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Pagan Soul NEW REMIX for 2008!!
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Brand-new, kind of folky yet hard-rockin' remix of one of the first complete songs I ever wrote. Follows a more standard structure than most of my pieces. My cousin Jason Perch on vocals. Enjoy !!
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Heretic is a pro-Pagan/Wiccan rock band whose music hearkens back to the glory days of '68-'79 when rock musicians were free to experiment with different musica
I've got some new equipment, yall!! ...And I'm expecting more later this year (I plan to buy the Roland VG-99 when it becomes available, then a real Gibson Les Paul, hopefully, a Custom). Still, though, my band is right now basically just me, a male singer who drops by occaisionally (Jason Perch),a Fender Player's Deluxe Strat, a Roland GR20 and a Digitech GNX 3000. I use a TASCAM FW-1082 as an Audio/Midi interface and control surface for the heart of my studio, the DAW SONAR 6 Producer Edition, on my new computer, assembled by Dell, a quadcore QX6700 with dual nVidia Series 8800 GTX's and 4 gigs of RAM. I use this badass system for all my comosing and lyric writing, and a few vocals. I mix a little classic rock, traditional music from the british isles (I'm a Renassaince Festival frequenter), and heavy metal. Everything I write, even if it has bells and tin whistles in it, has a definite edge. The sound I'm going for is something all at once dark and heavy, but also with a light feminine touch.
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Genre
Rock • Psychedelic Rock
Charts
Peak #86
Peak in subgenre #9
Author
Courtney Patricia
Rights
Courtney Parsons 2001
Uploaded
June 12, 2008
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MP3 6.4 MB • 128 kbps • 7:00
Story behind the song
As a bipolar, clinically depressed child every day seemed to pass so slowly in an endless, blinding agony. Add to that the feeling of being different, and not being comfortable in my own skin. The only place I could get relief, however brief, from these feelings was out in the woods, where I felt completely at home, far more than around other humans. One day, during a sojourn to the forest to talk to the faeries I brought a bottle of wine and a handful of Tylenol 4's with me, and this song describes the sudden, overwhelming feeling of relief from all that internal turmoil that I first felt when the mixture of alcohol and codeine first hit my cerebral cortex. That feeling of oneness with the Goddess and her Creation that was always there underneath, but hidden by all the anger and sorrow came to me in a flash, and this is about that knowledge. Now, of course, I learn to achieve that feeling without the help of drugs or alcohol but I will never forget that first time when I knew there was a Goddess and that She had a plan for me, and didn't want me to kill myself, as I had been thinking of doing for so many years.
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PAGAN SOUL By Courtney Parsons 1998 Sitting on the banks of the river alone A flagon of wine and a heart of stone Musing in the wake of a summer's breeze I came here today just to get away I'm only thirteen, I ain't got much to say If only I could drive away This ice that haunts my soul But I'm trying something new today No censers, no spells, no chants to say Just Honor Dionysus in tradition with his accord Tempered by ambrosia's flame My thoughts scattered round like a gentle rain I sit here in this evening hour Singing songs of Earth and Power Caught up in the crossfire Of the dogma of our times 'Cause their fancy cars and the champagne bars Ain't quite what I had in mind Cause I feel the magic stirrin' Deep in my pagan soul 'Cause I can't deny I was born to serve The Gods of Rock and Roll Toss away the empty flask As it's swirled away in the current's path My head's a-swim as I turn to walk away The world comes alive with Faerie fire Perfumed herbs and a cricket choir In rings of stones where old ghosts meet To remember days gone by But the gales of scorn are blowin' Out over the fallow fields 'Cause I'll never be who they want me to be; The price of the soul foots that bill Just an ode on a summer's evenin' Just a taste of sweet Gilead's Balm Robbed of my youth by my search for the truth And it's been right here all along
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Roger John
Apr 15, 2010
Great tone. Alright Dionysios. Better a heretic than a follower.
Damascus Road Blues Band
Jun 21, 2008
Middle solo ....yeah you rock The outro solo was long but never dull I really like your tone and all the grease you have on it . Was it all the new roland toy ? I have seen the demo and almost wet myself ....awesome tool ...... I could almost do away with my bomb shelter full of guitars ..... Lyrics ...... I understand your point and agree , somewhat .... But I think Christ is the answer.... we will agree to disagree on that . We can agree the world as it is , is not the key to being happy or knowing your purpose . To be frank , the Vocals are not my style ...... Robert Plant and Paul Rogers spoiled me back in the 70's . Again your playing was spot on .....for a Wolfpack Fan LOL Stay Strong , Play LOUD & Pray Often