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London Smiles by Myshkin [Email]

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Last Played: Jun 22, 2008 - 01:39:55 PM
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Uploaded: Jul 08, 2005 - 08:38:48 AM
Last Updated: Jul 08, 2005 - 01:06:10 AM
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I wrote and recorded this while living in London and it was originally a song for the city and a girl I was in love with at the time. However, by the time I came to record it, she'd dumped me so I altered the lyrics to be more general. I think I'd been listening to a lot of Lightning Seeds at the time and was trying to get that kind of pop melodic feel.
I'm going to rerecord this using GB and the original lyrics, but I thought I'd post the original here for a comparison. Stay tuned...

Lyrics:
Grey is the colour of this city I love
As I walk down high street the sun's coming up
One more morning I crawl in my bed
Half-filtered sunlight plays with my head

First thing on waking she gives me her kiss
Light through the window like a semi-closed fist
Roll over and freeze in this bed that I made
Another grey story on another grey day

She salts my wounds
She holds me down
She blur my tunes
She shuts my mouth

London smiles on me
She gives me things I think I need
London smiles for me
Another day, another dream
Dreaming of her

From too little sleep I finally wake up
My flatmate makes coffee and uses my cup
Hot black and bitter like the sting of the night
A cheap cigarette and everything is all right

So I pick myself up and brush myself down
Wash all my clothes and then walk into town
Down by the river I might have a drink
Learn not to wonder and try not to think

She opens my eys
She burns my soul
She breaks my lies
She weights my stone
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I REALLY like this. &mdash 07/09/05 - 08:10:56 PM
I'm very interested to hear the original lyrics, but I like the bittersweet quality to these, which I think juxtaposes nicely with the happy pop melody. I think "she weights my stone" as the last line is absolutely brilliant, though I'm not as fond of the sound at the very end. I think the lyric gets it across without overdoing it.

It's rare that I can hear potential harmonies as I listen to something, so I think this must be screaming "GIVE ME HARMONIES OR GIVE ME DEATH!" Adding some happy harmonies might be cool.

I'm looking forward to hearing the new version and think you have a very nice voice. I'd like to hear it more in the forefront in the next mix. Love your new profile pic too, with the colorized UJ.



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I REALLY like this. &mdash 07/10/05 - 02:04:42 AM
Thanx Lisa! I've now redone it in Garageband with the original lyrics and posted it. Unfortunately, I can't do harmonies - for some reason I just can't hear them. :-(

Have a listen to the 2005 version and let me know if you can suggest anything. It's still a little rough, but I wanted to get up what I'd done. Perhaps you could record a harmony track for me?

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glad i ran into you - &mdash 10/12/05 - 06:28:32 AM
thank you - i've taken this away with me - nice one - x

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glad i ran into you - &mdash 10/15/05 - 09:53:11 PM
Caroline - download the 2005 one. It's much better and more like how I'd imagined the song to be in the first place!

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You said, "Well, never mind. We may be ugly, but we have the music"

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