Meet Me At The Crossroads - AndyR Original

[AndyR]

Finally, at last... I've got something finished...

Been working on this for a few weeks.

A bit of a rocker... (and an aging lecherous one at that)

I got it as close as I could and then mixed it loud... I've over-cooked it slightly - but it doesn't seem to suffer for it. If I hear anything nassty I'll remix/master to get rid of the limiting, but I quite likes it like this...

I shall now have a rest - and spend some "music time" listening to other people's stuff

Meet Me At The Crossroads

Words & Music AndyR
Recorded on a BR1600
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You never said you was coming
But then you never do
Standing there
In your underwear
Saying that you need some food

You got that Friday feeling
On a Wednesday night
So you put out a call
After mopping the floor
Incidentally I just might

You can meet me at the crossroads
The one at the end of the street
Bring a bottle of wine and a fancy line
I'll have a red rose between my teeth

They never said it was easy
And neither did I
I didn't think
It could happen to me
So imagine my surprise
When you said you was hungry
But just a little too late
Had my pipe and my slippers
And my teddy-bear
He was dreaming of you on a plate
We just didn't expect it
A boy and his bear in a trance
I topped up my Oyster Card
So next time I'm ready to dance
Get your boots – I'm ready to dance

Meet me at the crossroads
You only have to cross the street
If it's not too late for a dinner date
Perhaps there'll be time to eat

You can meet me at the crossroads
Tie a yellow ribbon in your hair
Bring a bottle of wine and a fancy line
And I'll be wearing my clean underwear


Meet me at the crossroads
You better bring a bag of treats
Cos I'm not too young for a little fun
When a stranger offers me sweets

You can meet me at the crossroads
Take a little stroll down that lane
I'll bring a bottle of wine and a fancy line
I'll be leaning on my zimmer-frame

Copyright (C) 2014 A A J Russe. All Rights Reserved.

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[AndyR]

hmmm... don't seem to want to play... oh well, dinner time...

You can get to it on alonetone....

EDIT: Fixed it! My use of the singlemp3 widget (that I always clone from my previous posted song) was somewhat flawed, and it looks like the widget has become a bit choosier than it used to be about being spoken to with the "proper respect"!

I shall now go and edit all of my song posts!

[Bluesberry]

Damn buddy, this is deadly. I hear Bon Scott in your vocals here, was he standing in the room with you, drinking his Jack Daniels and winking at you as you laid this down.  I love this one Andy.  I likes the way it is mixed, just perfect, not too hot at all, perfect.  I hear no clipping whatsoever.  Love the guitar solo.  God this is good.  I am going to play it out the big speakers next.  It sounds deadly on my headphones.

[AndyR]

Yeah, the reason it took so long to get this one done was the vocals!

I wrote it as a "Bon Scott" song once I'd got the guitars going.

Then when I came to sing it, I discovered that it didn't work if I sang it as "Andrew Russe". I realised that with Malcolm and Angus parts laid down, and "Bon" lyrics, it had to be sung as close as I could get it to "Bon" delivery.

For several weeks I've had the Bon Scott era AC/DC studio albums on rotation on my mp3 player, figuring out his phrasing, backing vocal techniques, etc. Then 2 or 3 times a week I'd get home from work, come up here, plug a mic in and try to become Bon Scott. I usually taped the last effort on each day, and I could see how it was improving. Next morning on the way to work, I'd be listening to AC/DC again, trying to pick up some more clues...

I've actually learnt quite a bit about generating a "rock" vocal doing this. I could do them before, obviously, but now I can do all sorts of interesting new things (not on display yet!), and all of it with a LOT less effort and energy. (Eg. On lead vocal day on this, I did 4 lead vocals, plus one run-through first, so 5 times in total. All in one session with no breaks or pauses between takes. A couple of weeks ago, I couldn't even get through one complete take without breaking down ).

Oh, on the "too hot" - there's no clipping, but the wave-form is kinda flat during the second half... I mean, REALLY flat! So there was some sever limiting going on, probably during the mastering. But at the moment I can't hear any bad effect from this - mebbe loud rock choruses are meant to have a flat waveform!!

[Oldrottenhead]

hell yeah, dirty deeds bin done
 here. fan freaking tastic.

[Hook]

Rockalicious my brother, that's an outstanding vocal!!
Rock On!

[Redler]

This is awesome rocker, Andy! Brilliant guitars and vocals!!

[chapperz66]

Fantastic stuff.  Absolutely brilliant.

Paul

[Nelson]

Andy I most say all the effort with the vocals really paid off.
You got that edge to it, while sounding effortless.

I listened through headphones and it kicks a**--- the ax work is flawless.

take a bow.

[Flash Harry]

fantastic - the arrangement, playing and recording are fabulous, the vocals are amazing, this sounds so professional.

And then there's the lyrics, great humour. All round classic. Bravo.