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Song For Ronnie Lane


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Brian D

 Genre: Ballad
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I watched "The Passing Show - The Life and Music of Ronnie Lane" recently and was moved to write this song for him. A great musician and a true free spirit. I recommend Rough Mix to anyone who doesn't own it - (made with Pete Townshend - my fav solo Pete album, too) ooh la la, Ronnie!

"god bless us all, annie, wherever we'll be"
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Lyrics
a song, a sigh - is lifted to the sky
a long and lonesome cry to draw you near
a lone reply - is softly sailing by
a tentative aside to calm the fear

you are here

daylight sings a song - and nighttime sings along - and all the notes belong - within the tune- and so do you

(whistle)

daylight sings a song, etc

when the day is done - we wait the rising sun - there's so much left unsung between the two - and I'll sing it through

and I'll sing it all the way to babylon
and I'll sing it all the way to kingdom come
and I'll sing it all the way to avalon
and I'll sing it all the way until I'm done

and we'll sing it all the way to babylon
and we'll sing it all the way to kingdom come
and we'll sing it all the way to avalon
and we'll sing it all the way until we're gone

la la la la .......................



Song Stats
Hits: 1943
Comments: 41
Fans: 20
Plays: 219
Downloads: 95
Votes: 13
Uploaded: Aug 05, 2007 - 12:44:49 AM
Last Updated: Aug 05, 2007 - 12:44:49 AM Last Played: Oct 31, 2009 - 11:46:14 AM
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Comments
Mute Albino said 840 days ago (August 5th, 2007)
Ronnie Lane
I just love "The Debris" on "A nod is as good as wink to a blind horse". (... and Rod Stewart in better times)
What instrument is this? Mandoline or Ukelele? I Like this song and that mandoline, allthough I really miss a change somewhere.
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Brian D said 840 days ago (August 5th, 2007)
thanks
it's 2 different ukuleles (tenor and soprano)

it could have used another change, but I wanted to keep it super simple (I was thinking of Ooh La La - that just hangs on 2 chords. wonderful)

thanks for listening!

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-B
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lengold said 840 days ago (August 5th, 2007)
You make
it sound so easy Brian. To be able to write such a deceptively simple sounding and catchy song is the master songwriters art. And you are a master songwriter. I love it, of course.
Cheers
Len


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Brian D said 840 days ago (August 5th, 2007)
thanks!
: )

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-B
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ktb said 840 days ago (August 5th, 2007)
the white album
you do make it look easy Brian. A wonderful ode. The sound of the mandolin/uke? along with the piano is superb. If I could write like this I'd never leave the studio. Love the sing along part at the end!!!
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Brian D said 840 days ago (August 5th, 2007)
thanks!
thanks for listening!

I may change that last Cminor chord, though. it seemed like a good idea at the time, but it kind of nugs me now.

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-B
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Brian D said 840 days ago (August 5th, 2007)
oops
bugs, not 'nugs'

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-B
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stevewhit said 840 days ago (August 5th, 2007)
Hi Brian!
This is superb in every detail!
wow!
Thanks
Steve
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Brian D said 840 days ago (August 5th, 2007)
thanks
i'm glad you like it. thanks for listening!

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-B
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Jeroboam Salmanazar said 840 days ago (August 5th, 2007)
Sweet
I like the fact that your singing does not betray an American accent. No offence intended but the music and the words gel wonderfully. i really enjoyed this, downloaded and a favourite. Smashing. JS
Brian D said 840 days ago (August 5th, 2007)
thanks!
I was tempted to sing it like Austin Powers, but decided not to. Oh, Behave..

just kidding. thanks for listening!

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-B
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Jeroboam Salmanazar said 840 days ago (August 5th, 2007)
Can't vote
Sorry it seems I cannot vote on this song until i zapp criteria, So my rating is 8,7,7,7. Hope that is helpful until I have the correct criteria......
rsolorio said 840 days ago (August 5th, 2007)
Visual ear candy
Hey Brian, I hit the play button when my daughter came flying in. She loves your stuff. The song reminded me of the numeous movies with a musical break, with the main characters horsing around, sunshine, laughter maybe a picknic setting. Ok I'm back. Thanks for the tune and thr trip.

Roy
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Brian D said 839 days ago (August 5th, 2007)
cool!
Your daughter has good taste! heh heh. i like your mind movies. Makes me feel like I got it right. Thanks for always listening!

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-B
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TobinMueller said 839 days ago (August 6th, 2007)
So nice
A delight. I love your stuff, on every level.
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Brian D said 837 days ago (August 7th, 2007)
thanks!
thanks again for listening!

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-B
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ceilidh said 839 days ago (August 6th, 2007)
sorry don't know
Ronnie Lane, but your song is brilliant. great music, great quality of sound, adore the mandolin and your voice is superb. enjoyed the song the most i could :) brilliant!
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Brian D said 837 days ago (August 7th, 2007)
thanks!
if you saw RUSHMORE, you know Ronnie Lane. He sang "Oooh La La" (the chorus goes "I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was younger..." etc.) when he was in The Faces. Hopefully i've turned you on to him. That alone is the reward for writing this song.

thanks for listening!



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-B
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Roxylee said 839 days ago (August 6th, 2007)
WOW...
You did a perfect job making this song. It's awesome good. I love the creativity- the different instruments that fit so well together, and the whistling. It is a great tribute to "Plonk." (OK, I saw that in Wikipedia)
It has an old fashion feel, like i feel when i listen to Sandy Denny. Let me know if you record a CD. :-)
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Brian D said 837 days ago (August 7th, 2007)
thanks!
I love Sandy Denny. What another great loss. Her version of Who Knows Where The Time Goes gives me chills every time I hear it. Leige and Lief is a fav. Love Richard Thompson to pieces, too!

I don't have any plans to make a CD ( I don't much like CD mastering as of late) but I may put uncompressed and higher bitrate compressed files up on a website soon for free download.

PS don't you love Wikipedia? I'm glad you looked Ronnie up. now get some of his music! you'll thank me. His "Annie" is one of the most beautiful songs ever written!


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-B
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buckhorn said 838 days ago (August 7th, 2007)
jeeze
more great stuff? every thing is good. melody, lyric, vocal,pro production.
love the uke too. I almost bought one this weekend at the aloha festival (at the prisideo) never saw so many ukes in one place. Figured I should try to learn to play what I have first. good stuff again.
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Brian D said 837 days ago (August 7th, 2007)
thanks!
if you play guitar you can play uke. you fret it the same as the top 4 strings of the guitar, only it's tuned a 5th higher. If you can transpose, you're all set.

thanks for the kind words. did you mean the Presidio in san francisco? I wish i had known about it, if so. But i already have 3 ukes and don't have a good reason to buy another!



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-B
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buckhorn said 835 days ago (August 10th, 2007)
oh yea
It was in the city. I was visiting friends and family. They weren't selling too many ukes there. But half the people were walking around with one under their arm.There was some really nice singing and dancing only problem was there was no beer.
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said 838 days ago (August 7th, 2007)
Good Job !
Ohh .. this is really cool tune, loved it, your vocal is very nice, the music is beautiful, it seems like an oldies songs but remixed !!
Loved it, thanks for sharing this piece here with us

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Brian D said 837 days ago (August 7th, 2007)
thanks for listening
I listened to your new song. It's beautiful. well done!

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-B
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poodyglitz said 837 days ago (August 7th, 2007)
Sweet
Very nice. A little of Shannon's "Abergavenny". Very clean sound. Great voice. I'll have to check out more of your stuff.
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Brian D said 837 days ago (August 7th, 2007)
thanks
I had to look that song up, as I've never heard of it. i found it on a bubblegum collection. I know most of the tunes on it, but not that one. i do love bubblegum, especially yummy yummy yummy.

thanks for listening!

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-B
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J.A.Stewart said 837 days ago (August 8th, 2007)
A trend?
Yours is the second song I've heard in the past week that features a uke... the other was on McCartney's "Memory Almost Full" CD. Not bad company to be in.

Charming little ditty and a lovely tribute to Ronnie, who went from Small Faces to... Forgotten Faces, all too soon. He deserved much better.

Very nice work here... all the way around. ;)

--- Joe
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thetiler said 837 days ago (August 8th, 2007)
I like this !
This has a terrific feel !

Very commercial. In fact this is truly one of the best tunes of this type of heard here at MJ.

Terrific ! Plus the singing is outstanding for this style.

Way to go!
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jiguma said 836 days ago (August 8th, 2007)
Lovely tune Brian!
I just can't get a decent sound out of a ukelele - and you get a great sound twice! Not fair :) You also seem to manage the other instruments really well ;)

Love your vocals - very tastefully done harmonies. Great playing and a solid, thoughtful set of lyrics. Production also very classy.

Like it!!
Neil
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Ed Hannifin said 834 days ago (August 10th, 2007)
"Rough Mix" was long one of my favorite albums...
...and 'Annie' was my favorite song on it... It has ended up on more mix tapes over the years...

This has a nice bit of that Ronnie Lane sound, but it also really has echoes, for me, of Harry Nilsson... Great melody, great singing, great lyric...

This is, I think, my first intro to your music, and I'm flat out stunned...

Ed
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Brian D said 834 days ago (August 11th, 2007)
thanks
I just discovered that ROUGH MIX has been remastered with extra tracks and is a Dual layer CD with a 5.1 mix included. It's ordered, of course. Haven't gotten it yet, but it'll be in heavy rotation as soon as it arrives.

I like Harry Nilson, but I've never actually owned an album by him. I always knew him more by other people's cover versions of his songs. Even though his version of WITHOUT YOU is stunning, I actually prefer the Badfinger original. I love CUDDLY TOY (the Monkees version)

Thanks for listening!

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-B
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Feter said 834 days ago (August 11th, 2007)
Song For Ronnie Lane
awesome ....very cool singing ..
these Ukes reminds me of Mr.Sanchez(my Mnadolin)
great work my friend ..!!
michael2 said 833 days ago (August 11th, 2007)
pop
perfection. it's like all of what was good about 60's and early 70's, but new and fresh. what a great song, and that ending is soo good. those chords come out of nowhere. makes me wanna go buy a good uke, and a toy piano (Barbie puts out a pretty good one; played it at toys r' us).

pop has always been one of my great love affairs, but i have given up on it for the most part as it seems so rare to hear it done really well. you do it really well, can't wait for the next hit.
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Brian D said 833 days ago (August 12th, 2007)
thanks!
have you heard Field Music? It's super smart pop in the XTC tradition. Check them out - you'll be glad you did.
I just got tickets to see Big Star here at the Fillmore. I know its only half of them (the other half IS The Posies, though...) but I saw them last time they came here and it was power pop heaven. Can't wait.

Thanks for listening!

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-B
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michael2 said 833 days ago (August 12th, 2007)
thanks
for the tips. i saw Big Star with the Posies guys and I thought it was great. Now they just need to resurrect Chris Bell.
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Myshkin said 833 days ago (August 12th, 2007)
Awesome
This is brilliant! Great melody, wonderful arrangement - everything's spot on. Top stuff. I really, really enjoyed this.
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Brian D said 833 days ago (August 12th, 2007)
thanks
I'm glad you like it!

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-B
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said 817 days ago (August 28th, 2007)
Love it!
I'm amazed by your style, man. It seems to have so many influences, but it is in a league of its own.


Bob6stringer said 582 days ago (April 18th, 2008)
I'd cry if I had any tears left
This really is a sterling, brilliant piece of lyric, thoughtfulness and execution. The "sing it" repetition works so very well here, and wouldn't in the hands of anyone but an inspired craftsman.

I'm making connections to other greats of Ronnie's Faces-and-beyond era, such as George Harrison's ukulele porch-picking and the title track of McCartney's underrated Ram album (though this tune is more developed that Ram, actually). There's not a Beatle connection so much as a common channeling of roots.

I might just have to pick up Rough Mix one of these days - I used to really dig that album back in the vinyl days. And: Thank you for the download, I may have to study it to remember how to write a song...
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shred said 480 days ago (July 29th, 2008)
STUNNING!
I just stumbled upon your song and this website and had to tell ya...this is the best song I've heard in ages. I'm a bit of a music snob, I mean, I hardly hear anything I'm nuts about any more but THIS is a truly great tune, played and sung well with a really nice lyric to boot. Where are you hiding?

Funny, as I just rented the Ronnie Lane doc. myself and was inspired to write a tune too but sadly only half finished (typical) and floundering. He was such a touching figure. I adored the Small Faces but remained a fan of his songwriting throughout.

I agree about "Annie"...the song slays me EVERY TIME.

If you've not yet picked up some Nilsson, you really must at least hear the tunes on "The Point". You're like a kindred spirit...just excellent hooky melodies but with an elegant atmosphere somehow. Like your tune here. 5 stars!!!
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