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Tag Archives: lyrics
Childhood Song
This song was originally written when I was in my first year of university, but then packed away and forgotten about for four years. I found it again and couldn’t remember how it went, so I wrote a new country-folkish … Continue reading
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Tagged Childhood Song, demo, lyrics, mp3, rehearsal, solo, Song, The International Language Of Mime
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Emily
To quote my own introduction to this song at International Language Of Mime gigs, this is about a friend of mine who wishes to remain nameless. It’s called Emily. I originally wrote this song towards the end of 2001 as … Continue reading
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Tagged demo, Emily, lyrics, mp3, Song, The International Language Of Mime
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I Love You
I originally wrote this blog a couple of weeks ago, but then couldn’t remember where I’d put the recording of the song. I found it today, so here it is. Technology. I have a love/hate relationship with technology. I’m sure … Continue reading
The Weekend
OK, now we get down to it. This is what I started this blog for. I recently purchased my self one of these: The other week I dug out a few of my old cassettes, and set about digitising them. … Continue reading
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Tagged demo, lyrics, mp3, rehearsal, solo, The International Language Of Mime, The Weekend
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Dawn Can’t Decide
I learnt to play guitar by listening to Lemonheads albums and playing along. I played the It’s A Shame About Ray album on repeat for many months, frequently pausing and replaying tracks, trying to catch what chord or note came … Continue reading
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Tagged Dawn Can't Decide, Evan Dando, Lemonheads, lyrics, mp3, Squealing Fans In My Tune
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September Gurls
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Tagged Alex Chilton, Big Star, lyrics, mp3, September Gurls, solo
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Wilderness Of Zin
Today is my 33? birthday. I am stupidly excited about this. So to celebrate, I am going to upload a song! The seeds for this song were sown back in the mists of time, when I was a sprightly 18 … Continue reading
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Tagged demo, Ladytron, lyrics, mp3, Psychedelic Curtains, solo, Song, Wilderness Of Zin
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Anything You Want
This was the last song I wrote before leaving London for Australia, way back in the mists of time (2001). It is an incredibly basic rock and roll number – a little too basic, it has been said. I have … Continue reading
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Tagged Anything You Want, demo, lyrics, mp3, solo, The International Language Of Mime
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