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My cephalopod, my love (open mic) by DWL [Email]
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Last Played: Nov 21, 2008 - 05:16:03 PM
Downloads: 14
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Uploaded: Oct 05, 2008 - 06:25:04 AM
Last Updated: Oct 05, 2008 - 06:25:04 AM
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Squid (3), mayo (2), calamari (3), fries (3), cephalopod (1)
Description:
This is about a squid who was dear to my heart (it's a long story). It's not a new song as I wrote it a couple of years ago but it is about friendship and love and overcoming prejudice and garlic mayo.

My wife doesn't like it. "Why don't you ever write a love song for me?"

Hardware:
K Yairi acoustic, 50p plastic kazoo

Software:
GB3
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My cephalopod, my love &mdash 10/05/08 - 06:31:35 AM
My friend I can sit and listen and listen to you
singing with a lot of coffee enjoying such thoughtful
and deep song ...a guitar and a deep voice ...kazoos
man its lotta fun ..thnx alot for sharin ...warm and nice !!!!

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Thanks Feter &mdash 10/05/08 - 06:41:40 AM
I thought we needed some lightness!

And my squid thought so too....

Cheers

Dick

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Who Doesn't Love Squid Songs? &mdash 10/05/08 - 06:44:04 AM
The answer to your wife's question is simple - there just aren't enough songs about squid.

Great tune Dick. This is already giving back to the squid loving community what is long overdue.



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That's what I keep saying &mdash 10/05/08 - 07:03:47 AM
I don't think my wife understands me.

Thanks for stopping by.

Cheers

Dick

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wow.... &mdash 10/05/08 - 07:16:03 AM
You jst made my day ...

Deepest bows !
Lena

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Ah Lena! &mdash 10/05/08 - 09:07:50 AM
So pleased you enjoyed this rather silly song :)

Thanks for listening.

Cheers

Dick

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ah so that's where that sick squid went... &mdash 10/05/08 - 07:31:28 AM
Always liked this but is this a new version with added water?

While we're on recipes, here's one i like

Giant Squid Risotto

1 x Giant Squid, finely diced
1 x Bangladesh's annual rice harvest
25,000 x Uncle Ben's Giant Squid risotto mix
Salt and Peeper to taste (lots)

Method

1. Hire local swimming pool and turn heater up, monday.
2. add ingredients
3. Return thursday
4. drain and serve.

I must confess that I haven't actually tried this one yet. The council have closed my local pool and the Brockwell Lido won't let me use their facilities.

So when is your album ("Good music to fry fish to") going to be released?

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Probably not the plaice to discuss this &mdash 10/05/08 - 09:17:18 AM
but "A Farandole for Frying Fish" has been shelved (middle one in a fan oven) due to the Squid Liberation Front's threats to turn themselves inside out "en masse" on Oxford Street (I wouldn't have thought they had the guts to do it but never trust an angry cephalopod)

They closed our Lido too.

Cheers

Dick



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And you have &mdash 10/05/08 - 07:32:57 AM
the audacity to ask ME 'what's in your head'.
Love the way you ran around the room playing the kazoo, that must have been interesting to watch.
Great fun Dick.
Cheers
Len



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Kazoos always to that to me &mdash 10/05/08 - 09:19:51 AM
I have no idea what's in my head at any one time. Sound familiar? :)

Cheers

Dick

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ah ... a boy and his squid &mdash 10/05/08 - 08:20:57 AM
reminds me of younger days and better times. :-] Dick this is a hoot! and i might add appears your writers block has been banished nicely. Very cool Dick!

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Thanks mate &mdash 10/05/08 - 09:23:10 AM
unfortunately this was resurrected from a year or so ago.....

I'm pleased you enjoyed it though. It's nice to know I'm not alone :)

Cheers

Dick

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Wow &mdash 10/05/08 - 09:26:46 AM
I found it easy grappling this one!

Both warm, happy and true. It made me hungry.

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Warm amd happy &mdash 10/06/08 - 01:45:56 AM
that's the way to do it!

Thanks for listening

Cheers

Dick

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Let me try this again... &mdash 10/05/08 - 09:28:21 AM
The burbly watery sound made a good background, and the Kazoo - a great add-in.

Best regards,

. - Harold

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Bubbles are good &mdash 10/06/08 - 10:52:49 AM
make you feel very bubbly.

Thanks for listening:-)

Cheers

Dick

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Don't tell your love about this. &mdash 10/05/08 - 11:15:06 AM
Perhaps, you have heard of fans throwing squid or an octopus on the ice prior to a Detroit Redwings hockey game.
On April 15, 1952 during the Redwings' Stanley Cup playoff run, the brothers, Pete and Jerry Cusimano, owners of a Detroit fish shop, threw an octopus onto the ice at the Olympia Stadium. The eight tentacles of the octopus were supposed to be symbolic of the eight wins needed to win the cup. The Red Wings won the series that year, and the squid or octopus has become the tradition ever since. The largest octopus ever to be thrown on the ice weighed fifty pounds! It was proudly displayed on the hood of the Zamboni while the ice was being cleaned in between periods. Oh, the inhumanity! Your song goes a small way towards righting a wrong. Glad you fished that out of your catalog. Thanks.

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Thanks Char &mdash 10/06/08 - 10:56:00 AM
Very interesting. Amazing story. What some people get up to eh?

I'm pleased you enjoyed the song.

Cheers

Dick

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Ha ha... &mdash 10/05/08 - 11:37:41 AM
Fun stuff Mr. Langford! Haven't heard anything quite like this since the Beatles' "Octopus's Garden."

Very nice vocal delivery of ridiculous lyrics. I'd actually love to hear a balls-out rock version of this one as well.

Glad you're back Dick!

Be well!

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Hiya Mike &mdash 10/06/08 - 11:31:48 AM
Not quite back as it's an old song but almost!

Thanks

Dick



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??? &mdash 10/07/08 - 12:57:22 PM
You mean that you've been sitting on this one for some time?

Must have been uncomfortable! lol

Be well friend!

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more arms to hold you &mdash 10/05/08 - 03:50:50 PM
about time someone gave due respect and understanding to squids. they are so misunderstood..... and they have no hair.


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And a beak to boot &mdash 10/06/08 - 11:37:28 AM
and they change colour. Nice to know you understand Vic :-)

Cheers

Dick






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Love the Kazoo &mdash 10/05/08 - 03:58:00 PM
Great track dick with a, how shall I say this, a "tongue in cheek" kind of feeling. Had me smiling just from reading the intro, and by the way, it may be a long story, but I think it's on a need to know basis. Trust me on this, I really DON'T need to know. ;-) lol

Never the less, this is as I would have expected, a very entertaining track. Thanks for sharing your "Passion" for you squid.

Be well and be cool,

Ed

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Tongue so far in cheek &mdash 10/07/08 - 01:03:57 AM
I was tickling my tonsils

Sometimes we meet someone/thing that we can't ignore. 'Nuff said :-)

It's not often the kazoo gets an outing so it's always nice to have a bit of a blow... oo-er missus

Thanks Ed

Cheers

Dick


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Sensitive and thought provoking... &mdash 10/05/08 - 04:40:45 PM
...even for an ordinary biped, such as myself.

I can only imagine what an attractive, cultured, young squidette would think of this, Dick. Of course your wife doesn't like it! It's a definite threat to your relationship!

This song has inspired me to go back to a tune I was writing about plankton, some time ago...

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It's a pity &mdash 10/07/08 - 01:11:44 AM
the squidette wasn't very cultured but what she could do with those tentacles..... (actually, what couldn't she do with those tentacles :-) )

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheers

Dick


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My favorite... &mdash 10/05/08 - 07:53:36 PM
...spots: "la-la-la-la-la" background; the bubbles; the echo effect at the end... Well, certainly as good as any novelty song around. Bob's comment (above) about this kind of song threatening a relationship --- probably true, but for reasons other than the squid! ... This was fun and I enjoyed listening. It is nice to hear this humorous side of you.
Peace.
Paul

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Humorous? &mdash 10/09/08 - 05:09:49 AM
This is a serious song Paul ;-)

It was actually thrown together in a couple of hours (warts and all) in response to a discussion on another forum.

Squid are mostly misunderstood and I wanted to put the record straight.

I'm pleased you enjoyed my excursion to the dark side :-)

Thanks

Dick


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crazy fun fun tune &mdash 10/05/08 - 09:38:01 PM
fries on the side
perfect.
you got me in a great mood with this highly imaginative tune.
i am smiling ear to ear
and craving fried food
oreos will do
peace out
tim

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Thanks Tim &mdash 10/10/08 - 05:17:13 PM
I think I wanted to be Elvis Squideley really.

Pleased you enjoyed it.

Cheers

Dick




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squiddish &mdash 10/06/08 - 11:14:19 AM
This tune deserves to octopy a space in Ringo's garden and of course, in the shade, while we all sing and dance about, joyous that Dick gave us another tune, as food for thought.
I'm thinking breaded calamari, shallow-fried in Olive Oil. Enjoyed munching on this one and chasing with a Guiness.





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I think you'll find &mdash 10/13/08 - 11:06:20 AM
groundnut oil imparts a better flavour even it is less "healthy"

A cold Guiness would be excellent or a chilled Pinot Grigio works well.

Thanks for listening :-)

Cheers

Dick

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Fun song &mdash 10/06/08 - 06:35:20 PM
great fun song and much better than anything Ringo could do. Love the singing ....and the bubbles LOL, cheers M

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Amazing what effects &mdash 10/13/08 - 11:08:31 AM
these modern synths have got. Anybody would think it was bloke blowing bubbles through a straw ;-)

Thanks Maurice, much appreciated.

Cheers

Dick

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Beautiful tune &mdash 10/07/08 - 03:45:03 AM
I love your voice Dick. And your weird imagination. But you knew that already. :)

You even make a kazoo sound regal and dignified.

I hope you really are "coming back" ... I've missed you!

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This is great! &mdash 10/08/08 - 05:19:44 AM
Kazoos, squids, fries and bubbles. I don't get why the missus doesn't like it. I'm not one for marital suggestion but, maybe time for a trade in :P

P.S. Please don't listen to me. I know nothing!

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One &mdash 10/09/08 - 10:08:02 PM
of my teenage guitar students has a Fender Squire Strat.He sanded of the re in Squire and replaced it with a "d" so now it says Fender Squid! I have to let him listen to this.The best squid song I have ever heard.

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You need to expand on the... &mdash 10/10/08 - 10:41:39 PM
cephalopod story...it is funny enough to know your wife does not like it. Great song, funny...very funny. This one is a download!

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Squidward is my favorite &mdash 10/11/08 - 09:05:53 PM
Spongebob character and his buddy Patrick is swell too. Maybe you'll find time for a starfish song. This made me hungry.

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My Cephalopod &mdash 10/25/08 - 12:09:53 PM
Haha - what a cool intro!!! Great song, amazing playing and singing :-) Enjoyed it a lot!!!

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Frog in your throat? &mdash 10/29/08 - 05:27:36 PM
Given that you write this sort of song, your wife should be very careful in wishing for a song dedicated to her.

Of course your good taste would prevail in that case. Right?



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