Stranger to the Truth....Week 32

I like this. Would changing
All your promises, and all your wishes,
Bear no relation to reality,
And all your plans and all your schemes,
Are doomed to failure, don't involve me....

To:

All your promises and all your wishes
Bear no relation to reality
And all your plans and all your schemes
Doomed to failure don't involve me

work or does it change what you're trying to say? It seems to flow better for me but then I haven't heard the music so maybe not. I like it though. I must've dated her granddaughter 'cause I wrote a song called "If I Didn't Love You So," that conveys the same sentiment. Good job.

Joe

Damn quotes!

Maybe it was her daughter. Did the math. Sorry.

Vic

Nice Job

I love the chorus and the song works without explanation.
I think we all know someone who is "Truth Impaired"

Celt

Hmmm....musically speaking, it's a sort of cross between the Stones and AC/DC....sort of start/stop, stuttery jerky hard rock riff with a lot of sus4's thrown in....sort of medium tempo, just a touch faster than "Start me Up".....

if that helps you to visualise it better.....

Vic

hey, nice you could post again :D

I agree with the celt, it does work without explanations, too, although it was interesting to read your preamble;)

I really love these:
And all your plans and all your schemes,
Are doomed to failure, don't involve me....
You've never been true blue, you're a stranger to the truth....
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Anybody else found, it's actually harder re-writing anold song than it is starting from scratch? YES! at least most of the time(in my case)... coz I got those pieces I'm not really satisfied with, but when I want to rework/change them I often can't bring myself to do it either because I can't think of anything better or because I'd only make it worse. but I found it is indeed possible for me to do(and get a decent result... remember "record of our failures" from way back?).... so, yes, I know what you mean :wink:

good work :D
cheers,
bluenightangel

I'm actually quite pleased with this....from a crappy old song from 27 years ago, and a political song from 21 years ago which is no longer relevant (although I suppose it could be relevant to Tony Blur....) I've actually got a half-decent song....

chords are something like this....kept the riff from the original song about the ex-girlfriend.....

(A)You've (Asus4)got (A)a ((Asus4)v(A)ivid i(E)ma(Esus4)gina(E)tion,
(A)But (Asus4)you're living (A)in a (E)fanta(Esus4)sy (E)world,

next two lines follow the same pattern...

then for the chorus.....after a G chord, which is held for a couple of bars...

(G)I can see through your (A)lies,A/G/D
Straight through to the (A)truth,A/G/E
I can (G)see through (A)your eyes,A/G/D
And I can see through (A)you...A/G/E/E7

and for the coda....fingerpicked.....

(A)Lies come (E)easy to (D)you, (A)it's (E)second nature to (D)you,
(A)You've (E)never been true (D)blue, (A)you're a (E)stranger to the (D)
truth,

repeated a couple of times, then a guitar solo over the top of those coda chords.....

Although....these are the original chords, my voice has changed a bit since '78, to keep these chords I'd need a capo at the third fret to change it from A to C....

:D :D :D

Vic

Hey Vic

I like this I found it interesting that it was about a girlfriend who was a liar
and then there mention of that Thatcher woman , is there still old wounds there Vic from both ? :?

The True Blue you mentioned in your pre-amble I found intriguing as over here True Blue is fair dinkum ( down to earth ) would not thought that is how one might describe Mrs T ( I know it was refering to the Blue Party )

But your song a mix of two older pieces seems to flow terrific , I think nearly everyone can relate to your song in some manner . A lost love who hurt you with lies or deception .

Well Done Vic :D

please don't mention that sport being played over in England at the moment , I can't believe the scores . :cry:

Cheers
L.K :arrow:

No mention of C*****t at all LK...

Yeah, I did know that "true blue" in Aussie means "dead straight" or "dead honest"....

And that Thatcher woman was far from either....I'd forgotten all about the old girlfriend, but the Thatcher still rankles...she and her party did more damage to this country than the Luftwaffe did in WW2....we've forgiven the Germans. they're pretty cool these days...but it'll be a cold day in hell before we ever forgive Thatcher...

:D :D :D

Vic

Vic had smile on my face from ear to ear reading your reply , ( sorry for mentioning Mrs T ) I was only saying in my usual Australian way that there is alot in common with the two as far as I could see being soo many thousand miles away ( or is it kilometers ? I can't know ) 8)

All a bit of fun on my behalf but your song is really good Vic .
:wink:

L.k :arrow: