Bengt Gördén wrote:
Den Tuesday 03 March 2009 03.09.48 skrev Gabriel M. Beddingfield:
Mark Knecht wrote:
http://packet-in.org/repo/RPM09/~final_mixes
Enjoy
Julien :-)
This link didn't work for me. Sorry.
http://packet-in.org/repo/RPM09/_final_mixes/
I've got the songs on my mobile all day and been listening to them. I thought
I share my thoughts about them. Over all I like it and hope the songs will be
listened to at RPM Challenge. One thing i can say is that every song gets
better for every time I listen to them. One thing that would be nice is if
you could compile a file with all the lyrics in. It's nice to read the lyrics
when listening to the songs.
Audacity
Cool spoken-words-song with nice text. I read something in a magazine the
other day and that was "writing poetry is when you're not able to tell a
story". This proves that it isn't like that. Really good.
Candle Against the Wind
Good start. At first the vocals sounds a bit pitchy but as the song goes on it
gets better. The song grows for every time I listen to it.
Cindy
A bit pitchy in the middle but I like it. Good ending. I get Beatles feeling
about the ending.
Dreamt Funk 4 Teyssibro
I like the ruff jazzy sound of this. It some times sounds like two songs.
Eca S Sound
Mannfred Mann meets Iron Maiden featuring Omar Dykes (without the howling) as
a singer :-). Julien I gather from the attribution file.
Freedom
Oooo. The solo guitar gives me Santana feeling. Nice.
Jack and Jill
A feel-good song. Nice. The more I listen to it the more I like it. I feel
connected with the first lines of the first verse "It gets cold and lonely,
in my studio at night". My own studio is in the basement and it is -15
degrees celsius outside.
Love Me
At first I was really puzzled by the lyrics but after a few rounds I got my
head around it. I like the Bossa style of it.
Soft Hearted Woman
Nice groove. The guitar sounds a bit loud though.
Took a Step
I get Latin jazz feeling here. The ending was suprising. Nice relaxing tune.
/bengan
Thanks for the kind words Bengan. I'm glad you derived some enjoyment
from our work. I'm attaching a file of lyrics for this year's RPM09 as
well as RPM08 to songs I contributed, including some that never got
done. I'll also post this in the /user_frank directory of our project
repository.
I never found enough time to get either my vocals or my guitar parts
right. I struggle with singing in making it sound like a singer's voice
rather than someone crooning in the shower! Part of my problem was
sitting down in front of a microphone rather than standing up, dancing
around, and getting in the "spirit" of a performance. That's me on
Candle, Eca's chorus, Freedom, Jack, Soft, and Took.
Again, really appreciate your song-by-song comments.
Frank
Venus
in the dark of my night
shines her light down on me
and I'm struck
with the glory
of what she will once again be
in the cold morning air
feel her warmth deep inside
as I stare
at the sky
and I wonder how many have cried
my eyes are blinded
fingers can't move
I call out her name
but no sound can ever get through
I awaken to find
I'd been lost in a dream
and I turn
to the window
and see all that I had just seen
- - - - -
Saturn
ring around
the roses
you're so full of poses
princess
will awaken
to see her breath get taken
beauty
for the ages
could fill a hundred pages
atmospheric
madness
circles of pure gladness
ring around
the roses
you're so full of poses
you're so full of poses
- - - - -
Pluto
So far away
so cold you stay
light is just less black
along your endless track
and no one's there to find you
or in the void to bind you
to pass the time behind you
as madmen redefined you
so far away
so cold you stay
light is just less black
along your endless track
you're out beyond the limit
but sometimes you're within it
if forces should diminish
you'd vanish in a minute
so far away
so cold you stay
light is just less black
along your endless track
- - - - -
Summer's Sorrow
Earth calling Skylab
It looks like you're dropping
Losing your orbit a bit more each day
Don't give up hoping
We're starting a rescue
It might take a while so just hang on and pray
Such a summer of sorrow
Those days back in July
All eyes had turned sykward hoping to see
While the team at the launch pad
All pounded with pencils
Confident answers would soon set them free
Hello Earth it's Captain Tom
We hope your plans are moving on
The air up here is getting thin
The cold of space is creeping in
How could this happen
In seventy nine
With all of our science and all of our tools
Should we have known
That one day we would need
To reach up and help and not stand here like fools
Hello Tom it's Ground Control
Our rescue plans are on a roll
We'll be blasting off real soon
And we'll be coming up for you
On the tenth of July
Just one day remained
The rocket was launched to a cheer from the crowd
As it rose like an eagle
On it's mission of mercy
It suddenly faltered, fell back to the ground
Hey, Tom there's a problem
We just tried our rescue
You kow that praying we've asked you to do
Our new plan will ask everyone to join you
Hey, Hello there Earth
This is your old friend Tom
We understand, roger wilco you know
Give all of our love to our wives and our families
I may talk to you later but I've got to go
- - - - -
Rainbow
Such a precious gift it seemed
She cast her smile down on me
And it lifted me so high
There was no higher I could be
While some nameless angels sang
Let it be let it be
Then the days went by like minutes
And the weeks dried up like wine
>From a glass tipped on the table
That some porter left behind
Till that night the rain came down
Hot as tears hot as mine
The moon burned through
The storm and the clouds
And with its lifeless empty smile
Shined a broken rainbow on the ground
Love sometimes comes
And sometimes goes
A warm wind blows
And then turns cold
Don't try to tell
It never shows
Just wrap yourself in hardness
And forget the rainbow's gold
Such a precious gift it seemed
She cast her smile down on me
And it lifted me so high
There was no higher I could be
While some fallen angels cried
It won't be, it won't be
And Then the moon burned through
The storm and the clouds
And with its lifeless empty smile
Shined a broken rainbow on the ground
- - - - -
Crystal Eyes
She had crystal eyes
Saw all that was true
Saw through all their lies
Crystal eyes
She saw light in the dark
Saw through every disguise
She was born on a day
With no sun in the sky
They could not understand
Didn't bother to try
While they all turned away
She just lay there and cried
Crystal eyes
She held answers right there
In the palm of her hand
They just pushed her away
She was too much to stand
Crystal eyes
She had crystal eyes
Looked deep in their hearts
Looked beyond their surprise
Crystal eyes
Just a soul out of time
With a gift they despised
She left on a day
With no sun in the sky
No one bothered to say
Or to wonder just why
Took her love from the world
Left the pain in their sighs
Crystal eyes
All her friends backed away
They could not understand
What she wanted to say
What she held in her hands
Crystal eyes...
- - - - -
Yes It Does
Beauty is as beauty does
Close your eyes and see
All the beauty that surrounds you
Kindness is as kindness does
Open up your heart and let
The warmth that's here astound you
Don't you hide yourself away
And stay up on that shelf
It takes more than one to play
Just reach out to someone else
Wonder is as wonder does
Dreams just won't survive
In a place where there's no madness
Love just is what love just does
Spread your love like sunshine
Across a beach that's endless
Islands in a sea of time
Suspended in the darkness
Situated but sublime
Aware that all is oneness
- - - - -
Candle Against The Wind
It was a night, so dark a night
that it took, away the light
like a sponge
does to water
And that ceaseless, breathless wind
not blowing out, or blowing in
I felt that if it didn't end
I would smother
Like a candle
Shining small
Against the wind
How can we keep hoping?
Like a candle
Standing tall
Against the wind
We've got to keep on going
Got to keep on going...
There was no one, I could see
And there was no one, to see me
No sense of one
Or of the other
Searched my medicines, and my spells
For a charm, that might dispel
To Lift me from this hell
And I found the candle
Against that wind, and against that dark
There was just, the smallest spark
To impress the candle's mark
Upon the madness
Like a candle
Shining small
Against the wind
How can we keep hoping?
Like a candle
Standing tall
Against the wind
We've got to keep on going.
Like a candle
Shining small
Against the wind
How can we keep hoping?
Like a candle
Standing tall
Against the wind
We've got to keep on going.
Got to keep on going...
- - - - -
Soft Hearted Woman
Early in the morning
She brings me breakfast in my bed
Rubs my weary shoulders
All to ease my aching head
She's a soft hearted woman
Trying to drive the devil
Out of me
Yeah she's a soft hearted woman
Lover's just as tough as she can be
I came home after midnight
Dragged myself right up the stairs
She just wakes up with a smile
It's as if she doesn't care
She's a soft hearted woman
Trying to drive the demons
Out of me
Yeah she's a soft hearted woman
Lover's just as tough as she can be
She's soft, she's tough
She's kind, she's rough
She's cool, when I screw up
She's just a great big angry bear
Squeezed in a pretty little cup
I gotta think about that for a while
solo
Early in the morning
She brings me breakfast in my bed
Rubs my weary shoulders
All to ease my aching head
She's a soft hearted woman
Trying to drive the devil
Out of me
Yeah she's a soft hearted woman
Lover's just as tough as she can be
She's soft she's tough
She's kind she's rough
She's coolwhen I screw up
She's just a great big angry bear
Squeezed in a pretty little cup
- - - - -
So Hot Tonight
The Chillout Band is so hot tonight
They're up somewhere in the sky
beyond the moon tonight
>From the east and from the west
These boys are doing it right
The Chillout Band is so hot tonight
Now I may be wrong
And I may be right
Just don't let me know
Until I've chilled right through the night
Uh huh, the Chillout Band is so hot tonight.
12 bar solo break
Now don't you look into the light
Heh it's really far too bright
But you can feel and it won't bite
And you'll be smiling with delight
Aw, the Chillout Band is so hot tonight
The Chillout Band is on fire tonight
Everyone is a star tonight
The Internet is buzzing
With all those bits and all those bites
The Chillout Band is on fire tonight
Now I may be wrong
And I may be right
Just don't let me know
Until I've chilled right through the night
Oh Yeah, the Chillout Band is on fire tonight
12 bar solo break
Now don't you look into the light
Heh it's really far too bright
But you can feel and it won't bite
And you'll be smiling with delight
Aw, the Chillout Band is so hot tonight
The Chillout Band is too too tight tonight
The fans are swimming in delight tonight
>From the north down to the south
They always let it all hang out
The Chillout Band is too too tight tonight
Now I may be wrong
And I may be right
Just don't let me know
Until I've chilled right through the night
Oh man, the Chillout Band is too too tight tonight
Oh yeah, The Chillout Band is just on fire tonight
Uh huh, The Chillout Band is simply hot tonight
- - - - -
Once More
I see you found your way inside
I Thought the door was chained and tied
There must be something that you need
You didn't come here just to bleed
Take off your mask
Sit right down
No need to ask
I'll play the clown
Once more...
That last affair was all too rich
We had those lines we tried to switch
So smooth and easy in our roles
That we dug deep to climb that hole
You're back here
On hallowed ground
Must feel queer
To come around
Once more...
- - - - -
This Time
This time would you listen
All I need's a little ear
You just could hold what I am missing
How we might go on from here
All the hate, all those battles
Could you maybe lend a hand
Ten thousand years of evolution
Has led us back where we began
We could end this all right now
We could make it work somehow
You've just got to love your brother
It's the natural thing to do
You know you've got the same mother
And we've got so much to lose
We could find a better way
We can't carry on this way
Uhh huh Love your brother
Even if he don't love you
You might slide toward one another
The place where you're both heading to
- - - - -
Freedom
Freedom (aah aah)
Freedom (in us and of us)
We have Freedom to create
Freedom to share
Freedom to build upon
What's already there
We have Freedom to choose
The tools that we need
Freedom to build new ones
And how we would proceed
We are all Free to give
All Free to take
Free to get it right
Free to make mistakes
We are all Free to dream
All free to muse
Free to someday win
Free to someday lose
Freedom
Freedom
Feel Free to join in
Or go it all alone
To blend in with the crowd
Or stand there all alone
Feel Free to go
Wherever you please
Free to speak out loud
On any topic that you see
You are Free to look inside
And see how something's made
Free to make it yours
Or pass it on my way
Freedom to reach out
Freedom to hold back
Free to be responsible
For your every act.
Freedom
Freedom
- - - - -
Took A Step
Took a step,
On the way to where you are.
Just a step,
And I never got too far.
Ah ah
It just didn't seem clear,
What we're trying to do.
I Had this strange fear,
I was hanging on you.
That if we picked it up,
And we took it from there,
It might last for a turn,
And we'd soon be nowhere.
Turn around
Took a look,
And I saw you standing there.
Touched your hand,
And you vanished in the air.
Ah ah
We were running around,
Falling flat on the ground,
Can't quite figure it out,
Or make sense of that sound.
We've been filled with this thing
For so long that it seems
It's soaked into our thoughts
And bumped into our dreams.
Turn around and solo
Took a step,
On the way to where you are.
Just a step,
And I never got too far.
Ah ah
It just didn't seem clear,
What we're trying to do.
I Had this strange fear,
I was hanging on you.
That if we picked it up,
And we took it from there,
It might last for a turn,
And we'd soon be nowhere.
Turn around and out
- - - - -
Dreamt Funk 4 Teyssibro
This music in a dream
Came to me in a rush
a swirl of thoughts and feelings
of helplessness and such
Thoughts about my friend
What he's going through
of how much I should help
but how little I can do
So Teyssi mi amigo
this Funk is just for you
from one heart to another
hope its spirit can get through.
It's packed with hope and motion
and sent to lift you up
with promises of healing
poured from a loving cup.
- - - - -
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