I need a friend

[Greeny]

This hits home straight away. Beautiful piano work and a sublime vocal. It's all it needs! Really beautifully done, and good to see the muse is still with you despite life's interferences. Got a big 'Hyacinth House' vibe from this one - know what I mean?! lol. Great work.

[thetworegs]

Hyacinth house was the muse......i was thinking on what it meant and how that feels not to know anyone who doesnt want something from you.....well spotted Mr.Green

[Greeny]

Hyacinth house was the muse......i was thinking on what it meant and how that feels not to know anyone who doesnt want something from you.....well spotted Mr.Green

There was a superb documentary about the 'LA Woman' album on BBC4 a couple of weeks back, and the lyrics of Hyacinth House really hit home when put in the context of what Jimbo was going though at the time - and how he was about to seek that kind of peace in Paris. Lyrics I can relate to 100% !

[Geir]

wow !

I guess we all need a friend like that !

Fab songwriting !

[Ted]

There's a Jim Steinman demo tape quality to this – like there's a big overblown Wagnerian rock version of this somewhere. But it works better as a single voice – singing to nobody, disappointed, dejected, betrayed. I really like how the vocal melody misdirects you. I expect a resolution, but the vocal leads you into a chord that only increases the tension – like a false friend.

Authentic, and well executed.

A personal note: Friendships between people in developing countries and people from rich countries can be complicated simply by the disparities – wealth, resources, mobility. You can be a lowly Peace Corps Volunteer in a country such as Cameroon, earning (supposedly) a similar monthly wage a host country national. And still people will try to ingratiate themselves to you, expecting some benefit. I have a friend in Cameroon, Ba Gre, a super friendly and personable guy (he co-wrote this song with me). And he has a knack for befriending foreigners. Once a mutual friend, an American, said to me, about Ba Gre, "He's the only Cameroonian who never makes me wonder what he really wants.

I need to check in on Ba Gre.

Blackout Bump - week of 14 April, 2021