Song 2 for the RPM Challenge. Wrote this at the piano and then had fun trying all sorts of spontaneous vocal harmonies. Switching time signatures for the chorus made for some challenging recording!
Words and music by John Nicholson - Vocal by Marthie Nel Hauptfleisch
We were living our youth
From sun up to sun down
Holidays lasting forever
In our little town
We swam all day long
And under the bridge at night
Laughing and joking…
There is a story behind this song. I'll leave it at that for now.
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Moonlight shined through the trees in the woods
A barred owl called and I understood
Nocturnal presence flew silently by
I tried…
There is a story behind this song. I'll leave it at that for now.
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Moonlight shined through the trees in the woods
A barred owl called and I understood
Nocturnal presence flew silently by
I tried…
Neil Young said once that the guitar gives you the song. This was written on a requinto, a six-string tuned a fourth above a standard guitar. Thanks to Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines for inspiration.
Using a technique copped from David Byrne (similar to the process Jagger and Richards call "a vowel movement"), this tune began as a riff and chords, then as melody with nonsense syllables until some words volunteered to occupy the lyric space.
Walked into the rehearsal room one September first, banged out the major chords on fresh strings, found the 6/8 meter, and thought of friends whose relationship was being severely tested.
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Awww. From start to finish this is a sweet listen. Love it.
Cool sounds, very cool sounds, I gotta dust mine off... And H R Music, YES, you gotta get a resonator
Great harmonies! And you've a great voice! Been at it a while?
Great vocals.
Gotta get me a resonator.
Good story
Wow, what a story. Beautiful music and recording.
Oh, and GREAT PIPES part!
I like the "leave it at that for now" intro! Let the listener fill in the background; you've sketched out the foreground quite nicely.
Neil Young said once that the guitar gives you the song. This was written on a requinto, a six-string tuned a fourth above a standard guitar. Thanks to Terri Hendrix and Lloyd Maines for inspiration.
A story song; everybody needs a story song in the repertoire.
Using a technique copped from David Byrne (similar to the process Jagger and Richards call "a vowel movement"), this tune began as a riff and chords, then as melody with nonsense syllables until some words volunteered to occupy the lyric space.
Walked into the rehearsal room one September first, banged out the major chords on fresh strings, found the 6/8 meter, and thought of friends whose relationship was being severely tested.
Written so long ago (1983 or so?), when I was listening to a lot of REM.
God, I wonder how we let it go so wrong.
Yep, a true story.
Isn't the music business full of cautionary tales? "Be careful what you wish for!"
Sure, it's a borrowed rhythmic trope, so what? :-)
I think I fell short, although I was aiming pretty high -- Otis Redding, maybe? As it is, it's not in Redding territory, but I'm okay with that.
Love, you are the air that I breathe.