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CO 01 A Good Woman's Love CO 01 A Good Woman's Love
A soft rock number extolling the virtues of a good woman's love ... as it says in the title! A bit of a Dwayne Eddie bass riff to kick it off.
CO 11 Lockdown CO 11 Lockdown
Written during the first Lockdown in London, this is a folky, poppy acoustic number.
VP 18 Half a Century VP 18 Half a Century
I wrote and recorded this in a day or so after visiting my great friend and collaborator Steve Franks at home for the last time before he died. So all a bit rough and raw and emotional.
VP 15 Overload VP 15 Overload
A jolly soft rock / poppy song about a relationship taking off...
VP 14 Tell It Like It Is VP 14 Tell It Like It Is
a soft-rock number about the dangers of oversensitivity and fear of causing offence...
VP 13 Worse Things Happen at Sea VP 13 Worse Things Happen at Sea
A hymn-like acoustic song about the complexities of relationships, compared to the major problems of life.
VP 12 Same Way With Me VP 12 Same Way With Me
A dreamy, layered pop/folk song (? I'm hopeless at guessing genres...)
VP 11 I Did It To Myself VP 11 I Did It To Myself
A moody song of self-inflicted loss...
VP 10 Vicarious Pleasures VP 10 Vicarious Pleasures
A hymn-like acoustic song, based around some lines by Lucretius as translated by Dryden, which are inscribed around Mussenden Temple above Castlerock in Northern Ireland.
VP 08 Three Score Years and Ten VP 08 Three Score Years and Ten
A rockabilly musing on aging and mortality... quite upbeat!
VP 07 Protected Waters VP 07 Protected Waters
An allegoric folk song written in a Norweigan Fjiord.
VP 06 It Isnt the Craic VP 06 It Isnt the Craic
A quick folky summary of an Irish tour - great music, but so much more... and the tales are all true!
VP 05 Blarney Stone VP 05 Blarney Stone
A jolly folk number about kissing the Blarney Stone...
VP 03 A Long Time VP 03 A Long Time
a country folkish celebration of a long relationship
VP 02 Warm Hand VP 02 Warm Hand
If you have anything to pass on to your family, why wait till you're dead... I heard the phrase 'giving with a warm hand' used to describe this and it struck a chord. The song is kind of bluesy...
VP 01 Come Inside VP 01 Come Inside
The opening track of my CD Vicarious Pleasures. A song of longing. Soft Rock? Vaguely poppy?
