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Offline Billy

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on: April 02, 2011, 03:00:36 AM
Johnny contacted me some time ago and asked me to compose something for these lyrics. Given the topic, I know most people would have gone down the prog rock route but I thought there's an awful lot of that being covered here. I wanted to see if it would work in a genre that would have most people here running for the exits  ;D

I didn't want to make light of Johnny's lyrics as there are some profound lines. Overall, I think this genre works well for this particular song. I embrace ALL music's.

It certainly is an odd little world. Thank you for listening.


Odd, Little World

Lyrics - Johnny Williams
Music & Production - Billy Playle

It's an odd, little world we're on
Spinning thru the coldest space
Billions of years come and gone
A tiny Sun is warming the place

We're circling a galaxy...vast
Pirouetting round the stars
Everything's happening fast
An I'm wondering who we are...Wondering who you are...
You're a wonder under a star...please tell me if we are..

We're sitting on a sandy beach
Our child is within my reach
An ocean is waving at us
I want to remember this much...I need to remember your touch...
I never remember enough...I want to remember so much...

It's an odd, little world we're on
Gravity is holding us here
Black holes are somewhere beyond
Where everything disappears

Light is shooting thru you, now
Fired from the Sun far away
Passing right thru us somehow
we only get a moment to stay...This is our moment to play...
Don't throw your moment away...it's only one moment today...

I'm standing in a field of grass
My lover has come to pass
The grain is waving us on
It's hard to believe she's gone...I can't believe she has gone...
I want to believe I'm wrong...I've need to believe all along...
　
It's an odd, little world we know
Where life and Matter abound
Spirit and Gravity flow
The energy is all around

The ocean is in love with the sky
The Sun loves to blow on the wind
It rains on the Earth when it's dry
I love to watch again and again...I'm loving it again and again...
Over and over again...I never know where or when...

I'm sitting on a mountain high
Clouds floating under my eyes
The trees are waving below
Suddenly, it's my turn to go...I know, but It's hard letting go...
Everything has to let go...it's hard, but I'm letting go...

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Reply #1 on: April 02, 2011, 03:21:27 PM
Billy! 8)

When you go the other way, you go all the other way! ;D ::)

This is an amazing production!

Damn, do i ever look stupid dancing around, now i know why i quit, (they asked me too)! :o

Dance Music is a genre, like hip-hop, (modern country ???), i don't really understand, so i have no foundation of "getting it" to help me form my opinion...Let me just say, that it sounds like you got "50 musicians" to play in your studio on this!!!  ;) I'm amazed by the depth of layers. It sounds like something created by a master craftsman, playing at his art...

Thank You for This Billy, i promise to appreciate dance more in my life, :)  (now send me a song), Cheers!   


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Reply #2 on: April 02, 2011, 07:17:05 PM
smooth & slick,sounds good

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Reply #3 on: April 02, 2011, 09:23:03 PM
Hey Ralph! :)

Thanks for stopping by and giving this a chance  8)

I have to admit, it's growing on me!  ;)

Still, my daughter's not about to let me start dancing again!! ;D ;D

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Reply #4 on: April 03, 2011, 08:56:33 AM
Quote from: Johnny on April 02, 2011, 09:23:03 PM
Hey Ralph! :)

Thanks for stopping by and giving this a chance  8)

I have to admit, it's growing on me!  ;)

Still, my daughter's not about to let me start dancing again!! ;D ;D
It isn't what I would normally listen to,but good music is good music...whatever the genre

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Reply #5 on: April 03, 2011, 09:29:29 AM
Oh, very nice indeed!    :)

Johnny, surely you know by now that anything handed to Billy will come back to you entirely different from - and more magical than - what you might have imagined?  ;D

And never let anybody stop you dancing.  ;)

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Reply #6 on: April 03, 2011, 11:05:44 AM
Oh Great! Now that Johnny found what is our best kept secret here at MCS (a magical little jewel called Billy), there will be no stopping his creative energy. ;D 8)

Seriously guys, this one is every bit as good anything that Billy puts his magic touch to. :)

Cheers,

John
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Reply #7 on: January 22, 2012, 05:59:08 AM
 :)
this one is pure magic! Nice groovy and funky. Great Billy!

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Reply #8 on: January 22, 2012, 06:08:59 AM
OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Reply #9 on: January 22, 2012, 04:29:47 PM
WOW, VERY ENJOYABLE.  WELL DONE JOHN & BILLY.

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Reply #10 on: January 23, 2012, 01:56:22 PM
Loving this  :D
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Reply #11 on: January 23, 2012, 02:00:27 PM
Perfect dancy bouncy goodness  :D ... Great lyrics Johnny and what can you say about Billy the music machine ... You are just too good .... I need to hear a couple of bad tracks from you...or I'd settle for an average just to give us some hope

Great stuff boys  ;D ;D ;D

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Reply #12 on: January 23, 2012, 03:55:13 PM
Wow Cool Lord Billy.   8)

I'm glad it wasn't Prog again ;D ( nothing against it but like a change now & then )

I hear lots of influences in this but it sounds fresh too. Takes me back to Acid Jazz days but has some modern sounding synths.  I especially like the bass line, sounds great in my studio and got my head going like a nodding dog.

Production & Mix sound great too, in fact it's all extremely flawless and the ending is unexpected but cool too.

CD

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Reply #13 on: January 23, 2012, 05:08:22 PM
I am sooo glad you folks are loving this piece, now!!! :) :) :)

when Billy first sent it to me....ummm, well :-\ :-\ ::)

as i answered him then

this is the music that killed the music i loved  ;D ::)

it was a culture that left me behind :D ;D

---this is a beautiful piece of art---

that led us to "Alexandra" 8) 8) 8)

And i'm woefully in love with

"Alexandra"

my gracious "thanks"

Cheers, "Sir Billy"!

"my alien friend"  8) ;D

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