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jon blake
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Acoustic >
Acoustic General
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jon blake
» label: unsigned
» for fans of: Eels. REM. Mary Coughlan. Peter Gabriel. Lou Reed. Bruce Springsteen. Leonard Cohen. The Wiggles. Bob Dylan.
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Christmas singalong rock nonsense in the great tradition of Slade and Wizzard, written and recorded with my good friend Dean Greenway, the bard of Craig-y-racca.
Reached no 2 in the Soundclick acoustic general chart. Title song of album described as 'beautiful' and 'as good as it gets'. To download, click on 'purchase music @ store'.
A SoundClick Top 50 song
On addiction - reached number 1 on www.songplanet.com's weekly chart.
Ambient acoustic sad ballad - also reached number 2 in the Soundclick acoustic general chart.
A SoundClick Top 50 song
Self-explanatory bittersweet lament.
A little love song for Christmas, just voice and guitar.
Seasonal track - an alternative view of a tired old institution.
Simple little self-explanatory ditty - made no 5 in acoustic general chart.
A SoundClick Top 100 song
Something bitter and mildly anthemic.
David Hasselhoff came to BBC Talent awardwinner Jon Blake in a dream and told him to write a soft rock classic guaranteed to get to no 1 in Germany. At least it made no 4 in the classic rock chart.
A SoundClick Top 100 song
Version of JLCE sung by Natalie in honour of little Jordi.
A song about growing up in Southampton, UK., with REMish orchestration.
A happy catchy thing of no discernable meaning.
Reggae-lite gentle melodic whimsy for listening in slippers with muffins toasting.
The verse is twenty years older than the chorus in this plea for making up your mind and getting active now!
Another(!) breakup ballad with fantastically overblown chorus.
A song I wrote four our baby Jordi and his four cousins.
Powerpop antidote to je ne regrette rien.
Started as an REM parody, ended as a proper song
Song calling for the release of Slovakian Mario Bango, doing 11 years for defending himself against racist attack. More details at www.freemario.org.
Dub track for Dangerous Friend - may be downloaded to create your own version.