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The Lilac's Truth by SmokeyVW [Email]
Genre: Rock

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Last Played: Oct 07, 2008 - 10:22:16 AM
Downloads: 20
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Uploaded: Mar 21, 2008 - 09:34:20 PM
Last Updated: Oct 05, 2008 - 07:59:49 PM
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Keywords:
Woodstock (21), fantasy live (6), thanks (11), again (26), feter (20), doors (7), iron butterfly (1), vida (1), loca (1), LOL (77)
Description:
album: Wanderlust
track 1: 5:53 Say What
track 2: 3:52 The Lilac's Truth
track 3: 3:05 COLOR TV
track 4: 5:26 Glimmer
track 5: 1:23 Playin' Rugby (GOOC)
track 6: 2:45 A UFO Took Mary Lou Away
track 7: 4:10 On The Road To Nauset Beach
track 8: 4:34 Stormchasing
track 9: 4:05 Dancing (On LIOLI's Grave)
track 10: 4:27 That Look (Run Away)
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Song Description

for MacJams Woodstock 08

Lyrics:
The Lilac's Truth

roses are red baby
violence is blue
living the vida loca
the lilac's truth

(c) 2008 Bill Grundmann
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The Lilac's Truth &mdash 03/21/08 - 09:40:35 PM
WOo back to the show ...yu singin here just
groove my freind ..the keys and the bass ..
just far out ....the drums have a great presence here
on this song .very much the doors ..man thats Rock !

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. &mdash 03/22/08 - 07:47:03 PM
thanks Feter

this is a kind of silly little song - i especially enjoyed making up the lyrics!

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smokin &mdash 03/21/08 - 11:05:05 PM
Hey man,
I just stared checkin out the woodstock list, and see u here as i would suspect.. I'm really hearing a Jim Morrison vox /doors drone.
this has a great live feel.
You always find the right sounds, I mean the crowd man, nice job.
This is very hip sounding stuff...
as is usual with the smokster
Imagine what Keith Moon could have done on top of your drum break.

great tune. you r a master.
t
peace
t



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. &mdash 03/22/08 - 07:48:49 PM
that JM vocal thing seems to slip out once in a while. wish i could claim it was entirely on purpose. i was mostly going after Iron Butterfly's take on the "LA sound" of the day.

thanks

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ahhh &mdash 03/25/08 - 12:13:49 PM
hence the drum break?

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The Doors live and are playing live at &mdash 03/21/08 - 11:10:45 PM
MJ Woodstock. Oh so very well I might add. This has that special feel and sound of a Doors recording without a doubt. Love the overall feel of it and the way it wraps around your head and pulls you into te music.

Great piece of work here Bill that fits right in with the MJ Woodstock theme. Thanks man

Ed



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. &mdash 03/22/08 - 07:51:57 PM
thank you very much!

i guess my neurons got programmed by the music from those days, and it's just in there no matter what i do. so it's really fun to intentionally explore that realm once again...

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very cool &mdash 03/22/08 - 01:06:51 AM
very cool smokeyVW! You certainly have the feel for the era :-)

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&mdash 03/22/08 - 07:53:10 PM
this was a fun lark - i couldn't resist the urge

thanks!

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Way cool again &mdash 03/22/08 - 04:14:55 AM
You are amassing Bill... Peace brother%u2026%u2020

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&mdash 03/22/08 - 07:54:15 PM
thanks bro - i was laughing a lot while making this one... too much fun

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Could be Doors... &mdash 03/22/08 - 09:10:30 AM
...could be a precocious Joy Division...

Nice, Bill...

Ed

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&mdash 03/22/08 - 07:55:38 PM
thanks

this was actually that dry sense of humor with a little too much reverb on it

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Excuse me... &mdash 03/22/08 - 10:16:13 AM
...Mr. Morrison...but could I please have your autograph? Please...ahhh...far out man....thanks! You're beautiful, man...

Cool...always an adventure...

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&mdash 03/22/08 - 07:57:59 PM
i'll let you have my autograph. got some papers? got a pen? what did you want me to write? uh, where's my hand?

thanks!

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The Lilac's Truth &mdash 03/22/08 - 10:50:46 AM
oh man Smokey, this is wonderful! I love how you put this all together - love those low beat sounds - great keyboard work. (If that's even what it is - who can tell these days??) This might be one of my most faves of the Woodstock catalog. Thanks!

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&mdash 03/22/08 - 08:04:43 PM
well, let's see. the keyboards are mostly loops out of GB, slightly modified. the drums are me banging on the keyboard. the guitar is a loop. the fuzz guitar is a loop, but modified for that big sweep at the end. the vocals are me sitting in my car listening to a mix on my iPod nano and singing into a m-audio micro-track. a little lime seltzer with vodka, and too much time on my hands. that wraps it up.

thanks! :-)

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Morrison Butterfly &mdash 03/22/08 - 11:27:23 AM
Bill, this is way cool. Can you pleas lend me some of your genius? Wow.


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&mdash 03/22/08 - 08:09:33 PM
gads! it IS Morrison Butterfly -- what have i done?

thanks!

as one cat to another:
if i had two dead rats, i'd give one to you. :-)


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in the garden of eden &mdash 03/22/08 - 06:16:55 PM
a rare performance from Iron Butterfly.

I was just watching a youtube of their video 'easy rider' today. I think you nailed it!

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. &mdash 03/22/08 - 07:43:57 PM
it was either this or Flowers and Beads...

ever notice how "we're livin la vida loca" is sorta like "in-a-gadda-da-vida" spelled sideways? no? hmmm... must be flashback or something

thank you sir

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The Lizard King &mdash 03/22/08 - 11:14:13 PM
flies an Iron Butterfly to the heart of the sun. Set the controls...

Great tune Bill - you're on a roll.

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. &mdash 03/23/08 - 06:39:47 PM
really, it was supposed to be a spoof.

"the lie lacks truth" and all that...

thanks!

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Nightfall &mdash 03/24/08 - 02:51:24 PM
Some of these songs have been hot summer day tunes, with a blazing sun painting sweat on my forehead as I listen to the music.

This one's night - darkness painted in vibrant floodlights hazed with sweet smoke and swaying bodies in the grass under the stars. Incredible ride, just incredible.

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&mdash 03/25/08 - 06:56:11 PM
whoa - you're exactly right: this song and "Peace Will Prevail" are like night and day (pun and all). i had not consciously considered that. this mix has little high-end except at the end. that's probably the evening "heavy air" impression. and the moaning vocal, droning organ, and luded-out drums only contribute to that impression i suppose. hindsight is 20/20.

i fully intended to convey a sense of dusk and darkness in this song. yeah, that's the ticket. ;-)

thanks Rik

and pfffffft to Dr Lioli if he reads this.

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Nice Entry &mdash 03/24/08 - 05:53:16 PM
In the MJ Woodstock festival. I can still see the smoke pouring out of the VW.

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&mdash 03/25/08 - 06:58:48 PM
was that YOU standing over there? man, we thought you were a narc or something. you should have dropped in. there was plenty to pass around, and room to crash.

thanks

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Rock and roll &mdash 03/29/08 - 04:19:57 PM
Groovy stuff! Mind blowing!

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. &mdash 06/16/08 - 09:39:53 AM
thanks for listening and commenting!

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Dig it Man &mdash 04/18/08 - 02:21:28 PM
my face is red
it wasn't true
you fooled me
now I'll fool you


Trippy stuff.

LL


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. &mdash 06/16/08 - 09:41:16 AM
reality is a slippery thing :-)

thanks

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