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No Strings And No Regrets
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With this one I was trying for a combination of a mid-tempo Stax/Atlantic soul ballad (e.g. "It's Growin'") with an Elvis Costello type narrative lyric. My friends still say it sounds like David Bowie though! I play everything except drum machine.
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Multi-talented Scottish singer-songwriter performs his own take on Americana. Original tunes with beautiful guitar work: laugh with Her Father Called Me Franken
Bob Leslie is the unknown soldier of the Scottish songwriting scene. Out of full-time professional action for fifteen years (due to family commitments), he never stopped writing and has recently returned with a 12-song CD of self-penned Americana with a touch of Tom Waits about it. In A Different World (release August 2010) employs top musical talent from the Central Scotland scene: Bernadette Collier & Alice Leslie - backing vox; Fraser Speirs - harmonica; Jim Keilt - lead guitar, Alex Mack - banjo, mandolin, and lead guitar; Craig Nelson - alto sax; and Carl Esprit Bridgeman - bass guitar. Apple, Chrysalis Records, and the Kinks' managers showed interest in Bob's early work and his later songs have elicited high commendation from the the prestigious Billboard Song Contest. Top players Bob has worked with include: Andy Hamilton (sax player for multi-million-selling Canadian songwriter Corey Hart) Chris Glen and Ted McKenna (bass and drums, respectively, with the Sensational Alex Harvey Band) Colin Bass (bass player of seminal prog-rockers Camel) Dave Vasco (guitarist for Warner Brothers artists Clancy) Fraser Speirs (harmonica maestro with Paolo Nutini and Scots blues legend Tam White) Jim Keilt (virtuoso lead guitarist with John Otway and the London production of Tommy - the Musical) Kathy O'Donoghue (vocalist with, amongst others, Roger Chapman and Hank Wangford) Zeke Manyika (drummer for Scots chart-toppers Orange Juice)
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Genre
R&B • R&B/Soul/Pop
Charts
#23,743 today Peak #197
#15,299 in subgenre Peak #106
Author
Bob Leslie
Rights
2003
Uploaded
July 05, 2010
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MP3 2.6 MB • 128 kbps • 2:53
Story behind the song
This was based on an incident that occurred during a local Festival when I was staying in London. I'd recently come out of a relationship and was in need of the type of healing advocated by Marvin Gaye. After a day's drinking and listening to bands, my friend Sandy and I went to the end-of-festival dance where a soul band called Maffia (sic) were playing. In a hot sweaty dimly-lit dance hall, we ended up dancing with two Australian girls who were at the end of a holiday. Next day, despite the hangover, I felt pretty relaxed . . .
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I had a night, during the Fair A perfect night to lose myself I’m glad you weren’t there While many of the details are lost to recall I’d had a sip or two and I was ready to fall It was time les temps perdus started to pay some of their debts I wanted no strings and no regrets No strings and no regrets A simple combination but so hard to get Sometimes you don’t need meaning You just want to forget That’s when you look for No strings and no regrets Got to a point where things got hot And I had to ask myself “Boy, are you ready or not?” I found myself dancing with a belle Australienne She was leaving in two days, never see her again Put the moves right on me, she was ready, she was set, She wanted no strings and no regrets Well in the morning, head like a bear, I looked around my room But she sure wasn’t there From what I could remember we’d done each other some good She’d grabbed me like a clam and called me something rude Played me like a guitar, polished up my frets, She bust all my strings and left me no regrets
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