beverley hills
Not our ghettoes

Focus your destructive urges
On the ruling classes
And see the system change
See the system change

Until then
We're.....
Smashing our brains against the system of torment


351. smashing my brain against the system of torment (harding).mp3

352. whitey on the moon (gil scott heron).mp3

Well, I did my best son
I did my best son
And I'm here for everyone
I'm here for everyone

But the people I owe most
Are all dead and gone
They built this world 
Before we even had begun

Now I hear these guys they tell me
They don't owe anyone
They work hard they say
And every damn thing they've won

Now I say take a look around
At all the stuff we humans done
And how much is down to us
And how much to before we born

Now we diss our ancestors
When we trash our kid's futures
We know what we done
And what is to come

But judgement day aint when we die
It's when the children are born
Cos if we leave them high and dry
We are bastards all bar none

353. judgement day (harding).mp3

Well, you go to the club for a sexy time
But then it all gets out of line
Glasses start smashing and fists are flashing
And all we wanted was to have a good time

What is the point of drinking until you fight?
Where is the love that we all wanted tonight?

You settle down with a pint
You take a seat, to have a good night
But when you rise, you feel a knock
Hey, did you spill my pint?

Somebody has to spoil it all
When all we wanted was some loving for all
And now we gonna get hit out of spite
And end up having a really shit night

You're with a girl, she's really nice
Your beer goggles say she's posh spice
But then a bloke turns up at once he
And says you are, taking his fiancee




354. sexy time (harding).mp3

Well, my body was aching, all the time
Well, my body was shaking, all down the line
The desert heat was burning me up
The rattle snakes were fine
So it comes to this 
Every single time

Will you be mine?
Or are you fine?

Is your life sublime?
Or is it time?

The train comes chugging past
It's never on time
The rain never lasts
The soil is dying
Just like our relationship
But not for want of trying
Never underestimate
Your other half's lying


355. will you be mine (harding).mp3

Folk indie punk singer songwriter, guitars, keyboard. Jordan Watkins co-wrote 7 songs and plays guitars on those songs (as attributed). Also writing credits (as attributed) to Nigel Boot, K. Biggle and M. Rambout on 8 songs.

Putting my stuff out there "where funk meets punk"- using dynamic Shure SM58 microphone and Ableton 11 live recording software. Hohner Strat, Epiphone ES339 guitar, Taylor GS Mini Acoustic, Hohner harmonica and Yamaha keyboard E463.

Fave bands - L7, Lemonheads, Fat Tulips, Joy Division, Strawberry Story, The Smiths, Shonen Knife, Sex Pistols, Heavenly, The Fall, Slits, Bhundu Boys, Vaselines, The Pastels, Teenage Fanclub, Shalewambe, Jonah Moyo, Billy Bragg, Felt, Velvet Underground, Jeffrey Lewis, Jimi Hendrix....plus loads of other stuff.

Thanks in particular to Damian Smith and the Journeymen, QB Bills and The Strums for getting me into the Soundcloud community, and John Stone for listening from the start, and all those great musicians around the world listening in. Wonderful that music that didn't even exist a day, or even hours ago gets to go around the world. Always brilliant to be amongst the first to hear new stuff.

Remember, inconsistency means, even if one track is dodgy, the next might be a masterpiece. Keep listening folks, and keep making great music.

TOP 3 MOST PLAYED SONGS FOR EACH MONTH

JAN 2022
1. MCCARTHY'S GAME
2. FIELDS OF DREAMS
3. WEATHER WOMAN
FEB 2022
1. SO MANY THINGS TO DO
2. QUEASY
3. CAN I HAVE MY BALL BACK PLEASE
MAR 2022
1. PUT YOURSELF IN MY PLACE
2. MY NEW GIRLFRIEND
3. GCHQ
APR 2022
1. LET'S SEE WHAT YOU GOT
2. YOU ARE NOT ALONE
3. YOU WON'T REGRET DOING NOTHING AT ALL
MAY 2022
1. BREAKFAST AT TIFFANYS
2. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
3. WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE KIDDING
JUN 2022
1. A MILLION TEARS FOR YOU
2. PURPLE ZONE
3. SWEET HOME ALABAMA
JUL 2022
1. SEVEN NATION ARMY
2. THREE LIONS
3. PASSENGER
AUG 2022
1. STOP THE FROWN
2. NITE CLUB
3. KEEP IT SIMPLE, DO IT WELL
SEP 2022
1. STOP THE FROWN
2. FEARLESS
3. EINE KLEINE PUNKMUSIK
OCT 2022
1. THE INSOMNIA SONG
2. KEEP IT SIMPLE, DO IT WELL
3. RUNNING UP THAT HILL
NOV 2022
1. HELEN
2. DON'T CHA
3. STOP THE FROWN
DEC 2022
1. LA PUNKEILLAISE
2. CHRISTMAS LIGHT
3. KEEP IT SIMPLE, DO IT WELL
JAN 2023
1. THE PRICE OF WAR
2. SHEENA IS A PUNKROCKER
3. THIS CHARMING MAN
FEB 2023
1. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE LET ME GET WHAT I WANT
2. JA JA DING DONG
3. BIG GAY HEART
MAR 2023
1. SONG TWO
2. I DIDN'T KNOW WHO LOU REED WAS
3. CRISPIN WAS A STREET CLEANER

351. smashing my brain against the system of torment (harding).mp3

neil harding