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Balinese sunset (1973)
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A song about sitting on Kuta beach and playing my guitar as the sun sets and the magic mushrooms kick in....
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Hi folks. I have added a lot of videos recently. Please take a look!
Hi folks, This site acts as a personal archive of my work. So you'll find my best recordings here as well as some pretty crappy ones. The earliest recordings here were made on simple cassette decks, others were made on mobile phones, some are live recordings made at various gigs over the years, a handful were made in small recording studios, but most of the more recent ones were made at home on a Zoom portable studio, which itself is now rather ancient! If you like a song and want to download it, click on 'Full song info' for that song and you will see the download link. You can also read the lyrics and any background information on the songs that I may have added. All my music is available for free - enjoy :) cheers, Charles
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Genre
Pop • Dance-Pop
Charts
Peak #51
Peak in subgenre #25
Author
Charles Cornelius Tyler
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Charles Cornelius Tyler
Uploaded
February 03, 2008
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MP3 5.1 MB • 128 kbps • 5:34
Story behind the song
In 1972 I spent a while in Bali. Kuta was still a small quiet place with sand streets and tiny guest houses. Magic mushroom omelettes were for sale in some of the beach restaurants. After eating one of these I went down to the beach with my guitar - the sky began to change colour - a stunning sunset drew people to see it - I began to play - a small crowd gathered round... it was a magical time and this old recording captures the mood pretty well... Mark plays electric guitars, Venus plays drums, I sing and make other noises.... We made the recording at Pete Townshend's Eel Pie studios in Goring-on-Thames one evening. The original tape is long gone no doubt - this mix was recovered from an old cassette.
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Sitting on Kuta Beach with a Balinese sunset in my reach I feel I can touch the sky I'm happy as mushroom pie Oh I wonder why Yes I'm singing an easy song And I'm making it up as I go along If I can't think of any words I'll hum Ooooayaaa Humdriliadiadum Ooooayaaa Humdriliadiadum Even though I'm not playing loud Somehow it seems to shake the clouds And I seem to be drawing quite a crowd I'm listening to the sea Happy to feel so free Oh there isn't a place I'd rather be Now who can say what's right or wrong? Seasons change in a timeless song Balinese sunset shine on and on All night long All night long Coconut! Rambutan! Spirit hut and Gamelan! Who can say what's right or wrong? Seasons change in a timeless song Balinese sunset shine on and on All night long! All night long!
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