OK so that didn't work, stupid MySpace video upload was acting like knob (actually it was probably me not reading the instructions properly), don't fret you should be able to watch it here on the brand new hastily organised Radiola YouTube site....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWy11XxoD6g
There should be a permanent link to the site over there >>>
Here is a wee picture of another song being played on the piano to get your multimedia juices flowing...
If you are enjoying this Blog and the music then you could opt to send an email to radiola.band.music@gmail.com, you may also wish to include the email address of like-minded colleagues and we can develop some kind of mailing list. Or if you are into the whole social networking thing (I can't really get into it) you could spread the music on Facebook or Twitter or sumink.
Cheers
OUT!
It is probably about time I just played a song live and direct.
It was really a straight head to head between 2 songs, one called 'What I'm trying to say!' and 'Anyone Else'. You can, hopefully, watch it here...
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=59638702
I chose 'Anyone Else' for several reasons.
(1) I enjoy playing it, especially the big harmonica instrumental bit.
(2) I have a few ideas of how to turn it into a full song and it will be very different from the video version on MySpace when it is finished.
(3) I have a concept whereby I plan to build this song from the ground up and post each stage on the site for you to hear it going together.
(4) I think you will like the song.
Here are some notes about the video:-
This was the first time Radiola have ever been recorded on film and I wanted this to be what you see, one continous first take, chins and all. I was drinking some vino and waiting for Neil Young to come on Glastonbury and suddenly had the notion to bust it out live for you future delight.
I appologise for the hideous double chin, it exists for three reasons (1) it have an odd shaped face designed to maximise chin-age (2) it was filmed from a low perspective a technique which worked to great effect in Citizen Kane, but unfortunately not quite so successfully in this video (3) I have my head bend forward, primed to explode shards of blues from the moothy at any moment, not a flattering angle.The straw hat is for aesthetic purposes but I have taken to wearing one quite regularly and enjoy it so looking like a tit didn't come into the equation.Here are some notes about how it will sound as a full song so you can imagine it with your brainboxes:-
The intro will be awash with echo-ish feedback and organ based dissonance out of which the acoustic guitar may or may not appear.
Over the line 'fanfare plays distorted drunken drones' in the second verse a fanfare will play distorted drunken drones. Which will signify the start of brass in the song which will continue til the end.
When the instrumental bit starts the bass and brass will follow the harmonica going dah-dum! dah-dum! dum dum dah dim-dim. I propose the harmonica part but played in a shredded electric guitar solo.
Enjoy! Feedback welcome!
I promised a blog entry with some background on the previous song posted on MySpace, Post Life (Good Things).
I am not sure how much to write about the meaning of the songs. I always like it when bands or artists reveal some of the meaning of a song but I also like trying to interpret a meaning for myself. A song really doesn't mean anything until it is listened to and the this interaction between the listener, with their mood/ emotions/personal taste/interpretation etc with the song itself give the song a context and could potentially make it something that I could never imagine when I am writing and recording it.
Given the nature of all that new shit I have decided not to give too much away on this particular one, that's not to say I won't change my mind or provide a line by line description on other songs. I will tell you now boy-ohs that this is not a cop-out we are talking about some seriously deep shit, arguably too deep.
I will, however, provide you with the lyrics for you to interpret it whichever way you see fit.
Verse 1
Turn the camera on yourself when there's too much love to bear,
Dig a hole by the family tree and bury some over there.
Stumble down the garden path just a placid bag of bones,
In the ponds reflection, you're on your own.
Chorus
You believe in love
You believe good things can happen
You believe in truth
Do they believe in you?
Verse 2
How can you say goodbye to me if we've never even met,
After all that's past and passed you know the colour of your own regret.
How can you walk 500 miles if you're lying on your back,
With eyes like a thousand razor blades but no will left to attack.
Chorus
Middle eight
And then it starts to end up with the walls closing in
And then it starts to end until the walls are closing in, are the walls closing in on you?
Verse 3
Can't stay still for very long again its flight or fight,
The days they last forever and precede endless nights.
Its winter now in this old town so you pitch your discontent
To crawl inside and hibernate and think what summer meant
Chorus
End.
Hello, Long time no see!
After a day chipping away at 'Post Life (Good Things?)' I have finally knocked it into a presentable state. I will post soon with a bit of background to the song but this time I thought it better that you hear it first.
I hope you get a chance to listen to the song and that you enjoy it if you do.
Again, you comments/appraisals will be gratefully received.
OUT!
