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AIV-03 Misti
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Singer-songwriter, arranger and producer: acoustic contemporary folk but ranging into rock/blues/country/jazz/humour...all very eclectic, I'm afraid!
Martin Stirrup Singer/songwriter An old folkie who got back into it... These days I sing and play guitar(s) and other stringed instruments, then score and orchestrate where appropriate. My taste becomes increasingly eclectic ranging from finger-picked folk through country to soft rock mixed in with a few more alternative and eccentric numbers, including the odd novelty foxtrot...
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Acoustic • Acoustic General
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Peak #101
Peak in subgenre #35
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martin stirrup
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martin stirrup
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December 06, 2012
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MP3 4.6 MB • 160 kbps • 4:01
Story behind the song
which looms above Arequipe in Peru. This song has a curious history. It started with a twiddle on the bass string that developed into a verse and then grew a bridge in early December 09. As no words came to mind I started to put bits of it together on my laptop so I wouldn’t forget the tune (which I sometimes do if I have no words to hang it on) – and for a while it looked like it would stay an instrumental. Then flipping through my file of unused lyrics I came across Misti – written in Peru in 2005 – and found an almost perfect match. So far so good, but it needed a laid back instrumental break. Fortunately Jon Garvey – my successor as President of the Cambridge University Folk Club way back – has recently added the saxophone to his repertoire and was up for a bit on online collaboration. A superb addition and the first of many, I hope
Lyrics
words and music by Martin Stirrup 2010 Em9 Em9 Cmaj7 Em9 Bm4/Am7 Em9 main bit G A G A C D C D G A G A C Bm She’s beautiful when peaceful though brooding and imposing She’s mistress of her secrets and you hope there’s no disclosing For deep inside the pressure builds Remorselessly for good or ill She’s magnetic to your vision you know there’s no ignoring She’s blind to your decisions and deaf to your imploring And when she blows you’ll never know The magic or the thrill She’ll wake you forsake you - she’ll turn your whole world upside down She’ll shake you break you Destroy you- make your walls come tumbling down She’s depths you can’t imagine a powerhouse within She’s driven on by fires too chaotic to define You’re only waiting for the day you know you just can’t win She’s misti…
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