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From your parents you will learn everything and nothing without even realizing
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Don't look in the mirror, your skin will never seem as soft
Don't wait in the middle when your mind is already made up
Just make it home, please…
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for the 2009 RPM Challenge album "Sabbatical"
Standing at the edge of Canyon de Chelly in Arizona at sunrise last summer I had an out of body experience.
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A story about farmers, and how they are squeezed out of success.
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The unwritten, often unspoken pact between lovers.
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Another ode to the affect my beloved has on me.
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I used to work in Chicago, but have my home in Ohio. This is travelogue on the trip home.
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One of my best melodies, but I can't seem to get the vocals right. Would welcome any one else who might want to take a crack at it.
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Written for RPM 2009. Inspired by a piece of graffiti on the wall in the toilet of Nottingham's Rock City club.
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Written for RPM 2009. Lyrics originally written in conjunction with Sister Savage many moons ago.
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Written for RPM 2009. A song about having kids.
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Written for RPM 2009. My wife said "write me a song". Here it is.
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An excerpt from a 40 Minute long (!) Ambient Noise piece; I like the grumbling bassline in this piece.
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Sequoia Memories...Capo @ 5
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Off the coast of California
Where the dolphins ride the waves
We stood and watched them from the cliffs above
Until the sunlight went away
Then we slept in ancient shadows
Underneath the redwood trees…
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A song for the end of your last set of the night.
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Fun little tune about the evils of strong drink.
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Mostly for the opportunity to play the Harmonica.
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Guitar and vocals. Kind of the opposite of last years 'Honey, Why You Stay With Me'.
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Title track to my RPM09 album.
Mostly ukulele and vocal, with a few other things thrown in.
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A sample-based song that glorifies the absurdity of 80's arena rock.
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This is about my paternal grandmother, Ma. She more faith in God than anyone else I knew then or since. I miss her to this day.
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Right. So, faced with the task of creating my first ever sample based beat, I decided to tip my hat to the sheer awesome that is the character Kara "Starbuck" Thrace from Battlestar Galactica.
All drum patterns were created by myself in Reason…
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Pretty much the title says it all. It's about memories of my brothers and me. Only one of my brothers remains. My other brother only lives in my memories. This is for my brother Mark who became my sister Sandra. She passed on to a better place…
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So many people today want to be the musician they idolize; be somebody that they will never be. This song is for them.
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12 – Goodbye From The Okay Chorale. Written and recorded 22nd Feb.
‘Til next time.
Info and lyrics at www.butterflypolite.com/uglifruit
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11 – Eventually (Pop Song). Written and recorded 1st Feb.
A joyous celebration of the lie ‘Ladies First’. Honestly - this is pure filth, start to finish. Cover your ears.
Info and lyrics at www.butterflypolite.com/uglifruit
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10 – Strictly Rehearsed. Written 13th Feb. Recorded 13th/14th Feb.
More upbeat shenanigans, this time attacking someone’s who’s off the cuff remarks are pre-prepared (and written as crib notes on their cuffs).
Info and lyrics at www.butterflypolite…
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09 – Carry On Crying. Written and recorded on 12th/17th Feb.
A 5/4 romp starring Sid James and Hattie Jacques. Godley and Creme will direct the video.
Info and lyrics at www.butterflypolite.com/uglifruit
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08 – Feeling Confuzzzed. Written 19th/20th Feb. Recorded 20th Feb.
Come on Wembley, let’s see those hands in the air. As poppy as they come, including plenty of la la las to sing along with. I was very pleased with my Harrison-style slide…
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07 – What’s ‘Round Here? (A Mystery). Written and recorded 22nd Feb.
A mystery.
Info and lyrics at www.butterflypolite.com/uglifruit
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06 – Lullaby. Written and recorded 14th Feb.
A song for the sleeping.
Info and lyrics at www.butterflypolite.com/uglifruit
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05 – Officer’s Mess (March). Written and recorded 2nd Feb.
This is as close to beat-boxing as I am able to do. I can only apologise for the smutty pun.
Info and lyrics at www.butterflypolite.com/uglifruit
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04 – Machiavellian Ways. Written 5th Feb. Recorded 5th/9th Feb.
Mark Morriss has written some really witty triple rhymes in a slightly country fashion, and I wanted to try it too. Although I am not sure if I succeeded, I had fun - and got…
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03 – Meteorites. Written 2nd/3rd Feb. Recorded 3rd Feb.
Inspired by the film ‘Stardust’ where our hero meets a (literal) fallen star. The painful low vocals were particularly fun, and their emotional cracking was acting rather than the fact…
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02 – Falling Down Again. Written 17th/18th Feb. Recorded 17th/18th/19th Feb.
A slightly schizophrenic pop song, with a vocal section that also betrays me wanting to be a Beach Boy. Worryingly there is actually a red sticky trickle that seeps…
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01 – My Prayer. Written and recorded 16th Feb.
Paying homage to ‘Our Prayer’, the opening of SMiLE – the Beach Boy’s album that never was. An extended version of this song appears on ‘28 seconds later’, an album on which each song is exactly…
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[Thanks to Helen and Colin for coming to my aid with the warblings! :) ]
When You Least Expect It
And you're out to dry
And its all too hectic
Thats when it comes x 2
And it feels electric
And you feel alive
Cos when you least expect…
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You never let me smile
You never let me out of sight
You never let me live
You never learned you had to give
I'm taking it away x 2
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I heard a story about you
I didnt want it to be true
But it felt like it might
You, well it was all about you
and how the things that you do
Seem strangely undone
And life doesnt help out the weak
A lifetime tends to bring you some…
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Let me introduce to you
Every woman child and man
The place I did my growing up
Raised by grandma's hand
I think you'll find
That folks are kind
They're sure to ask you in
Enter the warmth
Close the door
And my story will begin…
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