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Thomas Sings
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tribute to St.Thomas (Thomas Hansen)
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oldrottenhead the bunkbeds from clydebank scotland bedroom band influenced by the flaming lips and pixies
the bunkbeds are jim higgins and the occasional guest players. home made indy rock lofi musings that doesn't take itself to seriously best describes the music and the band. everything recorded at home all on cheap n nasty equipment. the ultimate bedroom band. of late i have found myself collaborating with musicians the world over, predominantly with lyrics and vocals so if you have a tune banging around that you cant come up with lyrics for send it my way and i'll see if i can help.
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World • Traditional European
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#5,452 today Peak #87
#144 in subgenre Peak #8
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james higgins arranged by geir and mike
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james higgins arranged by geir and mike
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September 07, 2009
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MP3 3.3 MB • 128 kbps • 3:35
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this is a song i wrote one afternoon in honour of the late st thomas (thomas hansen) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hansen_(musician) i had been discussing with geir the possibility of covering one of his songs, when for the 1st time in like what seems ages i picked up my guitar, set the mbr metronome click track to 120bpm and recorded two simple guitar tracks then sang. it was very much a work in progress and i was hoping some kind souls could add to the song, maybe drums, maybe bass, maybe guitar, maybe squeeze-box in fact absolutely anythingsince then a lots been done to it, but my original post wasn't in tune it was a little sharp so i passed the baton to geir ( thomas Hansen is norwegian so it was nice to get one of his fellow countrymen onboard). geir completely redid all the guitar and ukelele parts. in fact the song was done in what can only be described as a higglety pigglety way. so with no drum track geir rescored it i then added the lead vox, then geir added ukelele and backing vox in norwegian. it then went to mike who added bass and drums like i said arse from elbow. i think its appropriate to quote mike here "You guys, the speed is all over the place. Faster, slower, james doing the flexible timing style singing. I was chasing you all over the place..... Here is is now. Let me know. Cheers Mike" well mike i think its fab.
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You touched my heart you touched my soul When you sang you sang for me A voice so soft so vulnerable Such sweet simplicity And now you’ve gone We’ve just the songs We will remember you You’re present In each single note In every word In every song you sing St Thomas sings…………………………. You touched my heart you touched my soul Your words you wrote for me A voice so strange and wonderful Such sweet simplicity When thomas sings nar Thomas synger When thomas sings nar Thomas synger When thomas sings nar Thomas synger When thomas sings You touched my heart you touched my soul When you sang you sang for me A voice so soft so vulnerable Such sweet simplicity And now you’ve gone We’ve just the songs We will remember you You’re present In each single note In every word In every song you sing St thomas sings…………………………. You touched my heart you touched my soul Your words you wrote for me A voice so strange and wonderful Such sweet simplicity And now you’ve gone We’ve just the songs We will remember you You’re present In each single note In every word In every song you sing When thomas sings music and lyrics by james higgins arrangement by geir alfsen and mike fife
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MyBandxDoubleCrossx
Sep 18, 2009
I think it is an awesome display of musical talent, and a beautiful tribute. Well done to all involved! LG