Dec/Jan/Feb

Well I like me a drink 
But it makes me stink
And I broke a girls heart
It tore her heart apart
So I promised from the start
That from the bottom of my heart
I'll be true to the temperance reel
Teatotal I promised I wiil be
You'll never see me tipsy
And paraletic I will never feel
I'll stay true to the temperance reel


413. temperance reel (trad-harding).mp3

Unreasonable people are created by the Daily Mail
Unreasonable people are created by Rupert Murdoch
They create such problems and pain
Our lives will never be the same again
Unreasonable people are created by the Daily Mail

If you're disabled or black, unemployed or a cyclist
You're not in the groups they deem for the rightist
This prejudiced hate just stresses you out
Causes problems that make you scream and shout

The Daily Mail made me a terrorist
The Daily Mail made me hate everyone
The Daily Mail made me a fascist
But don't tell anyone

414. the daily mail made me a terrorist (harding).mp3

Well, I made my bed in roses
But I didn't find the comfort I need

In a world of greed and impatience ohh
I love you but are you what I need
Slowly taking away the well in my eyes
But don't be surprised

I covered the room in posies
But nothing seems to be what you need 

415. made my bed in roses (harding).mp3

        C#                                Fm
Oh, sixto rodriguez the sugar man
          D#m.                                                      G#
Was holding down dead end jobs and doing all he can
            C#                                                       Fm
While unbeknownst to him, he was a superstar
D#m.                                    G#
Selling many records in lands afar
       D#m G#                      D#m G#  C#
Oh sixto rodriguez, the su---gar man 

               C#                                               Fm
He was bigger than the beatles in Australia
               D#m.                                         G#
He was bigger than the beatles in South Africa
              C#                                                    Fm
But he wasn't known anywhere else except Botswana
       D#m.                     G#                         D#m G# C#
Oh Sixto, it doesn't matter, you're a su---per-star
      C#                           Fm
Oh sixto rodriguez, the sugar man
         D#m.                                                G#
You struck a heart string or two in many a land
         C#                                                Fm
And was rediscovered and later toured in those lands
      D#m          G#       C#
Oh sixto, the sugar man
      C#                                                       Fm
He inspired a generation fighting against apartheid
         D#m                                     G#
And against the injustice of conscripted suicide
      D#m  G#                      D#m G#  C#
Oh sixto rodriguez, the su--- gar man 

      C#                                                         Fm
So when you think of sixto and his crazy back story
D#m.                                     G#
Living in detroit in a run down sixth storey
     C#                                              Fm
Remember all the folks that rallied to his cause
         D#m.                                                 G#
And all the talented folks that will never get recourse
       D#m  G#                      D#m G#   C#
Oh Sixto Rodriguez the Su----gar man


416. sixto rodriguez the sugarman (harding).mp3

418. all i want for xmas is you (mariah carey).mp3

420. wondering why (red clay strays).mp3

421. kill the poor (dead kennedys).mp3

423. pale blue eyes (velvet underground).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

Dec/Jan/Feb

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