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Chapter 2, in which zzzzzzzzap takes a giant leap out of 'Gar
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Chapter 2, in which zzzzzzzzap takes a giant leap out of 'Garageband'. He just needs to learn to play in time now ;-) Go easy on me... I'm still learning.
A special mention to two very special people; two fifths of the band 'ortoPilot'
( http://www.youtube.com/ortopilot ), Matt and Allan (this one's for you!); incredible musicians and great jamming buddies, with whom I'm fortunate enough to be playing my first proper gig with. Please support them by subscribing, and, if you're anywhere near The Manchester Academy on 9th June, buy your ticket, come down and enjoy the music. More info @ http://www.ortotunes.com
Peace
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Ripple In The Stream
The thought of what could be it lingers on my mind
Instead of hoping I turned back to look inside
And with your words, well I can see you've drawn the line
But I miss you just the same
Yes I miss you just the same
I have to say it's like a dagger in the dark
I'm waiting motionless to feel you break my heart
And when it happens, watch this puzzle fall apart
And I miss you just the same
Yes I miss you just the same
Looking how things came to be
Funny once you held the key
Felt the love inside of me
But I guess I'm a ripple in the stream
I knew at once that someone else was on your mind
The games we played they helped at least to pass the time
I maybe came across as though I didn't mind
But I loved you just the same
Yes I loved you just the same
Looking how things came to be
Funny once you held the key
Felt your love inside of me
But I guess I'm a ripple in
So I guess I'm a ripple in
So I guess I'm a ripple in the stream
Peace
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© Kris Rowley 2008
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Blues Run The Game (Jackson C Frank cover)
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Tha
Blues Run The Game (Jackson C Frank cover)
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Thank you, thank you and thank you again for making "Unequal Measures" a roaring and rather unexpected success, and the website a popular hangout for trendy kids and intellectual-types. Those of you kind enough to buy my music or visit the site; thank you once more.
A newsletter has been added to the website. Keep in touch and up to date with this handy little service offered from the computer-nerds behind the website.
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Blues Run The Game
Catch a boat to England baby, maybe to Spain
Wherever I have been now, wherever I have been and gone
Wherever I have gone, the Blues are running the game
Send down for whisky baby, send down for gin
Me and room service honey, me and room service child
Me and room service, we're living a life of sin
When I'm not drinking baby, you're on my mind
When I'm not sleeping honey, when I'm not sleeping child
When I'm not sleeping you know, that you'll find me crying
Living is a gamble baby, loving's much the same
Wherever I have been now, wherever I have thrown them dice
Wherever I have been, the blues are running the game
Try another city baby, another town
Wherever I have been now, wherever I have been and gone
Wherever I have been, the Blues are running the game
Maybe tomorrow baby, some place down the line
I'll wake up older honey, so much older child
I'll wake up older and you know, I'll stop all my trying
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Well.. the wait is over, haha...
You can officially buy your copy of my CD, "UNEQUAL MEASURES" as of NOW from www.cdbaby.com or through iTunes, through the wonder that is the world wide web.
If you are lovely enough to buy my humble musings (*cough... PLEEEEEASE*) then you can sleep sound in the knowledge that you'll be directly contributing to a more bells 'n' whistles offering of all-new material, in the form of a studio engineered album, which I've already started work on, available at the end of the year. How could you resist, hmmm? ;-) Talk about instant karma!
Please visit, and bookmark my spangly new website; www.krisrowley.com for updates and other lovely stuff and make sure you sign the guestbook so we can keep in touch.
Thanks for all the support, both through YT and with the album.
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Unequal Measures / Back To Where We Started
Just a short one..
Fans of bridges (the musical variety) should avert your gaze, as should 7/8 phobics..
This is dedicated to my deal old Dad. Happy Birthday!
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It's a letter I ought to write
Or a song that keeps you up all through the night
I might have told you
But the words are always the same
And I'm back to where I started
And I hold you for a while
TIme stolen, still I wake up with a smile
You might have told me
But your words forever have changed
Now you're back to where you started
There's a comfort that comes with this
That I know now, perfection does exist
I might have told you
But the world forever has changed
And I'm back to where I started
...back to where I started
...back to where I started
Peace
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Music, Lyrics
© Kris Rowley 2008
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Alone at Hyde Park Gate
My words got washed away
Not feeling good today
Alone at Hyde Park Gate
I must've looked a state
I've never wandered quite so far
I never did find out who you are
I put you in a cab
I watched you not look back
I pondered this and that
As I felt my heart attack
I've never wandered quite so far
I never did find out who you are
The night it stole away
All the troubles of the day
But the new dawn brought new pain
And I'm doing it again
I've never wandered quite so far
I never did find out who you are
I packed my stuff away
In haste to end my stay
Your call it came too late
Perhaps some other day, you say
I've never wandered quite so far
I never did find out who you are
I've never wandered quite so far
I never did find out who you are
Peace
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Music, Lyrics
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A belated birthday present for a modern-baroque fan..
.. with magnificent visuals by the ever original Meg Graham a.k.a artgirlsreality, with whom it has been a pleasure collaborating - Thanks Meg!! Please check out Meg's channel at:
http://www.youtube.com/user/artgirlsreality
No pianos were hurt in the making of this track.
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Narcissus
Stare into pools of blue
Hoping for reflection
Named as such - curse's clutch
Thirsty for affection
Narcissus went to the edge of the town
Finding only himself he instinctively drowned
In the water so deep he placed sorrows deep down
Down, down, down
Down, down, down
Down, down, down
Stare into pools of blue
Hoping for reflection
Named as such - curse's clutch
Thirsty for affection
Catching the sight of a light on the hill
He forgot all his worries, the twilight had stilled
All around was a picture - perfection, he drew
On the strength in his heart, though the pain was acute
And he saw her there
But he saw her there
And he saw her there
Stare into pools of blue
Hoping for reflection
Named as such - curse's clutch
Thirsty for affection
Narcissus went to the edge of the town
Finding more than himself he instinctively drowned
In the waters made holy, an angel he found
With the key to the lock of his chains he was bound
And she turned the key
And she turned the key
And she set him free
And she turned the key
Stare into pools of blue
Hoping for reflection
Named as such - curse's clutch
Thirsty for affection
Stare into pools of blue
Hoping for reflection
Named as such - curse's clutch
Thirsty for affection
Peace
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Music, Lyrics
© Kris Rowley 2007
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Happy new year to all who read this...
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Goodbye
Goodbye ... the world was waiting for its sweet demise
Another moment I might catch your eye
But until that time...
I'll say goodbye
Hello ... another twenty-four hours to go
And what's the use, I know you told me so
But in spite the soul...
I'll let you go
Find myself back on the brink
Of going nowhere fast
Hard to sink down further
When you're buried by the past
Chasing strains of colour
But I know it just won't last...
Goodbye ... Just bite your tongue and help me live the lie
Things left unsaid in time will pass you by
But until that time...
...
Peace
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This is a game I like to call, spot the deliberate mistakes in the piano part. The winner gets an all expenses trip to listen to the rest of the song...
As some people may already know, I have a low boredom threshold. If I don't post a song within about 5 minutes of writing it, chances are I never will so here you have a (again) slightly-rough-round-the-edges-straight-from-the-oven-song. Don't listen to it too quickly -- you'll get indigestion :-)
Thanks for all your lovely comments and subscriptions. I'd love to cover more songs and I appreciate all the suggestions. If I don't get back to your personally then don't think I'm being rude ~ I do my best to get back to people and I love hearing what you have to say, truly..
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Don't Know Now
Just the other day
I hardly even knew your name
I guess for you it was the same
But I don't know now
Put my doubts aside
I swear that you can read my mind
And feeling contentment down inside
But I don't know now
What did I tell you that day?
Always giving, I'm easy that way
Recollect what you wanted to say
Now I'm telling you, I want to stay
What did I tell you that day?
Always giving, I'm easy that way
Recollect what you wanted to say
Now I'm telling you, I want to stay
Now I'm feeling like this
The pain don't hurt as much as I'd wish
I love the sun; immersed in bliss
But I don't know now
Four sharp knocks at the door
Philosophies are starting to bore
Unhappiness is waiting in store
I feel as though I ought to conform
But I don't know why
What did I tell you that day?
Always giving, I'm easy that way
Recollect what you wanted to say
Now I'm telling you, I want to stay
What did I tell you that day?
Always giving, I'm easy that way
Recollect what you wanted to say
Now I'm telling you, I want to stay
Just the other day
I hardly even knew your name
I guess for you it was the same
But I don't know now
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Peace
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So anyway, there I was replying to comments and then up pops a response to one of my videos. At first I thought it was spam but then I clicked on it...
It wasn't spam...
It was one of the most beautiful voices I've heard.
Anyway, cut a long story short(er) this voice challenged me to cover this song and in turn I gave her a song to cover ~ I hope people enjoy the outcome and, in turn, check her channel out and subscribe - you'll be missing out if you don't...
http://www.youtube.com/user/KokoKaina
I'd never heard this song before. I thought the whimsicalness came over better on my old classical guitar, with a more stripped down arrangement. For the Velvet Underground fans; I hope this works - I'd appreciate your feedback.
Thanks a million for all the kind words as ever and myspace friend invites -- I'm still green on the whole myspace thing but I'll be checking it out in due course.
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Who Loves the Sun
Who loves the sun
Who cares that it makes plants grow
Who cares what it does
Since you broke my heart
Who loves the wind
Who cares that it makes breezes
Who cares what it does
Since you broke my heart
Ba, ba, ba, bahh
Who loves the sun
Ba, ba, ba, bahh
Who loves the sun
Ba, ba, ba, bahh
Not everyone
Ba, ba, ba, bahh
Who loves the sun
Who loves the rain
Who cares that it makes flowers
Who cares that it makes showers
Since you broke my heart
Who loves the sun
Who cares that it is shining
Who cares what it does
Since you broke my heart
Ba, ba, ba, bahh
Who loves the sun
Ba, ba, ba, bahh
Who loves the sun
Ba, ba, ba, bahh
Not everyone
Ba, ba, ba, bahh
Who loves the sun
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I'm even getting tired myself of saying it, but I was going to lay off posting for a while (no, I'm being serious this time) and concentrate on the album thing since so many people have asked and I've been wanting to get something together for a while.
HOWEVER, I woke up this morning with a truly awful headache and feeling generally unwell. I took the day off work and logged into YouTube to find my good friend from across the pond, jimski123, had posted a fabulous song, and, in the description, a request for Eleanor Rigby. See, me and jimski had this arrangement a while back, in order to keep the ball rolling that we'd take it in turns to post - spur one another on, however jimski has a life outside YouTube and has just moved house (with a swish new music room)... Anyway, here you go jimski - I hope you dig it. It's quite different I think from the original but I don't have a string quartet in residence so that idea went out the window right from the outset.
Anyone who hasn't checked out jimski's channel do - I draw a lot of inspiration from his natural style and his careful choice of tunes. He also has some great originals, though he seems to be keeping these under wraps. This said jimski, I take your request and raise it an original ;-) Up to the challenge are you? :-P
http://www.youtube.com/user/jimski123
I have also set up a myspace page for music and the like. At the moment it has nothing on it (though I have two friends including Tom, whoever the hell he is). If anyone can tell me how it all works then that'd be appreciated, otherwise I'll buy a book on HTML or something. The link is on my YT channel.
Apologies in earnest to any hardened Beatles fans who think I've slaughtered Sir. Paul's masterpiece, twas not my intention.
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Eleanor Rigby
Eleanor Rigby, picks up the rice in the church where the wedding has been
Lives in a Dream
Waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for?
All the lonely people, where do they all come from?
All the lonely people, where do they all belong?
Father McKenzie, writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear
No one comes near
Look at him working, darning his socks in the night when there's nobody there
What does he care?
All the lonely people, where do they all come from?
All the lonely people, where do they all belong?
Ahh, look at all the lonely people
Ahh, look at all the lonely people
Ahh, look at all the lonely people
Eleanor Rigby, died in the church and was buried along with her name
Nobody came
Father McKenzie, wiping the dirt from his hands as he walks from the grave
No one was saved
All the lonely people, where do they all come from?
All the lonely people, where do they all belong?
Ahh, look at all the lonely people
Ahh, look at all the lonely people
Ahh, look at all the lonely people
Ahh, look at all the lonely people
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