"LoveBirds" by The Stan Laurels

[Bosko Schwartz]

As per Greeny's request, we have "LoveBirds."  This was originally nothing more than a Valentine's Day gift for my wife a couple of years ago, and I had intended this to be a song that no one but her would ever hear.  But I decided to take a risk and post it on myspace (I say "take a risk" because when I first did this, I felt so naked and exposed posting such a personal song).  Well, for whatever reason, many people have said this was their favorite song of mine.  So I have decided to include it in my upcoming album, as track #1, in fact.  In my opinion, it has some good qualities, but is not my personal favorite or my best work.  It is probably my most simple finished song, but I guess sometimes simple is a good thing.  I hope you enjoy it!

As always, your feedback is important to me and appreciated.

[Bro]

Sweet guitar parts, a true musical wonder you have here!

Love it!

[Oldrottenhead]

for the older brits here, lovebirds played a formative part of our personal development, i wont elaborate but you know what i mean nudge nudge,

that aside
this is  a great song , have already checked out this and others at bosckos myspace site. this reminds me i dont know why of an american xtc, magic.

[The Reverend 48]

Bosko are you sure you are not British cos this is as good as 60's Brit Music gets
Well Done you certainly captured the vibe......

[Geir]

Brilliant! You make such beautiful music Bosko !!! It's so complex and simple at the same time and that takes a lot of talent to do!! I REALLY admire your work.

ok... I know you want feedback to improve yourself so I've listened repeatedly to this one ... on different sets of speakers ... and I have a really hard time coming up with anything to change. Personally I think you could narrow the stereo image of some parts. You have panned your guitars and keys pretty extreme and I find that a bit annoying when listening on headphones, but that is a PERSONAL taste. The only other thing (this is crazy .. it's so perfect ... why even bother) I think you have a rhythm-egg at the end thats panned the same way as the guitar, sonically I would place it in the other channal to gat those high-freq spread out .....
Now if that's all I can come up with I don't think there's much to worry about It's freaking brilliant !!!!

[Bosko Schwartz]

Hey, thanks, 0jimi0, ORH, 48, and Geir!

48, as I said before, I am British -- at heart and by ancestral descent.  That should count for something.

Geir, THANK YOU for all the kind words!   You're right, I did ask for feedback, but I should've mentioned that this song has been filed under "No longer being fucked with (too tired to deal with it anymore)," so I won't be tweaking anything on this particular number, but I certainly understand and appreciate your points and will take them into consideration for future mixes!

[Bluesberry]

If I could make a song sound half as good as this, I would be very happy.  The fact that you want to continuously improve is a good thing.  Keep pushing the limits of your songwriting, playing, singing and recording.  You are inspiring me big time to try to reach a level like this sonically.  It is a lot of work to craft something so wonderful.  As for what to do different, I am thinking some more in the way of vocal harmony at the middle parts that starts at 1:00 may lift this one even higher.  I like those guitar sounds!

[Flash Harry]

Fucking Ace! 

What are mic you using for Vox?

[indierik]

This is such a beautiful song Bosko, your wife must have burst into tears when she first heard it.

I played a couple of your songs for a buddy of mine who is a big Flaming lips fan and he loves your stuff.

I can't wait til' your album is released so I can drive around town listening to it. So will it be a self-released album or through a label? Who's doing the final mix? You?

BTW, thanks for your comments on Further Fodder... I really appreciate it.

erik

[Blooby]

How the heck did I miss this?

Wonderful.

You have some unexpected vocal lines (although not to Beatles fans) and great song structure.  The thing that strikes me most, though, is the great yet simple melody that starts at 1:28.  It requires restraint yet is so perfect.

Different song and different genre, but oddly, it reminds me of "Freeway Jam" by Jeff Beck.  That melody is so simple, but you can't imagine that song any other way.  I can only hope to aspire to write a melody of that stature down the road.  Right now, I'm too busy going "weedly-wee" with my guitar playing.

Blooby