Two versions of the song here, one with and one without Real tracks.The video was done about 3 years ago without RTs and I only remembered it when I re-did the song with RTs a week or so ago!! Recorded in my studio with a webcam and Serif Music plus8
It started as my best man's speech for my now dear departed mate Albert! A few pleasantries and thanks, a quick mention of how beautiful Sian (his bride) was and then ended with me saying I only speak for [song title} except I personalised it for Albert and I sat down to tumultuous applause and many insults from Albert .
Sian agreed tho
As long as you make love

when i was a little boy
my father said to me
as he took me in his arms
and placed me on his knee
dont prevaricate remember what I say
and you wont have any trouble
until your dieing day

words will come and words will go
as thoughts just disappear
out your mouth into those ears
as you become on show
so dont prevaricate remember what I said
and you wont have any trouble
till youre dead

years they come and years they go
so fast that you loose count
it takes of bits and puts bits there
as you loose sight of your knees
but theres something really bugging me
its been running through my mind
see im damned if i can remember what my father said

i racked my brains i shook my mind
i turned it inside out
a thunder cracked as it started to rain
and it opened from above
then from inside my brain suddenly got what he meant
only speak for as long as you make love



RealTracks in song: ~1204:Bass, Acoustic, GypsyJazzBallad Sw 110
RealTracks in song: 1461:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm GypsyJazzWaltzJohn Sw 200
RealTracks in song: ~1098:Guitar, Acoustic, Rhythm JazzSwingFreddie Sw 190
RealTracks in song: ~374:Guitar, Acoustic, Strumming Hank Sw 190

I will find the original BIAB file and post the midi stuff later.

Enjoy

Alyn

Hi, Alyn !:))


I liked your tune and your video !
You are a master of words also I see !:))
I had to use google translate for the
word prevaricate, but it fits the story
that you tell so brilliantly here !:))


Cheers
Dani

PS Yes, and I agree with your father !!!!(lol) !

Hello Alyn,

nice! This song kind of reminds us of 'good company' from Queen. They use a ukulele there, which actually would also
suit this song very fine.
The RT version definitely sounds a lot clearer than the original.

Keep up the good work,
R & AM

Excellent work! Thanks for sharing!

Alyn. What fun! It is great that you have two versions of the song and that you are giving them both to us to sample! I absolutely love the video. I am trying to do videos for all my original stuff and this definately gives me some ideas!

Cool song!! Love the unconventional chord progression for this style. Very unique and creative work! Take care. Greg

Dani,
thanks for the praise about being a master of words, it takes one to know one
Politicians should listen to this song LOL

All the best
Alyn

Good company by Queen.

Now THERE'S a compliment...thank you, I like the early Queen albums.
Both versions certainly show how good RTs are

Thanks for listening

Alyn

PgFantastic,

Thanks for listening. I really appreciate the praise coming from a great songwriter such as you!

Alyn

JosieC

This is the only video I have made that I felt confident enough to post. But I will have a go at another with praise coming from a video artiste such as you. (I have watched some of your videos on your website)
I look forward to seeing the ideas you borrow LOL

thank you
Alyn

Thanks a lot for your kind comment Greg.
The initial chords were reasonably simple and I had to work to get all those passing chords and can only thank BIAB for teaching me song structure, leading chordal voices and sequences

have a good day

Alyn

Hi Alyn. Great song. I really enjoyed it and quite a remarkable job on the video too. As another said earlier, very unique.

Regards,

Charlie

That is an amazingly catchy song! Well done Alyn.

John

Hi Alyn,

it is fun to listen and to watch the video.
Excellent work.

Guenter

Alyn,

Nice job on that. Good mix.

The video was fun to watch.

Pondering the logic - how your conclusion was drawn...

Enjoyed.

floyd

Hi Alyn,

Definitely catchy! Amazing, the difference with Real Tracks. Great song and very well performed. We enjoyed our listen a lot .. both versions! best to you,

Alan & Di

Alyn, I agree this definitely catchy. The real tracks sound good. It's well mixed and well sung. I enjoyed it. Tom

Hi Alyn. Very enjoyable song and video. Heaps of imagination. Had to look up prevaricate though. Cheers.

Well that brought a smile to my face!

"as you loose sight of your knees" Ha! love it!

well done!

Charlie,
Thank you, the video was fun to make if I remember correctly but it took ages!!

Alyn

John,
Thank you, I will pass my thanks to the Band (in a box)

All the best

Alyn

Guenter,

Thanks for the kind words.
This song is one of my favourites

Alyn

floyd,

Thank you for commenting.

regarding the logic of the conclusion: ummm, I'll pass on that one

Alyn

Al and Di,
This song shows the power of BIAB and RTs. I originally thought midi was better and stubbornly refused to use the RTs. Then one day..... and now I am redoing ALL my songs with RTS and RDrums.

best wished to both of you

Alyn

Tom,
glad you enjoyed this little ditty, it was fun to do.

Alyn

Cheers Rich,
The lyrics flowed from my mind and I was amazed myself how quickly they made sense and rhymed!!
At last my edumacation, thanks Homer, shines through!

have a good day

Alyn

gruverider,

glad I made you laugh!! As we grow old the stomach is the only thing that grows LOL
thanks for commenting

Alyn

This was really good. It made me chuckle - out loud!

A parody of a Beatles song might go like this:
"Suddenly, I am twice the man I used to be,
But I grew horizontally
Oh how I yearn for Yesterday!"

MarioD

Glad I made you laugh
As I did at the parody of Yesterday, reminds me of the medical versions we made at college that I cannot repeat on this site LOL

Alyn

Hi Alyn,

I love the way that you manage to embed humour into your lyrics. It's very skilful in it's "matter of factness". You are a clever songwriter!

As always, I thoroughly enjoyed the listen.

All the best,
Noel

Loved it Alyn - a treat to watch.


Josie

Noel

Thanks very much for the compliment.

take care

Alyn

Josie,

Glad you enjoyed!

Thanks for listening

Alyn

Hi Alyn.

Absolutely wonderful and yet so different from the stuff you've been doing recently.

The song is GREAT, but it's the VIDEO which really makes it for me. Brilliant.

ROG.

ROG,

I have loads in the pipeline as I work on many at the same time and I try to only post different sounding songs.
Glad you enjoyed the video with me in my fat suit LOL.

good to hear from you

Alyn

Fun song and video. Had to fetch my dictionary but it was worth it!

Clever

Catchy

Cool


Great vid and fun listen!

nobilis,

Thanks a lot, glad you now know the meaning of prevaricate LOL.
That word is a result of my posh English up-bringing

Alyn

Janice and Bud,

I have spent some time trying to think of a word meaning thank you that begins with a C but all I could think of was
CHEERS

Glad you enjoyed

Alyn