Tuck me in tonight - multicollab by thoddi
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tobin mueller (10), bent (2), lengold (2), damiengh (2), jiguma (17), selters (13), alfalpha (24), birdman wayne (12), sisters (5), love (1105), sex (75), drugs (42), rock'n roll (4), :) (3)
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This will be my 4th Christmas Collab on this wonderful website. I written some lyrics, and I have made a melody.... then I've asked for some assistance on making it a complete song to put out here... I got the help I wanted... and this is what came out. It involves macjams members and some none mj'ers.
From macjams I give you:
selters - vocals
bent - vocals
damiengh -Vocals, sax and fab solo flute
Tobin Mueller - brilliant sassy soul organ
lengold - vocals
jiguma - vocals
thoddi - vocals, guitars, bass, trumpet and drum programming
alfalpha - tenor and trumpet
And we also honored to have...
Yeman A. Al-Rawi - (Birdman Wayne) vocals and a sparkling great guitar solo
Anne Cozean - vocals (formerly known as "sisters" at macjams)
Anja Tumert - vocals
Earlier years collabs:
2005: AT CHRISTMAS TIME
2006: LET NO ONE STAY OUTSIDE
2007:
THE SAME HERD
Hope you like it... It has been a pure joy to work with you all, and to put it together, this year as the previous ones...:)
From macjams I give you:
selters - vocals
bent - vocals
damiengh -Vocals, sax and fab solo flute
Tobin Mueller - brilliant sassy soul organ
lengold - vocals
jiguma - vocals
thoddi - vocals, guitars, bass, trumpet and drum programming
alfalpha - tenor and trumpet
And we also honored to have...
Yeman A. Al-Rawi - (Birdman Wayne) vocals and a sparkling great guitar solo
Anne Cozean - vocals (formerly known as "sisters" at macjams)
Anja Tumert - vocals
Earlier years collabs:
2005: AT CHRISTMAS TIME
2006: LET NO ONE STAY OUTSIDE
2007:
THE SAME HERD
Hope you like it... It has been a pure joy to work with you all, and to put it together, this year as the previous ones...:)
Lyrics:
TUCK ME IN TONIGHTThor Oliversen©2008
TUCK ME IN TONIGHT
I WANNA SLEEP LIKE A CHILD
I DON’T NEED YESTERDAYS TO HAUNT ME
OH GIVE ME PEACE OF MIND
Monday mornings can be hard
Sometimes I feel like staying home
Tuesday comes and I’m on guard
I’m sure I’m stuck in this alone
Sober up is hard to do
I’m pretty blinded by some shiny lights
I pour myself a nervous brew
And pick some manageable fights
|: TUCK ME IN TONIGHT
I WANNA SLEEP LIKE A CHILD
I DON’T NEED YESTERDAYS TO HAUNT ME
OH GIVE ME PEACE OF MIND :|
We gather for a special day
Please leave the questions for another time
I haven’t got so much to say
All I want is to feel fine
|: TUCK ME IN TONIGHT
I WANNA SLEEP LIKE A CHILD
I DON’T NEED YESTERDAYS TO HAUNT ME
OH GIVE ME PEACE OF MIND :|
Oh doctor, give me something strong to ease the pain
Or should I read a book that leads me to be sane
How come I feel I am the only one to blame
I can no longer play this game
|: TUCK ME IN TONIGHT
I WANNA SLEEP LIKE A CHILD
I DON’T NEED YESTERDAYS TO HAUNT ME
OH GIVE ME PEACE OF MIND :|
Hardware:
Loads of stuff, but I could mention, a, ibanez acoustic guitar, one ibanez SD bass guitar, a studio projects B1 mic , a presonus firbox, and my loveable iMac:)Software:
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jiguma
Alf and Thor - that horn section brought tears to my eyes - so much like The Band in their later years - BEAUTIFUL! And Alf, I hope the lips are working again after all that blowing!
Another top Xmas post from you Thor - full of admiration for the way you put all this together each year. Always wanted to have Tobin (Garth) Mueller play keys on something I was on :)
Thanks everyone!
Happy Christmas!
Neil
B)
thoddi
Thanks for joining in this year. Your voice surfaces a couple of places here and adds to give it a worldwide signature with your cool aussie accent:)
All the best to you and yours from the cold north:)
damiengh
Thor,
Thanks again for letting me be a part of this Holiday Special, and it is special, for it demonstrates the collaborative spirit that is MacJams.
The mixing job itself is most challenging, and you always manage to bring out the best of each of us.
Happy Holidays to all!
thoddi
You are a vital ingredient not only in this song but to the macjams community. You have put a lot of good energy into this, and contributed much to make this happen. Not only with your cool voice (which reminds me of Willie Nelson's) but with adding two tracks of sax to the horn section and that ultra cool flute solo.
Wishes for a peaceful and happy holiday season to you and yours:)
Feter
WOW ...anotehr remarkable multi colab with great vocalists ...and Tobins
fasinating keys ...Thor my friend this is just terrific ...I heard ye sista
what a remarkable gathering ...and what a powerful tune ...some magical
touches everywhere ...YES this is what MJ must give to the world ...
I love you Mjers ...you are Blessed by all mean !
thank you for sharing !!!
thoddi
Thanks for being a supportive friend and for leaving such fine words.
All the best to you and yours:)
What a great song, and a great collab! Sounds like your all together on stage having a party and enjoying the song!
Very nice mixing job, with all that going on!
//Andy
thoddi
When I get all the contribution to the song in my email, and start mixing it all together, it's like I get to know everyone involved a little better. It's something I enjoy very much doing, and I guess I'll go for another one next year as well:)
Maybe I could tempt you to deliver some drums then;)
Thanks for dropping in and leaving encouraging fine words.
kristyjo
by your ability to get so many people to sound so good together. This is great. Some year, I'm gonna join you, but in the meantime, it's an honor to just get to listen in!
thoddi
Thanks, just listening to your latest with the kids. Beautiful. Would be fantastic to have you and those children voices join next year;)
All the best:)
lengold
doing this Thor - thanks for putting it all together and inviting us all to join in. Very proud to be amongst such wonderful artists.
Also wanted to mention what a well written song this is and what a great sound bed you provided. Terrific mixing/production too.
Thanks again.
Cheers
Len
thoddi
Thank you for your kind words.
The track you sent me was really terrific Len. You sure have a signature voice, and it's a cool one:)
Thank you for helping putting this together, and I'm proud to get to work with creative people like you.
Thanks:)
thetiler
wow, lots of nice things in there. Love the we are the world type feel to this. Ya that is a brilliant organ sound. Enjoyed Birdman's delightful lead guitar solo. There is so much in there but it is a great tribute to thoddi's magnetism to draw all these sweet mj musicians!
Way to Go indeed!
thoddi
Thank you for your supportive nice words.
I was thrilled to have Yeman joining. He has become a good guitarist and delivered a creative solo. Also cool to hear his voice in here.
selters
I got to say that i think this is the best christmascollab so far. That doesn't say anything about the last years collabs, but a lot about this one. The overall sound quality of this one is great. You have done a terrific job unifying all the submissions to a whole. It sounds great. Thank you for letting me join in on this one!
thoddi
Thanks a lot for knocking on my door and contributing to this one.
You have a fab voice, and I'm really glad you appeared this year.
timothy devine
You got that book, that 'sane help' book!
I can't find my copy.
anybody seen my copy of that book?
help...comes from your song tonight!
At a crazy time.
I find some 'peace' in the emo pouring out here vocally and instro's
I'm hurting that i couldn't get you that track to be in this.
I am in awe of what you do with these multi jobs
instrumentally this is so fine. With the help of Tobin and Damien
both delivered such cool stuff
and your solo on the acoustic,
perfect/classy thoddi
as in last years song, you have such diverse vocalist ( it is becocming a style or genre call it toddi)
hearing the vocals connect from all around is special! and you casrt this magic a very special time of year
peace to you bro
this is just such a gift
thank you
thank you all
enjoy the holidays and more
'my emo outburst'
thoddi
Thanks a lot for such fine words. It has been an absolute pleasure to work with the contributions I got from the fine musicians involved.
I just have to point out that it is not me playing the solo on the acoustic guitar - we had the pleasure of having Yeman A. Al-Rawi - (Birdman Wayne) take care of that part this year:)
Thanks again Timothy. I hope you and yours have a peaceful holiday season.
blaky smith
Thor, It is every year in December a real pleasure to discover your Christmas Collab, yes as you say on this wonderful website... Very nice piece. Great interpretation. Congratulations, thank you all...
Merry Christmas !
Marc
thoddi
Thank you very much for such encouraging fine words.
Merry Christmas to you and yours:)
Moviz
know better, I'd swear you were all in the same studio. Excellent collab and blend of voices, harmonies and instruments, then again there's a lot of MJ Royalty taking part LOL. A great Christmas collab once again Thor, congratulations.... and all the best to everyone, M
thoddi
Thank you very much for your fine words:)
DWL
I'm just sorry I didn't have time to contribute this year.
Splendid collab.
Cheers
Dick
thoddi
Thanks for dropping in:) Would be great to have you in the line up... maybe next year...
peacepiano
And soulful. Great to hear all these voices, and especially the ones who are less active lately, but still lurking about :)
Merry Christmas to All and Thanks to Thoddi for putting together this tune!
Bill
thoddi
Hi, good to see you:)
Thanks for visiting and leaving your fine words.
TobinMueller
Thanks for the opportunity to add to your collab. Such a solid tune, combining the best of many of MJers folk rock attributes/roots. Love the "sober up is hard to do" line. And "manageable fights." Thanks for all the work this takes, the many hours of pre and post production. And for all the love.
Maybe the next MJ reunion can be in Norway? I've always wanted to visit those gorgeous fjords.
thoddi
It has been an honor getting you onboard. I was thrilled to get your track. It really put a new dimension into the song. Your soloing and supportive work is very creative and brought new energy to the song.
Thank you very much for participating.
It would be cool to meet some macjammers over here and showing you our fjords. Though I wouldn't mind taking a trip to USA again;)
tokai
everybody, you won't see this on many sites¡
thoddi
Well, I dunno... but we have a great community here, and you guys are like my family:)
drakonis
Great music, heart-felt lyrics, and such wonderful performances by so many Macjammers around the world, again! Nice warm feel to the mix.. Happy Macjams Holidays to you Thor, and all that participated! Yay!
ttfn,
Drakonis
thoddi
Thanks for dropping in and leaving such kind words mr Drakonis:)
Good to hear you think the mix has a warm feel to it - it's what I'd like it to have.
Dadai.2
is represented here in this song... what a wonderful, pleasing collaboration. My hat is off to each and every one of you for superb performances and a feel-good song that ranks with the best of them.
Thor... you did it again... every year even better and better.
cheers,
Jack
thoddi
A feel-good song is a great compliment to have.
Thank you very much:)
Vic Holman
Thor, this annual event of yours is always something that's not to be missed.
excellent tune and a great assembly of MJers
thoddi
Good to see you here:)
Thanks for always being a friend and for leaving such kind words.
Alannah
.. by having to miss this collab this year ... just way too much on my plate right now .... but this came out GREAT ..... Merry Christmas Everyone !
thoddi
I was saddened too by not having you in the line up this year. But we can't do it all... lets see what next year brings:)
bent
Thoddi my man, in honour of our English speaking friends I'll write these words in English.
As always, brilliant. It is really a joy to hear all these different voices and instruments blended toghether as if they were mixed in a pro studio. Well done!
See you soon!
b.
thoddi
In honor of you I take a deep bow. You're a super duper friend to have, and I'm forunate to have you almost next door, so I can drop in at your place and crack a bottle open, and sing all night long with 'chu.
Glad you chose to jump in at the collab:)
Be well!
bent
Thoddi my man, in honour of our English speaking friends I'll write these words in English.
As always, brilliant. It is really a joy to hear all these different voices and instruments blended toghether as if they were mixed in a pro studio. Well done!
See you soon!
b.
Roxylee
I love hearing MacJammers in a band!! Great to hear Anne again and Yeman's guitar. You guys are all amazingly good musicians and this collab is superb.
thoddi
Thanks for dropping in and leaving your kind words:) Yeah, isn't that cool - hearing all the familiar voices popping in and out of a song. It's a thrill getting to do these collabs. What Anne (sisters) sent me was a pure delight to listen to. Her voice melts in my ears like butter on a hot potato:) Yeman has become a great guitarist and did very good in here.
saymme
Peace & Happy Holidays.. !!! Awesome collab - I'm totally awed by the lyrics *Don't want yesterdays to haunt me* All I want is to feel fine *** I wanna sleep like a child...don't we all want this ! : )
KUDOS all . . . !
tx : )
thoddi
You are always very kind to me when commenting on my lyrics. Thanks a lot, I'm glad you like them:)
And yes, I guess it's a pretty global thing longing for peace of mind, and to get to sleep at night without worrying... I think for me, it's one of the vital things in life... having that, and you have it all:)
alfalpha
....and an honour to be part of this collab Thor, many Thanks for posting the request for 'horns'. In a way, you gave me the best Xmas present ever, in that re-discovering my brass instruments I realise that I have really missed playing them, & Thanks to you, I'll certainly be looking to re-vitilising my poor old 'chops' in the new year!
All The Best & a Very Happy new Year to you & yours!
Cheers from 'Down Under'!
Alf
PS, my apologies about the delay of my response- this is the busiest time of year for our business... :)
thoddi
You saved the day when you knocked on the door and told me you could play the brass parts:) And you sure have it in you still. In fact you inspired me to try a little trumpet playing myself. I recently got myself a new one from ebay, but haven't really blown to much air through it since I got it.
It's not unlikely that I'll ask for your favors in future projects;)
Thanks for joining mate:)
airportseven
Great collab - fantastic production - what a celebration. I feel so much better having heard this. Thanks!
thoddi
Welcome to macjams:)
Thanks for dropping in and leaving such fine words. Hope you'll find this place as inspiring as I do.
SISTERS
now i can officially tell you how happy i was to be included in this, thor.
and to sing at such a prime piece of real estate was special.
you made some magic here!
anne
thoddi
Happy to see you're back in the area:) You are a great part of the magic in here!