62 tracks by oldrottenhead
words by oldrottenhead
music by hooper
I’ve come this way like those before me
And those yet still to come
It fills me with a sense of wonder
To watch the rising sun
how many times
how many souls
Have acted out these scenes
It fills me with…
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three fingered piano chord hopping and then bass on the juno di. and some singing too.
It’s a comedy of errors
It’s a d for disaster
There’s a comic on the stage
But there isn’t any laughter
There’s not even a hole
That can swallow him…
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music by chunk
words and vox by oldrottenhead
Take what you want
But keep your hands off my medication
I can get by without you
But not without them
And don’t you dare
Even think of taking my guitars
And don’t you care
Of the state you’ll leave…
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w/m
oldrottenhead
On Norwegian shores
Neath the autumn sky
Sitting by the water’s edge
Counting bees and flies
I’ll soon be going home again
I’ll be saying goodbye to my friends
On Norwegian shores
The sunlight bright
See a million stars
When…
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cover of the pink floyd song
dr alfredo de pietra on guitars and myself on vocal duties. a slighty different mix from the two versions at songcrafters.
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a song written about my memories of a trip to norway. and dedicated to my viking host Geir T Alfsen.
the original version was done acoustically and can be heard here.
http://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?topic=16046.0
just like home
but…
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w/m
by
oldrottenhead
well i've forgotten
more than i've known
i've reaped the harvest
of all i've sown
the ghosts they haunt me
in waken dream
in murky waters
i go to sleep
what does it matter
what i believe
i broke my vows
so long ago
so don…
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recorded live in the living room on the ukelele.
an anti war song and tribute to the lost.
two minutes silence
that's all they get
a paragraph
in the daily rag
their lives before them
their every dream
all wiped out
in just one…
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no11 in my ukelele songs and the album is done the other 11 are here
http://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?topic=14378.0
the cracks begin to show
fault lines appearing
what once lay below
has come to the surface
shake rattle and roll…
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i suppose this one is a lullaby, two uke tracks and 1 vocal track lots of background noise including my sinuses.
as darkness falls
all around
is silent now
you settle down
and go to sleep
a darkness falls
sweet dreams
my little one
sweet dreams…
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got a new ukelele still trying to tame it.
recorded 3 tracks of uke and one of vox on micro br using onboard mic, still trying to tame the onboard mic.
i shouldn't happen in a month of sundays
but i can see it coming straight towards me
i stand…
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crazy love
words and music
by
van morrison
music performed by alfredo de pietra
lead and backing vox by james higgins
for the variety festival at www.songcrafters.org
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sort of alice in wonderland or maybe you might read something else from it. that's up to you.
They've switched off all the lights
they're out to lunch
they've all gone to the party
they're having tea and scones
the hatter calls for silence…
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juno di cheap strat copy and recorded on the boss micro br sober.
well hallelujah
i don't believe it
it's so peculiar
it's so peculiar
well bless me jesus
i've not seen that before
our eyes decieve us
our eyes decieve us
when you…
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Music written and performed by corryhully lyrics written and sung by oldrottenhead
Time
i have your picture in my wallet
i keep it so you're always near
when i'm away i look at it
it's somethingthat i like to see
it's getting worn i should…
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Ya know, online collaborating is the greatest thing going since the trans-Atlantic cable.
The next best thing at least to actually being there.
ORH on the lead vocal and synth strings. Hoop on electric guitars, bass, robo drums, backing…
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recorded on this day one year ago in geirs hut in porsgrunn norway.
met are: Geir (geir alfsen)Guitar
osckilo (tharek mokbul)guitar
flash harry (mike fife) bass guitar and homemade tambourine
oldrottenhead (jim higgins…
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wrote and recorded this one earlier today. drums and keys on juno di and vocals, then geir took it to another level with his guitar additions.
well nothing isn't happening
just the silence burning bright
the shadow casts a resonance
of the echoes…
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done back in april and originally intended to become a jemima's kite song but we got sidetracked so for now it stays a solo venture. my inner puppy needs to let it be aired.
Take my hand
And count to ten
And count to ten
Then let go…
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