'“Mercedes Benz” is a lonely blues tune about the illusory happiness promised (but rarely delivered) by the pursuit of worldly goods,
Janis Joplin was known for living her life in the fast lane and, during her short but remarkable career, she made herself an unstoppable force that was undoubtedly the voice of her generation. Her free spirit and rebellious streak would tragically lead to the singer losing her battle with addiction when she was only 27-years-old. Just three days before her death, Joplin recorded vocals on the track ‘Mercedes Benz’, an iconic number that is even more breathtaking when you realise that was the very last time she would step foot in a recording studio.’  excerpt from an article in Far Out by Joe Taysom

I’ve sung this magical song at too many gigs to remember...
When i broke a guitar string- as a powerful end to a set ...or simply because there's a Joplin fan in most audiences and they asked for it! Also it is my Mum’s favourite!
I hope you enjoy my version of Janis Joplin's’ Mercedes Benz. ’ Love Salx

Mercedes Benz by Janis Joplin (Cover by Sal)

Counting cards

The Time

08-08-2022

Vioflesh - The Time

As the crocuses rise from the ground.
The boots of the wise man still tramping them down.
As the world makes its slow turn around.
An infinite circle just spinning to ground.
Don't be sad that you live by the ocean,
stone throw to the sea. 
Whilst your bodies in infinite motion, 
but how can that be? 

First things first comes the test, got to prove you're the best, just hitch up on your horse and lets go.
'Cause the meltwater flows where the crocuses grow, 'tween the rocks and the stones that don't know. 
That the river has taken its toll.
That the winter is set to move on.
That the boulders that it set to roll.
Will return to the place they belong.

As the crocuses rise in the spring.
The world in a state of bewildered mourning. 
Though most made it through to this dawn.
There is bare earth where once stood a ripe field of corn. 
There's a chill that comes with your devotion, 
an obvious fee.
Like the wind crossing over the ocean,
just naturally.

Crocus

Honeyfuzz

A reflection on some of the best musical times. Mixed and produced by Butch Monserrat.

Rock And Roll Breakdown

REVOLUTION
Music by Overdrive

Check out the music videos:
https://www.instagram.com/stories/highlights/18041226151467025/
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CsyOkhBOD32/

In one sentence, Slayer meets industrial.

Revolution is a typical 80's thrash metal song with a modern twist. Those who lived that era will recognize several references to numerous bands:
(1) The main riff and the complex cadence of the vocals are inspired by Slayer's Haunting the Chapel;
(2) The main riff is also inspired by Destruction's Bestial Invasion;
(3) The riff during the break in the middle of the song is inspired by the break from Slayer's Piece By Piece;
(4) The siren is a reference to Escape by Metallica;
(5) The guitar solo is inspired by the solo from Megadeth's Piece Sells... But Who's Buying;
(6) The explosion at the end of the song is a reference to the explosion heard at the end of Metallica's Fight Fire With Fire.

There are other references, of course, but you'll have to look for the rest yourself. :-)

The guitars are from the VST plugin for Kontakt called Shreddage 3 Rogue. It's the best distorted guitar library I've experienced to date.

The synthesized vocals are from the Solaria voice package produced by Eclipsed Sounds for Dreamtonics' Synthesizer V software. There are free lite versions of Synthesizer V and Solaria's voice on the Dreamtonics website:
https://dreamtonics.com/synthesizerv/

I hope you enjoy the track.

P. S.: Stay tuned for the upcoming remix of Revolution sung by the great @bawl-slant

Revolution (video in the description)

ALFONSO LLORENTE: LYRICS, VOCALS, ACOSUTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR, BASS, SYNTH & KICK DRUM
TOBIAS GONZALEZ: PIANO

WITCH OF LOVE

Let´s play again shedding loneliness.
We´ll find each other in forgiveness
Let´s sail away into the sea of secrets
And disappear as memories of love

If you leave I´ll understand
That you´re gone shedding love
No matter how long it takes
By your side I´ll be until you wake

I feel you but I can´t touch you
Why are you stuck in my dreams?
Though I found you, we’ll never meet
And you smile while you turn into dust

I’ll try to trap you as you fly
I’ll try to love as you cry
An illusion of love is what you are
Please leave my dreams witch of love

My shadow runs away, every time you appear

I’ll try to trap you as you fly
I’ll try to love as you cry
An illusion of love is what you are
Please leave my dreams witch of love!

Here she comes as a butterfly
While she songs a lullaby

I’ll try to trap you as you fly
I’ll try to love as you cry
An illusion of love is what you are
Please leave my dreams witch of love!

I once found you and then I lost you
But you’re hiding in my heart
If I only had the clue to your heart
I need to shed love

Shed love witch of love
Shed love witch of love
Shed love witch of love

WITCH OF LOVE (Alfonso Llorente)

You Can Steal Me

Submission ready 10.25.23
"Neev" - Great Artist, pleasure to work on this song.

Neev - Seawall (Dreaming While Awake Remix)

Birhatin - Accoustic Version

I'm a singer-songwriter from Dundee with a warm, distinctive sound and a love of storytelling through song.

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"All music is folk music, I ain't never heard a horse sing" Big Bill Broonzy

Honeyfuzz

Andrew Baird