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A ship hit ground under a storm last friday at 1am. I saw the ship minutes before that as I was up watching my boat in the storm and helping others saving their boats. We didn't get the news until the morning and when the wind turned we also got the oil .....

Luckily not too bad but bad enough to inspire this song.

I will elaborate more later and add som pics I've taken.

If you google "Langesund Oil Leak" (http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&tbo=1&tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A2%2F08%2F2009&q=%22Oil+spill%22+Norway+langesund&btnG=Search&meta=) you'll get more info.


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Here's the bird I found: It has been taken care of and will be washed and fed.......
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Great original Geir - put together quite nicely!!  Good strummin and singing that gave me a picture of what this spill might be like!  Oil, we all need it, but it sure can make a big mess....

Incredible song Geir.  You should see if your local radio station will play this.  It reminds us that the modern world is wonderful and terrible at the same time.

I have never heard a song about this subject before.

Your very personal dealings with this subject has created something with an important and thought provoking message. Stunningly put to music and song.


I hope this is resolved soon for you guys.....

Peace friend

T(Osckilo)
 

Great song, as always, Geir. It's always sad for everyone when this sort of thing happens. I feel for the crews too, I used to be in the Merchant Navy.

Here you go T, not quite the same, but similar subject. Always been one of my big favs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0DqPSF2fyo

Are you sure you don't listen to Frank Black? This similar to something he might do - It's really good.

I agree you should try to get this played on a local station - It's personal info that everyone in the area can relate to.

A bleak picture was painted - Hope everything turns out ok in the end.

A good song can always ease the pain a little...

Great post!!

Mark

Great song, Geir! And an excellent production. Loved the sound effects. Did you record any of them on the Micro BR or did you find them on the web? Also loved the drums. Were they done on the Micro BR? The fills work really well.

I hope you don't mind that I added a picture and link to your post. It seemed more appropriate up there than down here.

What a fantastic story and tune to go with it
good stuff-man

Quote from: StevieM on August 04, 2009, 02:27:22 PMGreat song, as always, Geir. It's always sad for everyone when this sort of thing happens. I feel for the crews too, I used to be in the Merchant Navy.

Here you go T, not quite the same, but similar subject. Always been one of my big favs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0DqPSF2fyo

A friend of mine was in the navy.

He talks about how he could hear the ship bending in a big storm.

Scary stuff....

Just listened again through headphones...... Bloody hell this is produced to an amazing standard!

How did you get your voice so low in the intro?!?!

You are a Suberb Singer songwriter G!

You really captured the topic with this one...

this is powerful Geir , and the intro sounds like "the new cranes" which no-one has heard of?? great talent , a well great song

T

Geir, you are chasing Greeny now in becoming another masterful singer/songwriter. This has a great feel to it, beautifully recorded, everything is so clear in the mix. Your vox are really, really good on this (and you've done some great performances in the past). You captured the emotion of the moment beautifully.

Cheers,

Nigel

Wow!!  YOu have captured it all. Most excellent job!! You always show so much emotion in your songs. I love it.

Love them waves!

Great song, even if inspired by a very sad event.

Where was this oil spill btw?  Its so cool that you can  make a relevant song like this so quickly.  It seems to take me weeks and months.

this is simply stunning geir stunning we are not worthy,

 i think launched mentioned a frank black comparison. he did a song called the st francis dam disaster, but he wrote it from the perspective of the water.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6UZSy1vPEw

Such a good song Geir, and a news broadcast too. You've done some great songwriting here and the playing and singing are excellent.

This song has to touch everyone who listens to it. How can you not be moved by the simplicity of the reporting of an incident and the damage that ensued? This is so much more immediate than seeing a bulletin on a news program. Perhaps all news events ought to be delivered as songs. I'm sure that more people would pay attention.

It's a wonderful song Geir. Thank you for bringing me the news from Norway. I hope your part of the coast is cleaned up and restored to it's natural conditions soon.
 

I love the way the opening, watery vox give way to the clear strummed beauty of the first verse. Great use of effects too. But most importantly, this is an inspired and very tight piece of songwriting. Love the way you sing... kind of fragile but with a bit of gravel. It all works SO well. A lovely, lovely song and performance.

Well done Geir!  It's all there: the event, the inspiration, the response of writing the song and the performance.  A real lesson in songwriting and production. The special effects add seasoning but your basic guitar and vocal is very solid.  Fine job!

Magical work!
Really cool song!
Powerfull stuff,loved the way you delivered your vocals.

Thank you all for kind comments, sorry I haven't had time to answer you before.

I left my cabin nearly a week ago and things look ... well not good, but not too bad either....today I heard that there's been more oil in the Rognsfjord, but I haven't had time to go out and check it myself yet. The fucked up thing is that the ship has not yet been emptied for oil!!! so it's still leaking after 10 days of calm weather!!!

Quote from: 64Guitars on August 04, 2009, 02:34:30 PMLoved the sound effects. Did you record any of them on the Micro BR or did you find them on the web? Also loved the drums. Were they done on the Micro BR? The fills work really well.

I did try to record the soundeffects with my yoga stereomic (as I've done earlier) but because of wind and rain the result was too crappy to use .... the drums are all mbr, as everything but the soundeffects are. Sondfx added in Audacity. Mastered on mbr.

QuoteI hope you don't mind that I added a picture and link to your post. It seemed more appropriate up there than down here.

Not at all ! Thank you for doing that, I had very little time/bandwith when posting this so it was a welcomed addition!

Quote from: tafka on August 04, 2009, 03:49:45 PMthis is powerful Geir , and the intro sounds like "the new cranes" which no-one has heard of??

You've mentioned them before and I did a search without luck on finding some audiosamples :( Do you have a link?

Quote from: Davo on August 04, 2009, 08:27:25 PMWhere was this oil spill btw?  Its so cool that you can  make a relevant song like this so quickly.  It seems to take me weeks and months.

The spill was Just south of Langesund in Norway. Langesund is the town closest to my cabin, and close to Porsgrunn, where I live too. see pic 3:

Mark (& Jim) Thanks for pointing me to frank black

Flash Harry, that's a brilliant idea, so long as we don't have death metal for every fatal accident  ::) ...........

Weather Report would be nice tho  :D .... and Traffic .........




1. A is where the ship stranded. B is where my cabin is.
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2. A is my cabin, B is where I stood in the storm, watching the ship pass by, and C is my boat and where I found the duck.
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3
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Ahh I see-clearly this struck a chord with you, me too.  Flash Harry is correct SEEING, smelling, hearing, feeling death and destruction is quite different from reading about it in the paper, or watching a news report-where you see everything but know nothing (bowie quote I believe).
Old rottenheimer thanks for posting that Frank Black song-Ive never heard it!  How does he come up with that stuff-thats a great topic, like Geirs!

Geir for what its worth-yours is a real song-the genuine deal.