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This is my tribute to Steely Dan which I wrote in 1973/4 having heard their early albums.This is no where like the live version we used to "play" in the Band I was in then! partly because I can play guitar now, some opinions may vary!THe Band always played it last, on request, as it cleared the venue like magic LOL I think I have removed the artifacts heard last time, sounds OK on my system. Come back with me there's a place I know I have bin there in my dre-eams to describe in words is impossible I kno-ow listen to me the sun is rising hi-igh no tomorrow the week is all toda-ay you can find it come back with me la la la la la oh come back with me please come back with me smile a while and see ooh it's a good trip you will see-ee worldly holdings fall need no money just bring yourse-elf you can take it don't even start to try-iy but you can make it as long as there's a smi-ile then there is love come back with me come back with me la la la la la come back with me oh please come back with me SOLO I won't take you if you don't want to go-o 'cos your the 1st one I really want to kno-ow now there is love come back with me la la la la la oh come back with me please come back with me RealTracks in style: ~~921:Bass, Acoustic, Bossa Ev 110 RealTracks in song: ~923:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm BossaFreeComp Ev 110 RealTracks in style: 924:Guitar, Electric, Rhythm BossaGrooveComp Ev 110 RealTracks in style: ~~925:Piano, Acoustic, Rhythm Bossa Ev 110 RealTracks in style: 708:Guitar, Nylon-Elec, Rhythm Bossa Ev 140 RealDrums in style: BossaBrushes#1: a: Brushes b: BusyBrushes RealTracks in song: ~~896:Guitar, 12-String Acoustic, Rhythm FolkRock Ev 100 RealDrums in style: BossaTerryClarke^4-a:Brushes, Busy , b:Shaker I sampled the brush hit and added it in a few places to liven things up!Same with another RealDrum sample, forget which, in the solo. I used the Chord track for the arpeggiated sounds using Plex free and Proteus VX free. Extra bass notes courtesy of UVI workstation free. I played some rhythm guitar and the solo which was the 1st and only take, after a few dry runs. ******************* I was a Dental student in London and this song is about the competition we, the lads, had to see how many nurses, in a 15 week term, we could get back to our rooms for *cough* coffee  and it usually WAS coffee 
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I'm glad you told the background story. It grounded the song for me in a way that made it more personal. (and made me smile about the coffee). Thanks for posting
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Thanks,
All my songs usually have a story attached as "I write my songs to escape from life but my life is in the songs".
I like the pun "grounded" and "coffee" LOL
Alyn
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Hi Alyn,
It's brilliant to see you posting songs again. Cool!!! You've certainly been very inventive with your use of Realstuff in this mix.
Like gruverider, I appreciated the background story. I listened before I read the story and, for what it's worth, the theme works on a number of levels and one of those is the innocence of the early days of a relationship and falling in love. It's a very universal theme.
Thanks for giving me the opportunity to listen again.
Hope your recuperation is progressing well.
Best wishes,
Noel
MY SONGS...Audiophile BIAB 2024
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Thanks for your comments,Noel. My mini stroke has now been downgraded and the cardiologists say it is now stress related to my original heart attack and bypass in 2008....anyway! I love your interpretation of the theme as I never remembered it in that innocent manner! ALTHO' I recently re-met one of the nurses from those days and we are now rekindling our appreciation of each other.She drinks tea by the way.  I will post many more songs with the stories attached over the coming weeks/months. best wishes Alyn
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Hey Alyn.
Keep posting the songs and it might help kick that stress.
I love your lyrics and the song is very evocative of that time - I think I went through a similar period in my youth! And, of course, I was always going to like anything with LaLaLa in it.
Hope the recovery keeps going well.
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Hi Alyn,
I like the story and the song.
Your voice sounds young.
Thanks for sharing.
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Alyn,
+1 to what's been said already.
I always enjoy a feel good pop song. I like the way you put this together. Lalas and cutting loose with the adlibs behind the vox - cool stuff.
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ROG,
Thanks for the comments. The stress I have is NHS related, you have heard the term whistleblower, well now you know/have met an accidental one....me vs NHS Wales! And boy, music is certainly a good tonic for my sanity....Thanks Peter G for BIAB..
Yes us musicians tended to have similar-ish periods in our youth... A few things I regret but not many tho!!!!
Guenter,
Thanks for the compliment that my voice sounds young, wish I looked young. I recorded the vox last year at 62.
Sundance,
Thanks I love doing the ad-lib vocals. A few years back a neighbour rushed round to check I was OK as she heard me screaming and shouting stuff and thought I was being attacked! I then made a mental note to close ALL the windows in my house before doing vocals LOL
Alyn
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