Everyone needs a Carolina Girl song, eh, Bob?
But, once she's gone there's a whole lot ya don't need...


I DON'T CARE IF THE MOON COMES OUT TONIGHT


she always loved walking along that carolina shore
a big ol' yellow moon lighting our way
now, i've got no use for sand in my toes or salt air anymore
since she left i can't stand the sound of breaking waves

i don't care if the moon comes out tonight
it makes no difference if the stars refuse
to dance across the sky
why waste a romantic night if she's not by my side
i don't care if the moon comes out tonight

i don't need the flowers they sell on the boardwalk
so i pass 'em by
why hasn't the radio stopped playing our song
it seems to me the wind in the trees keep echoing goodbye
and that lover's sunset won't let me forget she's gone

i don't care if the moon comes out tonight
it makes no difference if the stars refuse
to dance across the sky
why waste a romantic night if she's not by my side
i don't care if the moon comes out tonight
i don't care if the moon comes out tonight



The band....
RealTracks in style: ~518:Bass, Electric, Pop HalfNotes Ev 085
RealTracks in song: ~~542:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm Dreamy Ev 085
RealTracks in song: 1762:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm Pop16thsArp Ev16 085
RealTracks in song: 633:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm PopAmericanMuted Ev 120 (A:sync)
RealTracks in style: ~363:Pedal Steel, Background Ev 085
RealTracks in song: 1422:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm PopCalypso Ev 100
RealDrums in style: NashvilleEven8^6-a:Snare, HiHat , b:Snare, HiHat Open

I played an acoustic guitar track
Harmonies by Janice Merritt and me.
THANK YOU JANICE!!!!!!!!

Have at it.

floyd

Laid back and cruisy with a touch of melancholy. Enjoyed the harmonies! Cheers.

Floyd, Janice,

Holy cow! I absolutely love this melody, it's a beautiful, captivating song. The vocals, the guitar, the tracks, the mix, I don't know how they could be improved upon.

Perfection.

Hey Floyd,

Pretty song, melody, lyrics, instruments choices. I especially like your vocal on this one Floyd. In the first verse those soft vocal nuances are beautiful emotional and intimate. Then the slightly harder edge in the chorus. The only thing I'd have done differently is backed off using so much stacked harmony in the second verse saving it for the chorus but that's just me.

Well done.

I like it.

Josie

Even Bob knows there are a lot of girls in Carolina. Several things struck me with this one. The steel is the best use, placement, and editing I have heard yet. That must have taken some time to get right. This is one of your best vocals to date. The writing is terrific. You are the master of the near rhyme. Only one perfect rhyme in the entire song. That didn't matter a bit. Really nice melody. Great chorus and harmonies. Nice choice of instrumentation. This all adds up to my new favorite floyd song. Going back in for my 6th listen. Really well done. BRAVO. Tom

Good song. You do excellent work lyrically and musically on this. The song has a comfortable, relaxed feel to it that makes it easy to listen to.

Floyd,

You sure can paint a picture with words.
That song was beautiful and I would love to find a Janice-type lady in my home town to add that special touch to my songs.
As Tommy says that pedal steel was perfectly placed, it added so much to the song, almost a 3rd voice in the arrangement.

And yet again, on my walk to town today, I will have to time myself to the song's tempo as the chorus is stuck in my mind after only one listen. :>)

Alyn

ps please don't do a waltz cos then I will look really silly sashaying down the main street!

Hi, Floyd & Janice !:))

I loved this tune and your
harmony singing very much !:))

Cheers
Dani

Hi Floyd and Janice,

Couldn't say it better.
I enjoy the harmonies all over.
Try to get rid of that little crackle at the end.

Guenter

Richard - thanks for the listen. glad you enjoyed it.

Scott - that's mighty nice of you to say. Perfection... I don't know... there was that crackle at the end that Guenter mentioned (although, I did take care of that, I think). Thanks for all those kind words...

Josie - good to see you dropping by! Appreciate all the nice things you said. I guess I could have toned down the harmonies in the 2nd verse some - it seemed like the thing to do at the time.. I do appreciate the suggestion - I'll try it out...

Cool tune.... anything about Carolina, the beach and a girl.....

I figured out finally, with this song, who's singing you remind me of.

Your style is very similar to Eddy Raven from the old country days....this song could fit well into his style of song and would possibly have been hit material for him back in the day. Of course, your sound is slightly different in tone..... but the same power filled singing style.

Good song

Beautiful tune. Excellent playing and singing. I hear a little Glen Campbell in your voice.

Late on this one - better late than never.

Excellent!



To quote Oliver..........

This is some outstanding work, the lyrics perfectly flow and the vocal performance is a 10 thanks for sharing!

Hi Floyd and Janice

I am busy catching up on some quality listening after being out of action for a bit.

Loved everything about this. The smooth and catchy chorus is so beautiful to listen to. The harmony is awesome.

Great great work.

Tom - thanks for all those very nice comments. It is especially nice to know that you approve of the steel - being a steel player yourself - so good to know...

Charlie - thanks for taking this for a spin - and for your comments...

Alyn - been missing you, man! thanks for all of that... you've got me thinking...I may have to write "The Gibson Sashay Waltz"... and we'll need video of the walk to town...

Great tune. Great singing and backup singing. I hear hit written all over this one.
Thanks for sharing.
Ray

Hi Floyd
sorry I'm a little late to the party - we are in the middle of a BAnk Holiday Long Weekend here in the UK. Only got a Wifi signal this afternoon in a local bar so was able to listen.
This has got to be one of the best Floyd songs - and there are LOTS of best FLoyd songs on my iplayer now. Loved the lyrics and the instruments in the mix are just superb. That crisp acoustic guitar in the opening etc is gorgeous.
Great singing - the song fits your voice perfectly but then again, as you wrote it, it would wouldnt it - lol!
I'm particularly enthralled by the chord use in the Chorus - when I get back home I'm going to have to work them out - really taken by the way a "standard" sort of chorus beginning with C (if it s in G) morphs into something else with some beautiful turns and twists.
Impressive, my friend.
cheers
ian

What a wonderful production and performance. You certainly know how to use BIAB to make it sound like it is all performed by live studio musicians. Top notch vocals, harmonies and writing. I am always redundant in my praise of your stuff, but, dang, you certainly set the bar high and let us all know what can be done with BIAB if you take the time (and write good songs!). Thanks for sharing.

Kevin

yeah, what everybody else said!

I'm curious to know, Floyd... are you trying to get your songs in front of people who can place them with recording artists, movies or other media? You've got it all, and it seems like you, of all people, stand the best chance of selling your songs.

having said that: spray paint another LP gold and nail it to the wall.... you got anothah winnah

Dani - thanks. appreciate that.

Guenter - Thanks for the listen - and the heads up about the crackle - it turned out to be at the end of the drum track - after all drum sounds had faded... haven't ever notice that before. I assumed it would be a guitar track - the drums was the last one I checked because I did not suspect it...

Floyd,

So now that the 'crackle' is gone, I can firmly stand by my original assessment and reiterate my highest praise for you and Janice.

Another beautiful Carolina song!! I guess I need to visit Carolina if the inspiration it has given you guys is any reflection. Nice work! Take care. Greg

Herb - never had a Eddy Raven comparison. He was big in his time - some good songs - a prolific writer. I wasn't listening to country much during that period - got into it heavily about as his career was coming to a close - early 90's..

Scott - thanks. Had a lot of Glen comparisons when I was (a lot) younger - he was my first big musical influence, so I mimicked his style for years...

Bob - To also quote Oliver... "Till the sheep in the valley come home my way... Till the stars fall around me and find me alone... When the sun comes a-singin' I'll still be waitin'"
They just don't make 'em like they used to, eh?

Floyd / Janice,

Loved it. Great song and a cool vocals. Very nice work!

Bob

Robert - thanks for the nice words...

Joanne - Thanks! appreciate you droppin' in...

Ray - thanks - nice of you to say...(love the shades!)

Ian - you are too kind...I appreciate the "crisp acoustic" comment - since that's my guitar...If you want the SGU (rather than "figure it out") just email me - I'd be happy to send it...

Kevin - Thanks for dropping by for a listen and a comment. Always good to see ya....the product is just SO dang good... it's not hard to get that "studio" sound - anyone can do it... thanks for all the compliments....


Pat - So VERY good to see you. I miss your comments on the songs throughout the forum - they are always insightful - and often, thought inducing. These days, the only people that these are getting "in front of" are you guys/gals that take the time to listen here in the forum. The "truth" behind what it takes to get songs to an artist (or the team who choses) is a long dark path. Few will ever really know. The odds are astronomical. In the case of what I do (country, basically), if you aren't in Nashville rubbing shoulders with the right people on a day-to-day basis - it ain't gonna happen. And even if you are there - the chosen few gets smaller and smaller all the time...

hi Floyd great production as always you have a lot of songs that are top notch very marketable love your stuff thanks eric

Beautiful sound, tight harmonies, good story, some real poetry thrown in for good measure. Floyd, man, you are some kind of song generating factory. No assembly lines and no formulas, though. Every piece you stamp is original, unique, and uniformly of the highest quality.

Dean

Great song and production.
Your voices work really well together.

Jools

This is one of my fav fj songs. It was a pleasure engineering Janice's harmony -- getting that close to "the man" when it comes to production and arrangements and much more made my day. And, yup I'm biased, but wow did it ever work out. You two just blend so well - it's been Janice's dream for years to experience that. And who would've thought it would have come about via a great forum -- Thank you Peter!!

I gotta say Dean nailed it in his description. Covered all the bases in three succinct sentences.

Congrats....this deserves the attention it's getting.

Bud

Very nice arrangement. It reminds me of "love will keep us alive" but in reverse, in this case the guys never going to get the chance to show his true love.



DA...

Scott - LOL - thanks for the reaffirmation! Kind of you...

Greg - thanks for stopping in for a listen...

Bob - thanks so much. I do appreciate that.

eric - appreciate it...

Dean - those are some very nice things to say... thank you...

Jools - nice of you to drop by for a listen - thanks.

Bud - thanks for your help. And thanks for the support.

DA - thanks for taking this for a spin...




Janice..... Have I thanked you enough??? Thank You. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You.