Ah, yes, "Love Lay-Reader"! How did I not guess that!
Posts made by illwobble
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RE: The Paul Pictionary Song Game!
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RE: Guess The Beatles Lyrics
Nancy R:
Macca'sgirl17:
If I Fell? I been told when a boy kiss a girl Take a trip around the world....
Boys ...to a song
Your Mother Should Know Let's hear it for Denis
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RE: Rockshow in Theatres
lisalou7:
Going by myself to Southampton Cineworld. Closest cinema for me 31 miles away. Hope I'm not the only one!!!
Ditto (except Llandudno instead of Southampton)! Time to go now!
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RE: a certain softness juxtaposition ... or continued
jezebeljack:
illwobble:
Do you think you could rewrite the final verse of Hey Jude? That stopgap "the movement you need is on your shoulder" line which Lennon persuaded him against his better judgment to keep in, imho neither makes sense nor rhymes at all. The words are otherwise so great that I sometimes try to think of improvements to the line or the whole verse. Still haven't come up with anything I'm happy with though.
you won't need improvement now. look at the front page. saw that and thought of you and that line lol
Yes! Actually that reminds me, here's one song I wrote which could do with a better (completely new) set of lyrics if you're inspired at all!
Since you said you're more into writing lyrics than melody. I quite like the tune to this but the lyrics are a bit odd. Likewise I also have another song with a decent tune and REALLY BAD LYRICS if you're interested in that! -
RE: Rockshow in Theatres
I'm amazed*- it's ACTUALLY being shown tomorrow night at Cineworld Llandudno Junction! I'd just assumed it wouldn't come to North Wales but found this out yesterday. CineWorld normally show nothing but the blockbusters in my experience so I'm surprised. Struggling to find anyone to go with at such short notice but on my own is ok. Maybe I'll meet some real live Macca fans in person for the first time! It'll also be my first time hearing several songs from Venus & Mars, which I have still not heard! *maybe
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RE: "Penguin" & other songs by illwobble
jezebeljack:
illwobble:
I know what you mean, and possibly you're right, but having small children does change things! The luxury of being awake and creative in the middle of the night is inevitably dulled by several months of interrupted nights and general sleep deprivation! Do you have a family? Last year when I was writing more songs, I'd write most of my lyrics while I was waiting at the park for my daughter to go down the slide for the 35th time.
yeah, i do, two boys, 3 & 5, so i know what you're talking about. i have not had a decent night's sleep since 2007 that's why i said "used to write", because i don't anymore... but they're soo worth it it's so cute seeing the little one playing the ukulele like a guitar, it's just the right size for him. he's good at singing too, he hits each and every note i give him, so that's really cool.
Ah, ok, well no reason why you shouldn't start writing again! Do you have any of your original songs available to listen to anywhere? It is all very cute I agree. My little girl is very funny. [
]Penguin](http://snd.sc/10fzZgW]<strong>Here's her</strong>[/url] having a go at my song [url=<a href=) (original here)[/url"> although nowadays she only likes me to sing Magic Peas to her, and gets angry when I get any lyrics wrong. She's actually made me learn the lyrics to that song!! She also gets really annoyed when I mix up the lyrics to Hey Jude, which again she apparently knows better than me . -
RE: "Penguin" & other songs by illwobble
jezebeljack:
illwobble:
Once the Sun comes and I get a few more uninterrupted nights of sleep under my belt I'm sure I'll be raring to go!!
really? i always find that the more you sleep the less creative you are. you meaning myself, of course. here we go, wayyyyyyyyyyy to late for me i wrote a lot when i was younger, the best always at around 4 in the morning
I know what you mean, and possibly you're right, but having small children does change things! The luxury of being awake and creative in the middle of the night is inevitably dulled by several months of interrupted nights and general sleep deprivation! Do you have a family? Last year when I was writing more songs, I'd write most of my lyrics while I was waiting at the park for my daughter to go down the slide for the 35th time.
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RE: "Penguin" & other songs by illwobble
kapoo:
illwobble:
kapoo:
what was all that I was babbling about!? Hey everyone, I say lets all start rallying around illwobble to bring him back into writing the hits he's capable of! illwobble needs to come out of retirement! I know how it is though man, believe me kids.
Thanks for the encouragement again KPU. Always appreciated. Don't worry, I've not stopped writing entirely. Just a little slower for the moment. The one I'm writing at the moment might not be so much your cup of tea I'm afraid (not that I can second guess your cup of tea that accurately - you have very intriguing tastes!). It's more a slow brooding one. Ideally I'd like to try to somehow record a demo without guitar but with bass and trings or something, but that might not work out. As for the other two I'm working on there's still a LOT to do on those. One of those is Big Fat Hairy Monster which you're still welcome to take a shot at.
you totally should just buy a cheap acoustic guitar, and just learn to play it, have magnus show you the basics. that would be sweet for you! in any case hell yeah do share if you complete anything. I would like to think of something for Big Fat Hairy Monster.. but I'd like to do a lot of things I have to have something just hit me, can't be asked to actually consciously try to think of something
Exactly! Consciously trying to think of something is something I'll always go to great lengths to avoid! Learning guitar is on my list (and Deb already owns one so no excuse there) but - fun as it is - that takes serious time and effort to get any good to be useful for anything! Maybe you or someone else on the board could try to give me a brief to write something though. Some of my best songs were written that way. You set me the challenge to write the song that became [
]]( ]<strong>Jonathan</strong>[/url] . "Dance-tonight" asked me to write [url=<a href=)Panda Bear[/url] , and someone else I knew asked me to write a song called [url= Magic Peas[/url"> so maybe that's the way to go. Any challenges welcome! Once the Sun comes and I get a few more uninterrupted nights of sleep under my belt I'm sure I'll be raring to go!! -
RE: "Penguin" & other songs by illwobble
kapoo:
what was all that I was babbling about!? Hey everyone, I say lets all start rallying around illwobble to bring him back into writing the hits he's capable of! illwobble needs to come out of retirement! I know how it is though man, believe me kids.
Thanks for the encouragement again KPU. Always appreciated. Don't worry, I've not stopped writing entirely. Just a little slower for the moment. The one I'm writing at the moment might not be so much your cup of tea I'm afraid (not that I can second guess your cup of tea that accurately - you have very intriguing tastes!). It's more a slow brooding one. Ideally I'd like to try to somehow record a demo without guitar but with bass and trings or something, but that might not work out. As for the other two I'm working on there's still a LOT to do on those. One of those is Big Fat Hairy Monster which you're still welcome to take a shot at.
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RED ROSE SPEEDWAY! 40 YEARS OLD!
40 years since this great and highly underrated album was released! Comments and thoughts on the album...
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RE: a certain softness juxtaposition ... or continued
jezebeljack:
it was "don't need someone else to do the show with" --- not sure if it is an "improvement" since i am not entirely sure what the original lyrics aim at. so if it makes sense or not is not for me to say, but i think it would fit quite easily (as do many other alterations, i suppose .
I think you had another one I slightly preferred. Anyway it's tricky as nothing really rhymes with "with", but I kind of prefer something other than another "with". I was thinking something like "you'll find that that that's just the way the world is", but not happy with that... Maybe John was right. Just release it with the stupid nonsense line!! Writing lyrics is definitely the hard work bit of songwriting. I've got about 2 or 3 songs I've written most of but they all need lots more lyrics...
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RE: a certain softness juxtaposition ... or continued
kapoo:
illwobble:
jezebeljack:
whenever a song gets stuck in my head, i tend to extend the lyrics (mostly thinking about people i know), this is an example i quite like: a certain kindness in his voice makes me happy more than i ever thought it would a certain kindness more than i ever thought it could a certain kindness in his voice got me hooked got me hooked got me hooked a little darkness in his look irritates me though i don't think it matters much a little madness it comes with living life as such a little darkness in his look got me hooked got me hooked got me hooked some sort of trouble in his soul feels familiar like i have known him all my life some sort of trouble like he has known me all his life some sort of trouble in his soul got me hooked got me hooked got me hooked a kind of magic in his song reassures me that i don't have to be alone a kind of magic that i'm not out there on my own a kind of magic in his song got me hooked got me hooked got me hooked and i could could go on ... yeah, in fact it's hard to stop. many times i tend to read paul's lyrics as poems, because his lyrics often contradict his music. not always, but quite often. so happy music, serious text. and i have often read that people regard his lyrics as flat, i don't think they are AT ALL. some lyrics just want to be read right. and btw, if people criticize paul's melodies as simple also, keep in mind that it is the SIMPLE melodies that you remember. quite clever really, when you think about it. jj x
Nice. Last verse is my favourite. Do you think you could rewrite the final verse of Hey Jude? That stopgap "the movement you need is on your shoulder" line which Lennon persuaded him against his better judgment to keep in, imho neither makes sense nor rhymes at all. The words are otherwise so great that I sometimes try to think of improvements to the line or the whole verse. Still haven't come up with anything I'm happy with though.
Nice job keeping with the ryhme scheme A Certain Softness is actually one of my fav tracks on Chaos. Funny you don't like that line illwobble. I like it cause its different, adds a little lyrical artistry to the song.
Well KPU you would say that! You're a Lennon man after all! The way I see it John stopped Paul from finishing off his lyrics properly by including some nice sounding words which are total nonsense, don't fit there and don't rhyme! But never mind, it's ok! I think Jezebeljack posted a reply here with two suggestions which were possibly improvements (not sure), but the post seems to now be deleted.
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RE: a certain softness juxtaposition ... or continued
jezebeljack:
whenever a song gets stuck in my head, i tend to extend the lyrics (mostly thinking about people i know), this is an example i quite like: a certain kindness in his voice makes me happy more than i ever thought it would a certain kindness more than i ever thought it could a certain kindness in his voice got me hooked got me hooked got me hooked a little darkness in his look irritates me though i don't think it matters much a little madness it comes with living life as such a little darkness in his look got me hooked got me hooked got me hooked some sort of trouble in his soul feels familiar like i have known him all my life some sort of trouble like he has known me all his life some sort of trouble in his soul got me hooked got me hooked got me hooked a kind of magic in his song reassures me that i don't have to be alone a kind of magic that i'm not out there on my own a kind of magic in his song got me hooked got me hooked got me hooked and i could could go on ... yeah, in fact it's hard to stop. many times i tend to read paul's lyrics as poems, because his lyrics often contradict his music. not always, but quite often. so happy music, serious text. and i have often read that people regard his lyrics as flat, i don't think they are AT ALL. some lyrics just want to be read right. and btw, if people criticize paul's melodies as simple also, keep in mind that it is the SIMPLE melodies that you remember. quite clever really, when you think about it. jj x
Nice. Last verse is my favourite. Do you think you could rewrite the final verse of Hey Jude? That stopgap "the movement you need is on your shoulder" line which Lennon persuaded him against his better judgment to keep in, imho neither makes sense nor rhymes at all. The words are otherwise so great that I sometimes try to think of improvements to the line or the whole verse. Still haven't come up with anything I'm happy with though.
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RE: Baroness Thatcher passes away after a stroke...
javilu:
illwobble:
javilu:
Did you guys like the song I've posted? Isn't it catchy?
It is a very good song, yes. Classic Elvis Costello lyrics.
Sir, I've posted an Elton John song, not the Costello one:
Oh sorry! Yes, I was wondering whether Elton John would be asked to sing one of his songs at the funeral like at Lady Di's one!
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RE: Paul 's new album
beatlesfanrandy:
illwobble:
beatlesfanrandy:
moptops:
ANOTHER BLOODY BIRD SONG!!!!! "A Sparrow's Song What next? A cover of Old Man Emu?
So Paul likes birds...He's written two whole songs about them, and had a band called Wings. SO F...ING WHAT?!
Two? -Blackbird -Bluebird -Single Pigeon -Jenny Wren -Two Magpies Five at least I'd say. It's a formula that hasn't failed him yet. I love all those songs. I was hoping a couple of years he'd write a penguin one. So I wrote it instead, and that got me writing songs.
Yeah at least 5. That's all he ever writes about. :
Yeah! Those 7 or 8 songs out of about 700 songs certainly prove you right. Aren't we all crying out for him to write about cockroaches or earwigs or jellyfish or fungi or genital warts or athletes foot or yoghurt or dampness or haemorrhoids or itchiness or poo and farts instead...
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RE: Baroness Thatcher passes away after a stroke...
Some good points made here: http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/mark-steel-you-cant-just-shut-us-up-now-that-margaret-thatchers-dead-8568785.html Also this quote on FB by a friend of mine: "Just watched Return Of The Jedi. Disgusted by the distasteful scenes at the end where everyone is celebrating the death of Emperor Palpatine. He may have been divisive but he was strong, he made decisions and stuck to them. I think he should get a bit of respect. He was, after all, a little old man who died, when you remove any other context whatsoever."
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RE: Baroness Thatcher passes away after a stroke...
javilu:
Did you guys like the song I've posted? Isn't it catchy?
It is a very good song, yes. Classic Elvis Costello lyrics.
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RE: Paul 's new album
beatlesfanrandy:
moptops:
ANOTHER BLOODY BIRD SONG!!!!! "A Sparrow's Song What next? A cover of Old Man Emu?
So Paul likes birds...He's written two whole songs about them, and had a band called Wings. SO F...ING WHAT?!
Two? -Blackbird -Bluebird -Single Pigeon -Jenny Wren -Two Magpies Five at least I'd say. It's a formula that hasn't failed him yet. I love all those songs. I was hoping a couple of years he'd write a penguin one. So I wrote it instead, and that got me writing songs.
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RE: Baroness Thatcher passes away after a stroke...
hey_kittay:
illwobble:
hey_kittay:
I understand others in other countries to be happy she is dead. Like people in others countries are happy when the USA has a problem and a death. Maybe I am just surprised by so much hatred towards her in her own country. Just an observation.
Why is that? Surely those who have lived their lives for over a decade in subject to her rule are the ones most entitled and most likely to feel resentment. As I said before, us Europeans love Obama and struggle to understand why so many Americans are so vehemently opposed to him. It's actually very divisive what has happened this week in the UK. Before Thatcher died I'd say a large majority of people would have been against her, although again she was very divisive - you loved her or you hated her. Now she's dead the divisions are deeper. People who choose not to suddenly change their mind about her and say she was great are roundly criticised by many, because of this strange taboo we have on speaking ill of the dead. I would balk at being too insulting now, but all these voices telling us we have to now speak well of her sound so sanctimonious and annoying!! Don't we have a right to our opinions? Do we have to hide the truth just because someone died?
I have never heard such hatred voiced about a leader in the Free World before. Say whatever you all want, it just is shocking to hear people rejoicing her death as if she were Adolph Hitler or Joseph Stalin. As horrible as people are saying she was, what would the world have had if you had no had Margaret Thatcher? Do you even know? I don't. Who could have done a better job in the circumstances? I do not rejoice over anyone's death. Even those who have destroyed my life. So I guess I just don't understand. That is okay by me personally. I am glad The Queen is around to hold the country together after being a witness to all this hatred for a politician. Is North Wales in Europe now? Just wondered. We all have to pay the price for what we do or do not do here on the earth. I would not be judging a dead woman so harshly unless I had walked in her shoes. None of us knows the real political circumstanes behind her decisions, we are not privy to that information and for a good reason. (And I voted for Obama two times and am now losing my health insurance.) RIP Barnoness Thatcher and God Save The Queen!
You're right, now is a very tasteless time to be celebrating. The time to celebrate was in 1990 when Thatcher was removed from power, not following her death when she was already suffering from advanced dementia. I understand that that is shocking. The other point I'd make is that in the UK we have a very different political culture from the US, in that we have a tradition of scepticism towards our politicians which seems to be absent in the US - or at least it seems to be different here. We tend not to revere our elected leaders, and are frequently rude about them without this meaning much. This may seem shocking to Americans. Btw, I hear Austalians are far more disrespectful of their politicians that us Brits are. In the UK it goes against the grain to hear these gushing calls to respect and speak well of a leader as divisive as Thatcher was. These patronising and sanctimonious statements that we should now be waving the flag for her and marking minutes' silence for her - they really go against the grain for us Brits, I think. And whoever tries to force through public minutes' silences should not be surprised when some people boo through them. I would never do that myself. I would not download "Ding dong the witch is dead" myself, but I think it's important we live in a country where we're free to do that. It's these patronising calls to rally round her memory that - to me - are provoking people and opening up the wounds.
cfergoid:
People are entitled to their opinions about her but actively celebrating her death is too far IMO.
Adriana Rojas:
I remember how hard she was with Irish people.
That's a rather controversial statement.
Try and make an uncontroversial statement about Thatcher! Not easy! Even though our esteemed politicians have been doing their best all week, they've tended to fail.