badeye scrimmy and james,

thanks,

I now have the lyrics and it is just G C D in the entire song.

Now I can put my mind at rest and sing this when i get my voice back. I have completely lost my voice through all the singing,cheering,jeering shouting and screaming I dont at the Scotland football match yesterday.

we won 2-1 and still on top of the table above France and Italy the two best teams in the world. We will not last long at the top but whille we are there i will relish it.

Ken

superb thread this and very popular already.

I have just turned 37 end of Feb. started playing Bass when I was 13 or 14, played in a few bands, gave that up, got married got a couple of weans ( children)

Started playing acoustic when I met my wife,14 years ago. her dad had one and I learned on that then got my own.

I started writing my own songs practically straight away as I could not play covers apart from knocking on heavens doors so I started doing my own then covers.

I now play, the acoustic guitar ,and trying to play the Uke, mandolin, jew harp, kazoo, tambourine, couple of tom drums, the bodhran ( a big celtic drum)

My wife plays the violin. We have jamming sessions with a mate on a friday night and do a lot of irish and scottish traditional music until I belt out a few acoustic punk songs.

like James, this is my favourite top ten at this moment.

1. Behind blue eyes ( the who)

2. everybody hursts. (rem)

3 Green and red mayo ( saw doctors)

4. all or nothing (small faces)

5. wasted life ( stiff little fingers)

6. one step closer to home ( the alarm)

7. you stand by me ( the who)

8. las vegas in the hills of donegal ( no idea )

9. tears in heaven ( eric Clapton)

10. anything from pink floyd's "THE WALL" album, or final cut album, or piper at the gates of dawn or anything by syd barrett, I cannot stop playing his songs right now.

Ken

good song Jeff.

But I love fences and hedges  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif" border=0 alt="Laughing">

Maybe I am just used to them?

I noticed when I was in america that not a lot had enclosed gardens, lots of open plan gardens where the lawn never ends apart from a pathway to the door, or driveway.

In the UK I tihnk the thing to do is get your land and mark it out and dont let any fecker cross the line, even if friendly or not.

My back garden looks onto about 10 back gardens and if I never had a fence to seperate three neighbours I would build a wall and paint happy faces all over it  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif" border=0 alt="Very Happy">   <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif" border=0 alt="Very Happy">

only open areas I love is the hills and mountains.

Ken

but damn good song

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Al, I jist saw yer post ye done on the 16th, pure dead braw man  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif" border=0 alt="Laughing">

Good to hear ye got a new guitar. So can you recommend the yamaha then? I keep thinking next time I am in the big Co am gonna go buy a semi acoustic.

Like you said about the same guitars sounding different in different shops. It depends if they have been tuned properly in the shops and how old the strings are etc.

I tihnk I might take my electronic tuner next time I go into one of these shops, keep it in my pocket and ask the assistant to tune the guitar for me, and they will if they think they will get a sale, just like having your own roadie for 5 minutes in a shop  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif" border=0 alt="Laughing">  then once he gives it back to me and asks me to try it, I will then get my tuner out and test how good his tuning abilities are  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif" border=0 alt="Laughing">

I canny have anything better to d owit hmy time just now apart from think of things up like this  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_biggrin.gif" border=0 alt="Very Happy">

Ken

BBDgus

like everyone is trying to say.

it is never too late.

Look at these old retired people that have nothing to do, they go and try sky diving, driving, scuba diving, piano, they go into a second childhood some of them so there is nothing wrong wit hyou wanting to learn at 34.

I was 21 when i started on the acoutic guitar, been playing for 16 years. if you start learning just now, in 16 years time you will still be younger than a lot of guitar players.

Have fun along the way and ask as much as you want on the forum, we are all here to help each other.

Ken

Al,

I dont know if they all do them or not, but as mentioned Yamaha guitars can be ok.

The big co operative in clydebank does a wide range of Yamaha. And wit hit being the co op, there shouldnt be a snooty nosed youth in there, especially in clydebank  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif" border=0 alt="Laughing">  Good thing about in there is you can pay it up interest free if you really like one that is a bit over the 200.

I saw a few there for under 200 and they looked ok but I never played them.

I think there is a semi acoustic there for 245, nice looking sunburst one. I was thinking of getting one of them but I got to spend omney on this new house so I am told  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_confused.gif" border=0 alt="Confused">   <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_rolleyes.gif" border=0 alt="Rolling Eyes">  hmmm, Christmas is coming  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif" border=0 alt="Laughing"> 

Ken

yeah, he is one of the all time greatest songwriters and with the videos I have of the Jam live, he was energetic, but not the three times I have seen him.

He just seemed to be in a bad mood, played the songs and left. No jumping about like the jam days, no talking wit hthe fans apart from " thanks a lot"

( ok, exagerating a bit, he did talk a bit more than that, but nothing memorable)

But even though I say this about him, I still think he is fantastic.

I just dont think he is actually needed for a Jam reunion, although it would be absolutely fantastic if he did, but think of the ticket prices if he were to tour with them. I could go to see "two from the Jam" twice with the money for a ticket if Paul wller was to tour with them.

<img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif" border=0 alt="Laughing">  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif" border=0 alt="Laughing">  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif" border=0 alt="Laughing">

sit down paul, put your feet up and relax.

Ken

Hi Gar,
yep, this has been brought up a few times but no need to appologise.
If you have the money you should get yourself a condenser microphone. You can get ones specially for pc's, cost about £90 and upwards. Might get one cheaper but I dont know.
Another good thing to have ( even though you have audacity) is guitar pro 3 ( calkwalk) it is a 32 trck recording studio.
It will take you time getting the right levels and positions for placing the microphone, but once you get that sound, you are set up. Write all things down that you do for recording so you can go back to look up notes on certain sounds etc.

You can plug your guitar straight into your computer's soundcard for recording, or thru an effects proccessor first. My mate does this and he gets some good songs, pity he cant sing though  <img src="images/smiley_icons/icon_lol.gif" border=0 alt="Laughing">  but he gets by!!

it can be very frustrating at times but dont give up.

Ken

great song james.

I am sitting wae me guitar the noo playing it ( well i did stop to type this)

I think the D at the end of the verse is better than the G too but I cannot fit a C7 in the chorus.

this will be another one that there will be many ways to make one song sound. But I am playing this at fast pace too.

I am wishing I had an electric guitar with lots of distortion just to see how it sounds, with an amplified voice with  a bit of chorus though for effeects

Ken