Juillet

Down…(Industry Remix)

Punchy bass and drums with processed guitar.

Straight Lines

Don’t Bow Down To No One.

The first song I ever wrote, dating back to very early September 1977. I had just turned sixteen, had started sixth form and it was a Thursday teatime very early in September, the first week back in school. I had a few chords by this point, but not many and it shows. The lyrics aren't up to much either. But there's something about this song, it's catchy and very Beatley. When punk was raging, I was hammering the Red and the Blue albums and I greatly preferred the Red. It shows.
It was performed by the band I was in at the time, which was called Feedback, at West Park music mights and some of the working mens clubs that we played in and it went down well, feeding my belief that I could write songs, so I did and although we are mainly a covers band, we soon moved on to performing other stuff that I had come up with, so it had a shelf life that expired by 1979.
This version was recorded in 2024, mixed and mastered in early 2025 and the process was quite a walk down memory lane. I thought about polishing up the lyrics a bit, but decided to leave it in its unvarnished naive glory. My Mum and Dad loved this song and, for all of its shortcomings, I do too.

You wouldn't believe me
When I told you didn't need me
How could I why should I feel this way
You never deceived me
When you told me you'd never leave me
How could it, why should it end today

Last night I cried 
And I've ben feeling down today
Something ain't right
Why should I feel this way
I don't know why
It's all gone wrong today
Even if you cry
What else can I say but goodbye
If love's good
Why do I feel bad
I understood in love
You should be glad

So now it must end love
I hope you'll still be my friend love
Although from now on we must be apart
I know you still love me
I hope you won't think worse of me
The last thing I wanted to do
Was break your heart

Last Night I Cried

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Flight

Nought

One of my 1970s songs with echoes of Laurel Canyon. The production and arrangement is my take on the sound of Jimmy Webb writing for Glen Campbell, David Gates or Bacharach and David covered by The Carpenters, that sweeping American orchestral sound, with the big vibe Gretsch. Most of it was written in '78-'79. I added the middle eight recently, when I realised that it had stuck around in my head, unbidden and unnurtured for over forty years. The song itself is probably influenced most by Donny Osmond, of whom I was a huge fan in the early '70s. To be specific, I think it's like something that could have been on his Alone Together or A Time for Us albums.

There's gonna be a sometime
When you're gonna need me
There's gonna be a sometime
When you want me there
There's gonna be a time sometime soon
When you need love to share
There's gonna be a sometime
When you care
Remember girl all of the times
I needed your loving
There never really seemed enough time
For us to find
I wonder what tomorrow brings
Now I won't look behind
Maybe tomorrow will be sometime
When you're mine
Why should yesterday hold so much sway
When tomorrow comes
Let's be the ones
Who don't delay
To find our way
There's gonna be a time
Sometime soon
When you need love to share
There's gonna be a sometime
When you care

There's Gonna Be a Sometime

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