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Keywords:
blue (39), sparrow (1), bird (5), ethnic (37), groove (60), spark (1)
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Description:
This song was specifically written for Mystified to sing and she smashed it out of the park! Thank you for doing a really beautiful job CAt!
Lyrics:
Blue Spark Sparrow
blue spark sparrow
melting wings of sugar cane
I’d love to fly my kite today
but there’s so much rain
in each drop a little message
secret musings of the sun
promising a kind of weather
for this tiny world made for one
in my brooding thoughts of you
black soaked rain clouds block my view
sun blind me quick, so I can’t see
all of the sparrows calling me
calling me
moon soaked cathederal
ginger bread fills the midnight square
I’d love to find my footing
but I’m floating in air
everything is so much different
from this place in the clouds
I can hear the rain on my tongue
and taste my voice aloud
in my brooding thoughts of you
black soaked rain clouds swallow my view
moon blind me quick, so I can’t see
all of these blue sparks cascading over me
over me
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Written for &mdash 06/01/08 - 06:14:53 PM
and sung beautifully by Mystified. Nice song and great production too - love the guitar solo. Excellent - but sadly no download.
Peter [ Reply to This ]
Blue Spark Sparrow &mdash 06/01/08 - 06:32:01 PM
ahhh yes Cat at her real wonderful spirit folkie and
natural and clear ..love this so much ...great tight
band behind her ..well done my freind ..thnx alot for
sharin such great colab !!!! [ Reply to This ]
Blue Spark Sparrow &mdash 06/01/08 - 06:44:46 PM
what a wonderful, wonderful collab. There's just nothing but good things to say about this song: lyrics, vocals by mysti; guitar, instrumentals, production. Spot on in all respects - THANKS! [ Reply to This ]
My god &mdash 06/01/08 - 07:02:11 PM
I thought I was hearing Karen Carpenter at first. It really sounds like her for sure to my ears at the start.
This is quite striking.
Way to go!
Impressed! [ Reply to This ]
A Carpenter, yes! &mdash 06/02/08 - 03:39:14 PM
Karen Carpenter! That's a hefty compliment! I hadn't thought of that until you mentioned it, but I think she does sound like her.
Thanks for the big ears! (Symbolic big ears of course...) [ Reply to This ]
Faved and downloaded &mdash 06/01/08 - 07:20:43 PM
Very impressive singing and playing - almost celtic in parts to my ears but then what do I know
Cat and I are listening to this together in one world cafe Utah...I am hearing the vocal harmony that was left out of the mix
:-) [ Reply to This ]
Thanks, B :) &mdash 06/02/08 - 02:17:02 AM
Those harmonies...they just keep popping up, don't they????
One World Cafe was a trip, wasn't it? Great fun! :D
(I'm looking forward to hearing the final coffee shop tunes all together, too!) [ Reply to This ]
excellent.... &mdash 06/01/08 - 08:26:40 PM
..on all levels. Once in a great while you come across a song here that would be a million seller. here's this years top model!
excellent collab. [ Reply to This ]
What a million could buy... &mdash 06/02/08 - 03:41:39 PM
Thanks for the giant compliment!
One million seller would be nice, then I could buy my chocolate factory, import the oompa-loompa's and start wearing a funny purple coat and a top hat.... [ Reply to This ]
No Doubt &mdash 06/01/08 - 09:18:45 PM
This is Cat's best vocal performance yet... Beautiful job. :) As Bill (Tiler) noted the early modulations immediately brought Karen Carpenter to mind, but then just lovely Cat glass tones.
Nice musical groove as well... with an unusual treatment of an old familiar genre.
Kudos to both of you. ;)
--- Joe [ Reply to This ]
nicely &mdash 06/02/08 - 01:31:04 AM
Great! &mdash 06/02/08 - 02:34:14 AM
I'm always waiting for the Spike tune to arrive. What a great combo we have here? Ms. Cat and Sir Steve, this is an excellent song. I have to agree with J.A. Stewert that "this is Cat's best vocal performance so far" I've heard. Great, tasty music work from you as usual... Loved the key changes. Excellent production, crystal clear! Great work.
Take Care
- Yeman A. Al-Rawi [ Reply to This ]
Danka! &mdash 06/02/08 - 03:43:30 PM
Thank you Steve... &mdash 06/02/08 - 02:35:07 AM
...for the fabulous song to sing to :)
It was fun to see how this song progressed from the initial instrumental that I sang to--your 'final touches' painted this song in Spark'ling hues! [ Reply to This ]
... &mdash 06/02/08 - 05:44:05 AM
yes this is some beautiful singing on this piece. a very nice tone on mysti's voice for this track. she seems to be really relaxed and really lost in the song. [ Reply to This ]
i haven't voted on this site for a very long time... &mdash 06/02/08 - 12:13:17 PM
.. until today!!! i would pay good money for this and i truly wonder if somebody else wouldn't too - this is completely amazing - the only place for you two to go now is pro - tell you what.. i'll light a candle!! thank you - the angels brought you together - big loves xoxoxox [ Reply to This ]
Tidbit tasting. &mdash 06/02/08 - 03:46:18 PM
That's very sweet! I'd even accept bad money in place of good. I'm just glad that there's a place (MacJams) where we can share these little tidbits! [ Reply to This ]
this is so... &mdash 06/02/08 - 02:07:54 PM
If I were to be hypercritical... &mdash 06/02/08 - 02:26:02 PM
...I would say the song is about minute too long. Where and how it could be shortened I'll leave to you. I just seemed to lose a little interest in what was a fantastic piece.
Be cool,
Pie
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I would agree with that. &mdash 06/02/08 - 03:49:32 PM
I know where it is.... The chorus repeat at the end. That's why I did a breakdown in the 2nd to last chorus. I actually could make that edit without too much trouble. I might try it.
I am the short song enthusiast, so this suggestion hits home. [ Reply to This ]
My... &mdash 06/02/08 - 04:13:21 PM
ah hah! &mdash 06/04/08 - 01:36:53 AM
...so the great and powerful PIE has spoken! ;)
(thanks for listening and commenting!) [ Reply to This ]
Very cool... &mdash 06/02/08 - 04:23:31 PM
...and unexpected chord changes with dissonances that just melt into another world...beautiful singing...
Sweet stuff, people. Kudos...so nice. [ Reply to This ]
Nice song &mdash 06/02/08 - 06:47:22 PM
One word says it all: &mdash 06/03/08 - 10:35:58 AM
Blue Spark Sparrow. &mdash 06/04/08 - 01:33:39 AM
You sound like the carpenters , Karen Carpenter I have all the records.
Especially at the beginning. Really good. Well done you guys.
Peace Dee. [ Reply to This ]
This is the &mdash 06/04/08 - 07:57:28 AM
instantly likeable &mdash 06/05/08 - 05:38:20 AM
Beautifully sung and played. Could you ever get tired of being compared to Karen Carpenter?
Just lovely.
SC [ Reply to This ]
Flabbergasted. &mdash 06/05/08 - 09:39:46 AM
Polished and Professional &mdash 06/05/08 - 11:33:38 PM
I got the link to this song from Mystified in the chat room, and boy am I glad I listened!
Simply amazing vocals!
Totally professional sounding production all around.
Downloaded and Fav'd.
I can't wait to hear more.
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Wow!! &mdash 06/06/08 - 01:37:04 PM
Congrats on such a nice flowing, easy to digest song. Well done! I'm at work using my laptop to provide a musical backdrop over the constant drone of office background noise. And this song had the ability to cut through it all and to elicit a response: "Who is that playing? What radio station is that? Can you play it again?"
Congrats guys. I'm going to play the song again....this time, a little louder. [ Reply to This ]
Wow &mdash 06/07/08 - 05:28:50 AM
Great song and yes I'll go with the Karen Carpenter similarity on your vocals Cat. Gorgeous harmonies and I love the addition of iSpikes vocals.
Beautiful melody, arrangement and mix.
In Awe!
Slimmie
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Sorry.... &mdash 06/08/08 - 10:41:30 AM
it's taken me so long to get around to listening to this fine song. Wonderful collaboration here... super high production values (of course, I expect no less). So nice to hear Cat sing something like this... and more un-needed evidence that she can easily master any style.
Steve- very strong song... you are a master in your own right.
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Beautiful &mdash 06/08/08 - 12:46:36 PM
Listened again just &mdash 06/08/08 - 07:59:19 PM
I am afraid I just don't get the Karen Carpenter comparisons here. Cat doesn't sound anything like Karen on this.
I love the track, the way it is produced - it jumps out at me like it could have come from one of Bowie's mid-80's albums like Tonight or Never Let Me Down. Very smooth sound.
I would agree with a previous comment that this is perhaps a verse/chorus too long, but it is a wonderfully crafted production overall.
Bravo i-spike and mysti
:-) [ Reply to This ]
Mystified &mdash 09/05/08 - 03:26:13 PM
did an exceptionally beautiful job in her delivery. This was so elegant in the melody and the production. Thank you, both. [ Reply to This ]
( : &mdash 09/05/08 - 03:31:29 PM
This is so beautiful...so glad I found it & get to listen (& dl big TX!) Mystifieds voice is as always the best, here it gives Your ong the exact right sound...songs with both female & male vox tend to be in a higher level in my book attimes,this does & wonderful lyrics..Lyrics I find make half the song..!(!)You dont say what You use wishing it would be in the description ! Your voice is great(!) really great gives it even more spice. With Your musicplaying its JUST RIGHT in my ears:) - could have more of it !!! TX MY PLEASURE ! lena [ Reply to This ]
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