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would be a very good time to write a song Kap.
maybe start it before court and finish it after the case. then you will have all your feeling wrote down while going through it all.

I have a thing about drink driving. I have seen many people harmed by it, and some were just over the limit and no more. Was it the drink to blame though? no one could say for sure. Sober people have bad accidents too, some a lot worse than a drink driver would do with speeding at 120mph and causing huge pile ups.

I used to have 2, sometimes 3 pints and drive an hour or so after it, i felt ok to drive but i bet i have probably been over the limit once or twice. In the past 5 years I will not drink anything at all if driving because sometimes when I drink a pint I can feel the effect of alcohol, I may be under the limit and fit to drive but I tihnk if someone feels the effect of anything in the slightest then they shouldnt. Oh how my mind changes the older I get, changing for the good though I think, or changing for the safer

A few folk I know still have a few pints and drive, some in ireland. they live that far away from the pub that it costs too much for a taxi and they are on quiet country roads so they think it is ok.

but good luck to you in court, I am sure we have all done what you have done sometime without even realising you were ( in the eyes of the law) not fit to drive.

Ken

Tom
I went to your songbook and the songs you mention.
I only saw the words italicised on the chorus on all the songs. The rest of the lyrics looked fine

ken

i never have washed my hands before playing, or i would not wash them for the purpose of playing.
After I play I put it back on it's stand.

I give the guitar a good servicing with a duster when i change the strings every 3 months or so. If I have not picked the guitar up in over a week then i might give it a rub down with my grubby hands.

I bet no one wishes to lend me their guitar now

Ken

nope it is not possible to hear the song through chordie, .

BUt i have a question for you.

If you have never heard some of them how can you say you like them?

Puzzled!!!
ken

well if someone wants to make fun of the band if they dont like you, you will give them a head start by calling yourself "lost cause".

Ken

I used to go in the stiff little fingers forum a lot. Jake Burns the singer,guitarist and song writer pops in very frequently ( since his wife runs the forum)
He was saying how he and Bruce Foxton or might have been steve grantely the drummer write music for video games in their spare time.  I am probably wrong but they have tunes on the burnout games as well as a few more.
He said he done it for extra income, just like a wee sideline.
I see nothing wrong with bands doing this if they want to, especially the likes of Stiff Little Fingers that are not mega mega  big and loaded.
So is it only wrong that bands do this if they are succsseful? Or is it just wrong full stop for any musician to sell their music to the likes of gaming and advertising etc.

Led Zep probably have said no because they have got enough money, but I would put a bet on if they were in the same situation as jake Burns and having to still to annual tours to the same loyal fans, they would not hesitate to sell their songs.

Ken

if the heavy rock bands done nothing but heavy fast songs they would not be able to rest their vocal cords much at a gig, so they do a ballad or two

another reason is:

they have to play ballads in a gig so they can see all those lighters getting lit and waving them about  inthe air. This lets the band see who all the smokers are so they can scrounge some cigarettes.

another reason:

they have planned this so the parents of the younger fans will think it is ok for their offspring to go see them since they do such a lovely song or two.

and the other reason which has been said. Girls love love songs and guy love girls.

ken

i am guessing here but I dont tink these songs have any copyrights unless they are done in a certain way by a known artist.
as far as i know there songs areclassed as tradition and will not cause anyone any trouble if they play them and make money from them

but this is a total guess

Ken

I could not get to see anything on that link apart from an advert for hair conditioner or shampoo or something.
I even tried the list at the left but the screen kept saying then that the video was unaccessable

Maybe something wrong with that site...I wil try later

Ken

yeah dino,
I would think that maybe is.
If the words to Knocking on heavens door were longer and more forgetful like american pie then that could be high on the list also.

I would think this is because apart from easy to play ( I think) they have it mostly for the lyrics as they are so long.

Ken

think it might be in the pipeline

Ken

fantastic question

Behind blue eyes....the who
wish you were here.....pink floyd
if wishes were fishes......eric bogle

ken