Hi! :)
I wanted to do some reviews here yesterday but had to spend most of the day on the line with Comcast to straighten out some serious modem issues. I was so mad that it took most of an otherwise beautiful Saturday, but I will get to listen later today (I hope). Meanwhile, here's my newest. Hope you all enjoy. ;)
Beautiful piano, John. And the vocal is so emotive. Really cool stuff.
oh- and sax!
Paul
I just love your adventurous vocal melodies. It really sets your songs apart.
Wistful piano/voice, and then that bass is so satisfying. Cool instrumental bridge that apes the vocal melody as a launching point. Such strong songwriting and arranging skills.
Good lord, that flute (patch?) sounded so good.
A great listen. Cheers.
Blooby
Quote from: Blooby on February 04, 2024, 11:40:36 AMI just love your adventurous vocal melodies. It really sets your songs apart.
I agree here with The Lurking Bruce (sorry I know you guys are actually different people)... Blooby nailed it with this comment..
your work keeps getting better and better... I am dancing in my head... that flute is now just causing me lovely shivers in my spine...
so this is great from the very start... I want to comment again in a week or so after I have had time to fully get in this experience... for now that piano at the start and I am with Bruce again... that bass is so right...
Stellar songwriting & performance. Love those melodic leaps that typify your music, especially vocally. That instrumental section at around 2:55 is beautifully done along with excellent vocal harmonies.
Just great production, loving the bass most of all.
Then the interlude of keys, harmonica and flute, cool stuff.
Well done excellent stuff!
I get the Stephen Sills vibe which is a good thing love the interlude
Tim
This is all you; your unique style and voice, but you gave me a fleeting flashback to early King Crimson.
I don't know where to start, or where to end. This is such a delight. The melodies, the images it conveys. The feel of the performance. The choice of notes. That bassline, the use of instrumentation. Those JohnBee vocals.
A masterfully crafted song that's a musically adventurous trip. It's complex yet never loses the listener.
I can't add a lot as the comments above pretty much nail it. Another beauty John. Your vocals are really good as the melody sounds like it should be very hard to sing, but you do a brilliant job.
Mike
I'm always amazed at the complexity and musicality of your posts - another fine song !
Pete
Wow. Again. You always deliver such unique songs.
This is so beautiful in a quite intricate way. It is quite proggy, like some of the great songwriters were allowed to be in the 70s.
Well done
I enjoyed this.
Superb production, arrangement and performance, with a few surprises along the way.
Quote from: Ted on February 05, 2024, 03:58:22 AMThis is all you; your unique style and voice, but you gave me a fleeting flashback to early King Crimson.
Came back for another listen. The lyrics are a bit enigmatic. You contemplate the complexities of life, the pursuit of happiness, and the quest for inner peace amid adversity.
You, in fact, are a bit enigmatic. One could read this as someone looking at their final years with complicated feelings about how their life has been, and what comes next.
Quote from: Ted on February 09, 2024, 05:25:50 AMQuote from: Ted on February 05, 2024, 03:58:22 AMThis is all you; your unique style and voice, but you gave me a fleeting flashback to early King Crimson.
Came back for another listen. The lyrics are a bit enigmatic. You contemplate the complexities of life, the pursuit of happiness, and the quest for inner peace amid adversity. You, in fact, are a bit enigmatic. One could read this as someone looking at their final years with complicated feelings about how their life has been, and what comes next.
I think you have me pegged pretty good, Ted. Enigmatic, contemplative and complicated. ;)
Thanks to all for giving this a listen and comment.
:) John B
This song blew me away with the production, variety of instruments, beautiful piano, thoughtful lyrics. Wonderful work!
Love this a lot. Wonderful proggy song, some really good instrumentation and arrangement here. Love the bass.
Another lovely song. The music is beautiful, I love your piano playing and song arranging and style.
Allysonmarie, Jarle and Darren-Thanks so much for listening and your kind words.
:) John B
I finally found time to listen to this proggy jewel! This is one of your best John. Top notch vocals/lyric with a complicated melody...not an easy thing to sing. A perfect build up and then the musical interlude blows my mind with that lovely piano, bass, flute and the violins. The song moves from one section to the next flawlessly. Excellence, take a bow!!!!!!!!
It's too late, but it's never too late for a JohnBee song.