TIG you have this gift of delivering lyrics that express the various emotions people experience on the highways and byways of life. When you preform your songs the good thing is you put yourself into the shoes of whoever your singing about. The reason why I loved Johnny Cash was he gave the songs he sang authenticity through his fire and passion. I think you have that fire and passion inside of you when you write a song, which then takes a person inside what is happening aswell as what is been felt.
2,102 2017-10-21 02:05:49
Re: friday's blues fix (1,560 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
Happy Birthday Badeye I love the way you find so many good blues to share.
2,103 2017-10-20 22:44:37
Re: Tele neck Strat body (25 replies, posted in Electric)
I am not much use on the guitar front but having married into a Greek family I find Metaxa a great relief from lung problems. If I don't have Metaxa any Brandy seems to work.
Traditionally, brandy because of its anti-inflammatory properties had been used as an effective means to relieve respiratory issues, such as coughs or sore throats. The strong alcoholic content can help eliminate bacteria and loosen up phlegm and mucus, thereby acting as an expectorant. Up in the north of Greece around Thessalonika in the Village where my inlaws lived people would melt a teaspoon of Honey in a little bit of hot water. They would then add some lemon juice then top it up with Metaxa or Brandy..
καλή υγεία good health.
2,104 2017-10-17 22:07:35
Re: OCTOBER 2017 FSOTM – CAT STEVENS – TOM PETTY (43 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Beamer Your vocals work perfect on this one. That acoustic fits like a hand in a glove. Out of everything of yours I have heard so far that is my favourite.
2,105 2017-10-17 22:04:42
Re: SKELETON BONES (9 replies, posted in Songwriting)
Beamer you got a good intro rift on that one. Add a bit of drums and bass to it after the intro and your got it real good.
2,106 2017-10-16 09:40:56
Re: OCTOBER 2017 FSOTM – CAT STEVENS – TOM PETTY (43 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Neo nice singing and playing dig that little person at the end real cool. Some of the happiest times in childhood memories are often when our parents were happy too .
2,107 2017-10-14 22:17:15
Re: Injecting Humour Into Live Shows.. (34 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
On Sunday afternoons back in the early eighties, I use to sometimes do a short set with a bit of a banter and bit of bad singing with these old Jazz guys at the Oriental Hotel in the Rocks Sydney. Use to be a drunk who would regularly yell out play songs such as Radar Love or Smoke On The Water, One Sunday the old boys suprised us with a jazz version of Smoke On The Water, Drums. double bass, piano and trumpet with vocals. Possible it could also have been with the Banjo, jazz guitar player that would sit in from time to time. The trumpet player who was about forty years older than me was a very good friend of mine. He was bit like a father to me and his daughter became like a adopted sister. If I did a set with the band I would be paid with free beer and food..He was a very funny man and we would just talk to each other between the four songs I would sing and it always got the crowd laughing.
2,108 2017-10-14 22:00:13
Re: Where Dreams and Reality Collide (20 replies, posted in Songwriting)
TIG I love this part of your song. Excellent lyrics.
She used to be only in my dreams
A free spirit ,chasing cryptic schemes
beautifully awkward, out of place
gorgeous chaos, full of grace
2,109 2017-10-14 21:53:39
Re: What are your childhood music memories. (19 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Excellent Phill while your cleaning windows I will be close by on the nearest footpath.
I'm leaning on a lamp, maybe you think, I look a tramp,
Or you may think I'm hanging 'round to steal a motor-car.
But no I'm not a crook, And if you think, that's what I look,
I'll tell you why I'm here, And what my motives are.
I'm leaning on a lamp-post at the corner of the street,
In case a certain little lady comes by.
2,110 2017-10-14 09:36:44
Re: What are your childhood music memories. (19 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Good one Phill here is a question for you.
Oh me, oh my, oh you
Whatever shall I do?
Hallelujah
The question is peculiar
I'd give a lot of dough
If only I could know
The answer to my question
Is it yes or is it no
Does your chewing gum lose its flavour
On the bedpost overnight?
If your mother says, don't chew it
Do you swallow it in spite?
Can you catch it on your tonsils?
Can you heave it left and right?
Does your chewing gum lose its flavour
On the bedpost overnight?
Bring back Lonnie Song again.
2,111 2017-10-14 01:16:15
Re: Injecting Humour Into Live Shows.. (34 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Phill, Billy's ten guitars reminds me of pub gigs with that one persistant drunk that turns up.
2,112 2017-10-14 01:07:59
Re: What are your childhood music memories. (19 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Mekidsmom growing up mainly in New Zealand I was taught railway songs most of them American folk classics such as ‘I’ve been working on the railroad’, ‘This train (is bound for glory)’ or ‘The Wabash cannonball’. The one New Zealand railway folk songs I remember as a kid is ‘Taumarunui On The Main Trunk Line, a tale of unrequited love between ‘an ordinary joker’ and a ‘sheila’ who works behind the counter at the town’s famous railway refreshment room: I'm an ordinary joker, growin' old before me time,'Cause me heart's in Taumarunui on the Main Trunk Line.
Neo here in NZ as a kid one of the Ozzy songs we had to learn was Waltzing Matilda.
Classical Guitar my first real encounter with classical guitar was most probably my Dads collection of flaminco recordings and wondering how it was possible to play like that.
Watching and listening to Manitas de Plata on Television had me transfixed.
Most of the music on the radio here when I was young was from overseas. Though the odd Kiwi song would slip in such as Down The Hall On Saturday Night with true Kiwi lyrics such as.
I got a new pair of grey strides, I got a real Kiwi haircut,A bit off the top, an' short back and sides.
Soon as I've tied up me guri, Soon as I've swept out the yard, Soon as I've hosed down me gumboots, I'll be living it high and hitting it hard.
Phill and DE the songs I remember singing with my Dad as a kid were mostly skiffle songs such as My Old Mans A Dustman.
Oh, my old man's a dustman
He wears a dustman's hat,
He wears cor blimey trousers
And he lives in a council flat
Most of the songs I sang with my Mum were in Fijian so I wont leave any lyrics.
With my fathers parents I learnt old British Musi hall songs with lyrics such as these
Come, come, come and make eyes at me
down at the old bull and bush
Come, come, drink some
port wine with me
down at the
old bull and bush
Another lyric I remember my Grandparents taught me
Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag, and Smile, Smile, Smile
2,113 2017-10-13 11:06:07
Re: Russian Jack (2 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
Tf I like songs and poems about interesting people. . I am also into songs that incorporate history such as this Australian song called And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda which I will attach.
And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda is a song written by Scottish-born Australian singer-songwriter Eric Bogle in 1971. The song describes war as futile and gruesome, while criticising those who seek to glorify it. This is exemplified in the song by the account of a young Australian soldier who is maimed at the Battle of Gallipoli during the First World War. The song incorporates, at its conclusion, the melody and a few lines of lyrics of the 1895 song Waltzing Matilda by Australian poet Banjo Paterson. Many cover versions of the song have been performed and recorded. The song has been praised for its imagery, evoking the devastation at the Gallipoli Landings. The protagonist, who had travelled across rural Australia before the war, is emotionally devastated by the loss of his legs in battle. As the years pass he notes the death of other veterans, while the younger generation becomes apathetic to the veterans and their cause.. To ‘waltz Matilda’ is to travel around with a bushman's bundle of belongings while drifting from place to place..
2,114 2017-10-13 10:38:14
Re: Injecting Humour Into Live Shows.. (34 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
TF and Neo you found some good gems there. Here is a parody of the song Royals put out by Kiwi Law Students. Shortland Street mentioned at the end of the song is a local television soap opera.about a hospital.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMP-HBnqIXc
2,115 2017-10-13 10:31:50
Re: "Some people (do funny things)" - an original song (4 replies, posted in My local band and me)
Love the Organ sound and the way the lyrics cover pets, girlfriend and people.
2,116 2017-10-13 10:25:50
Re: Happy Birthday, Paul Simon (3 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
Graceland is one of my favourites by Paul Simon he is not only a gifted lyricist but also has a clever way with music aswell. Happy Birthday Paul..
2,117 2017-10-13 10:20:57
Re: OCTOBER 2017 FSOTM – CAT STEVENS – TOM PETTY (43 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Beamer I like the Bo Diddley guitar sound Good one.
2,118 2017-10-11 09:51:57
Topic: Russian Jack (2 replies, posted in Bands and artists)
When I was a kid we had family friends who would tell me about Russian Jack and for some reason at one stage I thought I would love to live life like him. .He was the last person living the life of a Tramp here in NZ who preferred to sleep outside. I was only a boy a passenger in a car visiting the Wairarapa, on this day we saw Russian Jack walking along the side of the road. I remember as a kid thinking I have seen a piece of history and it felt exciting to me. My parents didnt get it but looking at him out of a passing car stayed in my mind.
'Russian Jack' was known throughout the lower North Island, his real name was Barrett Crumen. He was born in Latvia, in 1878 and by the 1900s he was working as a seaman on small coasting ships in New Zealand.
He then took to labouring on the back country stations of Wairarapa. He was an immensely strong man who worked as a scrubcutter and shedhand at Awhea Station for many years in the period around World War I.
As the years moved on, so did Russian Jack, mostly through the roads of Manawatu and Wairarapa, but in the years after World War 2 also exploring much of the North Island.
He was originally very tall and strong, but as he aged, he seemed to be shrinking and his feet were giving him more and more trouble. In mid-1965, he was admitted to Pahiatua Hospital suffering from frostbitten feet. He was transferred to a geriatric ward, where he was asked why he had roamed the roads for so many years.
"Man oh man, I vos FREE! Free to have a beer, have a smoke, - happy what you can call all the time, you know. They was free days."
He died on September 19, 1968.
1989 Bob Lovell a New Zealand folk singer wrote this song below about Russian Jack . Whenever I hear it I see a picture in my mind of me as kid looking at Rusian Jack from the car. The video attached has some photos of Russian Jack.
Guitar capo 3rd fret, play these chord-shapes
C Dm
Look down the road, and who do you see
F C
An old man in ragged clothes, a tramp to you and me
Must be summer, 'cause he's back again
Russian Jack's a tramp: yeah, and that's his game.
He'll chop a little wood, for a meal and a cup of tea
And sleep in your barn, if it looks like rain
He don't like children, or so they say
When Russian Jack's around, you'd better stay away.
Em F
Don't you go down to the river
Em F
Better stay away
Em F
Don't you go down to the river
C - Dm - F - C
. . . Russian Jack's there today.
A white Russian immigrant, or so the story goes
Came here in the '20s, after revolution days
Ever since then, he's wandered dusty roads
His swag on his back, and his billy swinging free
They say he's got a sister, on the East Coast somewhere
Who he visits every Christmas, to drink a Russian beer
The last time I saw him, was nineteen sixty-two
On the side of the road, beneath a shady tree
Don't you go down to the river
You'd better stay away
Don't you go down to the river
. . . Russian Jack's there today.
Hear that he died, in an old people's home
His legs were so crippled, he could no longer roam
Sad ending for, a harmless old man
Who didn't seem to fit, any kind of social plan
Look down the road, and who do you see
An old man in ragged clothes, a tramp to you and me
Must be summer, 'cause he's back again
Russian Jack's a tramp: yeah, and that's his game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xL-rjs2VQc
2,119 2017-10-11 05:37:44
Re: OCTOBER 2017 FSOTM – CAT STEVENS – TOM PETTY (43 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
EB I like the differant voices you use.
2,120 2017-10-11 03:46:54
Re: ChordiePa 2017 (32 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
I enjoyed watching and listening to all you good folks on those videos. Thank you UJB
2,121 2017-10-10 23:37:29
Re: "That Night" - an original song (3 replies, posted in My local band and me)
That song would work perfect in a Rock Opera.
2,122 2017-10-10 23:09:45
Re: OCTOBER 2017 FSOTM – CAT STEVENS – TOM PETTY (43 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Cheers Zurf glad you got my bad vocals and playing. Richard enjoyed your Father And Son cover. Tell your young Jai he has got a Kiwi fan good to see you got him onboard.
2,123 2017-10-10 23:04:55
Re: SEPTEMBER 2017 FSOTM -ANOTHER CHALLENGE MONTH! (41 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Richard you are real. good.
2,124 2017-10-10 23:01:15
Re: When do your lyric inspirations hit? (21 replies, posted in Chordie's Chat Corner)
Thank you Richard I tried to make it into a song but I couldn't make it flow. I will attach a song I wrote about getting inspiration to write poems and songs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZxTgupBT8U
2,125 2017-10-10 05:34:37
Re: OCTOBER 2017 FSOTM – CAT STEVENS – TOM PETTY (43 replies, posted in Featured Song of the Month)
Cheers Richard glad you liked it.