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#351935 - 05/30/16 05:14 AM [User Showcase] The Thought Of Her
Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 6859 Loc: Florida floyd jane Veteran Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 6859 Loc: Florida	It's Memorial Day. One thing to remember... the young men (and women) that we send off to fight our wars are just that... young. They think the things that all of us think when we are that age. Fate simply puts them in a place they should not be. A soldier's story. A co-write with Bill Osofsky. THE THOUGHT OF HER got an email from my sister said that shoppin' down at walmart she bumped into this girl she really likes as sweet as i could ask for when she heard that i'm off fighting she asked if it's okay for her to write well, that girl's become my fantasy i just pretend she's here with me in the solitude of night she takes me to a better place back to how things were and i think i'm falling in love with the thought of her. the guys thought i was crazy cause i acted like a school kid 'til that letter came on wednesday just 'fore noon finally got to see her she was pretty as a picture and she signed it hugs and kisses, see you soon. yeah,that girl's become my fantasy i just pretend she's here with me in the solitude of night she takes me to a better place back to how things were and i think i've fallen in love with the thought of her. yesterday my war was finally over i feel a peace that i have never known they put me on an airplane back to dover i'm comin' home lord, i'm comin' home and i'll always keep that fantasy she'll be with me eternally in the solitude of night now i'm in a better place free from how things were but i'll always be in love with the thought of her. i'll always be in love with the thought of her Peace. _________________________ 125+ BIAB Songs
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#351939 - 05/30/16 05:34 AM [User Showcase] Re: The Thought Of Her [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 10/25/08 Posts: 7689 Loc: Winston-Salem, NC Pat Marr Veteran Registered: 10/25/08 Posts: 7689 Loc: Winston-Salem, NC	Wow Floyd... this is a great submission on Memorial Day weekend! I think you did a great job of developing the psychology of young love, and the tendency at that age to fall in love with the thought of something more than with the reality of it. In fact, I'd say that tendency continues throughout life. You are the master of saying interesting things through simple language.. I am truly amazed to watch how you navigate everyday speech patterns while avoiding all of the cliches that are so firmly embedded in that realm. Its interesting too, the way you left the story somewhat unresolved, after building the audience's interest and providing enough information to make them feel invested in the outcome. I'm not sure if I like that or not... ;-) But it doesn't really matter, because the important thing is that the lack of resolution impacted me. If I were a young person hearing this on the radio (or wherever young people hear music these days) I would probably want to keep hearing it, in hope that I could eventually wrap my brain around whatever mysterious ingredient was keeping me fascinated and captivated.
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#351948 - 05/30/16 06:00 AM [User Showcase] Re: The Thought Of Her [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 02/27/07 Posts: 1815 Kemmrich Expert Registered: 02/27/07 Posts: 1815	Oh my, Memorial Day does bring out the bittersweet side of everything in the human experience. An excellent tale of love blossoming because of the situation we find ourselves in. Heartbreaking lyrics and excellent performance. Great write, too. _________________________ Now at bandcamp: Crows Say Vee-Eh @ bandcamp or soundcloud: Kevin @ soundcloud
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#351979 - 05/30/16 09:25 AM [User Showcase] Re: The Thought Of Her [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 08/25/03 Posts: 3072 Loc: wales gibson Veteran Registered: 08/25/03 Posts: 3072 Loc: wales	floyd, Pat, as usual, said what I was going to say but in a much better way! Great song and thought provoking lyrics Up to your usual extremely high standards Alyn _________________________ My showcase songs
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#352003 - 05/30/16 11:48 AM [User Showcase] Re: The Thought Of Her [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 04/07/13 Posts: 4945 Loc: South Carolina Charlie Fogle Veteran Registered: 04/07/13 Posts: 4945 Loc: South Carolina	Very powerful. Fate should put this song where it should be... This one has Alan Jackson written all over it. Great write, performance, arrangement and mix. Excellent presentation for Memorial Day. _________________________ BiaB Ultra Pak+ 2019:RB 2019 Build 3. Dell Inspiron AIO Desktop; Windows-10-64 bit, 7th Generation AMD A9-9425 Processor Five Core 3100 Mhz and 16GB DDR4 Memory.
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#352006 - 05/30/16 12:07 PM [User Showcase] Re: The Thought Of Her [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 12/21/13 Posts: 4658 Loc: Davis, CA Greg Johnson Veteran Registered: 12/21/13 Posts: 4658 Loc: Davis, CA	WOW!! AWESOME!!! There are so many great elements in this song. The chorus melody is infectious-the emotion just drips from it. I could hear that done instrumentally as a film score for a powerful scene. The Walmart reference puts an unpretentious, regular guy element in there. The concept of falling in love with "the thought" of someone is something many young lovers go through. And, in this case, the singer needs something to hang on to in this extremely tough situation, and finds that, in a way, in his own mind/heart. This is a POWERFUL write! I LOVE IT!!! Great job Floyd and friend! Take care. Greg
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#352008 - 05/30/16 12:08 PM [User Showcase] Re: The Thought Of Her [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 12/21/13 Posts: 4658 Loc: Davis, CA Greg Johnson Veteran Registered: 12/21/13 Posts: 4658 Loc: Davis, CA	Forgot to say, there is a "Galveston" element in the situation. Floyd was pushing Jimmy Webb's mastery with this write! Those who have not heard Galveston should take a listen. Take care. Greg
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#352011 - 05/30/16 12:13 PM [User Showcase] Re: The Thought Of Her [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 05/29/16 Posts: 7 MrMarcH Newbie Registered: 05/29/16 Posts: 7	Congratulations, It's a very nice song. Do you use BIAB for several tracks ?
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#352028 - 05/30/16 01:19 PM [User Showcase] Re: The Thought Of Her [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 12/06/03 Posts: 2783 Loc: Sydney Australia PeterF Veteran Registered: 12/06/03 Posts: 2783 Loc: Sydney Australia	Floyd The song develops beautifully, I like how it unfolds. Excellent melody and thoughtful lyrics. Really nicely done.
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#352029 - 05/30/16 01:21 PM [User Showcase] Re: The Thought Of Her [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 06/22/12 Posts: 2868 Loc: Karlsruhe, Germany boehm Veteran Registered: 06/22/12 Posts: 2868 Loc: Karlsruhe, Germany	Hi Floyd, just beautiful! Great story and excellent presentation. Felt like home on your black page and enjoyed my listens a lot. Guenter _________________________ http://www.21d.de/ Latest Song: What You Desire
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#352038 - 05/30/16 02:32 PM [User Showcase] Re: The Thought Of Her [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 05/02/14 Posts: 3180 Loc: The Netherlands RnAM Veteran Registered: 05/02/14 Posts: 3180 Loc: The Netherlands	Hi Floyd, As far as we're concerned, this is your best up to date! Beautiful arrangement. top notch vocal and a perfect build up of the song. Lyrics are very appropriate. That accordion/harmonica works perfectly here. Rob and Anne-Marie _________________________ We are Rob Meulman and Anne-Marie Bovenkamp from The Netherlands. RnAM Homepage (completely restyled) YouTube Channel
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#352096 - 05/31/16 01:12 AM [User Showcase] Re: The Thought Of Her [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 06/05/12 Posts: 9147 Loc: Melbourne, Australia VideoTrack Veteran Registered: 06/05/12 Posts: 9147 Loc: Melbourne, Australia	More genius from Floyd. You have delivered again my friend. What a great song, what a great arrangement, what a perfect choice of absolutely everything. Congratulations also to Bill. You've collectively put a sombre and fitting tribute in place. Perfect timing. Trevor _________________________ BIAB&RB2019(Audiophile),Win-10Pro, SonarPlatinum, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, KorgX3R, RodeNGT2, AM802mixer, NS40M StudioMonitors, Pioneer Act. Mons, AKG K271 Studio H'phones
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#352098 - 05/31/16 02:02 AM [User Showcase] Re: The Thought Of Her [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 03/22/16 Posts: 169 Loc: Cape Town PaddyG Apprentice Registered: 03/22/16 Posts: 169 Loc: Cape Town	Hi Floyd, You know I have been a great admirer of your work ‘long before’ I even joined the forum This song for me just confirmed that even more, shades of Glen Campbell and the man I consider to be one of the greatest lyricist of the past years, Jimmy Webb PaddyG
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#352104 - 05/31/16 03:17 AM [User Showcase] Re: The Thought Of Her [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 08/09/10 Posts: 3763 Loc: Woodstock, NY rsdean Veteran Registered: 08/09/10 Posts: 3763 Loc: Woodstock, NY	Floyd, Outstanding track! The lyric and vocal is just great - really enjoyed this one. Bob _________________________ SoundCloud Tracks
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#352190 - 05/31/16 01:06 PM [User Showcase] Re: The Thought Of Her [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 10/13/14 Posts: 1679 Loc: Cremona-Italy Sergio Guarneri Expert Registered: 10/13/14 Posts: 1679 Loc: Cremona-Italy	Hi Floyd very exciting song. Great production as usual. Sergio _________________________ Sergio
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#352279 - 06/01/16 05:48 AM [User Showcase] Re: The Thought Of Her [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 04/20/10 Posts: 4840 Loc: Florida 90 dB Veteran Registered: 04/20/10 Posts: 4840 Loc: Florida	Late on this one – fighting the flu. Particularly liked this line: “they put me on an airplane back to dover” Reminded me of "Taking Chance" - a great movie. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1019454/ Great tribute to our fallen heroes. Regards, Bob _________________________ Dyslectics Untie! https://90dbband.bandcamp.com/ https://soundcloud.com/90-db https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm_3mpivKYV7T7XFJmXL-GA
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#352306 - 06/01/16 08:25 AM [User Showcase] Re: The Thought Of Her [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 12/05/11 Posts: 7032 Loc: GA USA Janice & Bud Veteran Registered: 12/05/11 Posts: 7032 Loc: GA USA	We listened to this early on Memorial Day after we had taken flowers to Janice's dad who rests in a veteran's cemetery. I rarely get goose bumps from a song but, man, when "they put me on an airplane back to dover" came across I broke out in them. All the images over the years of Dover just came flooding in. All of the signature fj touches are there with the vocal, write and production so no need to detail them...we just need to say that is is poignant, moving and a write that offers the Memorial Day tribute in a unique and powerful way. Well done!! J&B _________________________ Check out our BiaB SoundCloud songs! J&B YouTube Sampler J&B Website Our album "All Over The Map" is on Apple Music, Spotify and others.
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#352320 - 06/01/16 10:56 AM [User Showcase] Re: The Thought Of Her [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 08/25/11 Posts: 26 Loc: Valdese, NC Tony Lee Glenn Enthusiast Registered: 08/25/11 Posts: 26 Loc: Valdese, NC	Wow - very well written and performed. I like this one a lot Floyd. Great song.
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#352325 - 06/01/16 12:11 PM [User Showcase] Re: The Thought Of Her [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 12/08/11 Posts: 4050 Loc: Edmonton, Ab, Canada Scott C Veteran Registered: 12/08/11 Posts: 4050 Loc: Edmonton, Ab, Canada	Beautiful song Floyd. Well done _________________________ Scott Collingwood https://soundcloud.com/scottt709
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#352561 - 06/03/16 06:28 AM [User Showcase] Re: The Thought Of Her [Re: floyd jane]
Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 6859 Loc: Florida floyd jane Veteran Registered: 08/10/12 Posts: 6859 Loc: Florida	Thanks to all who listened and commented. It is really appreciated. I've written a bunch with Bill. His sense of prosody is some of the best I've seen - particularly for someone who has no musical (instrument - or singing, for that matter) skills at all (by his own admission). He also has a great sense of how to structure a song to truly "work" - which, again, is a rarity in a lyric-only guy - heck, that's rare among songwriters in general - one of the separators, really... _________________________ 125+ BIAB Songs
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