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| Tom Atwood said 1739 days ago (February 3rd, 2005) | |
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Hey hey hey Thanks Peter. I enjoyed your comments, because my kids have the same reaction to the lyrics--lyric?--that you did. They hate this song. I suppose I should be open to the possibility of adding 'real' lyrics... Thanks again. Check out my latest song called Keep Looking for Jesus (MJRF)
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| Jim Bouchard said 1739 days ago (February 3rd, 2005) | |
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peter's a smart guy and he might be right. On the other hand, if it was just an instrumental, no one would object, I'm sure. I sort of liked it like this. Reminded me of David Crosby, and then I was thinking of his "Song With No Words". A little like Michael Hedges, too. This just keeps getting better the more I think about it... Check out my latest song called Weather or Not w/awigze
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| Tom Atwood said 1739 days ago (February 3rd, 2005) | |
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peter's a smart guy Thanks Jim. Peter is a smart guy, very perceptive, and worth listening to. I have to admit that the word 'hey' was really just a placeholder for the melody at first, kind of like a choir singing 'loo' to learn parts before learning the words. But the one word concept grew on me to the point where I didn't have the heart to drop 'hey' and replace it with something more...wordy. Check out my latest song called Keep Looking for Jesus (MJRF)
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| JimmyMac said 1739 days ago (February 3rd, 2005) | |
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Hey, that makes three of us... I have to go with the other on the "Hey" lyric - but I have to admit it is sung beautifully. I especially like when you get real high and have that brief yodel in there. Guitar sounds wonderful, as usual. Let's see, I'm trying to come up with a suggestion for another one work lyric here, but I'm drawing a blank... JG Check out my latest song called Take Me There
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| Tom Atwood said 1739 days ago (February 3rd, 2005) | |
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Hey, that makes three of us... I have a thought, maybe instead of 'Hey,' I could come up with lyrics about a waitress and her effect on a lonely customer who folds up his life as if it were a menu...or is that copyrighted? (Thanks for listening) Check out my latest song called Keep Looking for Jesus (MJRF)
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| said 1739 days ago (February 3rd, 2005) | |
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Hey You could throw in a few "Hay"s amongst the "Hey"s. This reminds of some of Jim O'Rourkes acoustic stuff. Very well done. |
| Tom Atwood said 1739 days ago (February 3rd, 2005) | |
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Hey Consider it done. The lyric has been changed to 'Hay.' You will share in the royalties. Check out my latest song called Keep Looking for Jesus (MJRF)
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| aclarke said 1739 days ago (February 3rd, 2005) | |
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Beautiful Guitar work Also, many thanks for including the lyrics. Made it much easier to understand. :) Check out my latest song called Ballad of The Little Tiki
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| Del said 1738 days ago (February 4th, 2005) | |
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Stage 1? You are a superb folk musician and excellent songwriter. Posting the lyrics was a great way to also show your sense of humor. Nearly everything you submit is tops. Thank you for sharing your stuff for free, when you could well be charging money. If you are planning on adding lyrics, I think it would help. When David Crosby did Songs without Words, he used a more expressive vowel thing. Or when he did Orleans, with few words, but created a landscape of sounds from that one word. Maybe you could do that with "Hey", but it is such a closed vowel. I hope you redo the song with lyrics. Check out my latest song called The Androgyne
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| Tom Atwood said 1738 days ago (February 4th, 2005) | |
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Stage 1? Thanks Gregory. I appreciate the kind words. I am open to the possibility of a stage 2. This never really got past the sketch stage anyway...as evidenced by the in-studio chit-chat at the end of the recording re: future harmonies and other things that never happened. It is just one more unfinished piece of business in my life. Check out my latest song called Keep Looking for Jesus (MJRF)
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| Syncopatient said 1738 days ago (February 4th, 2005) | |
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Hey, there's some lyrics! What an interesting story behind this, hey? I love that guitar sound...beautiful playing....great production. It's in both my ears even. Very nice hay voice BTW. Check out my latest song called Jazz Praise
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| Tom Atwood said 1738 days ago (February 4th, 2005) | |
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Hey, there's some lyrics! I used to play and record with another songwriter who often included chanting and wordless sounds in her songs in a very effective way. Sometimes vocal sounds have a certain emotional power that need no words. And sometimes they just seem silly. My kids would put this song in that last category. Thanks for listening and taking the time to comment. Check out my latest song called Keep Looking for Jesus (MJRF)
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| alanfraser said 1737 days ago (February 5th, 2005) | |
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Not Sure Were you trying to be funny with the lyrics? I am sure, tho', that your lyrics are the only ones I've heard recently that make any sense. Very pretty guitar playing. 7-8-7-7 Check out my latest song called It's For You w/Mystery Lady
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| Tom Atwood said 1737 days ago (February 5th, 2005) | |
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Not Sure I was going for neutral. Kind of off-white. Something powerfully mundane. I don't know. (Now, I am trying to be funny.) But to answer your question, the one-word concept was a kind of experiment, whose success or failure has yet to be determined. Check out my latest song called Keep Looking for Jesus (MJRF)
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| bjack said 1737 days ago (February 5th, 2005) | |
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Hey, Hey, Hey... I like it. Maybe you could throw a "yo" in there somewhere. Check out my latest song called Especially 4 U
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| Tom Atwood said 1735 days ago (February 7th, 2005) | |
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Hey, Hey, Hey... I'm working on this: "Nawoop aw, nowoop Nawoop, aw, nawoop, um Nawoop, aw, nawoop Nawoop, aw, nawoop" Can you help me out?? Check out my latest song called Keep Looking for Jesus (MJRF)
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| Nolan said 1737 days ago (February 6th, 2005) | |
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Very nice. Some beautiful guitar work. You've got a great voice. Reminds me of Don McLean. Not real keen on all the heys. Didn't mind the first one... Check out my latest song called Fine
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| aclarke said 1736 days ago (February 6th, 2005) | |
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Hey? Excellent guitar playing and you have a very good voice. Don't know where I stand on the "Hey" issue. Maybe someone can start a new forum thread and we can all "discuss" this topic there using many big words. Check out my latest song called Ballad of The Little Tiki
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| Tom Atwood said 1735 days ago (February 7th, 2005) | |
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Hey? I'm afraid to go into the forums with this. That's a tough crowd...I'll stay out here in the comments where it's (relatively) safe. Thanks for listening. Check out my latest song called Keep Looking for Jesus (MJRF)
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| Warren Smith said 1727 days ago (February 15th, 2005) | |
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using your own words Here's some possible lyrics, taken (mostly) from your posted responses here, which might work (but only until you come up with something better, of course!). I'm learning the parts before learning the words someday I'll fill it in with something more Hey, hey, hey , hey A solo guitarist in search of a venue A lonely waitress with love on her menu hey, hey, hey, hey Future harmonies (instead of chitchat with my wife) are just more unfinished pieces of business in my life. hey, hey, hey ,hey until something better comes along i'll use simple text to fill in the blanks of this song hey hey hey hey Check out my latest song called Bells of St Augustine
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| Tom Atwood said 1727 days ago (February 15th, 2005) | |
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using your own words Sometimes, I guess, your words can come back to haunt you... Check out my latest song called Keep Looking for Jesus (MJRF)
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| Mystified said 1536 days ago (August 25th, 2005) | |
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Real I guess I like how 'real' this song is (the yodel is great, too, by the way)....but something about the chit-chat at the end seems to make this song what it is, and expands the simplicity (and humor?) of the lyrics 'hey' to the poignancy of what we all yearn for-- Someone to hear us, to listen to us, and to care that we 'are.' Check out my latest song called Forever Voyaging (space race 2009)
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Peter Greenstone
Very pretty and warm melody and guitar sound. The two guitar parts interact in a wonderful way. I'm not sure I like the lyrics just being "hey hey hey" the whole time. I kept expecting someone to yell out "What is it already?!" The music just seems so ripe for more than that. I like the talking at the end.